Name: Xinxin Han

Gender: Female

Job title: Assistant Researcher

Email Address: hanxinxin@ncu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience:

2025.10 ~ present: Postdoctoral Researcher, Nanyang Technology University

2024.08 ~ present: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University

2019.09 ~ 2024.06: Nanchang University, Doctoral degree

2015.09 ~ 2019.06: Nanchang University, Bachelor’s degree

Teaching：

Research fields:

Major in the resource utilization of small molecule gases, including electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, photocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide and ethane. Principal Investigator of two Jiangxi Provincial Research Projects and one Nanchang University Research Project. More than 10 publications in renowned journals, such as Appl Catal B. Environ, ACS Catal., Chem Eng J. Granted 2 invention patents.

Research projects：

(1) PI for Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation Project (Nos. 2025BAC200620); Expiring 2028.

(2) PI for Early-Career Young Scientists and Technologists Project of Jiangxi Province (S202510357); Expiring 2028.

(3) PI for Nanchang University Young Talent Cultivation and Innovation Fund; Expiring 2028.

Awards and Honors：

Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Jiangxi Province

Representative papers and patents：

Papers

(1) Guo, L.^†; Han, X.^†; Li, Y.; Guo, Q.; Fu, S.; Hu, H.; Li, X.; Yang, Y.; Chen, S.; Deng, S.; Wang, J. Elucidating the Effects of Electrolytes on a Robust MOF Interface for Enhanced CO₂ Electroreduction to C2 Products. Inorg. Chem. 2025, 65 (25), 12681–12690.

(2) Li, Y.^†; Han, X.^†; Fu, S.; Guo, L.; Chen, S.; Wang, J. Hydrophobic Modification of Hydroxyl-Rich Metallic Sn Catalysts for Acidic CO₂ Electroreduction at High Current Densities. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2025, 15 (12), 3697–3704.

(3) Yu, H.^†; Han, X.^†; Hua, Z.; Yang, W.; Wu, X.; Wu, Y.; Chen, S.; Hong, W.; Deng, S.; Zhang, J.; Wang, J. Modulating Electronic Properties of Carbon for Selective Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ to Methanol on Cu₃P@C. ACS Catal. 2024, 12783–12791.

(4) Huang, X.^†; Han, X.^†; Tang, R.; Wu, H.; Chen, S.; Chen, J.; Zeng, Z.; Deng, S.; Wang, J. Anion-Mediated In Situ Reconstruction of the Bi₂MoO₆ Precatalyst for Enhanced Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction over a Wide Potential Window. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16 (1), 742–751.

(5) Liu, Z.^†; Han, X.^†; Liu, J.; Chen, S.; Deng, S.; Wang, J. In Situ Reconstruction of Scalable Amorphous Indium-Based Metal–Organic Framework for CO₂ Electroreduction to Formate over an Ultrawide Potential Window. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16 (22), 28655–28663.

(6) Han, X.; Wu, H.; Chen, S.; Deng, S.; Wang, J. Novel Layer-to-Layer Charge Transfer in an Anion-Pillared Metal-Organic Framework for Efficient CO₂ Photoreduction to CH₄. Chem. Eng. J. 2024, 479, 147694.

(7) Han, X.; Zhou, W.; Huang, X.; Yu, H.; Yang, F.; Chen, S.; Wang, J. Enhancing Electrocatalytic N₂ Reduction to NH₃ by Introducing Ni Heteroatoms into NiCuOx Electrocatalyst. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2024, 14 (13), 3691–3698.

(8) Han, X.; Liu, C.; Tang, Y.; Meng, Q.; Zhou, W.; Chen, S.; Deng, S.; Wang, J. Unveiling the Role of Cobalt Doping in Optimizing Ammonia Electrosynthesis on Iron–Cobalt Oxyhydroxide Hollow Nanocages. J. Mater. Chem. A 2023, 11, 14424–14431.

(9) Han, X.; Lu, B.; Huang, X.; Liu, C.; Chen, S.; Chen, J.; Zeng, Z.; Deng, S.; Wang, J. Novel P- and n-Type S-Scheme Heterojunction Photocatalyst for Boosted CO₂ Photoreduction Activity. Appl. Catal. B Environ. 2022, 316, 121587. （高被引论文）

(10) Chen, S.^†; Han, X.^†; Luo, J.; Liao, J.; Wang, J.; Deng, Q.; Zeng, Z.; Deng, S. In Situ Transformation of LDH into Hollow Cobalt-Embedded and N-Doped Carbonaceous Microflowers as Polysulfide Mediator for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Chem. Eng. J. 2020, 385, 123457.