Han Xiaopeng

Research direction

Transition metal chalcogenides, Electrocatalysis, Metal-air batteries

Education

2010.9-2015.7  College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Ph.D.;
2006.9-2010.7  College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University, Second Degree;
2006.9-2010.7  College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Bachelor's Degree.

Employment history

2015.11-Present  Lecturer, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University

Areas of research interest

Controlled Synthesis of Metal, Metal Oxide/Sulfides and Their Composites; Design Efficient Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen- and Oxygen-involving Electrocatalytic Reactions and Air-based Devices (Zn/Li-Air Batteries and Water-splitting)

Honors and awards

2015    Outstanding graduate in Nankai University;
2013    National Scholarship (top 5%);
2012    Outstanding postgraduate dissertation growth foundation in Nankai University;
2012    Sinopoly Battery Scholarship

Research projects

2016    Seed Foundation of Tianjin University (Synthesis of Metal Sulfides Nanosheet Enhanced Metal-based Composite and Their Efficient Electrocatalytic Activity for ORR and OER);
2015    The open-ended fund of the Key laboratory of Adcanced Energy Materials (Ministry of Education) (Design and Synthesis of Metal sulfide-Based Efficient ORR/OER Electrocatalysts)

Selected publications (Journal articles, patents and books)

BooKs:
A chapter of "Electrolyte Performance Validation Using Electrochemical Supercapacitor Cells" in "Electrolytes for Electrochemical Supercapacitors" CRC press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
Articles:
1. X. P. Han, F. Y. Cheng,* T. R. Zhang, J. G. Yang, Y. X. Hu, J. Chen,* Hydrogenated uniform Pt clusters supported on porous CaMnO3 as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for enhanced oxygen reduction and evolution, Adv. Mater., 2014, 26, 2047. (IF = 17.493, Highlighted by Materials Views China, Highly Cited Paper)
2. X. P. Han, T. R. Zhang, J. Du, F. Y. Cheng,* J. Chen,* Porous calcium-manganese oxide microspheres for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction with high activity, Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 368. (IF = 9.211)
3. X. P. Han, Y. X. Hu, J. G. Yang, F. Y. Cheng,* J. Chen,* Porous perovskite CaMnO3 as an electrocatalyst for rechargeable Li-O2 batteries, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 1497. (IF = 6.834, Highly Cited Paper)
4. X. P. Han, F. Y. Cheng,* C. C. Cheng, Y. X. Hu, J. Chen,* Uniform MnO2 nanostructures supported on hierarchically porous carbon as efficient electrocatalyst for rechargeable Li-O2 batteries, Nano Res., 2015, 8, 156. (IF = 7.010)
5. X. P. Han, F. Y. Cheng, C. C. Cheng, F. J. Li*, J. Chen, Co3O4@MnO2/Ni nanocomposite as a carbon- and binder-free cathode for rechargeable Li-O2 batteries, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2016, DOI: 10.1039/C6QI00066E.
6. C. Li, X. P. Han, F. Y. Cheng,* Y. X. Hu, C. C. Cheng and J. Chen,* Phase and composition controllable synthesis of cobalt manganese spinel nanoparticles towards efficient oxygen electrocatalysis, Nature Communications, 2015, 6, 7345. (IF = 11.470)
6. Y. X. Hu, X. P. Han, Q. Zhao, J. Du, F. Y. Cheng* and J. Chen, Porous perovskite calcium-manganese oxide microspheres as efficient catalyst for rechargeable sodium-oxygen batteries, J. Mater. Chem. A., 2015, 3, 3320. (Contributed Equally, IF = 7.443)
7. S. J. Peng, X. P. Han, L. L. Li, Z. Zhu, F. Y. Cheng, M. Srinivansan, S. Adams and S. Ramakrishna, Unique Cobalt Sulfide/Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite as an Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries with Superior Rate Capability and Long Cycling Stability, Small, 2016, 12, 1359-1368. (Contributed Equally, IF = 8.368)
8. Q. Xu, X. P. Han, F. Ding, L. Zhang, L. Sang, X. Liu and Q. Xu, A highly efficient electrocatalyst of perovskite LaNiO3 for nonaqueous Li-O2 batteries with superior cycle stability, Journal Of Alloys And Compounds, 2016, 664, 750-755. (Contributed Equally, IF = 2.999)

Social Appointments

Member of International Society of Electrochemistry;
Reviewer of several SCI journals including Advanced Materials, ChemElectroChem, Nanoscale, RSC Advances et al.