Academic Profile : Faculty

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Prof Xu Rong
Director, Singapore Energy Consortium
Professor, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Co-Director, Singapore Energy Centre
Director, ExxonMobil-NTU-A*STAR Corporate Lab
Professor, Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise
 
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Highly Cited:
Gao, H., Sun, Y., Zhou, J., Xu, R., & Duan, H. (2013). Mussel-inspired synthesis of polydopamine-functionalized graphene hydrogel as reusable adsorbents for water purification. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 5(2), 425-432.

Hong, J., Xia, X., Wang, Y., & Xu, R. (2012). Mesoporous carbon nitride with in situ sulfur doping for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water under visible light. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22(30), 15006-15012.

Liu, S., Wei, L., Hao, L., Fang, N., Chang, M. W., Xu, R., ... & Chen, Y. (2009). Sharper and faster “nano darts” kill more bacteria: a study of antibacterial activity of individually dispersed pristine single-walled carbon nanotube. ACS Nano, 3(12), 3891-3902.

Wang, B., Wu, H., Yu, L., Xu, R., Lim, T. T., & Lou, X. W. (2012). Template‐free formation of uniform urchin‐like α‐FeOOH hollow spheres with superior capability for water treatment. Advanced Materials, 24(8), 1111-1116.

Xu, Y., Tu, W., Zhang, B., Yin, S., Huang, Y., Kraft, M., & Xu, R. (2017). Nickel nanoparticles encapsulated in few‐layer nitrogen‐doped graphene derived from metal–organic frameworks as efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting. Advanced Materials, 29(11), 1605957.

Zhang, W., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Zhong, Z., & Xu, R. (2010). Highly efficient and noble metal-free NiS/CdS photocatalysts for H 2 evolution from lactic acid sacrificial solution under visible light. Chemical Communications, 46(40), 7631-7633.

Xu, Y., Kraft, M., & Xu, R. (2016). Metal-free carbonaceous electrocatalysts and photocatalysts for water splitting. Chemical Society Reviews, 45(11), 3039-3052.

Ou, M., Tu, W., Yin, S., Xing, W., Wu, S., Wang, H., ... & Xu, R. (2018). Amino‐assisted anchoring of CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots on porous g‐C3N4 for enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Angewandte Chemie, 130(41), 13758-13762.

Li, C., Du, Y., Wang, D., Yin, S., Tu, W., Chen, Z., ... & Xu, R. (2017). Unique PCoN surface bonding states constructed on g‐C3N4 nanosheets for drastically enhanced photocatalytic activity of H2 evolution. Advanced Functional Materials, 27(4), 1604328.

Wu, H. B., Wei, S., Zhang, L., Xu, R., Hng, H. H., & Lou, X. W. (2013). Embedding sulfur in MOF‐derived microporous carbon polyhedrons for lithium–sulfur batteries. Chemistry–A European Journal, 19(33), 10804-10808.

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Recent Publication:
Xing, W., Yin, S., Tu, W., Liu, G., Wu, S., Wang, H., ... & Xu, R. (2020). Rational synthesis of amorphous iron‐nickel phosphonates for highly efficient photocatalytic water oxidation with almost 100% yield. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59(3), 1171-1175.

Lin, X., Wang, S., Tu, W., Wang, H., Hou, Y., Dai, W., & Xu, R. (2019). Magnetic hollow spheres assembled from graphene-encapsulated nickel nanoparticles for efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2(10), 7670-7678.

Zhang, H. X., Hong, Q. L., Li, J., Wang, F., Huang, X., Chen, S., ... & Zhang, J. (2019). Isolated square‐planar copper center in boron imidazolate nanocages for photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58(34), 11752-11756.

Chew, N. G. P., Zhang, Y., Goh, K., Ho, J. S., Xu, R., & Wang, R. (2019). Hierarchically structured Janus membrane surfaces for enhanced membrane distillation performance. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11(28), 25524-25534.

Xing, W., Tu, W., Ou, M., Wu, S., Yin, S., Wang, H., ... & Xu, R. (2019). Anchoring active Pt2+/Pt0 hybrid nanodots on g‐C3N4 nitrogen vacancies for photocatalytic H2 evolution. ChemSusChem, 12(9), 2029-2034.

Zhang, W., Wang, Y. B., Wang, Z., Zhong, Z. Y., Xu, R.*. (2010). Highly Efficient and Noble Metal-Free NiS/CdS Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution from Lactic Acid Sacrificial Solution under Visible Light. Chemical Communications, 46, 7631-7633.

Zhang, W., Tay, H. L., Lim, S. S., Wang, Y. S., Zhong, Z. Y., Xu, R.*. (2010). Supported cobalt oxide on MgO: highly efficient catalysts for degradation of organic dyes in dilute solutions. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 95, 93-99.

Gunawan, P. and Xu, R.*. (2009). Direct Assembly of Anisotropic Layered Double Hydroxide (LDH) Nanocrystals on Spherical Template for Fabrication of Drug-LDH Hollow Nanospheres. Chemistry of Materials, 21, 781-783.

Xu Rong.(2009). Development of nanoceramic oxides and their applications in heterogeneous catalysis. In Tseng, T.Y. and Nalwa, H.S.(Ed), Handbook of nanoceramics and their based devices(301-344). American Scientific Publishers.

Zhang, W., and Xu, R.*. (2009). Surface Engineered Active Photocatalysts without Noble Metals: CuS-ZnxCd1-xS Nanospheres by One-Step Synthesis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 34, 8495-8503.
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