Dr. Zhenhua Xie is a professor and PI at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), where he leads a group on catalysis research. Prior to joining USTC at 2025, he served as Research Associate at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Associate Research Scientist at Columbia University, with a joint appointment at the Synchrotron Catalysis Consortium (SCC) in National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II). Within the context of carbon neutrality, Prof. Xie has been dedicated to developing advanced catalysts, reaction strategies, and reactor engineering to transform greenhouse gas CO2, in combination with diverse hydrogen sources—such as shale gas, biogas, renewable hydrogen, and water—into valuable gaseous feedstocks (syngas, olefins, alkanes), liquid chemicals (aromatics, aldehydes, alcohols), and solid materials (carbon nanomaterials). By bridging fundamental science with practical applications, his group aims to contribute to sustainable chemistry and decarbonization efforts on a global scale. His research has led to 65 peer-reviewed publications, including 30+ first/corresponding-author papers in Nat. Catal., Nat. Chem. Eng., Nat. Commun., Joule, Chem, J. Am. Chem. Soc., and other top journals, along with 2 PCT patents.
Representative publications:
1. Z. Xie1, E. Huang1, J. G. Chen*, et al. CO2 fixation into carbon nanofibers using electrochemical-thermochemical tandem catalysis. Nature Catalysis, 2024, 7, 98-109.
2. Z. Xie1, E. Huang1, J. G. Chen*, et al. Biogas sequestration to carbon nanofibers via tandem catalytic strategies. Nature Chemical Engineering, 2025, 2, 118-129.
3. S. Garg, Z. Xie*, J. G. Chen*. Tandem Catalytic Processes for CO2 Conversion. Nature Chemical Engineering, 2024, 1, 139-148.
4. Z. Xie1, Y. Xu1, M. Xie1, J. G. Chen*, et al. Reactions of CO2 and ethane enable CO bond insertion for production of C3 oxygenates. Nature Communications, 2020, 11, 1-8.
5. Z. Xie1, D. Tian1, J. G. Chen*, et al. Interfacial Active Sites for CO2-Assisted Selective Cleavage of C─C/C─H Bonds in Ethane. Chem, 2020, 6, 2703-2716.
6. Z. Xie1, X. Wang1, J. G. Chen*, et al. General Descriptors for CO2-Assisted Selective C─H/C─C Bond Scission in Ethane. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144, 4186-4195.
7. Z. Xie*, L. R. Winter, J. G. Chen*. Bimetallic-Derived Catalysts and Their Application in Simultaneous Upgrading of CO2 and Ethane. Matter, 2021, 4, 408-440.
8. Z. Xie*, J. G. Chen*. Comparison of approaches for CO2 sequestration as solid carbon products. CCS Chemistry, 2024, 6, 2855-2865.
9. Z. Xie, J. G. Chen*. Bimetallic-derived catalytic structures for CO2-assisted ethane activation. Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023, 56, 2447-2458.
10. Z. Xie1, H. Guo1, J. G. Chen*, et al. Catalytic Tandem CO2-Ethane Reactions and Hydroformylation for C3 Oxygenate Production, ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 8279-8290.
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