Dr Zhixiao Xu
ARC Grant-Funded Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering and Information Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
| Year | Citation |
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| 2025 | Zhang, S., Xu, Z., Chen, Y., Jiang, L., Wang, A., Shen, G., & Ding, X. (2025). Lanthanide Metal-Organic Framework Flowers for Proteome Profiling and Biomarker Identification in Ultratrace Biofluid Samples. ACS Nano, 19(4), 4377-4390. Scopus4 Europe PMC3 |
| 2025 | Jia, W., Xu, Z., Chen, Y., Ning, P., Cao, H., & Wang, X. (2025). Synergistic Lewis Acid-Base pair electrolyte Configuration enables reversible zinc anode via multiple electrostatic interactions. Chemical Engineering Journal, 506, 9 pages. Scopus2 WoS1 |
| 2025 | Xu, Z., Li, P., Zhao, J., Hu, K., Jia, W., Gasilov, S., . . . Wang, X. (2025). A Universal Thick Anode for Aqueous and Seawater Energy Storage Devices. Advanced Materials, 37(12), 12 pages. Scopus9 WoS8 Europe PMC2 |
| 2025 | Zhang, Q., Wang, B., Jessica., Ghalandari, B., Chen, Y., Xu, Z., . . . Ding, X. (2025). PISAD: De novo peptide design for target protein with iterative stochastic searching algorithm and docking assessment. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 278, 117338. Scopus2 |
| 2025 | Xu, Z., Xu, Y., Qiu, Y., Cao, Y., Gasilov, S., Li, G., . . . Wang, X. (2025). Pressurized organic electrodes enable practical and extreme batteries. Nature Communications, 16(1), 12 pages. Scopus4 WoS4 |
| 2024 | Chen, Y., Zhang, K., Xu, Z., Gong, F., Feng, R., Jin, Z., & Wang, X. (2024). Regulating interfacial reactions through electrolyte chemistry enables an anion-rich interphase for wide-temperature zinc metal batteries. Energy and Environmental Science, 18(2), 713-727. Scopus24 WoS22 |
| 2024 | Fei, Y., Li, Z., Li, P., Zhang, X., Xu, Z., Deng, W., . . . Li, G. (2024). Dual-Functional Metal-Organic Framework Freestanding Aerogel Boosts Sulfur Reduction Reaction for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16(40), 53833-53842. Scopus7 WoS8 Europe PMC3 |
| 2024 | Li, P. C., Zhang, Z. Q., Zhao, Z. W., Li, J. Q., Xu, Z. X., Zhang, H., & Li, G. (2024). Dipole Moment Influences the Reversibility and Corrosion of Lithium Metal Anodes. Advanced Materials, 36(31), e2406359. Scopus24 WoS24 Europe PMC5 |
| 2024 | Xu, Z., Sun, Z., Shan, J., Jin, S., Cui, J., Deng, Z., . . . Wang, X. (2024). O, N-Codoped, Self-Activated, Holey Carbon Sheets for Low-Cost And High-Loading Zinc-Ion Supercapacitors. Advanced Functional Materials, 34(14), 11 pages. Scopus81 WoS67 |
| 2023 | Zhao, Z., Zhang, S., Xu, Z., Chen, L., & Li, G. (2023). Biodegradable Pea Protein Fibril Hydrogel-Based Quasi-Solid-State Zn-Ion Battery. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 15(42), 49060-49070. Scopus18 WoS17 Europe PMC3 |
| 2023 | Xu, Z., Li, Y., Li, G., Zhang, H., & Wang, X. (2023). Reversible zinc powder anode via crystal facet engineering. Matter, 6(9), 3075-3086. Scopus56 WoS57 |
| 2023 | Dong, Y., Deng, Z., Xu, Z., Liu, G., & Wang, X. (2023). Synergistic Tuning of CoO/CoP Heterojunction Nanowire Arrays as Efficient Bifunctional Catalysts for Alkaline Overall Water Splitting. Small Methods, 7(7), 10 pages. Scopus50 WoS54 Europe PMC16 |
| 2023 | Deng, W., Xu, Z., Li, G., & Wang, X. (2023). Self-Transformation Strategy Toward Vanadium Dioxide Cathode For Advanced Aqueous Zinc Batteries. Small, 19(24), 11 pages. Scopus47 WoS32 Europe PMC8 |
| 2023 | Ma, R., Xu, Z., & Wang, X. (2023). Polymer Hydrogel Electrolytes for Flexible and Multifunctional Zinc-Ion Batteries and Capacitors. Energy and Environmental Materials, 6(5), 26 pages. Scopus111 WoS77 |
| 2023 | Zhang, N., Deng, W., Xu, Z., & Wang, X. (2023). Upcycling of spent LiCoO2 cathodes via nickel- and manganese-doping. Carbon Energy, 5(1), 10 pages. Scopus68 WoS77 |
| 2022 | Xu, Z., Jin, S., Zhang, N., Deng, W., Seo, M. H., & Wang, X. (2022). Efficient Zn Metal Anode Enabled by O,N-Codoped Carbon Microflowers. NANO LETTERS, 22(3), 1350-1357. Scopus103 WoS104 Europe PMC25 |
| 2022 | Xu, Z., Zhang, N., & Wang, X. (2022). Upcycling spent alkaline batteries into rechargeable zinc metal batteries. Nano Energy, 102, 8 pages. Scopus22 WoS23 |
| 2022 | Zhang, N., Xu, Z., Deng, W., & Wang, X. (2022). Recycling and Upcycling Spent LIB Cathodes: A Comprehensive Review. ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY REVIEWS, 5(SUPPL 1), 38 pages. Scopus68 WoS67 |
| 2022 | Deng, W., Xu, Z., & Wang, X. (2022). High-donor electrolyte additive enabling stable aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Energy Storage Materials, 52, 52-60. Scopus220 WoS218 |
| 2022 | Xu, Z., Li, M., Sun, W., Tang, T., Lu, J., & Wang, X. (2022). An Ultrafast, Durable, and High-Loading Polymer Anode for Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries and Supercapacitors. Advanced Materials, 34(23), 11 pages. Scopus146 WoS147 Europe PMC40 |
| 2022 | Xu, Z., Ma, R., & Wang, X. (2022). Ultrafast, long-life, high-loading, and wide-temperature zinc ion supercapacitors. Energy Storage Materials, 46, 233-242. Scopus103 WoS102 |
| 2022 | Deng, Z., Xu, Z., Deng, W., & Wang, X. (2022). Ultrafine Li<inf>4</inf>Ti<inf>5</inf>O<inf>12</inf> nanocrystals as building blocks for ultrahigh-power lithium-ion battery anodes. Journal of Power Sources, 521, 7 pages. Scopus27 WoS27 |
| 2022 | Gao, X., Xu, Z., & Li, G. (2022). MOF-driven ultrafine Co<inf>9</inf>S<inf>8</inf> nanocrystals embedded in N, S-Codoped Multilayer-Assembled carbon nanoplates for efficient bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis. Chemical Engineering Journal, 431, 133385. Scopus24 WoS20 |
| 2021 | Deng, W., Xu, Z., Deng, Z., & Wang, X. (2021). Enhanced polysulfide regulationviahoneycomb-like carbon with catalytic MoC for lithium-sulfur batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(38), 21760-21770. Scopus30 WoS26 |
| 2021 | Xu, Z., Xu, L., Xu, Z., Deng, Z., & Wang, X. (2021). N, O-Codoped Carbon Nanosheet Array Enabling Stable Lithium Metal Anode. Advanced Functional Materials, 31(40), 8 pages. Scopus71 WoS67 |
| 2021 | Xu, Z., Deng, W., & Wang, X. (2021). 3D Hierarchical Carbon-Rich Micro-/Nanomaterials for Energy Storage and Catalysis. Electrochemical Energy Reviews, 4(2), 269-335. Scopus153 WoS143 |
| 2021 | Xu, Z., Jin, S., Seo, M. H., & Wang, X. (2021). Hierarchical Ni-Mo<inf>2</inf>C/N-doped carbon Mott-Schottky array for water electrolysis. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 292, 120168. Scopus105 WoS98 |
| 2020 | Zhang, Q., Han, W., Xu, Z., Li, Y., Chen, L., Bai, Z., . . . Wang, X. (2020). Hollow waxberry-like cobalt-nickel oxide/S,N-codoped carbon nanospheres as a trifunctional electrocatalyst for OER, ORR, and HER. RSC Advances, 10(46), 27788-27793. Scopus24 WoS24 Europe PMC7 |
| 2020 | Chen, L., Xu, Z., Han, W., Zhang, Q., Bai, Z., Chen, Z., . . . Wang, X. (2020). Bimetallic CoNi Alloy Nanoparticles Embedded in Pomegranate-like Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Spheres for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and Evolution. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 3(2), 1354-1362. Scopus51 WoS50 |
| 2019 | Xu, Z., Lu, D., Ma, L., Lu, C., Xi, X., Zhang, G., . . . Wu, D. (2019). Hierarchically ordered carbon tube-sheet superstructure via template-directed self-assembly of polyimide. Chemical Engineering Journal, 364, 201-207. Scopus22 WoS21 |
| 2018 | Xu, Z., Zhang, G., Lu, C., Tian, H., Xi, X., Liu, R., & Wu, D. (2018). Molybdenum carbide nanoparticle decorated hierarchical tubular carbon superstructures with vertical nanosheet arrays for efficient hydrogen evolution. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(39), 18833-18838. Scopus25 WoS22 |
| 2018 | Lu, D., Liu, H., Huang, T., Xu, Z., Ma, L., Yang, P., . . . Wu, D. (2018). Magnesium ion based organic secondary batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(36), 17297-17302. Scopus80 WoS77 |
| 2018 | Wu, D., Zhang, G., Lu, D., Ma, L., Xu, Z., Xi, X., . . . Su, Y. (2018). Perylene diimide-diamine/carbon black composites as high performance lithium/sodium ion battery cathodes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(28), 13613-13618. Scopus32 WoS30 |
| 2018 | Zhang, G., Xu, Z., Liu, P., Su, Y., Huang, T., Liu, R., . . . Wu, D. (2018). A facile in-situ polymerization strategy towards polyimide/carbon black composites as high performance lithium ion battery cathodes. Electrochimica Acta, 260, 598-605. Scopus34 WoS34 |
| 2017 | Tang, Y., Jing, F., Xu, Z., Zhang, F., Mai, Y., & Wu, D. (2017). Highly Crumpled Hybrids of Nitrogen/Sulfur Dual-Doped Graphene and Co9S8 Nanoplates as Efficient Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9(14), 12340-12347. Scopus114 WoS111 Europe PMC28 |
| 2017 | Liu, H., Tang, Y., Wang, C., Xu, Z., Yang, C., Huang, T., . . . Feng, X. (2017). A Lyotropic Liquid-Crystal-Based Assembly Avenue toward Highly Oriented Vanadium Pentoxide/Graphene Films for Flexible Energy Storage. Advanced Functional Materials, 27(12), 7 pages. Scopus36 WoS34 |
| 2017 | Jing, F., Chen, M., Tang, Y., Xu, Z., Huang, T., Su, Y., & Wu, D. (2017). Bottom-up fabrication of nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon nanosheets as high performance oxygen reduction catalysts. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 492, 8-14. Scopus10 WoS9 Europe PMC3 |
| 2016 | Wang, C., Huang, Y., Pan, H., Jiang, J., Yang, X., Xu, Z., . . . Wu, D. (2016). Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon/Graphene Aerogel with Much Enhanced Capacitive Behaviors. Electrochimica Acta, 215, 100-107. Scopus34 WoS32 |
| 2016 | Yao, Z., Su, Y., Lu, C., Yang, C., Xu, Z., Zhu, J., . . . Zhang, F. (2016). Template-directed approach to two-dimensional molybdenum phosphide-carbon nanocomposites with high catalytic activities in the hydrogen evolution reaction. New Journal of Chemistry, 40(7), 6015-6021. Scopus24 WoS24 |
| 2016 | Liu, W., Xu, Z., Wu, D., Wu, Z., & Hu, T. S. (2016). Systematic synthesis of polyimide@inorganics core-shell microspheres via ion-exchange and interfacial reaction. Materials Letters, 177, 30-33. Scopus5 WoS6 |
| 2016 | Xu, Z., Zhuang, X., Yang, C., Cao, J., Yao, Z., Tang, Y., . . . Feng, X. (2016). Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Superstructures Derived from Hierarchical Assembly of Polyimide Nanosheets. Advanced Materials, 28(10), 1981-1987. Scopus450 WoS441 Europe PMC103 |
| 2016 | Han, S., Wang, C., Huang, Y., Jiang, J., Huang, Y., Xu, Z., & Wu, D. (2016). Graphene frameworks supported cobalt oxide with tunable morphologies for enhanced lithium storage behaviors. Journal of Materials Science, 51(10), 4856-4863. Scopus5 WoS5 |
| 2016 | Chen, M., Yang, C., Xu, Z., Tang, Y., Jiang, J., Liu, P., . . . Wu, D. (2016). A facile self-assembly strategy towards naphthalene diimide/graphene hybrids as high performance organic cathodes for lithium-ion batteries. Rsc Advances, 6(17), 13666-13669. Scopus17 WoS17 |
| 2016 | Yang, C., Wu, D., Zhao, W., Ye, W., Xu, Z., Zhang, F., & Feng, X. (2016). Anion-induced self-assembly of positively charged polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons towards nanostructures with controllable two-dimensional morphologies. Crystengcomm, 18(6), 877-880. Scopus5 WoS5 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Xu, Z., & Wang, X. (2022). 3D Heteroatom-Doped Carbon for Lithium/Zinc Metal Anodes. In ECS Meeting Abstracts Vol. MA2022-01 (pp. 661). Vancouver, Canada: The Electrochemical Society. DOI |
| 2022 | Xu, Z., & Wang, X. (2022). Zinc-Ion Capacitors Working at Extreme Conditions. In ECS Meeting Abstracts Vol. MA2022-01 (pp. 561). Vancouver, Canada: The Electrochemical Society. DOI |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Design and synthesis of nanostructured carbon-based catalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO2 | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Mr Yuhang Ye |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Design of novel catalysts for seawater splitting | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Hongzhou Pan |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Basic research on deep eutectic solvents for recovery of cathode active material from lithium-ion batteries | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Guangyuan Luo |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Low-cost direct recycling and value appreciation of metal oxide cathode materials | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Mr Bowen Li |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Design and synthesis of nanostructured carbon-based catalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO2 | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Mr Yuhang Ye |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Low-cost direct recycling and value appreciation of metal oxide cathode materials | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Mr Bowen Li |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Basic research on deep eutectic solvents for recovery of cathode active material from lithium-ion batteries | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Guangyuan Luo |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Design of novel catalysts for seawater splitting | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Hongzhou Pan |
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