FACULTY

Assistant Professor

Office: Nanyong Building

Email: xiaojunwang@nju.edu.cn

Education

2013-2018 Ph.D. Jilin University

2009-2013 B.Sc. Jilin University

Professional Appointment

2023-Present Assistant Professor, School of Sustainable Energy and Resources, Nanjing University

2021-2023 Assistant Researcher, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University

2019-2020 Visiting Scholar, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston

2018-2020 Postdoctoral Researcher, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University

Research Areas

Electrocatalysis, Photothermal catalysis, Photothermal resource extraction, Photothermal battery recycling

Research Projects

2024-2026 Principal Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China for Young Scholars

2023-2026 Participant, National Natural Science Foundation of China Major Integration Project

Selected Publications

1. Mengxin Shen†, Liyao Ji†, Dongfang Cheng†, Ziwei Wang, Qinwen Xue, Shijia Feng, Yao Luo, Shuying Chen, Jiahao Wang, Hongzhi Zheng, Xiaojun Wang*, Philippe Sautet, Jia Zhu*. Hierarchical Design Enables Sufficient Activated CO2 for Efficient Electrolysis of Bicarbonate to CO. Joule, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.04.006

2. Shijia Feng†, Xiaojun Wang†, Dongfang Cheng†, Yao Luo†, Mengxin Shen, Jingyang Wang, Wei Zhao, Susu Fang, Hongzhi Zheng, Liyao Ji, Xing Zhang, Weigao Xu, Yongye Liang, Philippe Sautet, Jia Zhu*. Stabilizing *CO2 Intermediates at the Acidic Interface using Molecularly Dispersed Cobalt Phthalocyanine as Catalysts for CO2 Reduction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63, e202317942. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202317942

3. Xiaojun Wang†, Hui Dong†, Alae Eddine Lakraychi, Ye Zhang, Xu Yang, Hongzhi Zheng, Xinpeng Han, Xiaonan Shan, Chuanxin He*, Yan Yao*. Electrochemical swelling induced high material utilization of porous polymers in magnesium electrolytes. Materials Today, 2022,55,29-36.

4. Chang Gu†, Xiaojun Wang†, Ai-Bo Jia, Hongzhi Zheng, Weiran Zhang, Yuyang Wang, Minjie Li, Yu-Mo Zhang* & Sean Xiao-An Zhang*. A strategy of stabilization via active energy-exchange for bistable electrochromic displays. CCS Chem. 2022, 4(8), 2757-2767.

5. Yuyang Wang†, Shuo Wang†, Xiaojun Wang†, Weiran Zhang, Wenxuan Zheng, Yu-Mo Zhang *and Sean Xiao-An Zhang*. A multicolour bistable electronic shelf label based on intramolecular proton-coupled electron transfer. Nature Materials, 2019, 18, 1335-1342.

6. Weiran Zhang†, Xiaojun Wang†, Yuyang Wang, Guojian Yang, Chang Gu, Wenxuan Zheng, Yu-Mo Zhang,* Minjie Li and Sean Xiao-An Zhang*. Bio-inspired ultra-high energy efficiency bistable electronic billboard and reader. Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 1559.

7. Xiaojun Wang, Chang Gu, Hongzhi Zheng, Yu-Mo Zhang* and Sean Xiao-An Zhang*. A multi-stimuli-responsive oxazine molecular switch: A new strategy for the design of electrochromic materials. Chemistry-An Asian Journal, 2018, 13(9): 1206-1212.

8. Xiaojun Wang, Shuo Wang, Chang Gu, Weiran Zhang, Hongzhi Zheng, Jingjing Zhang, Geyu Lu, Yu-Mo Zhang,* Minjie Li, and Sean Xiao-An Zhang*. Reversible bond/cation-coupled electron transfer on phenylenediamine-based rhodamine B and its application on electrochromism. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9(23), 20196-20204.

9. Xiaojun Wang, Wen Li, Wanru Li, Chang Gu, Hongzhi Zheng, Yuyang Wang, Yu-Mo Zhang,* Minjie Li and Sean Xiao-An Zhang*. An RGB color-tunable turn-on electrofluorochromic device and its potential for information encryption. Chemical Communications, 2017, 53(81),11209-11212.