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Wenqian Xu is affiliated with Argonne National Laboratory in the United States and has an extensive record of research primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysis, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Xu's research topics cover a diverse range of areas, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions

The scientist has contributed significantly to publication venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Nature Communications

Some of Wenqian Xu's recent papers include:

  • Efficient conversion of low-concentration nitrate sources into ammonia on a Ru-dispersed Cu nanowire electrocatalyst, 2022, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Compositionally complex doping for zero-strain zero-cobalt layered cathodes, 2022, Nature
  • La- and Mn-doped cobalt spinel oxygen evolution catalyst for proton exchange membrane electrolysis, 2023, Science
  • Inverse ZrO2/Cu as a highly efficient methanol synthesis catalyst from CO2 hydrogenation, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Thermal runaway mechanism of lithium-ion battery with LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2 cathode materials, 2021, Nano Energy

Wenqian Xu collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Jianguo Wen
  • Venkata Surya Chaitanya Kolluru
  • Maria K. Y. Chan
  • Xiuquan Zhou
  • Luqing Wang

Best Publications

  • Low-temperature hydrogen production from water and methanol using Pt/α-MoC catalysts

    Lili Lin;Wu Zhou;Rui Gao;Siyu Yao

  • Highly active and durable nanostructured molybdenum carbide electrocatalysts for hydrogen production

    W.-F. Chen;C.-H. Wang;K. Sasaki;N. Marinkovic

  • Atomic-layered Au clusters on α-MoC as catalysts for the low-temperature water-gas shift reaction

    Siyu Yao;Xiao Zhang;Wu Zhou;Wu Zhou;Rui Gao

  • Ultra-selective high-flux membranes from directly synthesized zeolite nanosheets

    Mi Young Jeon;Donghun Kim;Prashant Kumar;Pyung Soo Lee

  • Inverse ZrO2/Cu as a highly efficient methanol synthesis catalyst from CO2 hydrogenation

    Congyi Wu;Lili Lin;Lili Lin;Lili Lin;Jinjia Liu;Jingpeng Zhang

  • Effect of Chloride Anions on the Synthesis and Enhanced Catalytic Activity of Silver Nanocoral Electrodes for CO2 Electroreduction

    Yu Chi Hsieh;Sanjaya D. Senanayake;Yu Zhang;Wenqian Xu

  • Lithium-Doping Stabilized High-Performance P2-Na0.66Li0.18Fe0.12Mn0.7O2 Cathode for Sodium Ion Batteries.

    Lufeng Yang;Xiang Li;Jue Liu;Shan Xiong

  • Steam Reforming of Ethanol on Ni/CeO2: Reaction Pathway and Interaction between Ni and the CeO2 Support

    Wenqian Xu;Zongyuan Liu;Aaron C. Johnston-Peck;Sanjaya D. Senanayake

  • Thermal runaway mechanism of lithium-ion battery with LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2 cathode materials

    Yan Li;Xiang Liu;Li Wang;Xuning Feng

  • Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol on a Auδ+–In2O3-x Catalyst

    Ning Rui;Ning Rui;Feng Zhang;Kaihang Sun;Zongyuan Liu

  • In situ observation of thermal-driven degradation and safety concerns of lithiated graphite anode

    Xiang Liu;Liang Yin;Dongsheng Ren;Li Wang

  • Tuning the activity and selectivity of electroreduction of CO 2 to synthesis gas using bimetallic catalysts

    Ji Hoon Lee;Shyam Kattel;Zhao Jiang;Zhenhua Xie;Zhenhua Xie

  • Reaction mechanism for oxygen evolution on RuO2, IrO2, and RuO2@IrO2 core-shell nanocatalysts

    Zhong Ma;Yu Zhang;Shizhong Liu;Wenqian Xu

  • Understanding the Role of Oxygen Vacancies in the Water Gas Shift Reaction on Ceria-Supported Platinum Catalysts

    Julia Vecchietti;Adrian Bonivardi;Wenqian Xu;Dario Stacchiola

  • Highly Active Ceria-Supported Ru Catalyst for the Dry Reforming of Methane: In Situ Identification of Ruδ+–Ce3+ Interactions for Enhanced Conversion

    Zongyuan Liu;Feng Zhang;Ning Rui;Xing Li

  • A New Class of Metal-Cyclam-Based Zirconium Metal–Organic Frameworks for CO2 Adsorption and Chemical Fixation

    Jie Zhu;Pavel M. Usov;Wenqian Xu;Paula J. Celis-Salazar

  • Probing the Thermal-Driven Structural and Chemical Degradation of Ni-Rich Layered Cathodes by Co/Mn Exchange.

    Xiang Liu;Gui-Liang Xu;Liang Yin;Inhui Hwang;Inhui Hwang

  • Zirconium-Based Metal-Organic Framework for Removal of Perrhenate from Water.

    Debasis Banerjee;Wenqian Xu;Zimin Nie;Lewis E. V. Johnson

  • Effects of Zr Doping into Ceria for the Dry Reforming of Methane over Ni/CeZrO2 Catalysts: In Situ Studies with XRD, XAFS, and AP-XPS

    Feng Zhang;Zongyuan Liu;Xiaobo Chen;Ning Rui

  • Morphological effects of the nanostructured ceria support on the activity and stability of CuO/CeO2 catalysts for the water-gas shift reaction.

    S. Y. Yao;S. Y. Yao;W. Q. Xu;A. C. Johnston-Peck;F. Z. Zhao

  • Dry reforming of methane over CeO2-supported Pt-Co catalysts with enhanced activity

    Zhenhua Xie;Zhenhua Xie;Zhenhua Xie;Binhang Yan;Binhang Yan;Shyam Kattel;Ji Hoon Lee

  • In situ studies of CeO2-supported Pt, Ru, and Pt-Ru alloy catalysts for the water-gas shift reaction: Active phases and reaction intermediates

    Wenqian Xu;Rui Si;Sanjaya D. Senanayake;Jordi Llorca

  • Novel Preparation of N-Doped SnO2 Nanoparticles via Laser-Assisted Pyrolysis: Demonstration of Exceptional Lithium Storage Properties.

    Luyuan Paul Wang;Yann Leconte;Zhenxing Feng;Chao Wei

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanjaya D. Senanayake
Sanjaya D. Senanayake Brookhaven National Laboratory
Zongyuan Liu
Zongyuan Liu Brookhaven National Laboratory
John B. Parise
John B. Parise Stony Brook University
Siyu Yao
Siyu Yao Zhejiang University
Khalil Amine
Khalil Amine Argonne National Laboratory
Dario Stacchiola
Dario Stacchiola Brookhaven National Laboratory
Yang Ren
Yang Ren City University of Hong Kong
Jonathan C. Hanson
Jonathan C. Hanson Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jingguang G. Chen
Jingguang G. Chen Columbia University
Eric A. Stach
Eric A. Stach University of Pennsylvania

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