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Overview

Shibo Xi is affiliated with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapore. Their research primarily spans the fields of Energy, Materials Science, and Engineering, with a strong focus on subfields such as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Catalysis, and Electrochemistry.

Their work centers around several main topics, including Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, and Ionic Liquids Properties and Applications.

Shibo Xi has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with notable recent publications that include:

  • Scalable two-step annealing method for preparing ultra-high-density single-atom catalyst libraries, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Covalency competition dominates the water oxidation structure-activity relationship on spinel oxides, 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • Understanding of Oxygen Redox in the Oxygen Evolution Reaction, 2022, Advanced Materials
  • Spin-Related Electron Transfer and Orbital Interactions in Oxygen Electrocatalysis, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Pivotal role of reversible NiO6 geometric conversion in oxygen evolution, 2022, Nature

Their frequent coauthors include Zhichuan J. Xu, Yonghua Du, Junmin Xue, Xiaoxu Zhao, and Jiong Lu.

Shibo Xi's research has been published repeatedly in a core set of scientific journals such as Nature Communications, Angewandte Chemie, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Advanced Materials, and ACS Catalysis.

Best Publications

  • Chemical and structural origin of lattice oxygen oxidation in Co–Zn oxyhydroxide oxygen evolution electrocatalysts

    Zhen-Feng Huang;Jiajia Song;Yonghua Du;Shibo Xi

  • Single Cobalt Atoms Anchored on Porous N-Doped Graphene with Dual Reaction Sites for Efficient Fenton-like Catalysis

    Xuning Li;Xiang Huang;Shibo Xi;Shu Miao

  • Iron-facilitated dynamic active-site generation on spinel CoAl2O4 with self-termination of surface reconstruction for water oxidation

    Tianze Wu;Shengnan Sun;Jiajia Song;Shibo Xi

  • In Situ Raman Spectroscopy of Copper and Copper Oxide Surfaces during Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Reaction: Identification of CuIII Oxides as Catalytically Active Species

    Yilin Deng;Albertus D. Handoko;Yonghua Du;Shibo Xi

  • Scalable two-step annealing method for preparing ultra-high-density single-atom catalyst libraries

    Xiao Hai;Shibo Xi;Sharon Mitchell;Karim Harrath;Karim Harrath

  • Covalency competition dominates the water oxidation structure–activity relationship on spinel oxides

    Yuanmiao Sun;Hanbin Liao;Jiarui Wang;Bo Chen

  • Spin-Related Electron Transfer and Orbital Interactions in Oxygen Electrocatalysis.

    Yuanmiao Sun;Shengnan Sun;Shengnan Sun;Haitao Yang;Shibo Xi

  • A Graphene‑Supported Single‑Atom FeN 5 Catalytic Site for Efficient Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction

    Huinian Zhang;Huinian Zhang;Jing Li;Shibo Xi;Yonghua Du

  • Enlarged CoO Covalency in Octahedral Sites Leading to Highly Efficient Spinel Oxides for Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

    Ye Zhou;Shengnan Sun;Jiajia Song;Shibo Xi

  • Metal Atom-Doped Co 3 O 4 Hierarchical Nanoplates for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution

    Song Lin Zhang;Bu Yuan Guan;Xue Feng Lu;Shibo Xi

  • Tuning of lattice oxygen reactivity and scaling relation to construct better oxygen evolution electrocatalyst.

    Zhen-Feng Huang;Zhen-Feng Huang;Shibo Xi;Jiajia Song;Jiajia Song;Shuo Dou

  • A Flexible Microwave Shield with Tunable Frequency-Transmission and Electromagnetic Compatibility

    Hualiang Lv;Hualiang Lv;Zhihong Yang;Samuel Jun Hoong Ong;Chao Wei

  • Exceptionally active iridium evolved from a pseudo-cubic perovskite for oxygen evolution in acid.

    Yubo Chen;Haiyan Li;Jingxian Wang;Yonghua Du

  • Identification of the Electronic and Structural Dynamics of Catalytic Centers in Single-Fe-Atom Material

    Xuning Li;Xuning Li;Chang Su Cao;Sung Fu Hung;Ying Rui Lu

  • Copper Single Atoms Anchored in Porous Nitrogen-Doped Carbon as Efficient pH-Universal Catalysts for the Nitrogen Reduction Reaction

    Wenjie Zang;Tong Yang;Haiyuan Zou;Shibo Xi

  • Mechanistic analysis of multiple processes controlling solar-driven H2O2 synthesis using engineered polymeric carbon nitride.

    Yubao Zhao;Yubao Zhao;Peng Zhang;Zhenchun Yang;Lina Li

  • Tailoring the Co 3d-O 2p Covalency in LaCoO3 by Fe Substitution To Promote Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Yan Duan;Shengnan Sun;Shibo Xi;Xiao Ren

  • Ferromagnetic single-atom spin catalyst for boosting water splitting

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  • Low-Crystalline Bimetallic Metal–Organic Framework Electrocatalysts with Rich Active Sites for Oxygen Evolution

    Jiantao Li;Wenzhong Huang;Manman Wang;Shibo Xi

  • Shifting Oxygen Charge Towards Octahedral Metal: A Way to Promote Water Oxidation on Cobalt Spinel Oxides

    Shengnan Sun;Yuanmiao Sun;Ye Zhou;Shibo Xi

  • Atomically Dispersed Cobalt Trifunctional Electrocatalysts with Tailored Coordination Environment for Flexible Rechargeable Zn–Air Battery and Self-Driven Water Splitting

    Zheye Zhang;Xiaoxu Zhao;Shibo Xi;Lili Zhang

  • Mastering Surface Reconstruction of Metastable Spinel Oxides for Better Water Oxidation

    Yan Duan;Shengnan Sun;Yuanmiao Sun;Shibo Xi

Frequent Co-Authors

Yonghua Du
Yonghua Du Brookhaven National Laboratory
Zhichuan J. Xu
Zhichuan J. Xu Nanyang Technological University
Armando Borgna
Armando Borgna Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Stephen J. Pennycook
Stephen J. Pennycook University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Xiaoxu Zhao
Xiaoxu Zhao Peking University
Zhongxin Chen
Zhongxin Chen National University of Singapore
Jiong Lu
Jiong Lu National University of Singapore
Kian Ping Loh
Kian Ping Loh National University of Singapore
Sibudjing Kawi
Sibudjing Kawi National University of Singapore
Bin Liu
Bin Liu National University of Singapore

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