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
B.S. (Chemical Technology) in Shandong University of Technology, Shandong, China, 2009-2013

Selected Publications

• 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
• Chen C, Wu D, Li Z, Zhang R, Kuai C, Zhao X, Dong C, Qiao S, Liu H, Du X (2019) Ruthenium-Based Single-Atom Alloy with High Electrocatalytic Activity for Hydrogen Evolution. Advanced Energy Materials 9:1803913. doi: 10.1002/aenm.201803913
• Chang Q, Zhang P, Mostaghimi AHB, Zhao X, Denny SR, Lee JH, Gao H, Zhang Y, Xin HL, Siahrostami S, Chen JG, Chen Z (2020) Promoting H2O2 production via 2-electron oxygen reduction by coordinating partially oxidized Pd with defect carbon. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15843-3
• Feng T, Zhao X-R, Dong C-K, Liu H, Du X-W, Yang J (2018) Boosting reversible oxygen electrocatalysis with enhanced interfacial pyridinic-N–Co bonding in cobalt oxide/mesoporous N-doped graphene hybrids. Nanoscale 10:22140–22147. doi: 10.1039/c8nr07945e
• Liu W, Han L, Wang H-T, Zhao X, Boscoboinik JA, Liu X, Pao C-W, Sun J, Zhuo L, Luo J, Ren J, Pong W-F, Xin HL (2020) FeMo sub-nanoclusters/single atoms for neutral ammonia electrosynthesis. Nano Energy 77:105078. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105078
• Zhou S, Qin J, Zhao X, Yang J (2021) 3D hierarchically macro-/mesoporous graphene frameworks enriched with pyridinic-nitrogen-cobalt active sites as efficient reversible oxygen electrocatalysts for rechargeable zinc-air batteries. Chinese Journal of Catalysis 42:571–582. doi: 10.1016/s1872-2067(20)63642-7
• Hu Y, Lu Y, Zhao X, Shen T, Zhao T, Gong M, Chen K, Lai C, Zhang J, Xin HL, Wang D (2020) Highly active N-doped carbon encapsulated Pd-Fe intermetallic nanoparticles for the oxygen reduction reaction. Nano Research 13:2365–2370. doi: 10.1007/s12274-020-2856-z
• Hu Y, Shen T, Zhao X, Zhang J, Lu Y, Shen J, Lu S, Tu Z, Xin HL, Wang D (2020) Combining structurally ordered intermetallics with N-doped carbon confinement for efficient and anti-poisoning electrocatalysis. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 279:119370. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119370
• Yin Y, Sun X, Zhou M, Zhao X, Qin J, Qiao S, Du X, Yang J (2019) Laser-Induced Pyridinic-Nitrogen-Rich Defective Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient Oxygen Electrocatalysis. ChemCatChem 11:6131–6138. doi: 10.1002/cctc.201901875
• Liu Z, Zhao X, Chen X, Du X, Yang J (2019) Laser Synthesized Bi-functional Hybrid Catalyst Oxygen-defective Co3O4−x/N-Graphene for Oxygen Electrode Reactions. Chemistry Letters 48:118–121. doi: 10.1246/cl.180858
• Zhong W, Zhao X, Qin J, Yang J (2021) An Active Hybrid Electrocatalyst with Synergized Pyridinic Nitrogen-Cobalt and Oxygen Vacancies for Bifunctional Oxygen Reduction and Evolution. Chinese Journal of Chemistry 39:655–660. doi: 10.1002/cjoc.202000445
• Pang L, Liu W, Zhao X, Zhou M, Qin J, Yang J (2020) Engineering Electronic Structures of Nickel Cobalt Phosphide via Iron Doping for Efficient Overall Water Splitting. ChemElectroChem 7:4913–4921. doi: 10.1002/celc.202001390
• Wen Y, Yang T, Cheng C, Zhao X, Liu E, Yang J (2020) Engineering Ru(IV) charge density in Ru@RuO2 core-shell electrocatalyst via tensile strain for efficient oxygen evolution in acidic media. Chinese Journal of Catalysis 41:1161–1167. doi: 10.1016/s1872-2067(20)63543-4

Research Highlights

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