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D-Index
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Citations
86713
World Ranking
124
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2011 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Xinhe Bao is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research primarily centers on materials science with a strong focus on catalysis and related subfields. The areas of study include materials chemistry, catalysis, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, and molecular biology.

Their work covers a broad range of topics, such as catalytic processes in materials science, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, catalysts for methane reforming, catalysis and oxidation reactions, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advancements in solid oxide fuel cells, and the electronic and structural properties of oxides.

Xinhe Bao has published extensively in multiple prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Nature Communications
  • ACS Catalysis

Several recent papers highlight the scope and depth of their research contributions:

  • "Sulfur vacancy-rich MoS2 as a catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol" (2021, Nature Catalysis)
  • "In Situ Reconstruction of a Hierarchical Sn-Cu/SnOxCore/Shell Catalyst for High-Performance CO2Electroreduction" (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • "Oxide-Zeolite-Based Composite Catalyst Concept That Enables Syngas Chemistry beyond Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis" (2021, Chemical Reviews)
  • "Overturning CO2 Hydrogenation Selectivity with High Activity via Reaction-Induced Strong Metal-Support Interactions" (2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "High-Valence Nickel Single-Atom Catalysts Coordinated to Oxygen Sites for Extraordinarily Activating Oxygen Evolution Reaction" (2020, Advanced Science)

Collaborations form an important component of Xinhe Bao's research environment. Frequent co-authors include Guoxiong Wang, Xiulian Pan, Rongtan Li, Qiang Fu, and Yuefeng Song.

In recognition of their scientific work, Xinhe Bao was named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Catalysis with two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures

    Dehui Deng;K. S. Novoselov;Qiang Fu;Nanfeng Zheng

  • Triggering the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity of the inert two-dimensional MoS2 surface via single-atom metal doping

    Jiao Deng;Haobo Li;Jianping Xiao;Yunchuan Tu

  • Direct Conversion of Methane to Value-Added Chemicals over Heterogeneous Catalysts: Challenges and Prospects

    Pierre Schwach;Xiulian Pan;Xinhe Bao;Xinhe Bao

  • Selective conversion of syngas to light olefins.

    Feng Jiao;Jinjing Li;Xiulian Pan;Jianping Xiao

  • Direct, Nonoxidative Conversion of Methane to Ethylene, Aromatics, and Hydrogen

    Xiaoguang Guo;Guangzong Fang;Gang Li;Gang Li;Hao Ma

  • Iron Encapsulated within Pod‐like Carbon Nanotubes for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Dehui Deng;Liang Yu;Xiaoqi Chen;Guoxiong Wang

  • Repeated growth and bubbling transfer of graphene with millimetre-size single-crystal grains using platinum.

    Libo Gao;Wencai Ren;Huilong Xu;Li Jin

  • Enhanced Electron Penetration through an Ultrathin Graphene Layer for Highly Efficient Catalysis of the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Jiao Deng;Pengju Ren;Dehui Deng;Xinhe Bao

  • Toward N-Doped Graphene via Solvothermal Synthesis

    Dehui Deng;Xiulian Pan;Liang Yu;Yi Cui

  • Size-dependent electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 over Pd nanoparticles.

    Dunfeng Gao;Dunfeng Gao;Hu Zhou;Jing Wang;Jing Wang;Shu Miao

  • Enhanced ethanol production inside carbon-nanotube reactors containing catalytic particles

    Xiulian Pan;Zhongli Fan;Wei Chen;Yunjie Ding

  • Interface-Confined Ferrous Centers for Catalytic Oxidation

    Qiang Fu;Wei-Xue Li;Yunxi Yao;Hongyang Liu

  • Catalysis with Two-Dimensional Materials Confining Single Atoms: Concept, Design, and Applications.

    Yong Wang;Yong Wang;Jun Mao;Jun Mao;Xianguang Meng;Liang Yu

  • Highly active and durable non-precious-metal catalysts encapsulated in carbon nanotubes for hydrogen evolution reaction

    Jiao Deng;Pengju Ren;Dehui Deng;Liang Yu

  • The effects of confinement inside carbon nanotubes on catalysis.

    Xiulian Pan;Xinhe Bao

  • Coordinatively unsaturated nickel–nitrogen sites towards selective and high-rate CO2 electroreduction

    Chengcheng Yan;Chengcheng Yan;Haobo Li;Haobo Li;Yifan Ye;Yifan Ye;Haihua Wu;Haihua Wu

  • Effect of confinement in carbon nanotubes on the activity of Fischer-Tropsch iron catalyst.

    Wei Chen;Zhongli Fan;Xiulian Pan;Xinhe Bao

  • A single iron site confined in a graphene matrix for the catalytic oxidation of benzene at room temperature.

    Dehui Deng;Xiaoqi Chen;Liang Yu;Xing Wu

  • Single layer graphene encapsulating non-precious metals as high-performance electrocatalysts for water oxidation

    Xiaoju Cui;Pengju Ren;Dehui Deng;Jiao Deng

  • Alkalized Ti3C2 MXene nanoribbons with expanded interlayer spacing for high-capacity sodium and potassium ion batteries

    Peichao Lian;Yanfeng Dong;Zhong-Shuai Wu;Shuanghao Zheng;Shuanghao Zheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Qiang Fu
Qiang Fu Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Xiulian Pan
Xiulian Pan Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Ding Ma
Ding Ma Peking University
Dehui Deng
Dehui Deng Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Shuanghao Zheng
Shuanghao Zheng Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Guoxiong Wang
Guoxiong Wang Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Zhong-Shuai Wu
Zhong-Shuai Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hermann Gies
Hermann Gies Ruhr University Bochum
Feng-Shou Xiao
Feng-Shou Xiao Zhejiang University
Dirk De Vos
Dirk De Vos KU Leuven

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