
Zhixiao Xu
School of Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
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Journals
Year Citation 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.
Scopus3 Europe PMC12025 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 WoS12025 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.
Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC12025 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.
Scopus12025 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.
Scopus2 WoS12024 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.
Scopus12 WoS122024 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.
Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC12024 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.
Scopus13 WoS14 Europe PMC32024 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.
Scopus58 WoS472023 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.
Scopus12 WoS10 Europe PMC32023 Xu, Z., Li, Y., Li, G., Zhang, H., & Wang, X. (2023). Reversible zinc powder anode via crystal facet engineering. Matter, 6(9), 3075-3086.
Scopus51 WoS522023 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.
Scopus49 WoS51 Europe PMC122023 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.
Scopus40 WoS23 Europe PMC62023 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.
Scopus92 WoS692023 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.
Scopus63 WoS702022 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.
Scopus100 WoS98 Europe PMC182022 Xu, Z., Zhang, N., & Wang, X. (2022). Upcycling spent alkaline batteries into rechargeable zinc metal batteries. Nano Energy, 102, 8 pages.
Scopus21 WoS212022 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.
Scopus52 WoS502022 Deng, W., Xu, Z., & Wang, X. (2022). High-donor electrolyte additive enabling stable aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Energy Storage Materials, 52, 52-60.
Scopus188 WoS1852022 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.
Scopus136 WoS136 Europe PMC262022 Xu, Z., Ma, R., & Wang, X. (2022). Ultrafast, long-life, high-loading, and wide-temperature zinc ion supercapacitors. Energy Storage Materials, 46, 233-242.
Scopus94 WoS922022 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.
Scopus26 WoS262022 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.
Scopus21 WoS182021 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.
Scopus27 WoS242021 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.
Scopus66 WoS652021 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.
Scopus143 WoS1342021 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.
Scopus96 WoS912020 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.
Scopus23 WoS23 Europe PMC72020 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.
Scopus49 WoS482019 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.
Scopus20 WoS182018 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.
Scopus23 WoS212018 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.
Scopus77 WoS732018 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.
Scopus31 WoS282018 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.
Scopus32 WoS312017 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 PMC212017 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 WoS342017 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 PMC22016 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.
Scopus33 WoS322016 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 WoS242016 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 WoS62016 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.
Scopus443 WoS432 Europe PMC702016 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 WoS52016 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 WoS172016 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.
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Conference Papers
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.
DOI2022 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.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
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
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