Representative publications

1. X. Zhao, et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202206588.

2. X. Zhao, et al. Energy & Environmental Science, 2022, 15, 1234.

3. X. Zhao*, et al. Energy & Environmental Science, 2021, 14, 2620.

4. X. Zhao, et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 328.

5. X. Zhao, et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 2804.

Peer-Reviewed Articles (in chronological order)

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20. Nitrogen-inserted nickel nanosheets with controlled orbital hybridization and strain fields for boosted hydrogen oxidation in alkaline electrolytes. Energy & Environmental Science 2022, 15, 1234.

X. Zhao, X. Y. Li, L. L. An, K. Iputera, J. Zhu, P. F. Gao, R. S. Liu,* Z. M. Peng,* J. L. Yang,* D. L. Wang*

19. Controlling the valence-electron arrangement of nickel active centers for efficient hydrogen oxidation electrocatalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, 61, e202206588.

X. Zhao, X. Y. Li, L. L. An, L. R. Zheng,* J. L. Yang,* D. L. Wang*

18. Connection of Ru nanoparticles with rich defects enables enhanced electrochemical reduction of nitrogen. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2022, 24, 11491.

X. Tang, X. Tian, L. Zhou, F. Yang, R. He, X. Zhao*, W. K. Zhu*

17. Enhancing hydrogen electrocatalytic oxidation on Ni₃N/MoO₂ in-plane heterostructures in alkaline solution. Chinese Journal of Catalysis 2022, 43, 3154.

L. L. An, S. F. Deng, X. Y. Guo, X. P. Liu, T. Zhao, K. Chen, Y. Zhu, Y. Fu, X. Zhao*, D. L. Wang*

16. Engineering location and supports of atomically ordered L10-PdFe intermetallics for ultra-anticorrosion electrocatalysis. Advanced Functional Materials 2022, 32, 2203921.

T. Shen, M. Gong, D. Xiao, T. Shang, X. Zhao, J. Zhang, D. L. Wang*

15. Atomic-level insight into reasonable design of metal-based catalysts for hydrogen oxidation in alkaline electrolytes. Energy & Environmental Science 2021, 14, 2620.

L. L. An, X. Zhao*, T. Zhao, D. L. Wang*

14. Isolated Pd atom anchoring endows cobalt diselenides with regulated water-reduction kinetics for alkaline hydrogen evolution. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2021, 295, 120280.

X. Zhao, X. Y. Li, D. D. Xiao, M. X. Gong, L. L. An, P. F. Gao, J. L. Yang,* D. L. Wang*

13. Structure evolution of PtCu nanoframes from disordered to ordered for the oxygen reduction reaction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2021, 282, 119617.

M. Gong, D. Xiao, Z. Deng, R. Zhang, W. Xia, T. Zhao, X. Liu, T. Shen, Y. Hu, Y. Lu, X. Zhao, H. Xin,* D. L. Wang*

12. Surface engineering of PdFe ordered intermetallics for efficient oxygen reduction electrocatalysis. Chemical Engineering Journal 2021, 408, 127297.

M. Gong, T. Shen, Z. Deng, H. Yang, Z. Li, J. Zhang, R. Zhang, Y. Hu, X. Zhao, H. Xin,* D. L. Wang*

11. Boosting alkaline hydrogen electrooxidation on an unconventional fcc-Ru polycrystal. Journal of Energy Chemistry 2021, 61, 15.

T. Zhao, D. Xiao, Y. Chen, X. Tang, M. Gong, S. Deng, X. Liu, J. Ma, X. Zhao, D. L. Wang*

10. Lowering interfacial dissolved gas concentration for highly efficient hydrazine oxidation at platinum by fluorosurfactant modulation. ChemElectroChem 2020, 7, 55.

X. Zhao, R. Ranaweera, J. C. Mixdorf, H. M. Nguyen*, L. Luo*

9. Highly efficient hydrogen evolution of platinum via tuning interfacial dissolved-gas concentration. Chemical Communications 2019, 55, 1378.

X. Zhao, R. Ranaweera, L. Luo*

8. Gas bubbles in electrochemical gas-evolving reactions. Langmuir 2019, 35, 5392.

X. Zhao, H. Ren, L. Luo*

7. Electrical and structural engineering of cobalt selenide nanosheets by Mn modulation for efficient oxygen evolution. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2018, 236, 569.

X. Zhao, X. Q. Li, Y. Yan, Y. L. Xing, S. C. Lu, L. Y. Zhao, S. M. Zhou, Z. M. Peng,* J. Zeng*

6. Phosphrous-modulated cobalt selenide enable engineered reconstruction of active layers for efficient oxygen evolution. Journal of Catalysis 2018, 368, 155.

X. Zhao, Y. L. Xing, L. Y. Zhao, S. C. Lu, F. Ahmad, J. Zeng*

5. Engineering the electrical conductivity of lamellar silver-doped cobalt(II) selenide nanobelts for enhanced oxygen evolution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2017, 56, 328.

X. Zhao, H. T. Zhang, Y. Yan, J. H. Cao, X. Q. Li, S. M. Zhou, Z. M. Peng,* J. Zeng*

4. Gold atom-decorated CoSe₂ nanobelts with engineered active sites for enhanced oxygen evolution. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2017, 5, 20202.

X. Zhao, P. F. Gao, Y. Yan, X. Q. Li, Y. L. Xing, H. L. Li, Z. M. Peng,* J. L. Yang, J. Zeng*

3. Engineering electrocatalytic activity in nanosized perovskite cobaltite through surface spin-state transition. Nature Communications 2016, 7, 11510.

S. M. Zhou,* X. B. Miao, X. Zhao, C. Ma, Y. H. Qiu, Z. P. Hu,* J. Y. Zhao, L. Shi, J. Zeng*

2. Octahedral Pd@Pt_1.8Ni core-shell nanocrystals with ultrathin PtNi alloy shells as active catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137, 2804.

X. Zhao, S. Chen, Z. C. Fang, J. Ding, W. Sang, Y. C. Wang, J. Zhao, Z. M. Peng,* J. Zeng*

1. One-step synthesis of hybrid nanocrystals with rational tuning of the morphology. Nano Letters 2014, 14, 6666.

W. Sang, T. T. Zheng, Y. C. Wang, X. Li, X. Zhao, J. Zeng,* J. G. Hou