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Xun Cao is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their academic work primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Polymers and Plastics.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of areas in advanced materials and energy-related technologies. Major themes include:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors

Xun Cao has published extensively in several academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Rare Metals

Their recent papers exemplify diverse research interests and contributions, including:

  • Interpenetrating interfaces for efficient perovskite solar cells with high operational stability and mechanical robustness (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Exploring the impact of atomic lattice deformation on oxygen evolution reactions based on a sub-5 nm pure face-centred cubic high-entropy alloy electrocatalyst (2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A)
  • Reversible Al Metal Anodes Enabled by Amorphization for Aqueous Aluminum Batteries (2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Hollow Gradient-Structured Iron-Anchored Carbon Nanospheres for Enhanced Electromagnetic Wave Absorption (2022, Nano-Micro Letters)
  • Phase engineering of Cr5Te8 with colossal anomalous Hall effect (2022, Nature Electronics)

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Xun Cao's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Yizhong Huang
  • Zheng Liu
  • Yu Lu
  • Chaojiang Li
  • Bowei Zhang

Best Publications

  • Recent progress in the phase-transition mechanism and modulation of vanadium dioxide materials

    Zewei Shao;Xun Cao;Hongjie Luo;Ping Jin;Ping Jin

  • All-solid-state proton-based tandem structures for fast-switching electrochromic devices

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  • Interpenetrating interfaces for efficient perovskite solar cells with high operational stability and mechanical robustness.

    Qingshun Dong;Chao Zhu;Min Chen;Chen Jiang

  • Exploring the impact of atomic lattice deformation on oxygen evolution reactions based on a sub-5 nm pure face-centred cubic high-entropy alloy electrocatalyst

    Kang Huang;Bowei Zhang;Junsheng Wu;Tianyuan Zhang

  • Van der Waals negative capacitance transistors

    Xiaowei Wang;Peng Yu;Peng Yu;Zhendong Lei;Chao Zhu

  • Optical design and stability study for ultrahigh-performance and long-lived vanadium dioxide-based thermochromic coatings

    Tianci Chang;Xun Cao;Liv R. Dedon;Shiwei Long

  • Recent advances in VO2-based thermochromic composites for smart windows

    Fang Xu;Xun Cao;Hongjie Luo;Ping Jin;Ping Jin

  • Ultrafine Metal Nanoparticles/N-Doped Porous Carbon Hybrids Coated on Carbon Fibers as Flexible and Binder-Free Water Splitting Catalysts

    Yongqi Zhang;Xinhui Xia;Xun Cao;Bowei Zhang

  • Forming-free colossal resistive switching effect in rare-earth-oxide Gd2O3 films for memristor applications

    Xun Cao;Xiaomin Li;Xiangdong Gao;Weidong Yu

  • Spatially Resolved Dynamically Reconfigurable Multilevel Control of Thermal Emission

    Ziquan Xu;Qiang Li;Kaikai Du;Shiwei Long

  • Nanoporous Thermochromic VO2 (M) Thin Films: Controlled Porosity, Largely Enhanced Luminous Transmittance and Solar Modulating Ability

    Xun Cao;Ning Wang;Jia Yan Law;Say Chye Joachim Loo

  • Facile and Low-Temperature Fabrication of Thermochromic Cr2O3/VO2 Smart Coatings: Enhanced Solar Modulation Ability, High Luminous Transmittance and UV-Shielding Function

    Tianci Chang;Xun Cao;Ning Li;Shiwei Long

  • Review on thermochromic vanadium dioxide based smart coatings: from lab to commercial application

    Tian-Ci Chang;Xun Cao;Shan-Hu Bao;Shi-Dong Ji

  • Terbium-Doped VO2 Thin Films: Reduced Phase Transition Temperature and Largely Enhanced Luminous Transmittance.

    Ning Wang;Martial Duchamp;Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski;Shiyu Liu

  • Challenges and Opportunities toward Real Application of VO2-Based Smart Glazing

    Xun Cao;Tianci Chang;Zewei Shao;Fang Xu

  • High Performance and Enhanced Durability of Thermochromic Films Using VO2@ZnO Core-Shell Nanoparticles.

    Yunxiang Chen;Xianzhe Zeng;Jingting Zhu;Rong Li

  • Composite Film of Vanadium Dioxide Nanoparticles and Ionic Liquid-Nickel-Chlorine Complexes with Excellent Visible Thermochromic Performance.

    Jingting Zhu;Aibin Huang;Haibin Ma;Yining Ma

  • Thermochromic multilayer films of WO3/VO2/WO3 sandwich structure with enhanced luminous transmittance and durability

    Shiwei Long;Huaijuan Zhou;Shanhu Bao;Yunchuan Xin

  • Hot-corrosion behaviors of overlay-clad yttria-stabilized zirconia coatings in contact with vanadate–sulfate salts

    X.H. Zhong;Y.M. Wang;Z.H. Xu;Y.F. Zhang

  • Confining Tiny MoO 2 Clusters into Reduced Graphene Oxide for Highly Efficient Low Frequency Microwave Absorption

    Cao Wu;Cao Wu;Zhaofeng Chen;Meiling Wang;Xun Cao

  • All-ZnO-based transparent resistance random access memory device fully fabricated at room temperature

    Xun Cao;Xiaomin Li;Xiangdong Gao;Xinjun Liu

  • Fast-Switching WO3-Based Electrochromic Devices: Design, Fabrication, and Applications

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  • Mitigating Deterioration of Vanadium Dioxide Thermochromic Films by Interfacial Encapsulation

    Tianci Chang;Xun Cao;Ning Li;Shiwei Long

  • Fully inkjet-printed Ag2Se flexible thermoelectric devices for sustainable power generation

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  • Application-oriented VO2 thermochromic coatings with composite structures: Optimized optical performance and robust fatigue properties

    Shiwei Long;Xun Cao;Ning Li;Yunchuan Xin

  • Europium doped vanadium dioxide material : reduced phase transition temperature, enhanced luminous transmittance and solar modulation

    X. Cao;N. Wang;S. Magdassi;D. Mandler

  • Self-Template Synthesis of Nanoporous VO2-Based Films: Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance and Enhanced Optical Performance for Solar Glazing Application.

    Shiwei Long;Xun Cao;Rong Huang;Fang Xu

  • Phase-controllable growth of ultrathin 2D magnetic FeTe crystals

    Lixing Kang;Chen Ye;Xiaoxu Zhao;Xieyu Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Ping Jin
Ping Jin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yizhong Huang
Yizhong Huang Nanyang Technological University
Lidong Chen
Lidong Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bowei Zhang
Bowei Zhang University of Science and Technology Beijing
Hongjie Luo
Hongjie Luo Shanghai University
Qingyu Yan
Qingyu Yan Nanyang Technological University
Zheng Liu
Zheng Liu Nanyang Technological University
Zexiang Shen
Zexiang Shen Nanyang Technological University
Jiadong Zhou
Jiadong Zhou Beijing Institute of Technology
Yi Long
Yi Long Nanyang Technological University

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