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Haolan Xu is affiliated with the University of South Australia in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on energy and engineering, with significant contributions to the subfields of renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, water science and technology, materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Haolan Xu has published extensively in several venues, with a frequent presence in:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Nano Energy
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Science Bulletin

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Tailoring Acidic Oxygen Reduction Selectivity on Single-Atom Catalysts via Modification of First and Second Coordination Spheres," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Tailoring Selectivity of Electrochemical Hydrogen Peroxide Generation by Tunable Pyrrolic-Nitrogen-Carbon," 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • "Surface Patterning of Two-Dimensional Nanostructure-Embedded Photothermal Hydrogels for High-Yield Solar Steam Generation," 2021, ACS Nano
  • "Graphene and Rice-Straw-Fiber-Based 3D Photothermal Aerogels for Highly Efficient Solar Evaporation," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Interfacial Solar Evaporation: From Fundamental Research to Applications," 2024, Advanced Materials

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Haolan Xu include:

  • Xuan Wu
  • Gary Owens
  • Yida Wang
  • Xiaofei Yang
  • Yi Lu

The researcher's work spans fundamental studies to applied research in areas related to solar energy harvesting, water purification, and advanced materials design. Their contributions cover various aspects of electrochemical processes, photothermal materials, and membrane technologies relevant to sustainability and energy conversion.

Best Publications

  • Tailoring Acidic Oxygen Reduction Selectivity on Single-Atom Catalysts via Modification of First and Second Coordination Spheres.

    Cheng Tang;Ling Chen;Haijing Li;Laiquan Li

  • Bi2WO6 nano- and microstructures: shape control and associated visible-light-driven photocatalytic activities.

    Lisha Zhang;Wenzhong Wang;Lin Zhou;Haolan Xu

  • Fabrication of flower-like Bi2WO6 superstructures as high performance visible-light driven photocatalysts

    Lisha Zhang;Wenzhong Wang;Zhigang Chen;Lin Zhou

  • Shape Evolution and Size-Controllable Synthesis of Cu2O Octahedra and Their Morphology-Dependent Photocatalytic Properties

    Haolan Xu;and Wenzhong Wang;Wei Zhu

  • Template Synthesis of Multishelled Cu2O Hollow Spheres with a Single-Crystalline Shell Wall†

    Haolan Xu;Wenzhong Wang

  • Bi2O3 Hierarchical Nanostructures: Controllable Synthesis, Growth Mechanism, and their Application in Photocatalysis

    Lin Zhou;Wenzhong Wang;Haolan Xu;Songmei Sun

  • Tailoring Selectivity of Electrochemical Hydrogen Peroxide Generation by Tunable Pyrrolic-Nitrogen-Carbon

    Laiquan Li;Cheng Tang;Yao Zheng;Bingquan Xia

  • Highly Regenerable Mussel-Inspired Fe3O4@Polydopamine-Ag Core–Shell Microspheres as Catalyst and Adsorbent for Methylene Blue Removal

    Yijun Xie;Bin Yan;Haolan Xu;Jian Chen

  • A sonochemical route to visible-light-driven high-activity BiVO4 photocatalyst

    Lin Zhou;Wenzhong Wang;Shengwei Liu;Lisha Zhang

  • A flexible photothermal cotton-CuS nanocage-agarose aerogel towards portable solar steam generation

    Xuan Wu;Max Edward Robson;Max Edward Robson;Jack Leslie Phelps;Jack Leslie Phelps;Jeanette Sorupia Tan

  • Surface Patterning of Two-Dimensional Nanostructure-Embedded Photothermal Hydrogels for High-Yield Solar Steam Generation.

    Yi Lu;Deqi Fan;Yida Wang;Haolan Xu

  • Photothermal materials: A key platform enabling highly efficient water evaporation driven by solar energy

    Xuan Wu;George Y. Chen;Gary Owens;Dewei Chu

  • Graphene and Rice-Straw-Fiber-Based 3D Photothermal Aerogels for Highly Efficient Solar Evaporation.

    Daniel Peter Storer;Daniel Peter Storer;Jack Leslie Phelps;Jack Leslie Phelps;Xuan Wu;Gary Owens

  • Same materials, bigger output: A reversibly transformable 2D–3D photothermal evaporator for highly efficient solar steam generation

    Yida Wang;Xuan Wu;Ting Gao;Yi Lu

  • All-Cold Evaporation under One Sun with Zero Energy Loss by Using a Heatsink Inspired Solar Evaporator.

    Xuan Wu;Zhiqing Wu;Yida Wang;Ting Gao

  • Dual-Zone Photothermal Evaporator for Antisalt Accumulation and Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation

    Xuan Wu;Yida Wang;Pan Wu;Jingyuan Zhao

  • Efficient Nitrogen Fixation to Ammonia through Integration of Plasma Oxidation with Electrocatalytic Reduction

    Laiquan Li;Cheng Tang;Xiaoyang Cui;Yao Zheng

  • Single-Crystalline BiVO4 Microtubes with Square Cross-Sections: Microstructure, Growth Mechanism, and Photocatalytic Property

    Lin Zhou;Wenzhong Wang;Lisha Zhang;Haolan Xu

  • Reversing heat conduction loss: Extracting energy from bulk water to enhance solar steam generation

    Yida Wang;Xuan Wu;Xiaofei Yang;Gary Owens

  • A Plant-Transpiration-Process-Inspired Strategy for Highly Efficient Solar Evaporation

    Xuan Wu;George Y. Chen;Wei Zhang;Xiaokong Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Wenzhong Wang
Wenzhong Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gary Owens
Gary Owens University of Adelaide
Dayang Wang
Dayang Wang Jilin University
Tanya M. Monro
Tanya M. Monro University of South Australia
Hongbo Zeng
Hongbo Zeng University of Alberta
Xiaofei Yang
Xiaofei Yang Nanjing Forestry University
Dewei Chu
Dewei Chu University of New South Wales
Bin Yan
Bin Yan Sichuan University
Bin Zhang
Bin Zhang Tianjin University
Shi-Zhang Qiao
Shi-Zhang Qiao University of Adelaide

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