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Prof Xin WANG
Principal Investigator
Prof Wang was at the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, NTU, from 2015-2023. He received his Bachelor and Master degrees in Chemical Engineering from Zhe Jiang University, PhD degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research interests include electrochemistry, electrochemical technologies for energy conversion. He has done significant research work in his research areas and published over 180 peer-reviewed journal papers, with total citation over 13500 and H-index of 61. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).
Prof Wang moved to the City Unviersity of Hong Kong in 2023 to become the Head and Chair Professor of Electrochemistry in the Department of Chemistry.
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Research Interest
His current research works focus on fuel cell, energy storage and electrochemical reactor with co-generation of electricity and valuable chemicals.
-Electrochemistry and electrocatalysis.
Key Publications
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Song, Jiajia, Chao Wei, Zhen-Feng Huang, Chuntai Liu, Lin Zeng, Xin Wang, and Zhichuan J. Xu. 2020. ‘A Review on Fundamentals for Designing Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts’. Chemical Society Reviews, March, 10.1039.C9CS00607A. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CS00607A.
Dou, Shuo, Jiajia Song, Shibo Xi, Yonghua Du, Jiong Wang, Zhen‐Feng Huang, Zhichuan J. Xu, and Xin Wang. 2019. ‘Boosting Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction on Metal–Organic Frameworks via Ligand Doping’. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 58 (12): 4041–45. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201814711.
Huang, Zhen-Feng, Jiajia Song, Yonghua Du, Shibo Xi, Shuo Dou, Jean Marie Vianney Nsanzimana, Cheng Wang, Zhichuan J. Xu, and Xin Wang. 2019. ‘Chemical and Structural Origin of Lattice Oxygen Oxidation in Co–Zn Oxyhydroxide Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts’. Nature Energy 4 (4): 329–38. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-019-0355-9.
Sun, Libo, Vikas Reddu, Adrian C. Fisher, and Xin Wang. 2019. ‘Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide: Opportunities with Heterogeneous Molecular Catalysts’. Energy & Environmental Science 13 (2): 374–403. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9EE03660A.
Zhou, Ye, Shengnan Sun, Chao Wei, Yuanmiao Sun, Pinxian Xi, Zhenxing Feng, and Zhichuan J. Xu. 2019. ‘Significance of Engineering the Octahedral Units to Promote the Oxygen Evolution Reaction of Spinel Oxides’. Advanced Materials, July, 1902509. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201902509.
T.H. Nguyen, X. Wang*. (2010). Multifunctional composite membrane based on a highly porous polyimide matrix for direct methanol fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources, 195, 1024.
S.Y. Wang, S.P. Jiang*, T.J. White, Jun Guo, X. Wang*. (2009). Electrocatalytic Activity and Interconnectivity of Pt Nanoparticles on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Fuel Cells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part C: Nanomaterials, Interfaces and Hard Matter, 113, 18935.
T.H. Nguyen, C. Wang, X. Wang*. (2009). Pore-filling membrane for direct methanol fuel cells based on sulfonated poly(styrene-ran-ethylene) and porous polyimide matrix. Journal of Membrane Science, 342, 208.
Shuangyin Wang, San Ping Jiang,*, Xin Wang*. (2008). Polyelectrolyte functionalized carbon nanotubes as support for noble metal electrocatalysts and their activity for methanol oxidation. Nanotechnology, 19, 26.
Kristian, N., Yan, Y., Wang, X.*. (2008). Highly efficient submonolayer Pt-decorated Au nano-catalysts for formic acid oxidation. Chemical Communications, (3), 353-355.
Achievements
2022 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher