个人简历

Dr. Zhanxi FAN received his B.S. degree (2010) in Chemistry from Jilin University (China), where he investigated the composites of conjugated polymers and quantum dots under the guidance of Prof. Bai Yang and Prof. Hao Zhang. Then he completed his Ph.D. (2015) in Materials Chemistry from Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) under the supervision of Prof. Hua Zhang. During the Ph.D. study, he developed new strategies for the crystal phase-controlled synthesis and applications of noble metal nanomaterials. Afterwards, he spent a few years as Project Officer/Research Fellow/Postdoc Fellow in Nanyang Technological University with Prof. Hua Zhang and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA) with Prof. Haimei Zheng. In November 2019, he joined City University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor. His research interest lies in the fields of materials chemistry, nanoscience, catalysis, and energy conversion. Currently, his research projects mainly include the controlled synthesis of novel low-dimensional metal and metal-based nanomaterials, designed preparation of functional metal-based heteronanostructures, and catalytic conversion of small molecules. Until July 2022, he has published 90 SCI papers (70+ with IF > 10) with a total citation of over 13,300 and H index of 49. Based on these works, Dr. FAN has been rated/honored as a “Highly Cited Researcher” (Top 1%, World-wide) by Web of Science for consecutive 4 years from 2018 to 2021, a “Rising Star” by both Advanced Materials and Small in 2022, a “Top 2% of the World’s Most Cited Scholar” by Stanford University in both 2021 and 2020, a “Vebleo Fellow” by Vebleo in 2021, an “Emerging Investigator” by J. Mater. Chem. A in 2021, and is also a recipient of multiple awards including the “Young Scientist Award” from European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) in 2015.

研究领域

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Nanoscience\r
Metal and metal-based nanomaterials\r
Crystal phase control\r
Catalysis\r
Energy conversion"

近期论文

Yangbo Ma, Jinli Yu, Mingzi Sun, Bo Chen, Xichen Zhou, Chenliang Ye, Zhiqiang Guan, Weihua Guo, Gang Wang, Shiyao Lu, Dongsheng Xia, Yunhao Wang, Zhen He, Long Zheng, Qinbai Yun, Liqiang Wang, Jingwen Zhou, Pengyi Lu, Jinwen Yin, Yifei Zhao, Zhongbin Luo, Li Zhai, Lingwen Liao, Zonglong Zhu, Ruquan Ye, Ye Chen, Yang Lu, Shibo Xi*, Bolong Huang*, Chun-Sing Lee & Zhanxi Fan*, Confined growth of silver-copper Janus nanostructures with {100} facets for highly selective tandem electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction, Adv. Mater. 34, 2110607 (2022). (Rising Stars Series)\r
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Yangbo Ma, Juan Wang, Jinli Yu, Jingwen Zhou, Xichen Zhou, Huangxu Li, Zhen He, Huiwu Long, Yunhao Wang, Pengyi Lu, Jinwen Yin, Hongyan Sun, Zhicheng Zhang & Zhanxi Fan*, Surface modification of metal materials for high-performance electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction, Matter 4, 888-926 (2021).\r
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Xichen Zhou, Yangbo Ma, Yiyao Ge, Shangqian Zhu, Yu Cui, Bo Chen, Lingwen Liao, Qinbai Yun, Zhen He, Huiwu Long, Lujiang Li, Biao Huang, Qinxin Luo, Li Zhai, Xixi Wang, Licheng Bai, Gang Wang, Zhiqiang Guan, Ye Chen, Chun-Sing Lee, Jinlan Wang, Chongyi Ling*, Minhua Shao*, Zhanxi Fan* & Hua Zhang*, Preparation of Au@Pd core-shell nanorods with fcc-2H-fcc heterophase for highly efficient electrocatalytic alcohol oxidation, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 547-555 (2022).\r
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Yuecheng Xiong, Jingwen Zhou, Pengyi Lu, Jinwen Yin, Yunhao Wang & Zhanxi Fan*, Electrochemical lithium extraction from aqueous sources, Matter 5, 1760-1791 (2022).\r
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Shiyao Lu, Jinzhe Liang, Huiwu Long, Huangxu Li, Xichen Zhou, Zhen He, Ye Chen, Hongyan Sun, Zhanxi Fan* & Hua Zhang*, Crystal phase control of gold nanomaterials by wet-chemical synthesis, Acc. Chem. Res. 53, 2106-2118 (2020).\r
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Zhanxi Fan, Michel Bosman, Zhiqi Huang, Ye Chen, Chongyi Ling, Lin Wu, Yuriy A. Akimov, Robert Laskowski, Bo Chen, Peter Ercius, Jian Zhang, Xiaoying Qi, Min Hao Goh, Yiyao Ge, Zhicheng Zhang, Wenxin Niu, Jinlan Wang, Haimei Zheng* & Hua Zhang*, Heterophase fcc-2H-fcc gold nanorods, Nature Commun. 11, 3293 (2020).\r
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Zhanxi Fan, Xiao Huang, Ye Chen, Wei Huang & Hua Zhang*, Facile synthesis of gold nanomaterials with unusual crystal structures, Nature Protoc. 12, 2367-2378 (2017).\r
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Zhanxi Fan, Michel Bosman, Xiao Huang, Ding Huang, Yi Yu, Khuong P Ong, Yuriy A Akimov, Lin Wu, Bing Li, Jumiati Wu, Ying Huang, Qing Liu, Ching Eng Png, Chee Lip Gan, Peidong Yang* & Hua Zhang*, Stabilization of 4H hexagonal phase in gold nanoribbons, Nature Commun. 6, 7684 (2015).\r
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Zhanxi Fan, Xiao Huang, Yu Han, Michel Bosman, Qingxiao Wang, Yihan Zhu, Qing Liu, Bing Li, Zhiyuan Zeng, Jumiati Wu, Wenxiong Shi, Shuzhou Li, Chee Lip Gan & Hua Zhang*, Surface modification-induced phase transformation of hexagonal close-packed gold square sheets, Nature Commun. 6, 6571 (2015). ​\r
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Ye Chen #, Zhuangchai Lai #, Xiao Zhang #, Zhanxi Fan #, Qiyuan He #, Chaoliang Tan & Hua Zhang*, Phase engineering of nanomaterials, Nature Rev. Chem. 4, 243-256 (2020). (# Co-first Author)\r
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Zhanxi Fan & Hua Zhang*, Crystal phase-controlled synthesis, properties and applications of noble metal nanomaterials, Chem. Soc. Rev. 45, 63-82 (2016).\r
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Zhanxi Fan & Hua Zhang*, Template synthesis of noble metal nanocrystals with unusual crystal structures and their catalytic applications, Acc. Chem. Res. 49, 2841-2850 (2016). ​\r
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Zhanxi Fan, Zhimin Luo, Xiao Huang, Bing Li, Ye Chen, Jie Wang, Yanling Hu & Hua Zhang*, Synthesis of 4H/fcc noble multimetallic nanoribbons for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 1414-1419 (2016). ​\r
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Zhanxi Fan, Xiao Zhang, Jian Yang, Xue-Jun Wu, Zhengdong Liu, Wei Huang & Hua Zhang*, Synthesis of 4H/fcc-Au@metal sulfide core-shell nanoribbons, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 10910-10913 (2015).\r
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Ye Chen #, Zhanxi Fan #, Jiong Wang #, Chongyi Ling #, Wenxin Niu, Zhiqi Huang, Guigao Liu, Bo Chen, Zhuangchai Lai, Xiaozhi Liu, Bing Li, Yun Zong, Lin Gu, Jinlan Wang,* Xin Wang* & Hua Zhang*, Ethylene selectivity in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction on Cu nanomaterials: a crystal phase-dependent study, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 12760-12766 (2020). (# Co-first Author)\r
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Zhanxi Fan, Yihan Zhu, Xiao Huang, Yu Han, Qingxiao Wang, Qing Liu, Ying Huang, Chee Lip Gan & Hua Zhang*, Synthesis of ultrathin face-centered-cubic Au@Pt and Au@Pd core-shell nanoplates from hexagonal close- packed Au square sheets, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54, 5672-5676 (2015).\r
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Ye Chen ​#, Zhanxi Fan​ #, Zhimin Luo​ #, Xiaozhi Liu, Zhuangchai Lai, Bing Li, Yun Zong, Lin Gu & Hua Zhang*, High-yield synthesis of crystal-phase-heterostructured 4H/fcc Au@Pd core-shell nanorods for electrocatalytic ethanol oxidation, Adv. Mater. 29, 1701331 (2017). (# Co-first Author)\r
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Zhicheng Zhang, Guigao Liu, Xiaoya Cui, Yue Gong, Ding Yi, Qinghua Zhang, Chongzhi Zhu, Faisal Saleem, Bo Chen, Zhuangchai Lai, Qinbai Yun, Hongfei Cheng, Zhiqi Huang, Yongwu Peng, Zhanxi Fan, Bing Li, Wenrui Dai, Wei Chen, Yonghua Du, Lu Ma, Cheng-Jun Sun, Inhui Hwang, Shuangming Chen, Li Song, Feng Ding,* Lin Gu,* Yihan Zhu* & Hua Zhang*, Evoking ordered vacancies in metallic nanostructures toward a vacated Barlow packing for high-performance hydrogen evolution, Science Adv. 7, eabd6647 (2021).\r
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Peifeng Li, Ying Han, Xiao Zhou, Zhanxi Fan, Shang Xu, Ke Cao, Fanling Meng, Libo Gao, Jun Song,* Hua Zhang* & Yang Lu*, Thermal effect and Rayleigh instability of ultrathin 4H hexagonal gold nanoribbons, Matter 2, 658-665 (2020).\r
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Wenxin Niu, Jiawei Liu, Jingtao Huang, Bo Chen, Qiyuan He, An-Liang Wang, Qipeng Lu, Ye Chen, Qinbai Yun, Jie Wang, Cuiling Li, Ying Huang, Zhuangchai Lai, Zhanxi Fan, Xue-Jun Wu & Hua Zhang*, Unusual 4H-phase twinned noble metal nanokites, Nature Commun. 10, 2881 (2019).