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Pinxian Xi is affiliated with Lanzhou University in China and has a significant body of research focusing on energy and engineering. Their work emphasizes subfields including renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, electrochemistry, and catalysis. These areas shape the core of their academic investigations and publications.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse subjects related to energy conversion and catalytic processes. Notable areas include electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies research, electrochemical analysis and applications, advanced photocatalysis techniques, catalytic processes in materials science, fuel cells and related materials, and CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts.

Pinxian Xi has published extensively in several scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Materials
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Small

Frequent collaborators in Xi's research include Chun-Hua Yan, Yang Hu, Li An, Jie Yin, and Wei Shen. Collaborative efforts with these coauthors have contributed to advancing research outputs in the fields of energy and catalysis.

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on catalytic materials and oxygen evolution reactions, with the following notable publications:

  • Recent Development of Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts in Acidic Environment, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Iridium Single Atoms Coupling with Oxygen Vacancies Boosts Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acid Media, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Engineering Lower Coordination Atoms onto NiO/Co3O4 Heterointerfaces for Boosting Oxygen Evolution Reactions, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Surface Activation and Ni-S Stabilization in NiO/NiS2 for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Optimized Metal Chalcogenides for Boosting Water Splitting, 2020, Advanced Science

Best Publications

  • Recent Development of Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts in Acidic Environment.

    Li An;Chao Wei;Min Lu;Hanwen Liu

  • Oxygen Vacancies Dominated NiS2/CoS2 Interface Porous Nanowires for Portable Zn–Air Batteries Driven Water Splitting Devices

    Jie Yin;Yuxuan Li;Fan Lv;Min Lu

  • MOF‑Derived Hollow CoS Decorated with CeO x Nanoparticles for Boosting Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysis

    Huajie Xu;Huajie Xu;Jing Cao;Changfu Shan;Bingkai Wang

  • NiO/CoN Porous Nanowires as Efficient Bifunctional Catalysts for Zn–Air Batteries

    Jie Yin;Yuxuan Li;Fan Lv;Qiaohui Fan

  • Iridium Single Atoms Coupling with Oxygen Vacancies Boosts Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acid Media

    Jie Yin;Jing Jin;Min Lu;Bolong Huang

  • A facile chemical method to produce superparamagnetic graphene oxide–Fe3O4 hybrid composite and its application in the removal of dyes from aqueous solution

    Guoqiang Xie;Pinxian Xi;Hongyan Liu;Fengjuan Chen

  • Epitaxial Heterogeneous Interfaces on N-NiMoO4/NiS2 Nanowires/Nanosheets to Boost Hydrogen and Oxygen Production for Overall Water Splitting

    Li An;Jianrui Feng;Yu Zhang;Rui Wang

  • Ni–C–N Nanosheets as Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Jie Yin;Qiaohui Fan;Yuxuan Li;Fangyi Cheng

  • Ce-Doped NiFe-Layered Double Hydroxide Ultrathin Nanosheets/Nanocarbon Hierarchical Nanocomposite as an Efficient Oxygen Evolution Catalyst

    Huajie Xu;Bingkai Wang;Changfu Shan;Pinxian Xi

  • P Dopants Triggered New Basal Plane Active Sites and Enlarged Interlayer Spacing in MoS2 Nanosheets toward Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

    Peitao Liu;Jingyi Zhu;Jingyan Zhang;Pinxian Xi

  • FeS2 /CoS2 Interface Nanosheets as Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting.

    Yuxuan Li;Jie Yin;Li An;Min Lu

  • Engineering Lower Coordination Atoms onto NiO/Co3O4 Heterointerfaces for Boosting Oxygen Evolution Reactions

    Jingyan Zhang;Jinmei Qian;Jiaqi Ran;Pinxian Xi

  • Heterostructure-Promoted Oxygen Electrocatalysis Enables Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery with Neutral Aqueous Electrolyte.

    Li An;Zhiyong Zhang;Jianrui Feng;Fan Lv

  • Significance of Engineering the Octahedral Units to Promote the Oxygen Evolution Reaction of Spinel Oxides

    Ye Zhou;Shengnan Sun;Chao Wei;Yuanmiao Sun

  • A retrievable and highly selective fluorescent probe for monitoring sulfide and imaging in living cells.

    Fengping Hou;Liang Huang;Pinxian Xi;Ju Cheng

  • Activating and Optimizing Activity of CoS2 for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction through the Synergic Effect of N Dopants and S Vacancies

    Jingyan Zhang;Wen Xiao;Pinxian Xi;Shibo Xi

  • Understanding the sulphur-oxygen exchange process of metal sulphides prior to oxygen evolution reaction

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  • Optimized Metal Chalcogenides for Boosting Water Splitting.

    Jie Yin;Jie Yin;Jing Jin;Honghong Lin;Zhouyang Yin

  • Surfactant free RGO/Pd nanocomposites as highly active heterogeneous catalysts for the hydrolytic dehydrogenation of ammonia borane for chemical hydrogen storage

    Pinxian Xi;Fengjuan Chen;Guoqiang Xie;Cai Ma

  • Accelerated Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in CoS2 by Transition-Metal Doping

    Jingyan Zhang;Yuchan Liu;Changqi Sun;Pinxian Xi

  • A Self-Standing High-Performance Hydrogen Evolution Electrode with Nanostructured NiCo2O4/CuS Heterostructures

    Li An;Liang Huang;Panpan Zhou;Jie Yin

  • Hybrids of Cobalt/Iron Phosphides Derived from Bimetal-Organic Frameworks as Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Ting Zhang;Jing Du;Pinxian Xi;Cailing Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Liang Huang
Liang Huang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Daqiang Gao
Daqiang Gao Lanzhou University
Chun-Hua Yan
Chun-Hua Yan Lanzhou University
Desheng Xue
Desheng Xue Lanzhou University
Fangyi Cheng
Fangyi Cheng Nankai University
John Wang
John Wang National University of Singapore
Jun Ding
Jun Ding National University of Singapore
Bolong Huang
Bolong Huang City University of Hong Kong
Yu Tang
Yu Tang Lanzhou University
Yaping Du
Yaping Du Nankai University

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