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Zengxi Wei is affiliated with Guangxi University in China and has a significant body of research primarily in the fields of Engineering, Energy, and Materials Science. Their work shows a particular focus on Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects related to energy conversion and catalytic processes, with key areas including electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced photocatalysis techniques, catalytic processes in materials science, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, advancements in battery technologies, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, and battery material improvements.

Wei's recent published works include:

  • Activity Origins and Design Principles of Nickel-Based Catalysts for Nucleophile Electrooxidation (2020, Chem)
  • Coupling Glucose-Assisted Cu(I)/Cu(II) Redox with Electrochemical Hydrogen Production (2021, Advanced Materials)
  • Low-Coordinated CoNC on Oxygenated Graphene for Efficient Electrocatalytic H2O2 Production (2021, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • Sb2S3-templated synthesis of sulfur-doped Sb-N-C with hierarchical architecture and high metal loading for H2O2 electrosynthesis (2023, Nature Communications)
  • Mg Doped Li-LiB Alloy with In Situ Formed Lithiophilic LiB Skeleton for Lithium Metal Batteries (2020, Advanced Science)

Frequent publication venues for Wei's research include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Advanced Materials
  • Nature Communications

Collaborations with other researchers are a key part of Wei's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Shuangliang Zhao
  • Jianmin Ma
  • Qian Sun
  • Jiacheng Xie
  • Peng Xie

Best Publications

  • Filling the oxygen vacancies in Co3O4 with phosphorus: an ultra-efficient electrocatalyst for overall water splitting

    Zhaohui Xiao;Yu Wang;Yu-Cheng Huang;Zengxi Wei

  • Boron-Doped Graphene for Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction

    Xiaomin Yu;Peng Han;Zengxi Wei;Linsong Huang

  • Metal-Free Carbon Materials for CO2 Electrochemical Reduction.

    Xiaochuan Duan;Xiaochuan Duan;Jiantie Xu;Zengxi Wei;Jianmin Ma

  • Activity Origins and Design Principles of Nickel-Based Catalysts for Nucleophile Electrooxidation

    Wei Chen;Chao Xie;Yanyong Wang;Yuqin Zou

  • Se-Doping Activates FeOOH for Cost-Effective and Efficient Electrochemical Water Oxidation.

    Shuai Niu;Wen-Jie Jiang;Zengxi Wei;Tang Tang

  • Recent Progress in Graphite Intercalation Compounds for Rechargeable Metal (Li, Na, K, Al)-Ion Batteries

    Jiantie Xu;Yuhai Dou;Zengxi Wei;Jianmin Ma

  • Strong Electronic Interaction in Dual‐Cation‐Incorporated NiSe2 Nanosheets with Lattice Distortion for Highly Efficient Overall Water Splitting

    Yiqiang Sun;Yiqiang Sun;Kun Xu;Zengxi Wei;Huilin Li;Huilin Li

  • Layered tin sulfide and selenide anode materials for Li- and Na-ion batteries

    Zengxi Wei;Lei Wang;Ming Zhuo;Wei Ni

  • Coupling Glucose-Assisted Cu(I)/Cu(II) Redox with Electrochemical Hydrogen Production

    Yiqiong Zhang;Yiqiong Zhang;Bo Zhou;Zengxi Wei;Wang Zhou

  • Sodium-based batteries: from critical materials to battery systems

    Fang Li;Zengxi Wei;Arumugam Manthiram;Yuezhan Feng

  • Ternary doped porous carbon nanofibers with excellent ORR and OER performance for zinc–air batteries

    Mingguang Wu;Yueqing Wang;Zengxi Wei;Lei Wang

  • Oxygen-deficient anatase TiO2@C nanospindles with pseudocapacitive contribution for enhancing lithium storage

    Xiaolan Deng;Zengxi Wei;Chunyu Cui;Quanhui Liu

  • Molybdenum and tungsten chalcogenides for lithium/sodium-ion batteries: Beyond MoS2

    Junda Huang;Zengxi Wei;Jiaqin Liao;Wei Ni

  • Research progress on vanadium-based cathode materials for sodium ion batteries

    Qinghong Wang;Qinghong Wang;Jiantie Xu;Jiantie Xu;Wenchao Zhang;Minglei Mao

  • Metal oxide/graphene composite anode materials for sodium-ion batteries

    Lei Wang;Zengxi Wei;Minglei Mao;Hongxia Wang

  • Nitrogen, Fluorine, and Boron Ternary Doped Carbon Fibers as Cathode Electrocatalysts for Zinc-Air Batteries.

    Lei Wang;Yueqing Wang;Mingguang Wu;Zengxi Wei

  • Low-Coordinated Co ? N ? C on Oxygenated Graphene for Efficient Electrocatalytic H2O2 Production

    Haisheng Gong;Zengxi Wei;Zhichao Gong;Jingjing Liu

  • Growth of SnO 2 Nanoflowers on N-doped Carbon Nanofibers as Anode for Li- and Na-ion Batteries

    Jiaojiao Liang;Chaochun Yuan;Huanhuan Li;Kai Fan

  • Fe-doped phosphorene for the nitrogen reduction reaction

    Zengxi Wei;Yuefeng Zhang;Shuangyin Wang;Caiyun Wang

  • Mg Doped Li–LiB Alloy with In Situ Formed Lithiophilic LiB Skeleton for Lithium Metal Batteries

    Chen Wu;Haifeng Huang;Weiyi Lu;Zengxi Wei

  • Quasi-reversible conversion reaction of CoSe2/nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers towards long-lifetime anode materials for sodium-ion batteries

    Chao Cui;Zengxi Wei;Gang Zhou;Weifeng Wei

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianmin Ma
Jianmin Ma Hunan University
Jiantie Xu
Jiantie Xu South China University of Technology
Yuezhan Feng
Yuezhan Feng Zhengzhou University
Caiyun Wang
Caiyun Wang University of Wollongong
Shuangyin Wang
Shuangyin Wang Hunan University
Shi Xue Dou
Shi Xue Dou University of Wollongong
Hua-Kun Liu
Hua-Kun Liu University of Wollongong
Gengfeng Zheng
Gengfeng Zheng Fudan University
Xiaochuan Duan
Xiaochuan Duan Taiyuan University of Technology
Gui-Fang Huang
Gui-Fang Huang Hunan University

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