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Zhichuan J. Xu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US
Area of research
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment · Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Research interest
Research interests include Materials science, Catalysis, Electrocatalyst, Oxygen evolution, Electrochemistry, and Oxygen.
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citations
8,440
works
47
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Recent publications

Modulation of Interfacial Water at Gas–Liquid–Solid Interface for Water Electrolysis
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025cited by 27position: middledoi
Symmetry breaking of single-atom catalysts in heterogeneous electrocatalysis: reactivity and configuration
Chemical Society Reviews 2025cited by 14position: lastdoi
Industrially viable formate production with 50% lower CO<sub>2</sub> emissions
Energy & Environmental Science 2025cited by 7position: lastdoi
Modulation of Interfacial Water at Gas–Liquid–Solid Interface for Water Electrolysis
Angewandte Chemie 2025cited by 5position: middledoi
Magnetic field mediated oxygen radical mechanism for enhanced water oxidation
Journal of Energy Chemistry 2025cited by 4position: middledoi
Spin-related Cu-Co pair to increase electrochemical ammonia generation on high-entropy oxides
Nature Communications 2024cited by 129position: middledoi
Spin-dependent electrocatalysis
National Science Review 2024cited by 57position: lastdoi
Best practices for oxygen electrocatalysis
Nature Sustainability 2024cited by 32position: middledoi
Magnetic Field‐induced Disordered Phase of Spinel Oxides for High Battery Performance
Advanced Materials 2024cited by 22position: middledoi
Catalytically altering the redox pathway of sulfur in propylene carbonate electrolyte using dual-nitrogen/oxygen-containing carbon
CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION) 2024cited by 3position: lastdoi
In Situ X‐ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Metal/Nitrogen‐doped Carbons in Oxygen Electrocatalysis
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023cited by 61position: middledoi
Essential role of lattice oxygen in methanol electrochemical refinery toward formate
Science Advances 2023cited by 51position: lastdoi
Harnessing magnetic fields to accelerate oxygen evolution reaction
CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION) 2023cited by 28position: middledoi
In Situ X‐ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Metal/Nitrogen‐doped Carbons in Oxygen Electrocatalysis
Angewandte Chemie 2023cited by 8position: middledoi
Nitrogen‐Rich Carbonaceous Materials for Advanced Oxygen Electrocatalysis: Synthesis, Characterization, and Activity of Nitrogen Sites
Advanced Functional Materials 2022cited by 217position: middledoi
Methanol electro-oxidation to formate on iron-substituted lanthanum cobaltite perovskite oxides
eScience 2022cited by 75position: lastdoi
Enhanced oxygen evolution over dual corner-shared cobalt tetrahedra
Nature Communications 2022cited by 47position: lastdoi
Tuning of lattice oxygen reactivity and scaling relation to construct better oxygen evolution electrocatalyst
Nature Communications 2021cited by 431position: middledoi
Spin pinning effect to reconstructed oxyhydroxide layer on ferromagnetic oxides for enhanced water oxidation
Nature Communications 2021cited by 430position: lastdoi
Raw biomass electroreforming coupled to green hydrogen generation
Nature Communications 2021cited by 231position: middledoi
The importance of the dissolution of polysulfides in lithium-sulfur batteries and a perspective on high-energy electrolyte/cathode design
Electrochimica Acta 2021cited by 26position: lastdoi
Covalency competition dominates the water oxidation structure–activity relationship on spinel oxides
Nature Catalysis 2020cited by 584position: lastdoi
Strategies for design of electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution under alkaline conditions
Materials Today 2020cited by 513position: middledoi
Antiferromagnetic Inverse Spinel Oxide LiCoVO<sub>4</sub> with Spin‐Polarized Channels for Water Oxidation
Advanced Materials 2020cited by 170position: lastdoi
Enhanced Thermal Buffering of Phase Change Materials by the Intramicrocapsule Sub per Mille CNT Dopant
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020cited by 24position: middledoi
Electrodeposited Sulfur and CoxS Electrocatalyst on Buckypaper as High-Performance Cathode for Li–S Batteries
Nano-Micro Letters 2020cited by 23position: middledoi
Hydrogen peroxide sol–gel coating of microencapsulated phase change materials by metal oxides
Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 2020cited by 12position: middledoi
Recommended Practices and Benchmark Activity for Hydrogen and Oxygen Electrocatalysis in Water Splitting and Fuel Cells
Advanced Materials 2019cited by 1,315position: middledoi
Approaches for measuring the surface areas of metal oxide electrocatalysts for determining their intrinsic electrocatalytic activity
Chemical Society Reviews 2019cited by 889position: lastdoi
Switch of the Rate-Determining Step of Water Oxidation by Spin-Selected Electron Transfer in Spinel Oxides
Chemistry of Materials 2019cited by 135position: lastdoi

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Frequent collaborators

Daniel Mandler · Hebrew University of Jerusalem10 papers (2017–2025)Ovadia Lev · Hebrew University of Jerusalem9 papers (2017–2024)Linghui Yu · Nanjing Agricultural University8 papers (2014–2024)Shibo Xi · Agency for Science, Technology and Research8 papers (2020–2025)Shengnan Sun · Jilin University7 papers (2016–2024)Yuanmiao Sun · Shenzhen University7 papers (2019–2024)Chao Wei · Jining Medical University6 papers (2014–2022)Wei Chen · National University of Singapore6 papers (2014–2024)Yang Shao‐Horn · National University of Singapore6 papers (2012–2024)Alexey A. Mikhaylov · Hebrew University of Jerusalem5 papers (2017–2020) · 5 papers (2022–2025)Alexander G. Medvedev · Hebrew University of Jerusalem5 papers (2017–2020)Yonghua Du · Brookhaven National Laboratory5 papers (2020–2024)Zhenxing Feng · Massachusetts Institute of Technology5 papers (2016–2022)Samuel Jun Hoong Ong · Dartmouth College5 papers (2019–2024)Petr V. Prikhodchenko · Hebrew University of Jerusalem5 papers (2017–2020)Sergey Sladkevich · Hebrew University of Jerusalem4 papers (2018–2020)Dmitry A. Grishanov · Hebrew University of Jerusalem4 papers (2017–2020)Yubo Chen · Nanjing Tech University4 papers (2019–2024)Xiaoning Li · University of Wollongong4 papers (2023–2025)