Xiao-Dong Zhou

Special Advisor to UConn President in Sustainability

Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Professor in Sustainable Energy

Nicholas E. Madonna Chair in Sustainability

Director, Center for Clean Energy Engineering

Professor

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Education

• Ph.D.  – University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO, 2001 (Currently Missouri University of Science and Technology)
• MS – East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, 1997
• BS – East China Univ. of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, 1994

Research Focus

• Clean Energy
• Sustainability

Awards and Honors

• 2021 Fellow of the Electrochemical Society
• 2020, 2021, 2022 Researcher of The Year  – Office of Vice President for Research, Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette
• 2021 – Present Technical Editor – ECS Advances The Electrochemical Society (ECS)
• 2019 – Present Technical Editor – Journal of The Electrochemical Society
• 2018 – Present Associate Editor: International Journal of Ceramic Engineering and Science
• 2012 Breakthrough Rising Star, University of South Carolina
• 2011 Young Faculty Award (YFA) – U.S. Department of Defense – DARPA
• 2011 Indo-American Frontiers of Engineering (IA-FOE) Agra, India
• 2011 – Present Associate Editor: Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Publications

Yudong Wang,* Nengneng Xu, and Xiao-Dong Zhou, “Reciprocative nature in solid oxide cells,” Next Energy (under revision)

Jianda Wang,* Matthew Powell,* Christopher Fetrow,* Xiao-Dong Zhou and Shuya Wei, “Improved cycle performance of Li-CO2 batteries with nickel manganite supported carbon nanotube NiMn2O4 @CNT cathode,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society(accepted)

Kenneth J Gordon, Xiao-Dong Zhou and Ling Fei, “Carbonitride MXenes: An Innovative Catalyst Support for Sustainable Hydrogen Production,” Chem Catalysis, 3, 100664 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.checat.2023.100664

Jiaying Yan, Yayu Guan, Barbara Marchetti, Yuyu Liu, Fanghua Ning, Jin Yi, Xiao-Dong Zhou, “Bi-Eu bimetallic catalysts enabling ultrastable electroreduction of CO2 with a ∼ 100% formate Faradaic efficiency,” Chemical Engineering Journal, 467, 143531 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.143531

Songge Yang, Guangchen Liu, Yueh-Lin Lee, Jean-Marc Bassat, Jacinthe Gamon, Antoine Villesuzanne, John Pietras, Xiao-Dong Zhou, Yu Zhong, “A systematic ab initio study of vacancy formation energy, diffusivity, and ionic conductivity of Ln2NiO4+δ (Ln=La, Nd, Pr)” Journal of Power Sources, 576, 233200 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233200

Zizhou He, Joshua Goulas, Evana Parker, Yingqiang Sun, Xiao-dong Zhou, Ling Fei, “Review on Covalent Organic Frameworks and Derivatives for Electrochemical and Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction,” Catalysis Today, 409, 103-118 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2022.04.021

Jianda Wang, Barbara Marchetti, Xiao-Dong Zhou, and Shuya Wei, “Heterogeneous electrocatalysts for metal-CO2 batteries and CO2 electrolysis”, ACS Energy Letters, 8, 1818-1838 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c02445

Yudong Wang,* and Xiao-Dong Zhou, “Theoretical understanding of stability of the oxygen electrode in a proton-conductor based solid oxide cell”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.04.148) In press

Scott J Blazer,* Yudong Wang,* Nengneng Xu, Xiao-Dong Zhou, and Barbara Marchetti, “Life Cycle Assessment of Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to Value Added Products, Applied Energy (in revision)

Yu Wang, Yudong Wang, Sushant Sahu, August A. Gallo and Xiao-Dong Zhou, “Efficient Synthesis of High-Performance Anion Exchange Membranes by Applying Clickable Tetrakis(dialkylamino)phosphonium Cations”, Polymers, 15, 352 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15020352