Weilin Xu, Research Professor　　　　　　　　　　　　　 

Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, 　Chinese Academy of Science, Renmin Street 5625, Changchun, China, 130022 　　　　　　　　　

Personal Information:

Nationality: China　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: 10, 10, 1978

Place of Birth: Hubei Province, P.R.China

Health: Excellent

Marital Status: Married

Contact Number: 86-431-85262848 or 86-15144174633

Email Address: weilinxu@ciac.jl.cn or xwlchllll@gmail.com

Academic Education:

  PhD Physical Chemistry 9/2001-11/2006:

Mentor: Professor Wei Xing. Green Chemistry and Process Laboratory, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science. Changchun, P. R. China,

BSE Applied Chemistry 9/1997-7/2001:

Mentor: Professor Weihong Zhou. Chemistry Department, Jilin University, Changchun, P. R. China.

Postdoctoral Working Experience/Employment:

Aug. 2010-Dec. 2011

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Mentor: Prof. A. Paul Alivisatos. The research is focused on single molecule single particle photocatalysis.

May 2009-July, 2010

University of California, Berkeley. Department of Chemical Engineering. Mentor: Professor Susan J. Muller. The research is focused on the following topics with micro-fluidic technology:

Stagnation point studies for single-molecule genotyping;

The linear scanning rate of endonuclease enzymes on DNA studied from single-molecule level;

Studying the cutting rate of endonuclease enzyme on DNA from single recognition site level. 

Jan. 2007-April 2009:

Cornell University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. Mentor:  Professor Peng Chen. The research was focused on the following topics (see　details in my publications):

　The Kinetics and heterogeneity of single Au nanoparticle catalysis in single molecule level with a prism-type total internal reflection (TIR) and the confocal laser-scanning fluorescence microscope;

　The theory for the kinetic analysis of single nanoparticle/enzyme catalysis;

　The study of single-site electrocatalysis and electronic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes with single molecule methods;

　The theory for electron transfer on both metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes.

publications:

　　2018 

　　1. Fa Yang+, Ping Song+, Xiaozhi Liu+, Bingbao Mei, Wei Xing, Zheng Jiang,* Lin Gu,* and Weilin Xu* Highly Efficient CO2 Electroreduction on ZnN₄-based Single-Atom Catalyst Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 12303 –12307 

　　2. Jing Liu, Yuping Li, Zhemin Wu, Mingbo Ruan, Ping Song,？Luhua Jiang, Yong Wang, Gongquan Sun, Weilin Xu, Pt0.61Ni/C for High-Efficiency Cathode of Fuel Cells with Superhigh Platinum Utilization. J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 14691？14697  

　　3. Erling Li, Fa Yang, Zhemin Wu, Yong Wang, Mingbo Ruan, Ping Song, Wei Xing, Weilin Xu* , A Bifunctional Highly Efficient FeNx/C Electrocatalyst Small 2018, 14, 1702827  

　　2017 

　　4.Yuwei Zhang ，Tao Chen ，Ping Song ，Weilin Xu ^*，Recent progress on single-molecule nanocatalysis based on single-molecule fluorescence microscopy，Science Bulletin 62 (2017) 290–301  

　　5.Ping Song , Heather M. Barkholtz , Ying Wang , Weilin Xu^* ,Dijia Liu* , Lin Zhuang*, High-performance oxygen reduction catalysts in both alkaline and acidic fuel cells based on pre-treating carbon material and iron precursor, Science Bulletin 62 (2017) 1602–1608.（Cover Paper）  

　　6.Mingbo Ruan. Ping Song. Jing Liu. Erling Li. Weilin Xu*.Highly Efficient Regeneration of Deactivated Au/C Catalyst for 4- Nitrophenol Reduction,  J PHYS CHEM C. 2017, 121(46): 25882-25887. 

　　7.Jing Liu^# Menggai Jiao^# Lanlu Lu, Heather M. Barkholtz, Yuping Li, Ying Wang, Luhua Jiang,Zhijian Wu, Di-jia Liu, Lin Zhuang, Chao Ma, Jie Zeng, Bingsen Zhang, Dangsheng Su, Ping Song,Wei Xing, Weilin Xu*, Ying Wang*, Zheng Jiang*& Gongquan Sun*，High performance platinum single atom electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction，Nature Communications，2017.   

　　8.Ping Song, Mi Luo, Xiaozhi Liu, Wei Xing, Weilin Xu,* Zheng Jiang,* and Lin Gu*，Zn Single Atom Catalyst for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction，Adv. Funct. Mater. 2017, 1700802.  

　　9.Xin Guo,Xiaopeng Jia, Ping Song,Jing Liu, Erling Li,Mingbo Ruan and Weilin Xu*，Ultrahigh Pressure Synthesis of Highly Efficient FeNx/C Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction，Journal of Materials Chemistry A，2017. 

　 10.Tao Chen,Sheng Chen,Ping Song,Yuwei Zhang,Hongyang Su, Weilin Xu*,and Jie Zeng*,Single-Molecule Nanocatalysis Reveals Facet-Dependent Catalytic Kinetics and Dynamics of Pallidium Nanoparticles,ACS Catalysis  2017, 7, 2967？2972.

   11.Tao Chen,Bin Dong, Kuangcai Chen, Fei Zhao, Xiaodong Cheng, Changbei Ma,Seungah Lee,Peng Zhang,Seong Ho Kang*,Ji Won Ha*,Weilin Xu*,and Ning Fang*,Optical Super-Resolution Imaging of Surface Reactions,Chemical Reviews ,2017.  

  12.Mingbo Ruan, Menggai Jiao, Ping Song, Zhemin Wu, Yong Wang, Zhi-jian Wu, Weilin Xu*, and Ying Wang*,Morphology-Tuning-Induced Highly Efficient Regeneration of Pt/C Nanoelectrocatalysts, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017. 

  13.Liu Jing^#, Ping Song^#, Weilin Xu, Structure-activity relationship of doped-nitrogen (N)-based metal free active sites on carbon for oxygen reduction reaction,Carbon, 2017,115,763-772.