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Xi Liu is affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, with a research portfolio focused on materials science and engineering. Their contributions span several subfields including materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, catalysis, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover catalytic processes in materials science, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, catalysis and oxidation reactions, catalysts for methane reforming, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, advancements in battery materials, and nanomaterials for catalytic reactions.

Xi Liu has published extensively in frequent venues such as:

  • Nature Communications
  • ACS Catalysis
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Collaborations with several frequent co-authors are documented, including Liwei Chen, Zhouhong Ren, Tian Qin, Bowen He, and Ding Ma.

Key recent papers from Xi Liu include:

  • Nickel dual-atom sites for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction (2022, Nature Synthesis)
  • Atomically Dispersed Ni/α-MoC Catalyst for Hydrogen Production from Methanol/Water (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Highly Selective Olefin Production from CO2 Hydrogenation on Iron Catalysts: A Subtle Synergy between Manganese and Sodium Additives (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Highly efficient catalytic production of oximes from ketones using in situ-generated H2O2 (2022, Science)
  • Colloidal Alloyed Quantum Dots with Enhanced Photoluminescence Quantum Yield in the NIR-II Window (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

Best Publications

  • Surface-Modified Carbon Nanotubes Catalyze Oxidative Dehydrogenation of n-Butane

    Jian Zhang;Xi Liu;Raoul Blume;Aihua Zhang

  • Tuning the Selectivity of Catalytic Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation over Iridium/Cerium Oxide Catalysts with a Strong Metal-Support Interaction.

    Siwei Li;Yao Xu;Yifu Chen;Weizhen Li

  • Utilizing the Space-Charge Region of the FeNi-LDH/CoP p-n Junction to Promote Performance in Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis.

    Kai He;Tsegaye Tadesse Tsega;Xi Liu;Jiantao Zai

  • Highly Tunable Selectivity for Syngas-Derived Alkenes over Zinc and Sodium-Modulated Fe5 C2 Catalyst.

    Peng Zhai;Cong Xu;Rui Gao;Xi Liu

  • Highly Dispersed Copper over β-Mo2C as an Efficient and Stable Catalyst for the Reverse Water Gas Shift (RWGS) Reaction

    Xiao Zhang;Xiaobing Zhu;Lili Lin;Siyu Yao

  • Highly active nanostructured CoS 2 /CoS heterojunction electrocatalysts for aqueous polysulfide/iodide redox flow batteries.

    Dui Ma;Bo Hu;Wenda Wu;Xi Liu

  • Construction of a sp 3 /sp 2 Carbon Interface in 3D N-Doped Nanocarbons for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Jian Gao;Jian Gao;Yun Wang;Haihua Wu;Xi Liu

  • Atomically Dispersed Ni/α-MoC Catalyst for Hydrogen Production from Methanol/Water.

    Lili Lin;Lili Lin;Qiaolin Yu;Mi Peng;Aowen Li

  • Synthesis and Electrode Performance of Nanostructured V2O5 by Using a Carbon Tube‐in‐Tube as a Nanoreactor and an Efficient Mixed‐Conducting Network

    Yong-Sheng Hu;Xi Liu;Jens-Oliver Müller;Robert Schlögl

  • Enhanced Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Oxidation on Ni/NiO/C Derived from a Nickel-Based Metal-Organic Framework.

    Yang Yang;Xiaodong Sun;Guanqun Han;Xi Liu

  • Hybrid Au–Ag Nanostructures for Enhanced Plasmon-Driven Catalytic Selective Hydrogenation through Visible Light Irradiation and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

    Zhen Yin;Zhen Yin;Ye Wang;Chuqiao Song;Liheng Zheng

  • Highly Selective Olefin Production from CO 2 Hydrogenation on Iron Catalysts: A Subtle Synergy between Manganese and Sodium Additives

    Yao Xu;Peng Zhai;Yuchen Deng;Jinglin Xie

  • Colloidal Alloyed Quantum Dots with Enhanced Photoluminescence Quantum Yield in the NIR-II Window.

    Hongchao Yang;Renfu Li;Yejun Zhang;Mengxuan Yu

  • CO2 hydrogenation to methanol over Cu catalysts supported on La-modified SBA-15: The crucial role of Cu–LaOx interfaces

    Kun Chen;Huihuang Fang;Simson Wu;Xi Liu

  • Photothermal Conversion of CO2 with Tunable Selectivity Using Fe-Based Catalysts: From Oxide to Carbide

    Chuqiao Song;Xi Liu;Ming Xu;Daniel Masi

  • Superionic Conductors via Bulk Interfacial Conduction

    Chenji Hu;Chenji Hu;Yanbin Shen;Ming Shen;Xi Liu;Xi Liu

  • Carbon-Catalyzed Oxidative Dehydrogenation of n-Butane: Selective Site Formation during sp3-to-sp2 Lattice Rearrangement

    Xi Liu;Benjamin Frank;Wei Zhang;Thomas Patric Cotter

  • Interfacial Sites between Cobalt Nitride and CobaltAct as Bifunctional Catalysts for Hydrogen Electrochemistry

    Fuzhan Song;Wei Li;Jiaqi Yang;Guanqun Han

  • Enhanced Selective Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol via In Situ H2O2 Production over Supported Pd-Based Catalysts

    Caitlin M. Crombie;Richard J. Lewis;Rebekah L. Taylor;David J. Morgan

  • Impact of the Coordination Environment on Atomically Dispersed Pt Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Siwei Li;Jinjia Liu;Zhen Yin;Pengju Ren

  • Pd–Ru/TiO2 catalyst – an active and selective catalyst for furfural hydrogenation

    Obaid Aldosari;Sarwat Iqbal;Peter John Miedziak;Gemma Louise Brett

Frequent Co-Authors

Dang Sheng Su
Dang Sheng Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Graham J. Hutchings
Graham J. Hutchings Cardiff University
Ding Ma
Ding Ma Peking University
Xiaodong Wen
Xiaodong Wen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yong-Wang Li
Yong-Wang Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Christopher J. Kiely
Christopher J. Kiely Lehigh University
Liwei Chen
Liwei Chen Shanghai Jiao Tong University
David J. Morgan
David J. Morgan Cardiff University
Shutao Wang
Shutao Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Siyu Yao
Siyu Yao Zhejiang University

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