Prof. Xu Zhao
Principal Investigator
Email: xuzhao@xjtu.edu.cn
Group website: https://www.xuzhaolab.com
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Prof. Xu Zhao,
Room 508, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology,
Xi'an Jiaotong University,
No.28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 710049.
Email: xuzhao@xjtu.edu.cn
For Graduate Students:
Zhao Lab has one Ph.D. opening per year and two M.S. openings per year. Perspective students are encouraged to contact Prof. Zhao via Email: xuzhao@xjtu.edu.cn
Zhao Lab has another 1~2 Ph.D. openings per year for international students outside China. International students are encouraged to apply the CSC program with the support from Prof. Xu Zhao. Before that, please send the curriculum vitae, research proposal and 2 professional references to Prof. Zhao via Email: xuzhao@xjtu.edu.cn
For Postdoc:
Zhao Lab has 2-3 openings for postdoctoral applications. Please send the curriculum vitae, 2-3 representative publications and 2-3 professional references to Prof. Zhao via Email: xuzhao@xjtu.edu.cn
Prof. Xu Zhao currently leads his research group as the Principal Investigator in School of Chemical Engineering and Technology at Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU). He has been selected to ‘Sanqin Youth Talents in Shaanxi Province’, ‘Qin Chuangyuan High-level Innovative and Entrepreneurial Talents in Shaanxi Province’, ‘Youth Talents Support from Xi’an Association for Science and Technology’, and ‘Young Top-notch Talents in Xi’an Jiaotong University’.
Prof. Xu Zhao received the Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) under the tutelage of Prof. Jie Zeng (2018). Then he worked with Prof. Long Luo as a postdoctoral fellow at Wayne State University from 2018 to 2019. Before joining Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2022, he worked as an associate professor in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology from 2019 to 2022. Up to now, he has published 27 papers in prestigious journals, including J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem.(2), Energy Environ. Sci.(2), Appl. Catal. B: Environ.(2), J. Catal., etc., and 6 patents in the field of hydrogen-related electrocatalysis. He has been invited to give talks in 8 conferences, and serve as the Youth Editor to process energy/catalysis-relevant manuscripts for 3 journals, including The Innovation, Chinese Chemical Letters, and Journal of Energy Chemistry.
The Hydrogen-Catalysis Lab led by Prof. Xu Zhao is located in the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology at Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU). He is devoted to doing comprehensive research in electrocatalytic hydrogen-conversion technologies. His research focuses on establishing the atomic/orbital structure-performance relationship over metal-based electrocatalysts for fuel cell, water electrolysis, and coupled C1 molecule transformation.
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1. Controlling the valence-electron arrangement of nickel active centers for efficient hydrogen oxidation electrocatalysis.
Xu Zhao, et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 61, e202206588.
2. Nitrogen-inserted nickel nanosheets with controlled orbital hybridization and strain fields for boosted hydrogen oxidation in alkaline electrolytes.
Xu Zhao, et al. Energy & Environmental Science, 2022, 15, 1234.
3. Atomic-level insight into reasonable design of metal-based catalysts for hydrogen oxidation in alkaline electrolytes.
Xu Zhao*, et al. Energy & Environmental Science, 2021, 14, 2620.
4. Engineering the electrical conductivity of lamellar silver-doped cobalt(II) selenide nanobelts for enhanced oxygen evolution.
Xu Zhao, et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 328.
5. Octahedral Pd@Pt1.8Ni core-shell nanocrystals with ultrathin PtNi alloy shells as active catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction.
Xu Zhao, et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 2804.
6. Isolated Pd atom anchoring endows cobalt diselenides with regulated water-reduction kinetics for alkaline hydrogen evolution.
Xu Zhao, et al. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021, 295, 120280.
7. Electrical and structural engineering of cobalt selenide nanosheets by Mn modulation for efficient oxygen evolution.
Xu Zhao, et al. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2018, 236, 569.
8. Phosphrous-modulated cobalt selenide enable engineered reconstruction of active layers for efficient oxygen evolution.
Xu Zhao, et al. Journal of Catalysis, 2018, 368, 155.
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Employment record
12/2022 - now, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Principal Investigator, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology
12/2019 - 12/2022, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Associate Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
08/2018 - 10/2019, Wayne State University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry
Advisor: Prof. Long Luo
Education background
2013 - 2018, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
Advisor: Prof. Jie Zeng
2009 - 2013, Zhengzhou University
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Qun Xu
