Xiaowan Bai
School of Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
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Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2017 - 2021 Southeast University China PhD -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Bai, X., Chen, C., Zhao, X., Zhang, Y., Zheng, Y., & Jiao, Y. (2024). Accelerating the Reaction Kinetics of CO<inf>2</inf> Reduction to Multi-Carbon Products by Synergistic Effect between Cation and Aprotic Solvent on Copper Electrodes. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 63(9), 12 pages.
2024 Wang, Y., Jia, J., Zhao, X., Hu, W., Li, H., Bai, X., . . . Xu, C. (2024). Lowering the Coordination of Octahedra in Spinel Oxides by the Robust Fe-N Bonds for Enhancing Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Catalysis, 14(4), 2313-2323.
2024 Jiang, L., Bai, X., Zhi, X., & Jiao, Y. (2024). New Mechanistic Insights into Electrokinetic Competition Between Nitrogen Reduction and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions. Advanced Energy Materials, 11 pages.
2024 Bai, X., He, M., Xu, Y., Xu, B., Lu, Q., Wang, J., & Ling, C. (2024). New Mechanistic Insights into CO<inf>2</inf>/CO Electroreduction to Acetate by Combining Computations and Experiments. ACS Catalysis, 14(5), 3171-3180.
2023 Wang, P., Bai, X., Jin, H., Gao, X., Davey, K., Zheng, Y., . . . Qiao, S. Z. (2023). Directed Urea-to-Nitrite Electrooxidation via Tuning Intermediate Adsorption on Co, Ge Co-Doped Ni Sites. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(25), 1-10.
Scopus21 WoS32023 Hao, J., Yuan, L., Zhu, Y., Bai, X., Ye, C., Jiao, Y., & Qiao, S. (2023). Low-cost and Non-flammable Eutectic Electrolytes for Advanced Zn-I2 Batteries. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 62(39), 1-8.
Scopus17 Europe PMC12023 Hao, J., Yuan, L., Zhu, Y., Bai, X., Ye, C., Jiao, Y., & Qiao, S. (2023). Low‐cost and Non‐flammable Eutectic Electrolytes for Advanced Zn‐I<sub>2</sub> Batteries. Angewandte Chemie, 135(39).
2023 Gao, X., Bai, X., Wang, P., Jiao, Y., Davey, K., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2023). Boosting urea electrooxidation on oxyanion-engineered nickel sites via inhibited water oxidation. Nature Communications, 14(1), 5842-1-5842-10.
Scopus122023 Ouyang, Y., Shi, L., Bai, X., Ling, C., Li, Q., & Wang, J. (2023). Selectivity of Electrochemical CO<inf>2</inf> Reduction toward Ethanol and Ethylene: The Key Role of Surface-Active Hydrogen. ACS Catalysis, 13(23), 15448-15456.
2022 Fan, L., Bai, X., Xia, C., Zhang, X., Zhao, X., Xia, Y., . . . Wang, H. (2022). CO2/carbonate-mediated electrochemical water oxidation to hydrogen peroxide.. Nat Commun, 13(1), 9 pages.
Scopus38 WoS20 Europe PMC52022 Ling, C., Cui, Y., Lu, S., Bai, X., & Wang, J. (2022). How computations accelerate electrocatalyst discovery. Chem, 8(6), 1575-1610.
Scopus20 WoS112022 Bai, X., Shi, L., Li, Q., Ling, C., Ouyang, Y., Wang, S., & Wang, J. (2022). Synergistic Effect of Metal Doping and Tethered Ligand Promoted High-Selectivity Conversion of CO<inf>2</inf> to C<inf>2</inf> Oxygenates at Ultra-Low Potential. Energy and Environmental Materials, 5(3), 892-898.
Scopus14 WoS112022 Bai, X., Zhao, X., Zhang, Y., Ling, C., Zhou, Y., Wang, J., & Liu, Y. (2022). Dynamic Stability of Copper Single-Atom Catalysts under Working Conditions. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 144(37), 17140-17148.
Scopus75 WoS36 Europe PMC112021 Wang, M., Wa, Q., Bai, X., He, Z., Samarakoon, W. S., Ma, Q., . . . Feng, Z. (2021). The Restructuring-Induced CoO<sub><i>x</i></sub> Catalyst for Electrochemical Water Splitting. JACS Au, 1(12), 2216-2223.
Scopus31 WoS21 Europe PMC42021 Li, Z., Wang, Q., Bai, X., Wang, M., Yang, Z., Du, Y., . . . Yang, Y. (2021). Doping-modulated strain control of bifunctional electrocatalysis for rechargeable zinc-air batteries. Energy and Environmental Science, 14(9), 5035-5043.
Scopus34 WoS242021 Wang, S., Bai, X., Li, Q., Ouyang, Y., Shi, L., & Wang, J. (2021). Selective visible-light driven highly efficient photocatalytic reduction of CO₂ to C₂H₅OH by two-dimensional Cu₂S monolayers. Nanoscale Horizons, 6(8), 661-668.
Scopus14 WoS9 Europe PMC12021 Han, Q., Bai, X., Chen, J., Feng, S., Gao, W., Tu, W., . . . Zou, Z. (2021). Hollow InVO<inf>4</inf> Nanocuboid Assemblies toward Promoting Photocatalytic N<inf>2</inf> Conversion Performance. Advanced Materials, 33(39), e2006780.
Scopus36 WoS23 Europe PMC12021 Fu, Z., Li, Q., Bai, X., Huang, Y., Shi, L., & Wang, J. (2021). Promoting the conversion of CO₂ to CH₄ via synergistic dual active sites. Nanoscale, 13(28), 12233-12241.
Scopus14 WoS112021 Xia, Y., Zhao, X., Xia, C., Wu, Z. Y., Zhu, P., Kim, J. Y., . . . Wang, H. (2021). Highly active and selective oxygen reduction to H₂0₂ on boron-doped carbon for high production rates. Nature Communications, 12(1), 4225-1-4225-12.
Scopus207 WoS149 Europe PMC202021 Dai, W., Bai, X., Zhu, Y. A., Zhang, Y., Lu, T., Pan, Y., & Wang, J. (2021). Surface reconstruction induced in situ phosphorus doping in nickel oxides for an enhanced oxygen evolution reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(10), 6432-6441.
Scopus36 WoS292021 Niu, X., Sun, D., Shi, L., Bai, X., Li, Q., Li, X., & Wang, J. (2021). A new nitrogen fixation strategy: The direct formation of *N₂‾ excited state on metal-free photocatalyst. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(10), 6214-6222.
Scopus5 WoS52020 Shi, Q., He, Y., Bai, X., Wang, M., Cullen, D. A., Lucero, M., . . . Wu, G. (2020). Methanol tolerance of atomically dispersed single metal site catalysts: Mechanistic understanding and high-performance direct methanol fuel cells. Energy and Environmental Science, 13(10), 3544-3555.
Scopus120 WoS1102020 Ouyang, Y., Shi, L., Bai, X., Li, Q., & Wang, J. (2020). Breaking scaling relations for efficient co<inf>2</inf> electrochemical reduction through dual-atom catalysts. Chemical Science, 11(7), 1807-1813.
Scopus209 WoS163 Europe PMC112020 Bai, X., Li, Q., Shi, L., Niu, X., Ling, C., & Wang, J. (2020). Hybrid Cu⁰ and Cu×⁺ as Atomic Interfaces Promote High-Selectivity Conversion of CO₂ to C₂H₅OH at Low Potential. Small, 16(12), 1901981-1-1901981-8.
Scopus84 WoS74 Europe PMC72020 Wang, S., Li, J., Li, Q., Bai, X., & Wang, J. (2020). Metal single-atom coordinated graphitic carbon nitride as an efficient catalyst for CO oxidation. Nanoscale, 12(1), 364-371.
Scopus58 WoS49 Europe PMC72020 Niu, X., Bai, X., Zhou, Z., & Wang, J. (2020). Rational Design and Characterization of Direct Z-Scheme Photocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting from Excited State Dynamics Simulations. ACS Catalysis, 10(3), 1976-1983.
Scopus113 WoS1082020 Gao, W., Bai, X., Gao, Y., Liu, J., He, H., Yang, Y., . . . Zou, Z. (2020). Anchoring of black phosphorus quantum dots onto WO<inf>3</inf>nanowires to boost photocatalytic CO<inf>2</inf>conversion into solar fuels. Chemical Communications, 56(56), 7777-7780.
Scopus53 WoS47 Europe PMC12020 Bai, X., Li, Q., Shi, L., Ling, C., & Wang, J. (2020). Edge promotion and basal plane activation of MoS₂ catalyst by isolated Co atoms for hydrodesulfurization and hydrodenitrogenation. Catalysis Today, 350, 56-63.
Scopus5 WoS42020 Wang, S., Shi, L., Bai, X., Li, Q., Ling, C., & Wang, J. (2020). Highly efficient photo-/electrocatalytic reduction of nitrogen into ammonia by dual-metal sites. ACS Central Science, 6(10), 1762-1771.
Scopus124 WoS107 Europe PMC72020 Li, Q., Ouyang, Y., Lu, S., Bai, X., Zhang, Y., Shi, L., . . . Wang, J. (2020). Perspective on theoretical methods and modeling relating to electro-catalysis processes. Chemical Communications, 56(69), 9937-9949.
Scopus49 WoS38 Europe PMC42020 Tang, C., Shi, J., Bai, X., Hu, A., Xuan, N., Yue, Y., . . . Sun, Z. (2020). Co₂ reduction on copper's twin boundary. ACS Catalysis, 10(3), 2026-2032.
Scopus57 WoS472019 Li, Q., Shi, L., Wu, R., Lin, C., Bai, X., Ouyang, Y., . . . Wang, J. (2019). Unveiling chemical reactivity and oxidation of 1T-phased group VI disulfides. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21(31), 17010-17017.
Scopus9 WoS8 Europe PMC12019 Han, Q., Bai, X., Man, Z., He, H., Li, L., Hu, J., . . . Zou, Z. (2019). Convincing Synthesis of Atomically Thin, Single-Crystalline InVO<inf>4</inf> Sheets toward Promoting Highly Selective and Efficient Solar Conversion of CO<inf>2</inf> into CO. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(10), 4209-4213.
Scopus189 WoS170 Europe PMC92019 Ling, C., Ouyang, Y., Li, Q., Bai, X., Mao, X., Du, A., & Wang, J. (2019). A General Two-Step Strategy–Based High-Throughput Screening of Single Atom Catalysts for Nitrogen Fixation. Small Methods, 3(9), 1800376-1-1800376-8.
Scopus300 WoS2532019 Zhang, J., Bai, X., Wang, T., Xiao, W., Xi, P., Wang, J., . . . Wang, J. (2019). Bimetallic Nickel Cobalt Sulfide as Efficient Electrocatalyst for Zn–Air Battery and Water Splitting. Nano-Micro Letters, 11(1), 2-1-2-13.
Scopus181 WoS177 Europe PMC202019 Ling, C., Zhang, Y., Li, Q., Bai, X., Shi, L., & Wang, J. (2019). New Mechanism for N<inf>2</inf> Reduction: The Essential Role of Surface Hydrogenation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(45), 18264-18270.
Scopus157 WoS142 Europe PMC72019 Niu, X., Yi, Y., Bai, X., Zhang, J., Zhou, Z., Chu, L., . . . Li, X. (2019). Photocatalytic performance of few-layer graphitic C₃N₄: enhanced by interlayer coupling. Nanoscale, 11(9), 3780-3785.
Scopus26 WoS29 Europe PMC22019 Li, Q., Bai, X., Ling, C., Zhou, Q., Yuan, S., Chen, Q., & Wang, J. (2019). Forming Atom–Vacancy Interface on the MoS<inf>2</inf> Catalyst for Efficient Hydrodeoxygenation Reactions. Small Methods, 3(9), 1800315.
Scopus24 WoS192019 Qian, J., Bai, X., Xi, S., Xiao, W., Gao, D., & Wang, J. (2019). Bifunctional Electrocatalytic Activity of Nitrogen-Doped NiO Nanosheets for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11(34), 30865-30871.
Scopus38 WoS38 Europe PMC12019 Shi, L., Li, Q., Ling, C., Zhang, Y., Ouyang, Y., Bai, X., & Wang, J. (2019). Metal-free electrocatalyst for reducing nitrogen to ammonia using a Lewis acid pair. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(9), 4865-4871.
Scopus112 WoS1042018 Ling, C., Bai, X., Ouyang, Y., Du, A., & Wang, J. (2018). Single Molybdenum Atom Anchored on N-Doped Carbon as a Promising Electrocatalyst for Nitrogen Reduction into Ammonia at Ambient Conditions. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122(29), 16842-16847.
Scopus221 WoS2052018 Bai, X., Ling, C., Shi, L., Ouyang, Y., Li, Q., & Wang, J. (2018). Insight into the catalytic activity of MXenes for hydrogen evolution reaction. Science Bulletin, 63(21), 1397-1403.
Scopus60 WoS472017 Tang, H., Bai, X., Zhao, E., & Wu, Z. (2017). Theoretical insights on the reaction pathways of the oxygen reduction reaction on yttrium doped graphene as a catalyst in fuel cells. Synthetic Metals, 232, 131-137.
Scopus1 WoS12017 Sun, X., Li, K., Yin, C., Wang, Y., He, F., Bai, X., . . . Wu, Z. (2017). The oxygen reduction reaction mechanism on Sn doped graphene as an electrocatalyst in fuel cells: A DFT study. RSC Advances, 7(2), 729-734.
Scopus25 WoS222017 Bai, X., Zhao, E., Wang, W., Wang, Y., Li, K., Lin, L., . . . Wu, Z. (2017). A direct four-electron process on Fe-N₃ doped graphene for the oxygen reduction reaction: A theoretical perspective. RSC Advances, 7(38), 23812-23819.
Scopus32 WoS292016 Bai, X., Zhao, E., Li, K., Wang, Y., Jiao, M., He, F., . . . Wu, Z. (2016). Theoretical investigation on the reaction pathways for oxygen reduction reaction on silicon doped graphene as potential metal-free catalyst. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 163(14), F1496-F1502.
Scopus23 WoS222016 Sun, X., Li, K., Yin, C., Wang, Y., Jiao, M., He, F., . . . Wu, Z. (2016). Dual-site oxygen reduction reaction mechanism on CoN<inf>4</inf> and CoN<inf>2</inf> embedded graphene: Theoretical insights. Carbon, 108, 541-550.
Scopus84 WoS822016 Bai, X., Zhao, E., Li, K., Wang, Y., Jiao, M., He, F., . . . Wu, Z. (2016). Theoretical insights on the reaction pathways for oxygen reduction reaction on phosphorus doped graphene. Carbon, 105, 214-223.
Scopus57 WoS562016 Bai, X., Zhao, E., Li, K., Wang, Y., Jiao, M., He, F., . . . Wu, Z. (2016). Theoretical Investigation on the Reaction Pathways of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Graphene Codoped with Manganese and Phosphorus as a Potential Nonprecious Metal Catalyst. ChemCatChem, 8(21), 3353-3360.
Scopus12 WoS112016 Ying, C., Bai, X., Du, Y., Zhao, E., Lin, L., & Hou, Q. (2016). Structural optimization and physical properties of TcB 3 and MoB 3 at high-pressure: First-principles. International Journal of Modern Physics B, 30(20), 1650131-1-1650131-16.
Scopus6 WoS62015 Zhang, X., Bai, X., Zhao, E., Wu, Z., Fu, L., & Hou, Q. (2015). First-principles calculation of structural, thermodynamic and mechanical properties of 5d transitional metal triborides TMB<inf>3</inf> (TM=Hf-Au). Computational Condensed Matter, 3, 53-60.
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ARC DECRA Fellowship (2024-2026), DE240100846, CI, Probing Electrochemical Interface in CO2 reduction by Operando Computation, $350,237
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2022 Co-Supervisor Design Electrocatalysts for Clean Energy Conversion Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Lin Jiang 2022 Co-Supervisor Design of Nanostructured Electrocatalysts for Facile C-N Coupling by Molecular Modeling Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Ling Chen
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