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Chengxiang Xiang is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and energy, with significant contributions to renewable energy, sustainability, environmental science, and electrical and electronic engineering. Additional areas of work include biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of advanced energy technologies and environmental processes. These include:

  • CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Electrocatalysts for energy conversion
  • Fuel cells and related materials
  • Membrane-based ion separation techniques
  • Carbon dioxide capture technologies
  • Advanced photocatalysis techniques

Chengxiang Xiang has published extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Frontiers in Energy Research

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on CO2 capture, conversion, and sustainable fuel production. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture" (2021) in Nature Catalysis
  • "Electrochemical carbon dioxide capture to close the carbon cycle" (2020) in Energy & Environmental Science
  • "A direct coupled electrochemical system for capture and conversion of CO2 from oceanwater" (2020) in Nature Communications
  • "CO2 Reduction to CO with 19% Efficiency in a Solar-Driven Gas Diffusion Electrode Flow Cell under Outdoor Solar Illumination" (2020) in ACS Energy Letters
  • "The 2022 solar fuels roadmap" (2022) in Journal of Physics D Applied Physics

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field. Frequent coauthors include Harry A. Atwater, Ian Sullivan, Ibadillah A. Digdaya, Meng Lin, and Wen-Hui Cheng, reflecting ongoing partnerships in advancing energy conversion and sustainability research.

Best Publications

  • An analysis of the optimal band gaps of light absorbers in integrated tandem photoelectrochemical water-splitting systems

    Shu Hu;Chengxiang Xiang;Sophia Haussener;Sophia Haussener;Alan D. Berger;Alan D. Berger

  • Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture

    Ian Sullivan;Andrey Goryachev;Ibadillah A. Digdaya;Xueqian Li

  • Gas-Diffusion Electrodes for Carbon Dioxide Reduction: A New Paradigm

    Drew Higgins;Drew Higgins;Christopher Hahn;Christopher Hahn;Chengxiang Xiang;Thomas F. Jaramillo;Thomas F. Jaramillo

  • Electrochemical carbon dioxide capture to close the carbon cycle

    R. Sharifian;R. M. Wagterveld;I. A. Digdaya;C. Xiang

  • A monolithically integrated, intrinsically safe, 10% efficient, solar-driven water-splitting system based on active, stable earth-abundant electrocatalysts in conjunction with tandem III–V light absorbers protected by amorphous TiO2 films

    Erik Verlage;Shu Hu;Rui Liu;Ryan J. R. Jones

  • Lithographically patterned nanowire electrodeposition

    Reginald M. Penner;Erik J. Menke;Michael A. Thompson;Chengxiang Xiang

  • Modeling, simulation, and design criteria for photoelectrochemical water-splitting systems

    Sophia Haussener;Sophia Haussener;Chengxiang Xiang;Joshua M. Spurgeon;Shane Ardo

  • Principles and implementations of electrolysis systems for water splitting

    Chengxiang Xiang;Kimberly M. Papadantonakis;Nathan S. Lewis

  • Solar-Driven Reduction of 1 atm of CO2 to Formate at 10% Energy-Conversion Efficiency by Use of a TiO2-Protected III–V Tandem Photoanode in Conjunction with a Bipolar Membrane and a Pd/C Cathode

    Xinghao Zhou;Rui Liu;Ke Sun;Yikai Chen

  • An experimental and modeling/simulation-based evaluation of the efficiency and operational performance characteristics of an integrated, membrane-free, neutral pH solar-driven water-splitting system

    Jian Jin;Jian Jin;Karl Walczak;Meenesh R. Singh;Meenesh R. Singh;Chris Karp

  • A direct coupled electrochemical system for capture and conversion of CO2 from oceanwater.

    Ibadillah A. Digdaya;Ian Sullivan;Meng Lin;Lihao Han

  • Discovering Ce-rich oxygen evolution catalysts, from high throughput screening to water electrolysis

    Joel A. Haber;Yun Cai;Suho Jung;Chengxiang Xiang

  • A Stabilized, Intrinsically Safe, 10% Efficient, Solar-Driven Water-Splitting Cell Incorporating Earth-Abundant Electrocatalysts with Steady-State pH Gradients and Product Separation Enabled by a Bipolar Membrane

    Ke Sun;Rui Liu;Yikai Chen;Erik Verlage

  • CO2 Reduction to CO with 19% Efficiency in a Solar-Driven Gas Diffusion Electrode Flow Cell under Outdoor Solar Illumination

    Wen-Hui Cheng;Matthias H. Richter;Ian Sullivan;David M. Larson

  • Simulations of the irradiation and temperature dependence of the efficiency of tandem photoelectrochemical water-splitting systems†

    Sophia Haussener;Sophia Haussener;Shu Hu;Chengxiang Xiang;Adam Z. Weber

  • Modeling, Simulation, and Implementation of Solar-Driven Water-Splitting Devices.

    Chengxiang Xiang;Adam Z. Weber;Shane Ardo;Alan Berger

  • Scanning droplet cell for high throughput electrochemical and photoelectrochemical measurements

    John M. Gregoire;Chengxiang Xiang;Xiaonao Liu;Martin Marcin

  • Effects of Electrolyte Buffer Capacity on Surface Reactant Species and the Reaction Rate of CO2 in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

    Hiroshi Hashiba;Lien-Chun Weng;Lien-Chun Weng;Yikai Chen;Hiroki K. Sato

  • 820 mV open-circuit voltages from Cu2O/CH3CN junctions

    Chengxiang Xiang;Gregory M. Kimball;Ronald L. Grimm;Bruce S. Brunschwig

  • An electrochemical engineering assessment of the operational conditions and constraints for solar-driven water-splitting systems at near-neutral pH

    Meenesh R. Singh;Kimberly M. Papadantonakis;Chengxiang Xiang;Nathan S. Lewis

  • Understanding Multi-Ion Transport Mechanisms in Bipolar Membranes.

    Justin C Bui;Justin C Bui;Ibadillah Digdaya;Chengxiang Xiang;Alexis T Bell;Alexis T Bell

  • Lithographically Patterned Nanowire Electrodeposition

    Reginald M. Penner;Eric Menke;Michael Thompson;Chengxiang Xiang

  • Solar-Driven Reduction of 1 atm CO2 to Formate at 10% Energy-Conversion Efficiency by Use of a TiO2-Protected III-V Tandem Photoanode in Conjunction with a Bipolar Membrane and a Pd/C Cathode Electrocatalyst

    Xinghao Zhou;Rui Liu;Ke Sun;Yikai Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan S. Lewis
Nathan S. Lewis California Institute of Technology
John M. Gregoire
John M. Gregoire California Institute of Technology
Adam Z. Weber
Adam Z. Weber Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Sophia Haussener
Sophia Haussener École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Ke Sun
Ke Sun Henry Patent Law Firm
Reginald M. Penner
Reginald M. Penner University of California, Irvine
Harry A. Atwater
Harry A. Atwater California Institute of Technology
Alexis T. Bell
Alexis T. Bell University of California, Berkeley
Bruce S. Brunschwig
Bruce S. Brunschwig California Institute of Technology
John C. Hemminger
John C. Hemminger University of California, Irvine

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