Name: Xianglan Xu

Gender: Female

Job title: Professor

Email Address: xuxianglan@ncu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience：

2021.12-：School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Professor

2019.09-2020.08: University of California, Riverside, Visting scholar; Cooperator：Prof. De-en Jiang.

2016.12-2021.11：College of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Associate Professor

2010.07-2016.11: College of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Lecturer

2005.09-2010.07: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, PhD; Advisor: Prof. Junqian Li (now emeritus)

2001.09-2005.07: College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jinggangshan University, B. S.

Teaching：

Undergraduate courses: Structural chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Experiments.

Graduate courses: Quantum Chemistry, Catalysis Progress, and Advanced Structural Chemistry

Research fields:

Heterogeneous Catalysis and Computational Chemistry.

Research projects：

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Superoxophilic Ni/MnO interface regulation and low-temperature CO₂ methanation performance and mechanism, 2027–2030.

2. Jiangxi Provincial Key Program Foundation, Construction of a superoxophilic Ru/MnO interface and its synergy mechanism for low-temperature CO₂ methanation, 2026–2029.

3. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Lattice capacity measurement of metal oxide solid solutions: construction and precise regulation of active catalytic sites in metal oxides, 2021–2023.

4. Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation, Band-gap regulation of oxide supports to modulate metal–support interactions: a new strategy for CO₂ hydrogenation conversion, 2024–2026.

5. Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation, Lattice capacity measurement of CeO₂-based solid solutions: investigation of solid-solution formation rules and catalytic reactivity threshold effects, 2021–2023.

Awards and Honors：

Recipient of the Second Prize of the Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Award (R2)

Representative papers and patents：

(1) Deng, S.; Wang, X.; Fang, X.; Wang, X.; Xu, X., Oxyphilic Ru-O-Mn²⁺ Interfaces on Ru/MnO Catalysts: Unprecedented Activity for Low-Temperature CO₂ Methanation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, e6087744.

(2) Ma, M.; Zhang, R.; Deng, S.; Zhao, X.; Yang, F.; Fang, X.; Wang, X.; Xu, X., Lattice Mn Doping Enables Dual-Pathway CO₂ Methanation on Ru/Cr₂O₃. ACS Catal. 2026, https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6c04691.

(3) Cheng, B.; Fang, X.; Cao, M.; Wang, X.; Xu, X., Support's electronic structure tuning CO₂ methanation on Ru₄/TiO₂ catalysts: A DFT study. Comput. Theor. Chem. 2026, 1255, 115553.

(4) Zhu, C.; Wang, X.; Deng, S.; Fang, X.; Xu, X.; Wang, X., Pt/Cr₂O₃ Catalysts for the Reverse Water–Gas Shift Reaction: Unraveling Crucial Roles of Interfacial Synergy and Oxygen Vacancies. Inorg. Chem. 2025, 64 (13), 6731-6741.

(5) Jiang, L.; Yuan, S.; Ma, J.; Deng, S.; Fang, X.; Xu, X.; Meng, H.; Wang, X., Enhancing the Reactivity of Cu/Al₂O₃ for Methanol Steam Reforming through adding CrO_x: Unraveling Reaction Pathways and the Mechanism for Improvement. ACS Catal. 2025, 15, 7138-7152.

(6) Deng, S.; Zhu, C.; Fang, X.; Xu, X.; Wang, X., Lithium Cation Modification Markedly Enhances Ru Dispersion and CO₂ Methanation Activity on Ru/SiO₂ Catalysts. ACS Catal. 2025, 15, 7666-7676.

(7) Liu, K.; Liao, L.; Li, L.; Nawaz, M. A.; Liao, G.; Xu, X., Direct observation of interface-dependent activity in NiO/CeO₂ for effective low-temperature CO oxidation. Surf. Interfaces 2025, 56, 105496.

(8) Lei, M.; Cheng, B.; Liao, Y.; Fang, X.; Xu, X.; Wang, X., Band gap effect of TiO₂ on supported Ru single-atom catalysts for CO₂ methanation by DFT calculations. Mol. Catal. 2025, 570, 114665.

(9) Wang, X.; Hua, C.; Ma, M.; Fang, X.; Wang, X.; Xu, X., CO₂ methanation mechanism on Ru₄/Cr₂O₃ and factors for selective hydrogenation on supported metal catalysts: A DFT study. Surf. Interfaces 2025, 75, 107771.

(10) Liu, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Tian, J.; Liao, Y.; Zhai, J.; Fang, X.; Xu, X.; Wang, X., Tuning CO adsorption states via enhanced metal-support interaction for boosting CO₂ methanation activity of Ru/rutile-TiO₂. Fuel 2024, 360, 130600.

(11) Liu, K.; Liao, Y.; Wang, P.; Fang, X.; Zhu, J.; Liao, G.; Xu, X., Lattice capacity-dependent activity for CO₂ methanation: crafting Ni/CeO₂ catalysts with outstanding performance at low temperatures. Nanoscale 2024, 16 (23), 11096-11108.

(12) Deng, S.; Qian, Z.; Zhu, C.; Cheng, B.; Wang, X.; Fang, X.; Xu, X.; Wang, X., Boosting Low-Temperature CO₂ Methanation Activity on Ru/Anatase-TiO₂ Via Mn Doping: Revealing the Crucial Role of CO₂ Dissociation. ACS Catal. 2024, 14 (21), 16508-16521.

(13) Liu, X.; Wang, S.; Liao, Y.; Lei, M.; Fang, X.; Xu, X.; Wang, X., La/Mn molar ratio tuning the activity of La–Mn perovskites for CO and propane oxidation. J. Energy Inst. 2024, 114, 101595.

(14) Wang, S.; Cheng, B.; Fang, X.; Cao, M.; Xu, X.; Wang, X., Electronegativity-dependent Pt anchoring and molecule adsorption for graphene-based supported Pt single atom. J. Mol. Model. 2024, 30 (5), 138.

(15) Xu, X.; Qian, Z.; Wang, D.; Liu, F.; Zhu, J.; Fang, X.; Xu, J.; Wang, X., The universality of like-disperses-like rule for supported simple metal oxide catalysts. Chemical Papers 2024, 78 (13), 7573-7581.

(16) Zhang, Z.; Deng, S.; Fang, X.; Xu, J.; Xu, X.; Wang, X., CrO_x-promoted Ru/Al₂O₃ for CO₂ methanation: Formation of surface Cr-doped RuO₂ solid solution plays key roles. Fuel 2023, 339, 127414.

(17) Liu, X.; Liu, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Yang, Y.; Xu, J.; Fang, X.; Xu, X.; Wang, X., A-site cations tailoring the activity of LnMnO₃ perovskites for CO and propane oxidation. Solid State Sci. 2023, 144, 107298.

(18) Zhang, Z.; Tong, Y.; Fang, X.; Xu, J.; Xu, X.; Wang, X., Interface-dependent activity and selectivity for CO₂ hydrogenation on Ni/CeO₂ and Ni/Ce_0.9Sn_0.1Ox. Fuel 2022, 316, 123191.

(19) Liu, Y.; Xu, J.; Jiang, D.-e.; Fang, X.; Wang, X.; Xu, X., Uncovering the Nature of Band Gap Engineering of Adsorption Energy by Elucidating an Adsorbate Bonding Mechanism on Two-Dimensional TiO2(110). J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126 (26), 10677-10685.

(20) Xu, X.; Liu, L.; Tong, Y.; Fang, X.; Xu, J.; Jiang, D.-e.; Wang, X., Facile Cr³⁺-doping strategy dramatically promoting Ru/CeO₂ for low-temperature CO₂ methanation: unraveling the roles of surface oxygen vacancies and hydroxyl groups. ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 5762-5775.

(21) Feng, X.; Xu, J.; Xu, X.; Zhang, S.; Ma, J.; Fang, X.; Wang, X., Unraveling the principles of lattice disorder degree of Bi₂B₂O₇ (B = Sn, Ti, Zr) compounds on activating gas phase O₂ for soot combustion. ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 12112-12122.

(22) Zhang, H.; Zhang, Z.; Liu, Y.; Fang, X.; Xu, J.; Wang, X.; Xu, X., Band-gap engineering: a new tool for tailoring the activity of semiconducting oxide catalysts for CO oxidation. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12, 9188-9196.

(23) Xu, X.; Wang, X.; Jiang, D.-e., Band gap as a novel descriptor for the reactivity of 2D Titanium dioxide and its supported Pt single atom for methane activation. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12, 2484-2488.

(24) Xu, X.; Tong, Y.; Huang, J.; Zhu, J.; Fang, X.; Xu, J.; Wang, X., Insights into CO₂ methanation mechanism on cubic ZrO₂ supported Ni catalyst via a combination of experiments and DFT calculations. Fuel 2021, 283, 118867.

(25) Xu, X.; Zhang, H.; Tong, Y.; Sun, Y.; Fang, X.; Xu, J.; Wang, X., Tuning Ni³⁺ quantity of NiO via doping of cations with varied valence states: The key role of Ni³⁺ on the reactivity. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2021, 550, 149316.