Xiaohu Ge (葛小虎)
Postdoctoral Associate, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Email: xhge@ecust.edu.cn
Biography
Xiaohu Ge earned his Bachelor of Science from Anhui University in 2018 and his PhD from East China University of Science and Technology in 2023, both in Chemical Engineering. Since July 2023, he has served as a postdoctoral associate at the State-Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering (SKLoChE) at ECUST. His current focus is on design and optimization of selective hydrogenation catalysts.
Education
2014.09 ~ 2018.07
Chemical engineering and technology, Anhui University, for B.E.
2018.09 ~ 2020.09
Chemical engineering and technology, East China University of Science and Technology, for M.Eng., advancing to Ph.D. without master's thesis defense
2020.09 ~ 2023.06
Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, for PhD
Work Experience
2023.07 ~ present
Postdoctoral Associate, East China University of Science and Technology
Research Interests
Binary and Medium/High-Entropy Intermetallic Compound Catalysts
High-yield synthesis of binary and medium/high-entropy intermetallic compound catalysts with controllable composition, uniform size, structural stability, and long-range order
Data-Driven High-Throughput Screening of Ni-based Intermetallic Catalysts
High-throughput screening method for Ni-based intermetallic catalysts driven by coupling active learning with DFT calculations in alkyne semihydrogenation
Characterization techniques for analyzing catalyst structures and surface species
Utilizing in situ spectroscopy, DFT calculations, and SSITKA combined techniques to analyze the kinetic characteristics of surface species adsorbed on optimized catalyst structures
Selected Awards
the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF, 2024
Carbon Future Young Investigator Honorable Mention Award, 2024
Shanghai Super Postdoctoral Researchers Program, 2023
Shanghai Outstanding Graduates, 2023
East China University of Science and Technology Student of the Year, 2022
the National Scholarship for Doctoral Students, China, 2022
Selected Publications
1. Xiaohu Ge#, Jun Yin#, Zhouhong Ren#, Kelin Yan, Yundao Jing, Yueqiang Cao*, Nina Fei, Xi Liu*, Xiaonan Wang*, Xinggui Zhou, Liwei Chen, Weikang Yuan, Xuezhi Duan*. Atomic design of alkyne semihydrogenation catalysts via active learning. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, 146, 7, 4993-5004.
2. Xiaohu Ge, Yundao Jing, Nina Fei, Kelin Yan, Yijing Liang, Yueqiang Cao*, Jing Zhang, Gang Qian, Lina Li*, Hao Jiang, Xinggui Zhou, Weikang Yuan, Xuezhi Duan*. Embedding single Pd atoms on NiGa intermetallic surfaces for efficient and selective alkyne hydrogenation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024, e202410979.
3. Xiaohu Ge, Yueqiang Cao*, Kelin Yan, Yurou Li, Lihui Zhou, Sheng Dai, Jing Zhang, Xueqing Gong, Gang Qian, Xinggui Zhou, Weikang Yuan, Xuezhi Duan*. Increasing the distance of adjacent palladium atoms for configuration matching in selective hydrogenation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, 61, e202215225.
4. Xiaohu Ge, Mingying Dou, Yueqiang Cao*, Xi Liu*, Qiang Yuwen, Jing Zhang, Gang Qian, Xueqing Gong, Xinggui Zhou, Liwei Chen, Weikang Yuan, Xuezhi Duan*. Mechanism driven design of trimer Ni1Sb2 site delivering superior hydrogenation selectivity to ethylene. Nature Communications 2022, 13, 5534.
5. Zedong Zhang#, Jia Wang#, Xiaohu Ge#, Shule Wang, Ang Li, Runze Li, Ji Shen, Xiao Liang, Tao Gan, Xiaodong Han, Xusheng Zheng, Xuezhi Duan*, Dingsheng Wang*, Jianchun Jiang*, Yadong Li*. Mixed plastics wastes upcycling with high-stability single-Atom Ru catalyst, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145(41): 22836-22844.
6. Xiaohu Ge#, Zhouhong Ren#, Yueqiang Cao*, Xi Liu, Jing Zhang, Gang Qian, Xueqing Gong, Liwei Chen, Xinggui Zhou, Weikang Yuan, Xuezhi Duan*. Enhanced acetylene semi-hydrogenation on a subsurface carbon tailored Ni-Ga intermetallic catalyst, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2022, 10(37): 19722-19731.
7. Xiaohu Ge, Ziyue Kou, Nina Fei, Yueqiang Cao*, Hao Jiang, Xinggui Zhou, Xuezhi Duan*. Regulation of cobalt active sites by antimony to match adsorption configuration for propyne semihydrogenation, Carbon Future 2024, 1(3): 9200020.
8. Yueqiang Cao#,Xiaohu Ge#, Yurou Li, Rui Si, Zhijun Sui, Jinghong Zhou, Xuezhi Duan*, Xinggui Zhou. Structural and kinetics understanding of support effects in Pd-catalyzed semi-hydrogenation of acetylene. Engineering 2021, 7, 103-110.
9. Jiahang Xi#, Kelin Yan#, Ningchao Zhu, Xiaohu Ge*, Qiang Yuwen, Mingming Chen, Yueqiang Cao*, Hao Jiang, Xinggui Zhou, Xuezhi Duan. Ni active sites isolated by antimony toward enhanced propyne semi-hydrogenation. AIChE Journal 2024, 70, e18416.
10. Kelin Yan, Xiaohu Ge*, Wenhua Li, Yijing Liang, Weijian Xiong, Jing Zhang, Gang Qian, De Chen, Yueqiang Cao*, Xinggui Zhou, Xuezhi Duan. Regulation of a Ni3Sn2 intermetallic catalyst using highly dispersed Pd species to boost propyne semi-hydrogenation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2024, 12, 16482-16490.
Contacts
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