Professor
College of Chemistry
Email: xusl@buct.edu.cn
Office: Office 223, WuJi Building
Research Interests
Cathode and anode materials for sodium-ion batteries; Electrocatalyst materials for water splitting
One current research area mainly focuses on advancing the practical applications of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). Our group is devoted in developing high-performance layered oxide cathode and carbonaceous anode materials, and employing advanced characterization techniques, and probing the structure-performance relationship and sodium storage mechanisms.
Another research area also focuses on low-content high-performance precious metal electrocatalysts for electrochemical energy conversion toward the hydrogen energy, such as oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions. Our group is committed to developing new methods for rationally design and prepare highly active and effective electrocatalysts, and revealing the controllable relationship of low-cost, high-performance precious metal electrocatalysts-structure-performance.
Biography
Education & work experiences
BS. Zhengzhou University,1993
1997
MS. North University of China, 1997－2000
Ph.D. Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2000－2003
Postdoc. Aarhus University, 2004－2006
Assoc. Prof. Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 2006－2011
Prof. Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 2012－now
Awards & honors
2007: Beijing Nova Program
Projects & Funding
National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Program (Grant No. (Grant Nos. 22279006, ￥540,000)，2023.1-2026.12
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Joint Fund Project (Grant No. U1607128, ￥500,000), 2017.1- 2019.12.
Publications
Y. Su, B. Johannessen, S. Zhang*, Z. Chen, Q. Gu, G. Li, H. Yan, J.-Y. Li, H.-Y. Hu, Y.-F. Zhu, S. Xu*, H. Liu, S. Dou, Y. Xiao*, Soft-Rigid Heterostructures with Functional Cation Vacancies for Fast-Charging and High-Capacity Sodium Storage, Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2305149.
L. Yu, Z. Cheng, K. Xu, Y.-X. Chang, Y.-H. Feng, D. Si, M. Liu, P.-F. Wang*, S. Xu*, Interlocking biphasic chemistry for high-voltage P2/O3 sodium layered oxide cathode, Energy Storage Mater. 2022, 50, 730.
L. Yu, H. Dong, Y.-X. Chang, Z. Cheng, K. Xu, Y.-H. Feng, D. Si, X. Zhu, M. Liu, B. Xiao, P.-F. Wang*, S. Xu*, Elucidation of the sodium kinetics in layered P-type oxide cathodes, Sci. China Chem. 2022, 65, 2005.
L. Yu, Y.-X. Chang, M. Liu, Y.-H. Feng, D. Si, X. Zhu, X.-Z. Wang, P.-F. Wang*, S. Xu*, O3-Type Na0.95Ni0.40Fe0.15Mn0.3Ti0.15O2 Cathode Materials with Enhanced Storage Stability for High-Energy Na-ion Batteries, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 23236.
Z.-Y. Xie, X. Xing, L. Yu, Y.-X. Chang, Y.-X. Yin*, L. Xu*, M. Yan, S. Xu*, Mg/Ti doping co-promoted high-performance P2-Na0.67Ni0.28Mg0.05Mn0.62Ti0.05O2 for sodium-ion batteries, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2022, 121, 203903.
S.-Y. Zhang, Y.-J. Guo, Y.-N. Zhou, X.-D. Zhang, Y.-B. Niu, E.-H. Wang, L.-B. Huang, P.-F. An, J. Zhang, X.-A. Yang, Y.-X. Yin, S. Xu*, Y.-G. Guo*, P3/O3 Integrated Layered Oxide as High-Power and Long-Life Cathode toward Na-Ion Batteries, Small 2021, 17, 2007236.
Y.-N. Zhou, P.-F. Wang, Y.-B. Niu, Q. Li, X. Yu, Y.-X. Yin, S. Xu*, Y.-G. Guo*, A P2/P3 composite layered cathode for high-performance Na-ion full batteries, Nano Energy 2019, 55, 143-150.
Y.-X. Chang, L. Yu, X. Xing, Y.-J. Guo, Z.-Y. Xie, S. Xu*, Ion Substitution Strategy of Manganese-Based Layered Oxide Cathodes for Advanced and Low-Cost Sodium Ion Batteries, Chem. Rec. 2022, 22, e202200122 (Review).
Y. Li, Y.-Q. Zhu, W. Xin, S. Hong, X. Zhao, H. Yan*, S. Xu*, Interlayer confinement synthesis of Ir nanodots/dual carbon as an electrocatalyst for overall water splitting, J. Mater. Chem. A 2021, 9, 4176-4183.
Y. Li, Y.-C. Miao, C. Yang, Y.-X. Chang, Y. Su, H. Yan*, S. Xu*, Ir nanodots decorated Ni3Fe nanoparticles for boosting electrocatalytic water splitting, Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 451, 138548.
links：
https://chemistry.buct.edu.cn/2015/0331/c1956a24048/page.htm (Chinese version)