Research Associate, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico , 6/2001 - 8/2004
Senior Scientist, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc, Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, 12/2000 - 5/2001
Systems Engineer, General Motors Advanced Technology Vehicles (GMATV) Division, Indianapolis Technical Center, 8/1999 - 11/2000
Awards & Honors
Research Frontiers Trailblazer Award (IUPUI), 4/2015
Abraham M. Max Distinguished Professor Award (Purdue School of Engineering & Technology), 8/2014
Selected Publications
Qing Gong, Hong Zhang, Haoran Yu, Sungho Jeon, Yang Ren, Zhenzhen Yang, Cheng-Jun Sun, Eric A. Stach, Alexandre C. Foucher, Yikang Yu, Matthew Smart, Gabriel M. Filippelli, David A. Cullen, Ping Liu, and Jian Xie *, “Amino-tethering synthesis strategy toward highly accessible sub-3-nm L10-PtM catalysts for high-power fuel cells”, Matter, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2022.12.011 (IF:19.97)
Yadong Liu, Fan Yang, Yikang Yu, Kang Yu, Ronghui Kou, Cheng-Jun Sun, Yuzi Liu, Jiayi Xu, Cong Liu, Chenzhao Li, Tianwei Liu, Yang Ren, Wenquan Lu, Rafael Ferreira, Paulo Ferreira, Zhengcheng Zhang, and Jian Xie*, “Reversible Iron Oxyfluoride (FeOF)-Graphene Composites as Sustainable Cathodes for High Energy Density Lithium Batteries”, Small, 2023, 2206947, DOI: 10.1002/smll.202206947. (IF: 15.15).
Shengwen Li, Chenzhao Li, Michael Zachman,Yachao Zeng,Haoran Yu, Boyang Li,Maoyu Wang, Jonathan Braaten, Jiawei Liu, Harry M. Meyer III, Marcos Lucero, Jeremy Kropf, E. Ercan Alp, Qing Gong, Qiurong Shi1, Zhenxing Feng, Hui Xu, Guofeng Wang, Deborah J. Myers, Jian Xie*, David A. Cullen3*, Shawn Lister, and Gang Wu*, “Atomically dispersed iron sites with a nitrogen–carbon coating as highly active and durable oxygen reduction catalysts for fuel cells”, Nature Energy, (IF: 67.44) DOI: 10.1038/s41560-022-01062-1
Yikang Yu**, Zhenzhen Yang, Yuzi Liu, and Jian Xie*, “Achieving SEI preformed graphite in flow cell to mitigate initial lithium loss”, Carbon, 196, 589 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2022.05.024. (IF:11.31).
Chenzhao Li, Liang Song, Xueru Zhao, Kotaro Sasaki*, and Jian Xie*, “Nitrogen-Doped PtNi Catalysts on Polybenzimidazole-Functionalized Carbon Support for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces2022, 14, 23, 26814–26823. (IF:10.38)
Mengjie Chen, Chenzhao Li, Bingzhang Zhang, Yachao Zeng, Stavros Karakalos, Sooyeon Hwang, Jian Xie*and Gang Wu* “High-Platinum-Content Catalysts on Atomically Dispersed and Nitrogen Coordinated Single Manganese Site Carbons for Heavy-Duty Fuel Cells”, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 169, 034510 (2022)
Tianwei Liu**, Yadong Liu, Longong Fan, Yikang Yu**, Yang Ren, Chengjun Sun, Zisheng Chao, Paulo Ferreira and Jian Xie*, “Approaching theoretical specific capacity of iron-rich lithium iron silicate using graphene-incorporation and fluorine-doping”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A,2022, 10, 4006. (Impact factor:14.51)
Xing Li; Yanghua He; Shaobo Cheng; Boyang Li; Yachao Zeng; Zhenhua Xie; Qingping Meng; Lu Ma; Kim Kisslinger; Xiao Tong; Sooyeon Hwang; Siyu Yao; Chenzhao Li; Zhi Qiao; Chongxin Shan; Yimei Zhu; Jian Xie; Guofeng Wang; Gang Wu; Dong Su, "Atomic Structural Evolution of Pt-Co Binary Catalysts: Single Metal Sites versus Intermetallic Nanocrystals", Mate, 2021, 2106371, (IF= 30.85), https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202106371
Zhi Qiao,‡ Chenyu Wang,‡ Chenzhao Li,‡ Yachao Zeng,‡Sooyeon Hwang, *Boyang Li, Stavros Karakalos, Jaehyung Park, A. Jeremy Kropf, Evan C. Wegener, Qing Gong, Hui Xu, Guofeng Wang, Deborah J. Myers,*Jian Xie,* Jacob S. Spendelow* and Gang Wu*, “Synergy from Atomically Dispersed Single Iron Sites for Promoting Pt and Pt3Co Ordered Intermetallic Fuel Cell Catalysts: Performance and Durability Improvements”, Energy & Environmental Science, 2021,14, 4948-4960 (IF=38.53).
Gong, Q.; Li, C*.; Liu, Y.; Ilavsky, J.; Guo, F.; Cheng, X.; Xie, J., “Effects of Ink Formulation on Construction of Catalyst Layers for High-Performance Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells”, ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021,13 (31), 37004-37013.
Yikang Yu**, Yadong Liu, and Jian Xie*, "Building Better Li Metal Anodes in Liquid Electrolyte: Challenges and Progress", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces2021, 13, 1, 18–33https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c17302.
Chenzhao Li**, Yadong Liu, Le Xin, Yikang Yu, Qing Gong, Fan Yang, Jian Xie*, “Surface Proton Conduction over Catalyst Support via Chemically Grafted Groups”, Electrochem. Soc.167 164509, 2020, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/abc7e6.
Nojan Aliahmad**, Yadong Liu, Jian Xie*, and Mangilal Agarwal*, “V2O5 Graphene Hybrid Supported on Paper Current Collectors for Flexible Ultra-High-Capacity Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10(19), pp 16490–16499 DOI: 1021/acsami.8b0272, (Impact factor: 8.456).
Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, Advanced Batteries, Graphenes, Nano-materils synthesis and characterization, Hydrogen Generation and Storage, Energy and Composite Materials, Clean coal Technology, Carbon dioxide reduction, In-depth Investigation of Process-Structure-Property Relationships, Materials Characterization (SEM, TEM, AFM, XRD, XRF, TGA/DSC, BET and Hg Porosimetry ,and Electrochemical Measuring Techniques), Electric Propulsion Systems for EV, HEV and UWV, Electrochemical Engineering, Corrosion, Renewable Energy, Carbons, Electrocatalysis, Surface and Interface phenomena, Thermal Modeling, Failure Analysis (Durability), Biomedical Materials and Devices.
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