Xiangxue Zhang (张祥雪)
Postdoctoral Associate, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Email: xiangxuezhang@ecust.edu.cn
Biography
Xiangxue Zhang was born in 1998 in Anhui, China. She received B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) in 2020 and 2025, respectively. Since June 2025, she has served as a postdoctoral associate at ECUST. Her current focus is on kinetics-assisted design and optimization of metal catalysts for producing high value-added chemicals.
Education
2016.09 ~ 2020.06
BS, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
2020.09 ~ 2025.06
PhD, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Work Experience
2025.06 ~ Present
Postdoctoral Associate, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Research Interests
Methodology of Catalyst Design Guided by Kinetic Diagram
An operando study using combined mass and UV−vis-NIR spectrophotometry, decoupling the reduction step and oxidation step involved in the catalytic cycle
Valorization of Low-Carbon Alcohols and Hydrocarbons
Ethylene epoxidation, non-oxidative dehydrogenation of methanol, etc.
Selected Publications
1. Xiangxue Zhang, Keng Sang, Wenyao Chen*, Jing Zhang, Gang Qian, De Chen, Xinggui Zhou, Xuezhi Duan*, Weikang Yuan. Mechanistic and kinetics insights into Cu size effects on catalytic hydrogen combustion. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 485, 149875.
2. Xiangxue Zhang, Nina Fei, Qianhong Wang, Ali Raza Khan, Wenyao Chen*, Gang Qian, Jing Zhang, De Chen, Xuezhi Duan, Xinggui Zhou, Weikang Yuan. Oxygen vacancy-triggered performance enhancement of toluene oxidation over Cu catalysts: A combined kinetics and mechanistic investigation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024, 12, 21884-21894.
3. Xiangxue Zhang, Nina Fei, Keng Sang, Wenyao Chen*, Gang Qian, Jing Zhang, De Chen, Xinggui Zhou, Xuezhi Duan*, Weikang Yuan. Mechanistic insights into the support effects of Cu catalysts in hydrogen combustion. Cell Reports Physical Science, 2024, 5, 6, 102014.
4. Xiangxue Zhang, Xinyi Chao, Nina Fei, Wenyao Chen*, Gang Qian, Jing Zhang, De Chen, Xuezhi Duan*, Xinggui Zhou, Weikang Yuan. Engineering the grain boundary and surface sites of binary Cu-Mn catalysts to boost CO oxidation. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2024, 9, 2659-2668.
5. Yichun Peng#, Xiangxue Zhang#, Yuxia Zhong, Wenyao Chen*, Weikang Yuan, Yuchun Ma*, Xinggui Zhou, Xuezhi Duan*. Thermodynamics insights into the hydrocracking reactions of tetralin into light aromatics. Chemical Engineering Science, 2026, 320, 122414.
6. Yongkai Xie#, Xiangxue Zhang#, Keng Sang#, Wenyao Chen*, Zhen Song, Gang Qian, Jing Zhang, De Chen, Xinggui Zhou, Weikang Yuan, Xuezhi Duan*. Taming strong metal-support interactions to generalize gold–zinc oxide catalysts in oxidative coupling. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, 9, 7829-7839.
7. Yan Zhang#, Xiangxue Zhang#, Keng Sang, Wenyao Chen*, Gang Qian, Jing Zhang, Xuezhi Duan*, Xinggui Zhou, Weikang Yuan. Kinetics insights into size effects of carbon nanotubes’ growth and their supported platinum catalysts for 4,6-dinitroresorcinol hydrogenation. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2024, 72, 133-140.
8. Muhammad U. Farooq#, Xiangxue Zhang#, Yanan Guan, Wenyao Chen*, Jinghong Zhou, Jing Zhang, Gang Qian*, Xuezhi Duan, Xinggui Zhou, Weikang Yuan. Synergistic electronic and geometric effects of Au/CeO2 catalyst for oxidative esterification of methacrolein. AIChE Journal, 2023, 69,1, e17932.
Contacts
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