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Hu Xu is affiliated with Southern University of Science and Technology in China and has contributed extensively to research in materials science, physics and astronomy, and engineering. Their work spans several important topics in materials chemistry, renewable energy, and atomic and molecular physics, with significant focus on applications involving advanced materials and energy conversion processes.

Their research fields include:

  • Materials Science
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering

In terms of specialized subfields, Hu Xu has published notably in:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Condensed Matter Physics

Hu Xu's work covers prominent scientific topics such as:

  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • "Ultrahigh-Loading of Ir Single Atoms on NiO Matrix to Dramatically Enhance Oxygen Evolution Reaction," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Boosting the oxygen evolution reaction using defect-rich ultra-thin ruthenium oxide nanosheets in acidic media," 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "Single Iridium Atom Doped Ni2P Catalyst for Optimal Oxygen Evolution," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Defective/graphitic synergy in a heteroatom-interlinked-triggered metal-free electrocatalyst for high-performance rechargeable zinc-air batteries," 2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "Defects-engineered tailoring of tri-doped interlinked metal-free bifunctional catalyst with lower gibbs free energy of OER/HER intermediates for overall water splitting," 2021, Materials Today Chemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hu Xu include:

  • Shao-Gang Xu
  • Xiang Huang
  • Zhongjia Chen
  • Yuanjun Jin
  • Chao He

Their publications are commonly found in several key scientific venues, including:

  • Physical Review B
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Physical Review Materials

Best Publications

  • Ultrahigh-Loading of Ir Single Atoms on NiO Matrix to Dramatically Enhance Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

    Qi Wang;Xiang Huang;Zhi Liang Zhao;Maoyu Wang

  • Boosting the oxygen evolution reaction using defect-rich ultra-thin ruthenium oxide nanosheets in acidic media

    Zhi Liang Zhao;Qi Wang;Xiang Huang;Qi Feng

  • Visible light driven selective oxidation of amines to imines with BiOCl: Does oxygen vacancy concentration matter?

    Chengliang Mao;Honggang Cheng;Hao Tian;Hao Li

  • Few-layer transition metal dichalcogenides (MoS2, WS2, and WSe2) for water splitting and degradation of organic pollutants: Understanding the piezocatalytic effect

    Shun Li;Zhicheng Zhao;Dongfang Yu;Jin-Zhu Zhao

  • Single Iridium Atom Doped Ni2P Catalyst for Optimal Oxygen Evolution.

    Qi Wang;Zhe Zhang;Chao Cai;Maoyu Wang

  • Room-temperature autonomous self-healing glassy polymers with hyperbranched structure

    Hao Wang;Hanchao Liu;Zhenxing Cao;Weihang Li

  • Defective/graphitic synergy in a heteroatom-interlinked-triggered metal-free electrocatalyst for high-performance rechargeable zinc–air batteries

    Ghulam Yasin;Sehrish Ibrahim;Shumaila Ibraheem;Sajjad Ali

  • Defects-engineered tailoring of tri-doped interlinked metal-free bifunctional catalyst with lower gibbs free energy of OER/HER intermediates for overall water splitting

    G. Yasin;S. Ibraheem;S. Ali;M. Arif

  • Rational Design Principles of the Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect in Superlatticelike Magnetic Topological Insulators.

    Hongyi Sun;Bowen Xia;Zhongjia Chen;Zhongjia Chen;Yingjie Zhang

  • Does a magnetic barrier or a magnetic-electric barrier structure possess any spin polarization and spin filtering under zero bias?

    H. Z. Xu;Y. Okada

  • Symmetry-Protected Ideal Type-II Weyl Phonons in CdTe.

    B. W. Xia;B. W. Xia;R. Wang;R. Wang;Z. J. Chen;Z. J. Chen;Y. J. Zhao

  • High-Performance Wafer-Scale MoS2 Transistors toward Practical Application.

    Hu Xu;Haima Zhang;Zhongxun Guo;Yuwei Shan

  • Controlled Doping of Wafer‐Scale PtSe2 Films for Device Application

    Hu Xu;Haima Zhang;Yawen Liu;Simeng Zhang

  • One-dimensional phosphorus chain and two-dimensional blue phosphorene grown on Au(111) by molecular-beam epitaxy

    Jin-Peng Xu;Jun-Qiu Zhang;Hao Tian;Hao Tian;Hu Xu

  • Facile synthesis of SnO2 hierarchical porous nanosheets from graphene oxide sacrificial scaffolds for high-performance gas sensors

    Changhui Zhao;Changhui Zhao;Huimin Gong;Weizong Lan;Rajendran Ramachandran

  • The nucleation and growth of borophene on the Ag (111) surface

    Shaogang Xu;Shaogang Xu;Yujun Zhao;Jihai Liao;Xiaobao Yang

  • Axial Modification of Cobalt Complexes on Heterogeneous Surface with Enhanced Electron Transfer for Carbon Dioxide Reduction

    Jiong Wang;Xiang Huang;Shibo Xi;Hu Xu

  • CoSe2 modified Se-decorated CdS nanowire Schottky heterojunctions for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

    Shiwen Du;Xiao Lin;Chunhe Li;Guojun Li

  • Structural and electronic properties of ZnO nanotubes from density functional calculations

    Hu Xu;R Q Zhang;R Q Zhang;Xiaohong Zhang;A L Rosa

  • Three-Dimensional Dirac Phonons with Inversion Symmetry

    Z. J. Chen;Z. J. Chen;R. Wang;B. W. Xia;B. B. Zheng

  • Single Fe atoms anchored by short-range ordered nanographene boost oxygen reduction reaction in acidic media

    Shaoqing Chen;Shaoqing Chen;Nianji Zhang;Claudia W. Narváez Villarrubia;Xiang Huang

  • The formation of boron sheet at the Ag(111) surface: From clusters, ribbons, to monolayers

    Shao-Gang Xu;Yu-Jun Zhao;Ji-Hai Liao;Xiao-Bao Yang

  • First-principles calculations of reconstructed [0001] ZnO nanowires

    Wei Fan;Hu Xu;A. L. Rosa;Th. Frauenheim

  • The prediction of a family group of two-dimensional node-line semimetals

    Yuan-Jun Jin;Rui Wang;Rui Wang;Jin-Zhu Zhao;Jin-Zhu Zhao;Yong-Ping Du

  • Tuning the electronic and magnetic properties of zigzag silicene nanoribbons by edge hydrogenation and doping

    Dang-Qi Fang;Sheng-Li Zhang;Hu Xu

  • One-dimensional phosphorus chain and two-dimensional blue phosphorene grown on Au(111) by molecular-beam epitaxy

    Jin-Peng Xu;Jun-Qiu Zhang;Hao Tian;Hao Tian;Hu Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yu-Jun Zhao
Yu-Jun Zhao South China University of Technology
Rui-Qin Zhang
Rui-Qin Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Nian Lin
Nian Lin Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Chuanhong Jin
Chuanhong Jin Zhejiang University
Alan Man Ching Ng
Alan Man Ching Ng Southern University of Science and Technology
Maohai Xie
Maohai Xie University of Hong Kong
Chang Liu
Chang Liu Southern University of Science and Technology
Xiuwen Zhang
Xiuwen Zhang University of Colorado Boulder
Meng Gu
Meng Gu Southern University of Science and Technology
Pengfei Fang
Pengfei Fang Wuhan University

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