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Zongxian Yang is affiliated with Henan Normal University in China and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Energy. Their research covers a range of topics with significant contributions in Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Other subfields include Organic Chemistry and Catalysis.

The scientist's work focuses on several core research themes such as Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, MXene and MAX Phase Materials, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, 2D Materials and Applications, and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies.

Zongxian Yang has published papers in a variety of scientific journals, with frequent contributions to Applied Surface Science, Physica Scripta, SSRN Electronic Journal, Nanoscale, and ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

Recent papers by Zongxian Yang include:

  • Theoretical Inspection of M1/PMA Single-Atom Electrocatalyst: Ultra-High Performance for Water Splitting (HER/OER) and Oxygen Reduction Reactions (OER) (2021, ACS Catalysis)
  • Temperature reduction for extra-long railway tunnel with high geotemperature by longitudinal ventilation (2020, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology)
  • Tunable magnetic and electronic properties of the Cr-based MXene (Cr2C) with functional groups and doping (2020, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials)
  • CO2 thermoreduction to methanol on the MoS2 supported single Co atom catalyst: A DFT study (2020, Applied Surface Science)
  • Tailoring the Electronic Structure of Transition Metals by the V2C MXene Support: Excellent Oxygen Reduction Performance Triggered by Metal-Support Interactions (2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Xilin Zhang, Zhansheng Lu, Yudong Pang, Shamraiz Hussain Talib, and Shuting Yang.

Best Publications

  • The adsorption of CO and NO on the MoS2 monolayer doped with Au, Pt, Pd, or Ni: A first-principles study

    Dongwei Ma;Weiwei Ju;Tingxian Li;Xiwei Zhang

  • Atomic and electronic structure of unreduced and reduced CeO2 surfaces: A first-principles study

    Zongxian Yang;Tom K. Woo;Micael Baudin;Kersti Hermansson

  • A theoretical simulation on the catalytic oxidation of CO on Pt/graphene

    Yanan Tang;Zongxian Yang;Xianqi Dai

  • Bifunctional CoNx embedded graphene electrocatalysts for OER and ORR: A theoretical evaluation

    Xilin Zhang;Zongxian Yang;Zhansheng Lu;Weichao Wang;Weichao Wang

  • C3N monolayers as promising candidates for NO2 sensors

    Dongwei Ma;Jing Zhang;Xinxin Li;Chaozheng He

  • The mechanisms of oxygen reduction reaction on phosphorus doped graphene: A first-principles study

    Xilin Zhang;Zhansheng Lu;Zhaoming Fu;Yanan Tang

  • Effects of Zr doping on stoichiometric and reduced ceria: A first-principles study

    Zongxian Yang;Tom K. Woo;Kersti Hermansson

  • Theoretical Inspection of M1/PMA Single-Atom Electrocatalyst: Ultra-High Performance for Water Splitting (HER/OER) and Oxygen Reduction Reactions (OER)

    Shamraiz Hussain Talib;Zhansheng Lu;Xiaohu Yu;Khalil Ahmad

  • CO oxidation on single Pd atom embedded defect-graphene via a new termolecular Eley-Rideal mechanism

    Guoliang Xu;Ran Wang;Feng Yang;Dongwei Ma

  • Novel catalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction on MnN4 embedded graphene: A dispersion-corrected density functional theory study

    Zhansheng Lu;Guoliang Xu;Chaozheng He;Tianxing Wang

  • Trapping of metal atoms in the defects on graphene

    Yanan Tang;Zongxian Yang;Xianqi Dai

  • Modulating electronic, magnetic and chemical properties of MoS 2 monolayer sheets by substitutional doping with transition metals

    Dongwei Ma;Weiwei Ju;Tingxian Li;Xiwei Zhang

  • 3d transition metal embedded C2N monolayers as promising single-atom catalysts: A first-principles study

    D.W. Ma;Qinggao Wang;Xunwang Yan;Xiwei Zhang

  • Structural and electronic properties of Au on TiO 2 ( 110 )

    Zongxian Yang;Ruqian Wu;D. W. Goodman

  • Oxygen vacancy formation energy in Pd-doped ceria: a DFT+U study.

    Zongxian Yang;Gaixia Luo;Zhansheng Lu;Kersti Hermansson

  • Repairing sulfur vacancies in the MoS2 monolayer by using CO, NO and NO2 molecules

    Dongwei Ma;Qinggao Wang;Tingxian Li;Chaozheng He

  • The Effect of Environment on the Reaction of Water on the Ceria(111) Surface: A DFT+U Study

    Zongxian Yang;Qinggao Wang;Shuyi Wei;Dongwei Ma

  • Formaldehyde molecule adsorption on the doped monolayer MoS2: A first-principles study

    Dongwei Ma;Weiwei Ju;Tingxian Li;Gui Yang

  • Strong and weak adsorption of CO on CeO2 surfaces from first principles calculations

    Zongxian Yang;Tom K. Woo;Kersti Hermansson

  • CO oxidation catalyzed by the single Co atom embedded hexagonal boron nitride nanosheet: a DFT-D study

    Zhansheng Lu;Zhansheng Lu;Peng Lv;Yanli Liang;Dongwei Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhansheng Lu
Zhansheng Lu Henan Normal University
Kersti Hermansson
Kersti Hermansson Uppsala University
Lin Yang
Lin Yang Henan Normal University
Chang Liu
Chang Liu Southern University of Science and Technology
Guanghong Wei
Guanghong Wei Fudan University
Zhengyu Bai
Zhengyu Bai Henan Normal University
D. W. Goodman
D. W. Goodman Texas A&M University
Tom K. Woo
Tom K. Woo University of Ottawa
Jun Li
Jun Li National University of Singapore
Zhongwei Chen
Zhongwei Chen University of Waterloo

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