People
ZHU Xuefeng
Title: Professor
Subject: Physical Chemistry
Phone: 0411-84379182
Email: zhuxf@dicp.ac.cn
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Research Interests

(1) Mixed conducting membranes for O2, H2 separation and related reactions

(2) Membrane modules for oxygen production

(3) Catalytic membrane reactors for process intensification

(4) Electrochemical and thermochemical conversion of small molecules

(5) Electrolyte membranes for solid oxide cells


Biography

2014/07- present: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Professor

2009/10-2014/06 Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Associate Professor

2007/12- 2008/12: Arizona State University, Postdoctoral researcher

2007/01-2009/09: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Assistant Professor

2001/09-2006/12: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Ph.D, Physical Chemistry

1997/09-2001/07: Beijing Normal University, B.S., Chemistry

Honors and Awards

(1) Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, 2025

(2) First Prize of Science & Technology Award, Liaoning Province, 2020

(3) Excellent Membership of Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS, 2018

(4) Zhang Dayu Excellent Scholar of DICP, CAS, 2017, 2022

(5) Distinguished Young Science & Technology Talent Award of Dalian, 2016

(6) First Prize of Science & Technology Award, Guang Dong Province, 2015 


Publications

(1) Liming Zhang, Qiuxia Feng, Peng Zhang, Zhongwei Cao, Hongbo Li, Xuefeng Zhu*, Weishen Yang*, Self-compressive stress promoting densification of proton-conducting electrolyte membranes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, e13042, 10.1002/anie.202513042 (Hot Paper)

(2) Wenmin Wang, Yun Jin*, Xiuxia Meng, Naitao Yang*, Xuefeng Zhu*, Dynamic short hydrogen‐bonding network enhancing hydrophilicity in biomimetic membranes with artificial water channels for efficient removal of dyes and salts, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2025) e202502204

(3) Chenchen Gao, Liming Zhang, Qiuxia Feng, Xinjing Zhang, Qiming Li*, Xuefeng Zhu*, Weishen Yang, Phase transition behaviors of Sr0.72Ca0.28Fe1-xNixO3-δ perovskite oxygen sorbents in a fixed bed reactor, Chem. Eng. J. 499 (2024) 156622

(4) Shiqing Hu, Ryan O’Hayre*, Xuefeng Zhu* et al., Mapping a thermodynamic stability window to prevent detrimental reactions during CO2 electrolysis in solid oxide electrolysis cells, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 324 (2023) 122239

(5) Bingjie Pang, Peng Zhang*, Zhongwei Cao, Song Wang, Jingjing Tong, Xuefeng Zhu*, Weishen Yang, Mixed oxygen ionic-carbonate ionic conductor membrane reactor for coupling CO2 capture with in situ methanation, AIChE J. 69 (2023) e17919

(6) Yue Zhu, Dongdong Liu, Huijuan Jing, Xuefeng Zhu*, Weishen Yang* et al., Oxygen activation on Ba-containing perovskite materials, Sci. Adv. 8 (2022) eabn4072

(7) Lixiao Zhang, Xiaobao Li, Jianmin Lu, Xuefeng Zhu* et al., In situ dispersed nano-Au on Zr-suboxides as active cathode for direct CO2 electroreduction in solid oxide electrolysis cells, Nano Lett. 21 (2021) 6952−6959

(8) Peng Zhang, Jingjing Tong, Kevin Huang*, Xuefeng Zhu*, Weishen Yang, The current status of high temperature electrochemistry-based CO2 transport membranes and reactors for direct CO2 capture and conversion, Prog. Energy Combust. Sci. 82 (2021) 100888

(9) Lili Cai, Xiao-Yu Wu, Xuefeng Zhu*, Ahmed F. Ghoniem, Weishen Yang, High‐performance oxygen transport membrane reactors integrated with IGCC for carbon capture, AIChE J. 66 (2020) e16247

(10)  Xuefeng Zhu, Weishen Yang*, Microstructural and interfacial designs of oxygen–permeable membranes for oxygen separation and reaction–separation coupling, Adv. Mater. 31 (2019) 1902547