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Zhenhai Xia is affiliated with the University of North Texas in the United States. Their research spans multiple aspects of engineering and materials science, with a particular focus on advanced energy technologies and material development.

The main fields of study in which Zhenhai Xia conducts research include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these domains, the following subfields are prominently represented in their work:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Mechanical Engineering

The key topics covered in their research demonstrate a consistent focus on energy-related materials and technologies. These include:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials

Zhenhai Xia has published extensively in well-known venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Nano Energy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Harnessing the interplay of Fe-Ni atom pairs embedded in nitrogen-doped carbon for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis" (2020, Nano Energy)
  • "High-Performance, Long-Life, Rechargeable Li-CO2 Batteries based on a 3D Holey Graphene Cathode Implanted with Single Iron Atoms" (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • "Origins of Boosted Charge Storage on Heteroatom-Doped Carbons" (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • "Energy density-enhancement mechanism and design principles for heteroatom-doped carbon supercapacitors" (2020, Nano Energy)
  • "N-doping induced tensile-strained Pt nanoparticles ensuring an excellent durability of the oxygen reduction reaction" (2020, Journal of Catalysis)

Frequent co-authors in Zhenhai Xia's research collaborations include:

  • Liming Dai
  • Yong Gao
  • Xiao Han
  • Lipeng Zhang
  • Lele Gong

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube arrays with high electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction.

    Kuanping Gong;Feng Du;Zhenhai Xia;Michael Durstock

  • Metal-free bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions

    Liming Dai

  • Mechanisms of Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Nitrogen-Doped Graphene for Fuel Cells

    Lipeng Zhang;Zhenhai Xia

  • BCN Graphene as Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Shuangyin Wang;Lipeng Zhang;Zhenhai Xia;Ajit Roy

  • Carbon nanotube arrays with strong shear binding-on and easy normal lifting-off.

    Liangti Qu;Liming Dai;Morley Stone;Zhenhai Xia

  • Carbon-based electrocatalysts for advanced energy conversion and storage

    Jintao Zhang;Zhenhai Xia;Liming Dai

  • In Situ Exfoliated, Edge-Rich, Oxygen-Functionalized Graphene from Carbon Fibers for Oxygen Electrocatalysis.

    Zhijuan Liu;Zhenghang Zhao;Yanyong Wang;Shuo Dou

  • N-doped graphene as catalysts for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions: Theoretical considerations

    Mingtao Li;Mingtao Li;Lipeng Zhang;Quan Xu;Jianbing Niu

  • Edge-selectively sulfurized graphene nanoplatelets as efficient metal-free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction: the electron spin effect.

    In-Yup Jeon;Sheng Zhang;Lipeng Zhang;Hyun-Jung Choi

  • Strain and structure heterogeneity in MoS2 atomic layers grown by chemical vapour deposition.

    Zheng Liu;Matin Amani;Sina Najmaei;Quan Xu

  • Direct observation of toughening mechanisms in carbon nanotube ceramic matrix composites

    Z Xia;L Riester;W.A Curtin;H Li

  • Design Principles for Heteroatom‐Doped Carbon Nanomaterials as Highly Efficient Catalysts for Fuel Cells and Metal–Air Batteries

    Zhenghang Zhao;Mingtao Li;Lipeng Zhang;Liming Dai

  • Creating coordinatively unsaturated metal sites in metal-organic-frameworks as efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction: Insights into the active centers

    Li Tao;Chun-Yu Lin;Shuo Dou;Shi Feng

  • Catalytic Mechanisms of Sulfur-Doped Graphene as Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts for Fuel Cells

    Lipeng Zhang;Jianbing Niu;Mingtao Li;Zhenhai Xia

  • Covalent Organic Framework Electrocatalysts for Clean Energy Conversion.

    Chun-Yu Lin;Detao Zhang;Zhenghang Zhao;Zhenhai Xia;Zhenhai Xia

  • Facile, scalable synthesis of edge-halogenated graphene nanoplatelets as efficient metal-free eletrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

    In-Yup Jeon;Hyun-Jung Choi;Min Choi;Jeong-Min Seo

  • Effect of microstructure of nitrogen-doped graphene on oxygen reduction activity in fuel cells.

    Lipeng Zhang;Jianbing Niu;Liming Dai;Zhenhai Xia

  • Harnessing the interplay of Fe–Ni atom pairs embedded in nitrogen-doped carbon for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis

    Xiaofeng Zhu;Detao Zhang;Chih-Jung Chen;Qingran Zhang

  • Damage detection of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites via electrical resistance measurement

    Jie Wen;Zhenhai Xia;Fred Choy

  • Design Principles for Covalent Organic Frameworks as Efficient Electrocatalysts in Clean Energy Conversion and Green Oxidizer Production.

    Chun-Yu Lin;Lipeng Zhang;Zhenghang Zhao;Zhenhai Xia;Zhenhai Xia

  • Supporting Online Material for Carbon Nanotube Arrays with Strong Shear Binding-On and Easy Normal Lifting-Off

    Liangti Qu;Liming Dai;Morley Stone;Zhenhai Xia

Frequent Co-Authors

Liming Dai
Liming Dai University of New South Wales
William A. Curtin
William A. Curtin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Quan Xu
Quan Xu China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Brian W. Sheldon
Brian W. Sheldon Brown University
Shuangyin Wang
Shuangyin Wang Hunan University
Bingqing Wei
Bingqing Wei University of Delaware
Zhong Lin Wang
Zhong Lin Wang Georgia Institute of Technology
Jong-Beom Baek
Jong-Beom Baek Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Rose Amal
Rose Amal University of New South Wales
Liangti Qu
Liangti Qu Tsinghua University

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