Wence Xu
Associate Researcher
Email: wcxu@tju.edu.cn
Institute: Institute of Advanced Metal Materials
Education
· 2014.9-2018.6 Ph.D. in Materials Science, Tianjin University
· 2011.9-2014.6 M.S. in Materials Science, Tianjin University
· 2007.9-2011.6 B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University
· 2015.11-2016.11 Doctoral Student, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Work Experience
·2018-2022 Postdoctoral Fellow, Nankai University
Research
·Research fields:
Controllable Preparation of Nanoporous Materials, Application of Nanoporous Materials in Electrocatalytic Energy Conversion
Undertake projects
·National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Program, Project name: Preparation of nanoporous LaNi5 hydrides and alloys and study of nitrogen reduction electrocatalysis, Project No. 52001172, Execution period: 2021.01-2023.12, Chairperson.
·National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) top-level project, Project name: Study of solid-phase amorphization during dealloying, Project No. 51771131, Execution period: 2018.1-2021.12; Participant.
Iconic results
1. Guilan Fan, Wence Xu*, Jinhan Li, Jialiang Chen, Meng Yu, Youxuan Ni, Shengli Zhu, Xuncheng Su, Fangyi Cheng*, Nanoporous NiSb to Enhance Nitrogen Electroreduction via Tailoring Competitive Adsorption Sites, Advanced Materials, 33, 2101126 (2021).
2. Wence Xu#, Guilan Fan#, Jialiang Chen, Jinhan Li, Le Zhang, Shengli Zhu, Xuncheng Su, Fangyi Cheng*, Jun Chen,Nanoporous Palladium Hydride for Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction under Ambient Conditions, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59,3511-3516 (2018). (ESI Highly Cited Papers)
3. Wence Xu#, Guilan Fan#, Shengli Zhu*, Yanqin Liang, Zhenduo Cui, Zhaoyang Li, Hui Jiang, Shuilin Wu, Fangyi Cheng*, Electronic Structure Modulation of Nanoporous Cobalt Phosphide by Carbon Doping for Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Advanced Functional Materials, 31, 2107333 (2021).
4. Wence Xu, Teng Wang, Hongxia Wang*,Shengli Zhu*, Yanqin Liang, Zhenduo Cui, Xianjin Yang, Akihisa Inoue, Free-standing amorphous nanoporous nickel cobalt phosphide prepared by electrochemically delloying process as a high performance energy storage electrode material, Energy Storage Materials, 17, 300-308 (2019).
5. Wence Xu, Shengli Zhu*, Yanqin Liang, Zhenduo Cui, Xianjin Yang, Akihisa Inoue, A nanoporous metal phosphide catalyst for bifunctional water splitting, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6,5574-5579 (2018).
6. Wence Xu, Shengli Zhu*, Yanqin Liang, Zhenduo Cui, Xianjin Yang, Akihisa Inoue, Hongxia Wang*, A highly efficient electrocatalyst based on amorphous Pd–Cu–S material for hydrogen evolution reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 5, 18793-18800 (2017).
7. Wence Xu, Shengli Zhu*, Zhaoyang Li, Zhenduo Cui, Xianjin Yang,Evolution of palladium/copper oxide-titanium dioxide nanostructures by dealloying and their catalytic performance for methanol electro-oxidation. Journal of Power Sources 274, 1034-1042 (2015).
8. Wence Xu, Hongxia Wang*, Earth-abundant amorphous catalysts for electrolysis of water. Chinese Journal of Catalysis 38, 991-1005 (2017).
9. Hongming Sun, Zhenhua Yan, Fangming Liu, Wence Xu, Fangyi Cheng*, Jun Chen, Self-Supported Transition-Metal-Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution. Advanced Materials 32,1806326 (2020). (ESI Highly Cited Papers)
10. Xinxin Yang, Wence Xu, Shuo Cao, Shengli Zhu*, Yanqin Liang, Zhenduo Cui, Xianjin Yang, Zhaoyang Li, Shuilin Wu, Akihisa Inoue, Luyang Chen, An amorphous nanoporous PdCuNi-S hybrid electrocatalyst for highly efficient hydrogen production. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 246, 156-165 (2019).
