Educational Background
Lecturer, School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China, (2019-Present)
Ph. D., School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, China (2014-2018)
M. S., Department of Physics, Yunnan University, China (2011-2014)
B. S., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yunnan University, China (2006-2010)
Research
Research Interests
[1] (Photo)electrochemical techniques for pollutants degradation and artificial synthesis
[2] Nano-materials construction & conversion for clean energy
[3] Detection and sensor device of environmentally poisonous and harmful substances
Research Projects
[1] Research on the construction and interfacial charger transfer of Vander Waals heterojunction on hematite photoanodes (In charge, supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Project), Grant No. 52002187, 2021-2023)
[2] Mechanism study of water oxidation on hematite photoanodes modified with metal-embedded carbon materials (In charge, Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Project), Grant No. BK20190713, 2019-2022)
[3] Exploration on metal-embedded 2D carbon-based overlayers loaded hematite photoanodes for water oxidation (In charge, Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China, Grant No. 19KJB430027, 2020-2022)
[4] Improvement of performance and stability of nitride and oxynitride photoanodes (Participant, supported by Natural Scientific Funding Committee of China-NSFC, Grant No. 021313001012, 2016.1-2019.12)
[5] Construction and mechanism research of materials with wide spectral response for efficient artificial synthesis (Participant, supported by Natural Scientific Funding Committee of China-NSFC, Grant No. 021313001048, 2017.1-2021.12)
[6] Research on photocatalytic degradation of gaseous oxide (Participant, supported by Natural Scientific Funding Committee of China-NSFC, Grant No. 51872135, 2019.1-2022.12)
[7] Interface behaviors of membranes of bipolar polymer fuel cells (Participant, supported by the Joint Funds of Yunnan Province-Natural Scientific Funding Committee of China, Grant No. U1137602, 2012.1-2015.12)
[7] Interface behaviors of membranes of bipolar polymer fuel cells (Participant, supported by the Joint Funds of Yunnan Province-Natural Scientific Funding Committee of China, Grant No. U1137602, 2012.1-2015.12)
Journal Articles
(1) Z. Xu, W. C. Li, X. H. Wang, B. Wang, Z. Shi, C. Dong, S. C. Yan*, Z. G. Zou. Novel Cobalt Germanium Hydroxide for Electrochemical Water Oxidation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10 (36): 30357-30366.
(2) Z. Xu, H. Y. Wang, Y. Z. Wen, W. C. Li, C. Y. Sun, Y. T. He, Z. Shi, L. Pei, Y. D. Chen, S. C. Yan*, Z. G. Zou. Balancing Catalytic Activity and Interface Energetics of Electrocatalyst-Coated Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10 (4): 3624-3633.
(3) Z. Xu, Z. W. Fan, Z. Shi, M. Y. Li, J. Y. Feng, L. Pei, C. G. Zhou, J. K. Zhou, L. X. Yang, W. C. Li, G. Z. Xu, S. C. Yan*, Z. G. Zou. Interface Manipulation to Improve Plasmon-Coupled Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting on α-Fe2O3 Photoanodes. ChemSusChem 2018, 11 (1): 237-244.
(4) Z. Xu, W. C. Li, Y. D. Yan, H. X. Wang, H. Zhu, M. M. Zhao, S. C. Yan*, Z. G. Zou. In-Situ Formed Hydroxide Accelerating Water Dissociation Kinetics on Co3N for Hydrogen Production in Alkaline Solution. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10 (26): 22102-22109.
(5) Y. F. Yao#, Z. Xu (co-joint first author)#, F. Cheng#, W. C. Li, P. X. Cui, G. z. Xu, S. Xu, P. Wang, G. D. Sheng, Y. D. Yan, Z. T. Yu, S. C. Yan*, Z. X. Chen*, Z. G. Zou. Unlocking the Potential of Graphene for Water Oxidation Using an Orbital Hybridization Strategy. Energy & Environmental Science 2018, 11 (2): 407-416.
(6) G. Z. Xu#, Z. Xu (co-joint first author)#, Z. Shi, L. Pei, S. C. Yan*, Z. B. Gu,Z. G. Zou. Silicon Photoanodes Partially Covered by Ni@Ni(OH)2 Core-Shell Particles for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. ChemSusChem 2017, 10 (14): 2897-2903.
(7) Z. W. Fan#, Z. Xu (co-joint first author)#, S. C. Yan*, Z. G. Zou. Tuning the Ion Permeability of an Al2O3 Coating Layer on Fe2O3 Photoanodes for Improved Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2017, 5 (18): 8402-8407.
(8) Z. Xu, S. C. Yan*, Z. Shi, Y. F. Yao, P. Zhou, H. Y. Wang, Z. G. Zou. Adjusting the Crystallinity of Mesoporous Spinel CoGa2O4 for Efficient Water Oxidation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016, 8 (20): 12887-12893.
(9) Z. Shi, Z. Xu, J. Y. Feng, H. T. Huang, Q. F. Qian, S. C. Yan*, Z. G. Zou. Molten Salt-assisted A-axis-oriented Growth of Ta3N5 Nanorod Arrays with Enhanced Charge Transport for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. CrystEngComm 2018, 20 (36): 5364-5369.
Patents
[1] Z. Xu, W. C. Li, Z. W. Fan, S. C. Yan, Z G. Zou. 2018. A synthetic method of cobalt germanium based hydroxide. Patent license No. ZL201611017255.4 (in Chinese)
[2] Z. Liu, H. Xiao, Z. Xu, Y. F. Feng. A method of depositing metal grating on solar cells without masks. Patent license No. ZL201210270824.1 (in Chinese)
[3] Z. Liu, H. Xiao, Z. Xu, Y. F. Feng. A synthetic method of solar cells with high efficiency of photoelectric conversion. Patent license No. ZL201210394170.3 (in Chinese)
Contact
Email：zhexu@njnu.edu.cn