Dr. Xijun Wang is a Special Appointment Professor at University of Science and Technology of China. His group develops data-driven and physics-grounded methods—combining machine-learning interatomic potentials, molecular dynamics/Monte Carlo, and quantum chemistry—to understand and design porous materials and heterogeneous catalysts. Current interests include CO2 capture and conversion, methane activation, and photo/electro/thermo-catalysis, as well as generative AI-enabled inverse design and autonomous discovery workflows. more
Works (67)
2023 journal article
Accelerated Perovskite Oxide Development for Thermochemical Energy Storage by a High‐Throughput Combinatorial Approach
Advanced Energy Materials, 13(18).
2023 article
Charge Steering in Heterojunction Photocatalysis: General Principles, Design, Construction, and Challenges
Eshete, M., Li, X., Yang, L., Wang, X., Zhang, J., Xie, L., … Jiang, J. (2023, January 4). Small Science.
2023 article
Computational Screening of Supported Metal Oxide Nanoclusters for Methane Activation: Insights into Homolytic versus Heterolytic C–H Bond Dissociation
Doan, H. A., Wang, X., & Snurr, R. Q. (2023, May 24). The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.
2023 journal article
Lithium carbonate-promoted mixed rare earth oxides as a generalized strategy for oxidative coupling of methane with exceptional yields
Nature Communications, 14(1).
2023 article
Structure–Activity Relationship Insights for Organophosphonate Hydrolysis at Ti(IV) Active Sites in Metal–Organic Frameworks
Mian, M. R., Wang, X., Wang, X., Kirlikovali, K. O., Xie, H., Ma, K., … Farha, O. K. (2023, March 15). Journal of the American Chemical Society.
2022 article
Alkali metal halide–coated perovskite redox catalysts for anaerobic oxidative dehydrogenation of n -butane
Gao, Y., Wang, X., Corolla, N., Eldred, T., Bose, A., Gao, W., & Li, F. (2022, July 27). Science Advances, Vol. 8.
2022 article
High-throughput oxygen chemical potential engineering of perovskite oxides for chemical looping applications
Wang, X., Gao, Y., Krzystowczyk, E., Iftikhar, S., Dou, J., Cai, R., … Li, F. (2022, January 1). Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 15, pp. 1512–1528.
2022 article
Quantitatively Determining Surface–Adsorbate Properties from Vibrational Spectroscopy with Interpretable Machine Learning
Wang, X., Jiang, S., Hu, W., Ye, S., Wang, T., Wu, F., … Luo, Y. (2022, August 24). Journal of the American Chemical Society.
2022 journal article
Ru-promoted perovskites as effective redox catalysts for CO2 splitting and methane partial oxidation in a cyclic redox scheme
Nanoscale, 14(48), 18094–18105.
2022 article
Selective catalytic oxidation of ammonia to nitric oxide via chemical looping
Ruan, C., Wang, X., Wang, C., Zheng, L., Li, L., Lin, J., … Wang, X. (2022, February 7). Nature Communications, Vol. 13.
2021 article
A tailored multi-functional catalyst for ultra-efficient styrene production under a cyclic redox scheme
Zhu, X., Gao, Y., Wang, X., Haribal, V., Liu, J., Neal, L. M., … Li, F. (2021, February 26). Nature Communications, Vol. 12.
2021 article
Electronic Spin Moment As a Catalytic Descriptor for Fe Single-Atom Catalysts Supported on C2N
Zhong, W., Qiu, Y., Shen, H., Wang, X., Yuan, J., Jia, C., … Jiang, J. (2021, March 11). Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 143, pp. 4405–4413.
2021 article
Liquid Metal Shell as an Effective Iron Oxide Modifier for Redox-Based Hydrogen Production at Intermediate Temperatures
Wang, I., Gao, Y., Wang, X., Cai, R., Chung, C., Iftikhar, S., … Li, F. (2021, August 3). ACS Catalysis, Vol. 8, pp. 10228–10238.
2021 article
Molten-salt-mediated carbon dioxide capture and superequilibrium utilization with ethane oxidative dehydrogenation
Liu, J., Gao, Y., Wang, X., & Li, F. (2021, July 1). Cell Reports Physical Science, Vol. 7.
2021 article
Net Electronic Charge as an Effective Electronic Descriptor for Oxygen Release and Transport Properties of SrFeO3-Based Oxygen Sorbents
Wang, X., Krzystowczyk, E., Dou, J., & Li, F. (2021, March 17). Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 33, pp. 2446–2456.
Contributors: n , E. Krzystowczyk n, J. Dou n & F. Li n
2021 article
One-step synthesis of single-site vanadium substitution in 1T-WS2 monolayers for enhanced hydrogen evolution catalysis
Han, A., Zhou, X., Wang, X., Liu, S., Xiong, Q., Zhang, Q., … Li, Y. (2021, January 29). Nature Communications, Vol. 12.
Contributors: A. Han *, X. Zhou *, n , S. Liu *, Q. Xiong *, Q. Zhang *, L. Gu *, Z. Zhuang *
2021 article
Regulating Electronic Spin Moments of Single-Atom Catalyst Sites via Single-Atom Promoter Tuning on S-Vacancy MoS2 for Efficient Nitrogen Fixation
Dang, Q., Tang, S., Liu, T., Li, X., Wang, X., Zhong, W., … Jiang, J. (2021, August 25). The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 8, pp. 8355–8362.
2021 article
Selective catalytic oxidation of ammonia to nitric oxide via chemical looping
Ruan, C., Wang, X., Wang, X., Wang, C., Li, L., Lin, J., … Wang, X. (2021, April 15).
2021 article
Spatial Confinement of a Carbon Nanocone for an Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Wu, F., Zhan, S., Yang, L., Zhuo, Z., Wang, X., Li, X., … Jiang, J. (2021, February 26). The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 12, pp. 2252–2258.
2021 article
Tunable Electric and Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal@NxCy‐Graphene Materials by Different Metal and Defect Types
Zhang, F., Liu, H., Tao, F., Wang, X., Cao, X., & Hu, W. (2021, August 19). Chemistry - An Asian Journal, Vol. 9.
2020 article
A molten carbonate shell modified perovskite redox catalyst for anaerobic oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane
Gao, Y., Wang, X., Liu, J., Huang, C., Zhao, K., Zhao, Z., … Li, F. (2020, April 24). Science Advances, Vol. 6.
2020 article
Azopyrazole-Based Photoswitchable Anion Receptor for Dihydrogen Phosphate Transport
Lv, S., Li, X., Yang, L., Wang, X., Zhang, J., Zhang, G., & Jiang, J. (2020, November 16). The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 124, pp. 9692–9697.
2020 article
Carbon Monoxide Oxidation Promoted by Surface Polarization Charges in a CuO/Ag Hybrid Catalyst
Wang, X., Jia, C., Sharman, E., Zhang, G., Li, X., & Jiang, J. (2020, February 13). Scientific Reports, Vol. 10.
2020 article
Edge-effect enhanced catalytic CO oxidation by atomically dispersed Pt on nitride-graphene
Jia, C., Wang, X., Yin, H., Zhong, W., Sharman, E., Luo, Y., & Jiang, J. (2020, December 28). Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
2020 article
Electric Dipole Descriptor for Machine Learning Prediction of Catalyst Surface–Molecular Adsorbate Interactions
Wang, X., Ye, S., Hu, W., Sharman, E., Liu, R., Liu, Y., … Jiang, J. (2020, April 16). Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 142, pp. 7737–7743.
2020 article
Enabling Efficient Charge Separation for Optoelectronic Conversion via an Energy-Dependent Z-Scheme n-Semiconductor–Metal–p-Semiconductor Schottky Heterojunction
Eshete, M., Yang, L., Sharman, E., Li, X., Wang, X., Zhang, G., & Jiang, J. (2020, April 10). The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 11, pp. 3313–3319.
2020 article
Realizing a Not-Strong-Not-Weak Polarization Electric Field in Single-Atom Catalysts Sandwiched by Boron Nitride and Graphene Sheets for Efficient Nitrogen Fixation
Tang, S., Dang, Q., Liu, T., Zhang, S., Zhou, Z., Li, X., … Jiang, J. (2020, October 27). Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 142, pp. 19308–19315.
2020 article
Regulation of Electronic Structure of Graphene Nanoribbon by Tuning Long-Range Dopant–Dopant Coupling at Distance of Tens of Nanometers
Sun, J., Feng, S., Wang, X., Zhang, G., Luo, Y., & Jiang, J. (2020, July 30). The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 11, pp. 6907–6913.
2020 article
Sharp-tip enhanced catalytic CO oxidation by atomically dispersed Pt1/Pt2on a raised graphene oxide platform
Jia, C., Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Zhong, W., Prezhdo, O. V., Luo, Y., & Jiang, J. (2020, January 1). Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
2020 article
Sr1-xCaxFe1-yCoyO3-δ as facile and tunable oxygen sorbents for chemical looping air separation
Dou, J., Krzystowczyk, E., Wang, X., Richard, A. R., Robbins, T., & Li, F. (2020, March 4). Journal of Physics Energy, Vol. 2, p. 025007.
Contributors: J. Dou n, E. Krzystowczyk n, n , A. Richard, T. Robbins n & F. Li n
2020 article
Substituted SrFeO3 as robust oxygen sorbents for thermochemical air separation: correlating redox performance with compositional and structural properties
Krzystowczyk, E., Wang, X., Dou, J., Haribal, V., & Li, F. (2020, January 1). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 22, pp. 8924–8932.
Contributors: E. Krzystowczyk n, n , J. Dou n, V. Haribal n & F. Li n
2020 article
Tuning Phase Transitions in Metal Oxides by Hydrogen Doping: A First-Principles Study
Wang, Z., Wang, X., Sharman, E., Li, X., Yang, L., Zhang, G., & Jiang, J. (2020, January 23). The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.
2020 article
Using Machine Learning to Predict the Dissociation Energy of Organic Carbonyls
Yu, H., Wang, Y., Wang, X., Zhang, J., Ye, S., Huang, Y., … Jiang, J. (2020, April 21). The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 124, pp. 3844–3850.
2019 article
A‐ and B‐site Codoped SrFeO3 Oxygen Sorbents for Enhanced Chemical Looping Air Separation
Dou, J., Krzystowczyk, E., Wang, X., Robbins, T., Ma, L., Liu, X., & Li, F. (2019, November 10). ChemSusChem, Vol. 13, pp. 385–393.
Contributors: J. Dou n, E. Krzystowczyk n, n , T. Robbins n, L. Ma *, X. Liu *, F. Li n
2019 article
Bandgap tuning of C3N monolayer: A first-principles study
Xie, L., Yang, L., Ge, W., Wang, X., & Jiang, J. (2019, January 8). Chemical Physics, Vol. 520, pp. 40–46.
2019 article
Catalytic Chemistry Predicted by a Charge Polarization Descriptor: Synergistic O2 Activation and CO Oxidation by Au–Cu Bimetallic Clusters on TiO2(101)
Jia, C., Wang, X., Zhong, W., Wang, Z., Prezhdo, O. V., Luo, Y., & Jiang, J. (2019, February 11). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 2, pp. 9629–9640.
2019 article
Correction to “Protecting Single Atom Catalysts with Graphene/Carbon-Nitride “Chainmail””
Yang, T., Huang, Y., Yang, L., Li, X., Wang, X., Zhang, G., … Jiang, J. (2019, September 30). Correction to “Protecting Single Atom Catalysts with Graphene/Carbon-Nitride “Chainmail.”” The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 10, pp. 6088–6088.
2019 article
Correction to “Protecting the Nanoscale Properties of Ag Nanowires with a Solution-Grown SnO2 Monolayer as Corrosion Inhibitor”
Zhao, Y., Wang, X., Yang, S., Kuttner, E., Taylor, A. A., Salemmilani, R., … Stucky, G. D. (2019, October 25). Correction to “Protecting the Nanoscale Properties of Ag Nanowires with a Solution-Grown SnO2 Monolayer as Corrosion Inhibitor.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 141, pp. 17950–17950.
2019 article
Immobilizing copper-supported graphene with surface hydrogenation or hydroxylation: A first-principle study
Li, L., Yang, L., Wang, X., Ni, Y., Jiang, J., & Zhang, G. (2019, April 22). Chemical Physics, Vol. 523, pp. 183–190.
2019 article
Isolating hydrogen from oxygen in photocatalytic water splitting with a carbon-quantum-dot/carbon-nitride hybrid
Wang, X., Jiang, X., Sharman, E., Yang, L., Li, X., Zhang, G., … Jiang, J. (2019, January 1). Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, pp. 6143–6148.
2019 article
Modified Ceria for “Low‐Temperature” CO2 Utilization: A Chemical Looping Route to Exploit Industrial Waste Heat
Haribal, V. P., Wang, X., Dudek, R., Paulus, C., Turk, B., Gupta, R., & Li, F. (2019, September 24). Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 9, p. 1901963.
Contributors: V. Haribal n , n , R. Dudek n, C. Paulus n, B. Turk*, R. Gupta*, F. Li n
2019 article
Ohmic contact formation mechanisms of TiN film on 4H–SiC
Wang, Z., Wang, X., Liu, W., Ji, X., & Wang, C. (2019, November 23). Ceramics International, Vol. 46, pp. 7142–7148.
2019 article
Physically Close yet Chemically Separate Reduction and Oxidation Sites in Double-Walled Nanotubes for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation
Yang, L., Li, X., Huang, Y., Feng, S., Wang, X., Jiang, X., … Jiang, J. (2019, June 18). The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 10, pp. 3739–3743.
2019 article
Protecting Single Atom Catalysts with Graphene/Carbon-Nitride “Chainmail”
Yang, T., Huang, Y., Yang, L., Li, X., Wang, X., Zhang, G., … Jiang, J. (2019, May 22). Protecting Single Atom Catalysts with Graphene/Carbon-Nitride “Chainmail.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 10, pp. 3129–3133.
2019 article
Protecting the Nanoscale Properties of Ag Nanowires with a Solution-Grown SnO2 Monolayer as Corrosion Inhibitor
Zhao, Y., Wang, X., Yang, S., Kuttner, E., Taylor, A. A., Salemmilani, R., … Stucky, G. D. (2019, August 22). Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 141, pp. 13977–13986.
2018 article
Bimetallic Pd/Co Embedded in Two-Dimensional Carbon-Nitride for Z-Scheme Photocatalytic Water Splitting
Xie, L., Li, X., Wang, X., Ge, W., Zhang, J., Jiang, J., & Zhang, G. (2018, December 28). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 12, pp. 1846–1851.
2018 article
Energy Materials Design for Steering Charge Kinetics
Zhang, G., Yang, L., Wang, X., Wu, Z., Jiang, J., & Luo, Y. (2018, September 11). Advanced Materials, Vol. 9, p. 1801988.
2018 article
Material descriptors for photocatalyst/catalyst design
Wang, X., Zhang, G., Yang, L., Sharman, E., & Jiang, J. (2018, May 8). Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science, Vol. 5, p. e1369.
2018 article
Metal-enhanced hydrogenation of graphene with atomic pattern
Wang, X., Zhang, G., Wang, Z., Yang, L., Li, X., Jiang, J., & Luo, Y. (2018, November 27). Carbon, Vol. 143, pp. 700–705.
2017 article
Combining photocatalytic hydrogen generation and capsule storage in graphene based sandwich structures
Yang, L., Li, X., Zhang, G., Cui, P., Wang, X., Jiang, X., … Jiang, J. (2017, July 6). Nature Communications, Vol. 8, p. 16049.
2017 article
Insight into Electronic and Structural Reorganizations for Defect-Induced VO2 Metal–Insulator Transition
Wang, X., Wang, Z., Zhang, G., & Jiang, J. (2017, June 21). The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Vol. 8, pp. 3129–3132.
2017 article
“Healing” Effect of Graphene Oxide in Achieving Robust Dilute Ferromagnetism in Oxygen-Deficient Titanium Dioxide
Zhu, Q., Wang, X., Jiang, J., & Xu, A.-W. (2017, October 9). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 121, pp. 22806–22814.
2016 article
Aggregation-induced intersystem crossing: a novel strategy for efficient molecular phosphorescence
Yang, L., Wang, X., Zhang, G., Chen, X., Zhang, G., & Jiang, J. (2016, January 1). Nanoscale, Vol. 8, pp. 17422–17426.
2016 article
Graphitic carbon nitride supported single-atom catalysts for efficient oxygen evolution reaction
Li, X., Cui, P., Zhong, W., Li, J., Wang, X., Wang, Z., & Jiang, J. (2016, January 1). Chemical Communications, Vol. 52, pp. 13233–13236.
2016 article
Integration of Multiple Plasmonic and Co-Catalyst Nanostructures on TiO2 Nanosheets for Visible-Near-Infrared Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
Jiang, W., Bai, S., Wang, L., Wang, X., Yang, L., Li, Y., … Xiong, Y. (2016, February 2). Small, Vol. 12, pp. 1640–1648.
2016 article
The Dynamic Phase Transition Modulation of Ion‐Liquid Gating VO2 Thin Film: Formation, Diffusion, and Recovery of Oxygen Vacancies
Chen, S., Wang, Xi, Fan, L., Liao, G., Chen, Y., Chu, W., … Zou, C. (2016, March 22). Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 26, pp. 3532–3541.
2016 article
Trimetallic TriStar Nanostructures: Tuning Electronic and Surface Structures for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
Du, N., Wang, C., Wang, X., Lin, Y., Jiang, J., & Xiong, Y. (2016, January 12). Advanced Materials, Vol. 28, pp. 2077–2084.
2015 article
Atomic Scale Analysis of the Enhanced Electro- and Photo-Catalytic Activity in High-Index Faceted Porous NiO Nanowires
Shen, M., Han, A., Wang, X., Ro, Y. G., Kargar, A., Lin, Y., … Xiang, B. (2015, February 24). Scientific Reports, Vol. 5.
2015 article
Efficient and tunable fluorescence energy transfer via long-lived polymer excitons
Chen, W., Sun, X., Wang, X., Huang, Q., Li, X., Zhang, Q., … Zhang, G. (2015, January 1). Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 6, pp. 1698–1702.
2014 article
Controllably Interfacing with Metal: A Strategy for Enhancing CO Oxidation on Oxide Catalysts by Surface Polarization
Bai, Y., Zhang, W., Zhang, Z., Zhou, J., Wang, X., Wang, C., … Xiong, Y. (2014, October 8). Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 136, pp. 14650–14653.
2014 article
Designing p‐Type Semiconductor–Metal Hybrid Structures for Improved Photocatalysis
Wang, L., Ge, J., Wang, A., Deng, M., Wang, X., Bai, S., … Xiong, Y. (2014, April 2). Angewandte Chemie, Vol. 126, pp. 5207–5211.
2014 article
Integration of an Inorganic Semiconductor with a Metal–Organic Framework: A Platform for Enhanced Gaseous Photocatalytic Reactions
Li, R., Hu, J., Deng, M., Wang, H., Wang, X., Hu, Y., … Xiong, Y. (2014, May 23). Advanced Materials, Vol. 26, pp. 4783–4788.
2014 article
Metal–Organic Frameworks: Integration of an Inorganic Semiconductor with a Metal–Organic Framework: A Platform for Enhanced Gaseous Photocatalytic Reactions (Adv. Mater. 28/2014)
Li, R., Hu, J., Deng, M., Wang, H., Wang, X., Hu, Y., … Xiong, Y. (2014, July 1). Advanced Materials, Vol. 26, pp. 4907–4907.
2014 article
Polymerization-Enhanced Intersystem Crossing: New Strategy to Achieve Long-Lived Excitons
Sun, X., Wang, X., Li, X., Ge, J., Zhang, Q., Jiang, J., & Zhang, G. (2014, December 4). Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol. 36, pp. 298–303.
2014 article
Two-dimensional g-C3N4: an ideal platform for examining facet selectivity of metal co-catalysts in photocatalysis
Bai, S., Wang, X., Hu, C., Xie, M., Jiang, J., & Xiong, Y. (2014, January 1). Chemical Communications, Vol. 50, pp. 6094–6097.
2013 article
Labeling Thiols on Proteins, Living Cells and Tissues with Enhanced Emission Induced by FRET
Yuan, Y., Wang, X., Mei, B., Zhang, D., Tang, A., An, L., … Liang, G. (2013, December 17). Scientific Reports, Vol. 3.
2013 article
Multifunctional Fluorescent Probe for Sequential Detections of Glutathione and Caspase-3 in Vitro and in Cells
Huang, R., Wang, X., Wang, D., Liu, F., Mei, B., Tang, A., … Liang, G. (2013, June 21). Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 85, pp. 6203–6207.
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