Xueru Zhao

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Chemistry Division
Bldg. 555
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 816-5945
xueruzhao@bnl.gov

Research | Education | Publications | Highlights

Research Activities

Surface Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis

Education

Ph.D. (Material Science) in School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 2016-2020
M.S. (Chemical Engineering) in Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin, China, 2013-2016
 

Selected Publications

• Zhao X, Cheng H, Chen X, et al (2024) Multiple Metal–Nitrogen Bonds Synergistically Boosting the Activity and Durability of High-Entropy Alloy Electrocatalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146:3010–3022. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c08177
• Zhao X, Sasaki K (2022) Advanced Pt-Based Core–Shell Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cell Cathodes. Accounts of Chemical Research 55:1226–1236. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00057
• Zhao X, Xi C, Zhang R, Song L, Wang C, Spendelow JS, Frenkel AI, Yang J, Xin HL, Sasaki K (2020) High-Performance Nitrogen-Doped Intermetallic PtNi Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ACS Catalysis 10:10637–10645. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03036
• Zhao X, Cheng H, Song L, Han L, Zhang R, Kwon G, Ma L, Ehrlich SN, Frenkel AI, Yang J, Sasaki K, Xin HL (2020) Rhombohedral Ordered Intermetallic Nanocatalyst Boosts the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ACS Catalysis 11:184–192. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04021
• Zhao X, Wang L, Chen X, Wang W, Xin HL, Du X, Yang J (2020) Ultrafine SmMn2O5-δ electrocatalysts with modest oxygen deficiency for highly-efficient pH-neutral magnesium-air batteries. Journal of Power Sources 449:227482. doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.227482

Research Highlights

Structure design, catalytic mechanism and application of low-/non-PGM oxygen reduction electrocatalysts in fuel cells