Xu, Xun Dr.

Selected Publications

• Journal Article

  Year	Title
  2021	Application of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy in Electrocatalysis and Electrochemistry Published In Electrochemical Energy Reviews
  2021	Atomically dispersed S-Fe-N4 for fast kinetics sodium-sulfur batteries via a dual function mechanism Published In Cell Reports Physical Science
  2021	Gallium-Indium-Tin Liquid Metal Nanodroplet-Based Anisotropic Conductive Adhesives for Flexible Integrated Electronics Published In ACS Applied Nano Materials
  2021	General Programmable Growth of Hybrid Core¿Shell Nanostructures with Liquid Metal Nanodroplets Published In Advanced Materials
  2021	Germanene Nanosheets: Achieving Superior Sodium¿Ion Storage via Pseudointercalation Reactions Published In Small Structures
  2021	Kondo Holes in the Two-Dimensional Itinerant Ising Ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2 Published In Nano Letters
  2021	Morphology engineering of atomic layer defect-rich CoSe2 nanosheets for highly selective electrosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide Published In JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
  2021	Nanofabrication: General Programmable Growth of Hybrid Core¿Shell Nanostructures with Liquid Metal Nanodroplets (Adv. Mater. 11/2021) Published In Advanced Materials
  2021	Nickel single atom-decorated carbon nanosheets as multifunctional electrocatalyst supports toward efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution Published In Nano Energy
  2021	Progress and perspectives of bismuth oxyhalides in catalytic applications Published In Materials Today Physics
  2021	Recent Progress on 2D Kagome Magnets: Binary TmSnn (T = Fe, Co, Mn) Published In Advanced Quantum Technologies
  2021	Recent advanced skeletons in sodium metal anodes Published In Energy and Environmental Science
  2020	A survey of image semantics-based visual simultaneous localization and mapping: Application-oriented solutions to autonomous navigation of mobile robots Published In International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
  2020	Application of organic-inorganic hybrids in lithium batteries Published In Materials Today Physics
  2020	Audiovisual speech recognition: A review and forecast Published In International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
  2020	Boron Nitride Nanotubes for Ammonia Synthesis: Activation by Filling Transition Metals Published In Journal of the American Chemical Society
  2020	Experimental Realization of Two-Dimensional Buckled Lieb Lattice Published In Nano Letters
  2020	H-infinity adaptive observer enhancements for vehicle chassis dynamics-based navigation sensor fault construction Published In International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
  2020	High-performance room-temperature sodium-sulfur battery enabled by electrocatalytic sodium polysulfides full conversion Published In Energy and Environmental Science
  2020	Hydrogen Terminated Germanene for a Robust Self-Powered Flexible Photoelectrochemical Photodetector Published In Small
  2020	Immobilized trimeric metal clusters: A family of the smallest catalysts for selective CO2 reduction toward multi-carbon products Published In Nano Energy
  2020	In-situ grafting of N-doped carbon nanotubes with Ni encapsulation onto MOF-derived hierarchical hybrids for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution Published In Carbon
  2020	Liquid metals and their hybrids as stimulus¿responsive smart materials Published In Materials Today
  2020	Multifunctional Active-Center-Transferable Platinum/Lithium Cobalt Oxide Heterostructured Electrocatalysts towards Superior Water Splitting Published In Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
  2020	Multifunctional Active¿Center¿Transferable Platinum/Lithium Cobalt Oxide Heterostructured Electrocatalysts towards Superior Water Splitting Published In Angewandte Chemie
  2020	Promoted Photocharge Separation in 2D Lateral Epitaxial Heterostructure for Visible-Light-Driven CO2 Photoreduction Published In Advanced Materials
  2020	Reversible Potassium Intercalation in Blue Phosphorene-Au Network Driven by an Electric Field Published In Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  2020	S/N-doped carbon nanofibers affording Fe7S8 particles with superior sodium storage Published In Journal of Power Sources
  2020	Understanding the structural and chemical evolution of layered potassium titanates for sodium ion batteries Published In Energy Storage Materials
  2019	2D Heterostructures: Monolayer Epitaxial Heterostructures for Selective Visible¿Light¿Driven Photocatalytic NO Oxidation (Adv. Funct. Mater. 15/2019) Published In Advanced Functional Materials
  2019	A S/N-doped high-capacity mesoporous carbon anode for Na-ion batteries Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  2019	Boosting NIR-driven photocatalytic water splitting by constructing 2D/3D epitaxial heterostructures Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  2019	Boosting Visible-Light-Driven Photo-oxidation of BiOCl by Promoted Charge Separation via Vacancy Engineering Published In ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
  2019	Electrochemical potassium/lithium-ion intercalation into TiSe2: Kinetics and mechanism Published In Energy Storage Materials
  2019	Electronic Structure Engineering of LiCoO2 toward Enhanced Oxygen Electrocatalysis Published In Advanced Energy Materials
  2019	Engineering additional edge sites on molybdenum dichalcogenides toward accelerated alkaline hydrogen evolution kinetics Published In Nanoscale
  2019	General Synthetic Strategy for Pomegranate-like Transition-Metal Phosphides@N-Doped Carbon Nanostructures with High Lithium Storage Capacity Published In ACS Materials Letters
  2019	Lotus rhizome-like S/N–C with embedded WS2 for superior sodium storage Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  2019	Monolayer Epitaxial Heterostructures for Selective Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic NO Oxidation Published In Advanced Functional Materials
  2019	Multi-source navigation system information fusion method based on reduced-dimensional dual quaternion Published In Zhongguo Guanxing Jishu Xuebao/Journal of Chinese Inertial Technology
  2019	Near-Infrared-Driven Photocatalysts: Design, Construction, and Applications Published In Small
  2019	Promoting photoreduction properties via synergetic utilization between plasmonic effect and highly active facet of BiOCl Published In Nano Energy
  2019	Rational design of two-dimensional hybrid Co/N-doped carbon nanosheet arrays for efficient bi-functional electrocatalysis Published In Sustainable Energy and Fuels
  2019	Rayleigh-Instability-Induced Bismuth Nanorod@Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes as A Long Cycling and High Rate Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries Published In Nano Letters: a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology
  2019	Recent Progress on Germanene and Functionalized Germanene: Preparation, Characterizations, Applications, and Challenges Published In Small
  2019	Role of Charge Density Wave in Monatomic Assembly in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Published In Advanced Functional Materials
  2019	Selective Ferroelectric BiOI/Bi4Ti3O12 Heterostructures for Visible Light-Driven Photocatalysis Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter
  2019	Two dimensional bismuth-based layered materials for energy-related applications Published In Energy Storage Materials
  2018	A Liquid-Metal-Based Magnetoactive Slurry for Stimuli-Responsive Mechanically Adaptive Electrodes Published In Advanced Materials
  2018	Activating Titania for Efficient Electrocatalysis by Vacancy Engineering Published In ACS Catalysis
  2018	Active-Site-Enriched Iron-Doped Nickel/Cobalt Hydroxide Nanosheets for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction Published In ACS Catalysis
  2018	Band Gap Modulated by Electronic Superlattice in Blue Phosphorene Published In ACS Nano
  2018	Boosting Sodium Storage of Double-Shell Sodium Titanate Microspheres Constructed from 2D Ultrathin Nanosheets via Sulfur Doping Published In Advanced Materials
  2018	Comprehensive New Insights and Perspectives into Ti-Based Anodes for Next-Generation Alkaline Metal (Na+, K+) Ion Batteries Published In Advanced Energy Materials
  2018	Defect Sites-Rich Porous Carbon with Pseudocapacitive Behaviors as an Ultrafast and Long-Term Cycling Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
  2018	Dirac Signature in Germanene on Semiconducting Substrate Published In Advanced Science
  2018	Electronic Band Engineering in Elemental 2D Materials Published In Advanced Materials Interfaces
  2018	Manipulating the Architecture of Atomically Thin Transition Metal (Hydr)oxides for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Catalysis Published In ACS Nano
  2018	Metal-Organic Framework-Derived Sea-Cucumber-like FeS2@C Nanorods with Outstanding Pseudocapacitive Na-Ion Storage Properties Published In ACS Applied Energy Materials
  2018	Microscopic origin of highly enhanced supercurrent in 122 pnictide superconductor Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  2018	New insights into understanding the exceptional electrochemical performance of P2-type manganese-based layered oxide cathode for sodium ion batteries Published In Energy Storage Materials
  2018	Realization of flat band with possible nontrivial topology in electronic Kagome lattice Published In Science Advances
  2018	Recent Development of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs) Derived Porous Carbon Based Materials as Electrocatalysts Published In Advanced Energy Materials
  2018	Recent progress on liquid metals and their applications Published In Advances In Physics-x
  2018	Recent progress on silicon-based anode materials for practical lithium-ion battery applications Published In Energy Storage Materials
  2018	Synergistically Enhanced Interfacial Interaction to Polysulfide via N,O Dual-Doped Highly Porous Carbon Microrods for Advanced Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
  2017	Atomically thin non-layered nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion Published In Chemical Society Reviews
  2017	Construction of 2D lateral pseudoheterostructures by strain engineering Published In 2D Materials
  2017	Cooperative Electron-Phonon Coupling and Buckled Structure in Germanene on Au(111) Published In ACS Nano
  2017	Enhanced energy transfer in heterogeneous nanocrystals for near infrared upconversion photocurrent generation Published In Nanoscale
  2017	Enhancement of charge separation in ferroelectric heterogeneous photocatalyst Bi4(SiO4)3/Bi2SiO5 nanostructures Published In Dalton Transactions: an international journal of inorganic chemistry
  2017	Role of Atomic Interaction in Electronic Hybridization in Two-Dimensional Ag2Ge Nanosheets Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter
  2017	Silicene: A Promising Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries Published In Advanced Materials
  2016	A ferroelectric photocatalyst Ag10Si4O13 with visible-light photooxidation properties Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  2016	Magnetic and levitation characteristics of bulk high-temperature superconducting magnets above a permanent magnet guideway Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2016	Magnetic characteristics of single-block and multi-block Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets at low temperature Published In IEEE Magnetics Letters
  2016	Magnetic field actuated manipulation and transfer of oil droplets on a stable underwater superoleophobic surface Published In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  2016	Metal-silicene interaction studied by scanning tunneling microscopy Published In Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
  2016	Nanodroplets for stretchable superconducting circuits Published In Advanced Functional Materials
  2016	Observation of van Hove Singularities in Twisted Silicene Multilayers Published In ACS Central science
  2016	Quasi-freestanding epitaxial silicene on Ag(111) by oxygen intercalation Published In Science Advances
  2016	Quasi-freestanding epitaxial silicene on Ag(111) by oxygen intercalation Published In Scientific Advances
  2015	Characterisation of nano-grains in MgB2 superconductors by transmission Kikuchi diffraction Published In Scripta Materialia
  2015	Enhancement of critical current of SiC and malic acid codoped MgB2∕Fe wires Published In International Journal of Modern Physics B
  2015	Honeycomb silicon: a review of silicene Published In Science Bulletin
  2015	Improvements in the dispersion of nanosilver in a MgB2 matrix through a graphene oxide net Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter
  2015	Investigation of electron-phonon coupling in epitaxial silicene by in situ Raman spectroscopy Published In Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
  2015	MgB2 superconducting joints for persistent current operation Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2015	Microscopic unravelling of nano-carbon doping in MgB2 superconductors fabricated by diffusion method Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  2015	Modulation of photocatalytic properties by strain in 2d BiOBr nanosheets Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
  2015	Pauli-limited effect in the magnetic phase diagram of FeSexTe1−x thin films Published In Applied Physics Letters
  2014	Effects of oxygen adsorption on the surface state of epitaxial silicene on ag(111) Published In Scientific Reports
  2014	On the roles of graphene oxide doping for enhanced supercurrent in MgB 2 based superconductors Published In Nanoscale
  2014	Tuning the band gap in silicene by oxidation Published In ACS Nano
  2014	Unabridged phase diagram for single-phased FeSexTe1-x thin films Published In Scientific Reports
  2013	A comprehensive study of the pinning mechanisms of MgB2 wires treated with malic acid and their relationships with lattice defects Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2013	A significant improvement in both low- and high-field performance of MgB2 superconductors through graphene oxide doping Published In Scripta Materialia
  2013	Effect of sintering temperature on the superconducting properties of graphene doped MgB2 Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2013	Evidence for transformation from δTc to δl pinning in MgB2 by graphene oxide doping with improved low and high field Jc and pinning potential Published In Applied Physics Letters
  2013	Graphene micro-substrate induced high electron-phonon coupling in MgB2 Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2013	Reaction method control of impurity scattering in C-doped MgB2: proving the role of defects besides C substitution level Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2013	Structurally homogeneous MgB2 superconducting wires through economical wet mixing process Published In Materials Letters
  2012	A significant improvement in the superconducting properties of MgB2 by co-doping with graphene and nano-SiC Published In Scripta Materialia
  2012	Calorimetric AC loss measurement of MgB2 superconducting tape in an alternating transport current and direct magnetic field Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2012	Multiscale bio-inspired honeycomb structure material with high mechanical strength and low density Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry
  2012	The effect of reduced graphene oxide addition on the superconductivity of MgB2 Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry
  2012	The effects of graphene doping on the in-field J(c) of MgB2 wires Published In Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
  2011	Evaluation of carbon incorporation and strain of doped MgB2 superconductor by Raman spectroscopy Published In Scripta Materialia
  2011	Evolution of electromagnetic properties and microstructure with sintering temperature for MgB2/Fe wires made by combined in-situ/ex-situ process Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2011	Flux pinning mechanisms in graphene-doped MgB2 superconductors Published In Scripta Materialia
  2011	Graphene micro-substrate-induced π gap expansion in MgB2 Published In Acta Materialia
  2011	Improving superconducting properties of MgB2 by graphene doping Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2011	Raman spectroscopy: Alternate method for strain and carbon substitution study in MgB2 Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2011	Sulfur-graphene composite for rechargeable lithium batteries Published In Journal of Power Sources
  2011	Transport critical current of MgB2 wires: pulsed current of varying rate compared to direct current method Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2010	Graphene doping to enhance the flux pinning and supercurrent carrying ability of a magnesium diboride superconductor Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2010	Superconducting transition width under magnetic field in MgB2 polycrystalline samples Published In Journal of Applied Physics
  2010	The effects of C substitution and disorder on the field dependent critical current density in MgB2 with nano-SiC additions Published In Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
  2009	A correlation between transport current density and grain connectivity in MgB2/Fe wire made from ball-milled boron Published In Journal of Applied Physics
  2009	Critical current denisty performance of malic acid doped magnesium diboride wires at different operating temperatures Published In International Journal of Modern Physics B
  2009	Determination of the relative influences of carbon doping and disorder on field and temperature dependent critical current density of MgB2 Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2009	Lattice parameter, lattice disorder and resistivity of carbohydrate doped MgB2 and their correlation with the transition temperature Published In Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
  2009	Superconducting properties of MgB2 wire using ball milled low purity boron Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2008	Effect of sintering temperature on structural defects and superconducting properties in MgB2 + C4H6O5 Published In Journal of Physics
  2008	Influence of disorder on the in-field Jc of MgB2 wires using highly active pyrene Published In Applied Physics Letters
  2008	Influence of intermediate annealing on the microstructure of in situ MgB2/Fe wire Published In Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
  2008	Phase transformation and superconducting properties of MgB2 using ball-milled low purity boron Published In Journal of Applied Physics
  2008	Properties of pure and carbon sphere doped MgB2 prepared from low grade boron powders Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2008	Significant improvement of Jc in MgB2 bulk superconductor using ball-milled high-purity crystalline boron Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2007	Benzoic acid doping to enhance electromagnetic properties of MgB2 superconductors Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2007	Effect of Boron powder purity on superconducting properties of bulk MgB2 Published In Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
  2007	Effect of carbon substitution on the superconducting properties of MgB2 doped with multi-walled carbon nanotubes and nano carbon Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2007	Effect of magnetic field processing on the microstructure of micronsize Zn doped MgB2 Published In Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
  2007	Effect of processing temperature on high field critical current density and upper critical field of nanocarbon doped MgB2 Published In Applied Physics Letters
  2007	Effect of pulsed magnetic field processing on MgB2 superconductors,? Published In Materials Science Forum
  2007	Enhancement of critical current density and irreversibility field by nano carbon substitution in MgB2 Published In Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
  2007	Enhancement of flux pinning in a MgB2 superconductor doped with tartaric acid Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2007	Improvement of upper critical field and critical current density in single walled CNT doped MgB2/Fe wires Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2007	Influence of ball-milled low purity boron powder on the superconductivity of MgB2 Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2007	Significant enhancement of Hc2 and Hirr in MgB 2+C4H6O5 bulks at a low sintering temperature of 600 C Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2007	Systematic study of a MgB2 + C4H6O5 superconductor prepared by the chemical solution route Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2007	The effects of sintering temperature on superconductivity in MgB2/Fe wires Published In Superconductor Science and Technology

• Chapter

  Year	Title
  2016	Adsorption of molecules on silicene Published In Silicene Publisher United States
  2011	Superconducting Properties of Graphene doped Magnesium Diboride,? Published In Applications of High-Tc Superconductivity Publisher USA

• Conference Paper

  Year	Title
  2014	Epitaxial growth mechanism of silicene on Ag(111) Published In Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
  2011	Magnetoelectric properties of MgB2 superconductor by SiC doping Published In Proceedings of 2011 IEEE International Conference on Applied Superconductivity and Electromagnetic Devices
  2011	Plenary Talk - Strain Engineering for Improvement in JCand Hirr and Hc2 in MgB2
  2007	Effect of pulsed magnetic field processing on MgB2 superconductors Published In Materials Science Forum

Investigator On

Year	Title
2016 - 2019	Development of the next generation battery storage system for smart grid Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2018	Liquid Metal for quench detection sensors and low resistance joints Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2016	Multifunctional 2D materials for sustainable energy applications Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2014	Design and exploration of novel p-block materials for visible light photocatalysis Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2010	Design, build and test a fault current limiter employing magnesium diboride (MgB2) superconducting coils Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2009	Magnesium diboride superconductor magnets for applications Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
	Two-dimensional Plasmonic Heterogeneous Nanostructures for Photocatalysis Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Other Research Activities

• 2019 AIIM FOR GOLD INVESTIGATOR GRANT SCHEME Chief Investigator 2020 - 2021

Impact Story

Advisees

• Graduate Advising Relationship

  Degree	Research Title	Advisee
  Doctor of Philosophy	2D Materials for Application
  Doctor of Philosophy	Liquid metal for applications	Bo, Guyue
  Doctor of Philosophy	Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies on Stanene, Blue Phosphorene, and SnP3	Liu, Yani

Orcid Id

• http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0504-362X (confirmed)

Web Of Science Researcher Id

• E-6465-2011

Scopus Id

• 40662112700

Top Publications

Year	Title
2018	A Liquid-Metal-Based Magnetoactive Slurry for Stimuli-Responsive Mechanically Adaptive Electrodes Published in   Advanced Materials
2018	Recent progress on liquid metals and their applications Published in   Advances In Physics-x
2016	Nanodroplets for stretchable superconducting circuits Published in   Advanced Functional Materials
2020	High-performance room-temperature sodium-sulfur battery enabled by electrocatalytic sodium polysulfides full conversion Published in   Energy and Environmental Science
2017	Silicene: A Promising Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries Published in   Advanced Materials
2012	Calorimetric AC loss measurement of MgB2 superconducting tape in an alternating transport current and direct magnetic field Published in   Superconductor Science and Technology
2013	A significant improvement in both low- and high-field performance of MgB2 superconductors through graphene oxide doping Published in   Scripta Materialia
2014	Effects of oxygen adsorption on the surface state of epitaxial silicene on ag(111) Published in   Scientific Reports
2014	Epitaxial growth mechanism of silicene on Ag(111)
2015	Honeycomb silicon: a review of silicene Published in   Science Bulletin
2015	Pauli-limited effect in the magnetic phase diagram of FeSexTe1−x thin films Published in   Applied Physics Letters
2016	Adsorption of molecules on silicene
2018	Recent Development of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs) Derived Porous Carbon Based Materials as Electrocatalysts Published in   Advanced Energy Materials
2019	Role of Charge Density Wave in Monatomic Assembly in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Published in   Advanced Functional Materials
2019	Electrochemical potassium/lithium-ion intercalation into TiSe2: Kinetics and mechanism Published in   Energy Storage Materials
2007	Effect of pulsed magnetic field processing on MgB2 superconductors,? Published in   Materials Science Forum
2007	Effect of processing temperature on high field critical current density and upper critical field of nanocarbon doped MgB2 Published in   Applied Physics Letters
2015	Investigation of electron-phonon coupling in epitaxial silicene by in situ Raman spectroscopy Published in   Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
2008	Influence of intermediate annealing on the microstructure of in situ MgB2/Fe wire Published in   Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
2008	Influence of disorder on the in-field Jc of MgB2 wires using highly active pyrene Published in   Applied Physics Letters
2008	Phase transformation and superconducting properties of MgB2 using ball-milled low purity boron Published in   Journal of Applied Physics
2016	Quasi-freestanding epitaxial silicene on Ag(111) by oxygen intercalation Published in   Science Advances
2011	Raman spectroscopy: Alternate method for strain and carbon substitution study in MgB2 Published in   IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
2014	Tuning the band gap in silicene by oxidation Published in   ACS Nano
2009	A correlation between transport current density and grain connectivity in MgB2/Fe wire made from ball-milled boron Published in   Journal of Applied Physics

Research Areas

• 0204 - CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
• 0912 - MATERIALS ENGINEERING
• 091202 - COMPOSITE AND HYBRID MATERIALS
• 091205 - FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Selected Publications

• Journal Article

  Year	Title
  2021	Application of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy in Electrocatalysis and Electrochemistry Published In Electrochemical Energy Reviews
  2021	Atomically dispersed S-Fe-N4 for fast kinetics sodium-sulfur batteries via a dual function mechanism Published In Cell Reports Physical Science
  2021	Gallium-Indium-Tin Liquid Metal Nanodroplet-Based Anisotropic Conductive Adhesives for Flexible Integrated Electronics Published In ACS Applied Nano Materials
  2021	General Programmable Growth of Hybrid Core¿Shell Nanostructures with Liquid Metal Nanodroplets Published In Advanced Materials
  2021	Germanene Nanosheets: Achieving Superior Sodium¿Ion Storage via Pseudointercalation Reactions Published In Small Structures
  2021	Kondo Holes in the Two-Dimensional Itinerant Ising Ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2 Published In Nano Letters
  2021	Morphology engineering of atomic layer defect-rich CoSe2 nanosheets for highly selective electrosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide Published In JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
  2021	Nanofabrication: General Programmable Growth of Hybrid Core¿Shell Nanostructures with Liquid Metal Nanodroplets (Adv. Mater. 11/2021) Published In Advanced Materials
  2021	Nickel single atom-decorated carbon nanosheets as multifunctional electrocatalyst supports toward efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution Published In Nano Energy
  2021	Progress and perspectives of bismuth oxyhalides in catalytic applications Published In Materials Today Physics
  2021	Recent Progress on 2D Kagome Magnets: Binary TmSnn (T = Fe, Co, Mn) Published In Advanced Quantum Technologies
  2021	Recent advanced skeletons in sodium metal anodes Published In Energy and Environmental Science
  2020	A survey of image semantics-based visual simultaneous localization and mapping: Application-oriented solutions to autonomous navigation of mobile robots Published In International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
  2020	Application of organic-inorganic hybrids in lithium batteries Published In Materials Today Physics
  2020	Audiovisual speech recognition: A review and forecast Published In International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
  2020	Boron Nitride Nanotubes for Ammonia Synthesis: Activation by Filling Transition Metals Published In Journal of the American Chemical Society
  2020	Experimental Realization of Two-Dimensional Buckled Lieb Lattice Published In Nano Letters
  2020	H-infinity adaptive observer enhancements for vehicle chassis dynamics-based navigation sensor fault construction Published In International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
  2020	High-performance room-temperature sodium-sulfur battery enabled by electrocatalytic sodium polysulfides full conversion Published In Energy and Environmental Science
  2020	Hydrogen Terminated Germanene for a Robust Self-Powered Flexible Photoelectrochemical Photodetector Published In Small
  2020	Immobilized trimeric metal clusters: A family of the smallest catalysts for selective CO2 reduction toward multi-carbon products Published In Nano Energy
  2020	In-situ grafting of N-doped carbon nanotubes with Ni encapsulation onto MOF-derived hierarchical hybrids for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution Published In Carbon
  2020	Liquid metals and their hybrids as stimulus¿responsive smart materials Published In Materials Today
  2020	Multifunctional Active-Center-Transferable Platinum/Lithium Cobalt Oxide Heterostructured Electrocatalysts towards Superior Water Splitting Published In Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
  2020	Multifunctional Active¿Center¿Transferable Platinum/Lithium Cobalt Oxide Heterostructured Electrocatalysts towards Superior Water Splitting Published In Angewandte Chemie
  2020	Promoted Photocharge Separation in 2D Lateral Epitaxial Heterostructure for Visible-Light-Driven CO2 Photoreduction Published In Advanced Materials
  2020	Reversible Potassium Intercalation in Blue Phosphorene-Au Network Driven by an Electric Field Published In Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  2020	S/N-doped carbon nanofibers affording Fe7S8 particles with superior sodium storage Published In Journal of Power Sources
  2020	Understanding the structural and chemical evolution of layered potassium titanates for sodium ion batteries Published In Energy Storage Materials
  2019	2D Heterostructures: Monolayer Epitaxial Heterostructures for Selective Visible¿Light¿Driven Photocatalytic NO Oxidation (Adv. Funct. Mater. 15/2019) Published In Advanced Functional Materials
  2019	A S/N-doped high-capacity mesoporous carbon anode for Na-ion batteries Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  2019	Boosting NIR-driven photocatalytic water splitting by constructing 2D/3D epitaxial heterostructures Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  2019	Boosting Visible-Light-Driven Photo-oxidation of BiOCl by Promoted Charge Separation via Vacancy Engineering Published In ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
  2019	Electrochemical potassium/lithium-ion intercalation into TiSe2: Kinetics and mechanism Published In Energy Storage Materials
  2019	Electronic Structure Engineering of LiCoO2 toward Enhanced Oxygen Electrocatalysis Published In Advanced Energy Materials
  2019	Engineering additional edge sites on molybdenum dichalcogenides toward accelerated alkaline hydrogen evolution kinetics Published In Nanoscale
  2019	General Synthetic Strategy for Pomegranate-like Transition-Metal Phosphides@N-Doped Carbon Nanostructures with High Lithium Storage Capacity Published In ACS Materials Letters
  2019	Lotus rhizome-like S/N–C with embedded WS2 for superior sodium storage Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  2019	Monolayer Epitaxial Heterostructures for Selective Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic NO Oxidation Published In Advanced Functional Materials
  2019	Multi-source navigation system information fusion method based on reduced-dimensional dual quaternion Published In Zhongguo Guanxing Jishu Xuebao/Journal of Chinese Inertial Technology
  2019	Near-Infrared-Driven Photocatalysts: Design, Construction, and Applications Published In Small
  2019	Promoting photoreduction properties via synergetic utilization between plasmonic effect and highly active facet of BiOCl Published In Nano Energy
  2019	Rational design of two-dimensional hybrid Co/N-doped carbon nanosheet arrays for efficient bi-functional electrocatalysis Published In Sustainable Energy and Fuels
  2019	Rayleigh-Instability-Induced Bismuth Nanorod@Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes as A Long Cycling and High Rate Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries Published In Nano Letters: a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology
  2019	Recent Progress on Germanene and Functionalized Germanene: Preparation, Characterizations, Applications, and Challenges Published In Small
  2019	Role of Charge Density Wave in Monatomic Assembly in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Published In Advanced Functional Materials
  2019	Selective Ferroelectric BiOI/Bi4Ti3O12 Heterostructures for Visible Light-Driven Photocatalysis Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter
  2019	Two dimensional bismuth-based layered materials for energy-related applications Published In Energy Storage Materials
  2018	A Liquid-Metal-Based Magnetoactive Slurry for Stimuli-Responsive Mechanically Adaptive Electrodes Published In Advanced Materials
  2018	Activating Titania for Efficient Electrocatalysis by Vacancy Engineering Published In ACS Catalysis
  2018	Active-Site-Enriched Iron-Doped Nickel/Cobalt Hydroxide Nanosheets for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction Published In ACS Catalysis
  2018	Band Gap Modulated by Electronic Superlattice in Blue Phosphorene Published In ACS Nano
  2018	Boosting Sodium Storage of Double-Shell Sodium Titanate Microspheres Constructed from 2D Ultrathin Nanosheets via Sulfur Doping Published In Advanced Materials
  2018	Comprehensive New Insights and Perspectives into Ti-Based Anodes for Next-Generation Alkaline Metal (Na+, K+) Ion Batteries Published In Advanced Energy Materials
  2018	Defect Sites-Rich Porous Carbon with Pseudocapacitive Behaviors as an Ultrafast and Long-Term Cycling Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
  2018	Dirac Signature in Germanene on Semiconducting Substrate Published In Advanced Science
  2018	Electronic Band Engineering in Elemental 2D Materials Published In Advanced Materials Interfaces
  2018	Manipulating the Architecture of Atomically Thin Transition Metal (Hydr)oxides for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Catalysis Published In ACS Nano
  2018	Metal-Organic Framework-Derived Sea-Cucumber-like FeS2@C Nanorods with Outstanding Pseudocapacitive Na-Ion Storage Properties Published In ACS Applied Energy Materials
  2018	Microscopic origin of highly enhanced supercurrent in 122 pnictide superconductor Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  2018	New insights into understanding the exceptional electrochemical performance of P2-type manganese-based layered oxide cathode for sodium ion batteries Published In Energy Storage Materials
  2018	Realization of flat band with possible nontrivial topology in electronic Kagome lattice Published In Science Advances
  2018	Recent Development of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs) Derived Porous Carbon Based Materials as Electrocatalysts Published In Advanced Energy Materials
  2018	Recent progress on liquid metals and their applications Published In Advances In Physics-x
  2018	Recent progress on silicon-based anode materials for practical lithium-ion battery applications Published In Energy Storage Materials
  2018	Synergistically Enhanced Interfacial Interaction to Polysulfide via N,O Dual-Doped Highly Porous Carbon Microrods for Advanced Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
  2017	Atomically thin non-layered nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion Published In Chemical Society Reviews
  2017	Construction of 2D lateral pseudoheterostructures by strain engineering Published In 2D Materials
  2017	Cooperative Electron-Phonon Coupling and Buckled Structure in Germanene on Au(111) Published In ACS Nano
  2017	Enhanced energy transfer in heterogeneous nanocrystals for near infrared upconversion photocurrent generation Published In Nanoscale
  2017	Enhancement of charge separation in ferroelectric heterogeneous photocatalyst Bi4(SiO4)3/Bi2SiO5 nanostructures Published In Dalton Transactions: an international journal of inorganic chemistry
  2017	Role of Atomic Interaction in Electronic Hybridization in Two-Dimensional Ag2Ge Nanosheets Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter
  2017	Silicene: A Promising Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries Published In Advanced Materials
  2016	A ferroelectric photocatalyst Ag10Si4O13 with visible-light photooxidation properties Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  2016	Magnetic and levitation characteristics of bulk high-temperature superconducting magnets above a permanent magnet guideway Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2016	Magnetic characteristics of single-block and multi-block Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets at low temperature Published In IEEE Magnetics Letters
  2016	Magnetic field actuated manipulation and transfer of oil droplets on a stable underwater superoleophobic surface Published In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  2016	Metal-silicene interaction studied by scanning tunneling microscopy Published In Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
  2016	Nanodroplets for stretchable superconducting circuits Published In Advanced Functional Materials
  2016	Observation of van Hove Singularities in Twisted Silicene Multilayers Published In ACS Central science
  2016	Quasi-freestanding epitaxial silicene on Ag(111) by oxygen intercalation Published In Science Advances
  2016	Quasi-freestanding epitaxial silicene on Ag(111) by oxygen intercalation Published In Scientific Advances
  2015	Characterisation of nano-grains in MgB2 superconductors by transmission Kikuchi diffraction Published In Scripta Materialia
  2015	Enhancement of critical current of SiC and malic acid codoped MgB2∕Fe wires Published In International Journal of Modern Physics B
  2015	Honeycomb silicon: a review of silicene Published In Science Bulletin
  2015	Improvements in the dispersion of nanosilver in a MgB2 matrix through a graphene oxide net Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter
  2015	Investigation of electron-phonon coupling in epitaxial silicene by in situ Raman spectroscopy Published In Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
  2015	MgB2 superconducting joints for persistent current operation Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2015	Microscopic unravelling of nano-carbon doping in MgB2 superconductors fabricated by diffusion method Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  2015	Modulation of photocatalytic properties by strain in 2d BiOBr nanosheets Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
  2015	Pauli-limited effect in the magnetic phase diagram of FeSexTe1−x thin films Published In Applied Physics Letters
  2014	Effects of oxygen adsorption on the surface state of epitaxial silicene on ag(111) Published In Scientific Reports
  2014	On the roles of graphene oxide doping for enhanced supercurrent in MgB 2 based superconductors Published In Nanoscale
  2014	Tuning the band gap in silicene by oxidation Published In ACS Nano
  2014	Unabridged phase diagram for single-phased FeSexTe1-x thin films Published In Scientific Reports
  2013	A comprehensive study of the pinning mechanisms of MgB2 wires treated with malic acid and their relationships with lattice defects Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2013	A significant improvement in both low- and high-field performance of MgB2 superconductors through graphene oxide doping Published In Scripta Materialia
  2013	Effect of sintering temperature on the superconducting properties of graphene doped MgB2 Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2013	Evidence for transformation from δTc to δl pinning in MgB2 by graphene oxide doping with improved low and high field Jc and pinning potential Published In Applied Physics Letters
  2013	Graphene micro-substrate induced high electron-phonon coupling in MgB2 Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2013	Reaction method control of impurity scattering in C-doped MgB2: proving the role of defects besides C substitution level Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2013	Structurally homogeneous MgB2 superconducting wires through economical wet mixing process Published In Materials Letters
  2012	A significant improvement in the superconducting properties of MgB2 by co-doping with graphene and nano-SiC Published In Scripta Materialia
  2012	Calorimetric AC loss measurement of MgB2 superconducting tape in an alternating transport current and direct magnetic field Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2012	Multiscale bio-inspired honeycomb structure material with high mechanical strength and low density Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry
  2012	The effect of reduced graphene oxide addition on the superconductivity of MgB2 Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry
  2012	The effects of graphene doping on the in-field J(c) of MgB2 wires Published In Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
  2011	Evaluation of carbon incorporation and strain of doped MgB2 superconductor by Raman spectroscopy Published In Scripta Materialia
  2011	Evolution of electromagnetic properties and microstructure with sintering temperature for MgB2/Fe wires made by combined in-situ/ex-situ process Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2011	Flux pinning mechanisms in graphene-doped MgB2 superconductors Published In Scripta Materialia
  2011	Graphene micro-substrate-induced π gap expansion in MgB2 Published In Acta Materialia
  2011	Improving superconducting properties of MgB2 by graphene doping Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2011	Raman spectroscopy: Alternate method for strain and carbon substitution study in MgB2 Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2011	Sulfur-graphene composite for rechargeable lithium batteries Published In Journal of Power Sources
  2011	Transport critical current of MgB2 wires: pulsed current of varying rate compared to direct current method Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2010	Graphene doping to enhance the flux pinning and supercurrent carrying ability of a magnesium diboride superconductor Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2010	Superconducting transition width under magnetic field in MgB2 polycrystalline samples Published In Journal of Applied Physics
  2010	The effects of C substitution and disorder on the field dependent critical current density in MgB2 with nano-SiC additions Published In Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
  2009	A correlation between transport current density and grain connectivity in MgB2/Fe wire made from ball-milled boron Published In Journal of Applied Physics
  2009	Critical current denisty performance of malic acid doped magnesium diboride wires at different operating temperatures Published In International Journal of Modern Physics B
  2009	Determination of the relative influences of carbon doping and disorder on field and temperature dependent critical current density of MgB2 Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2009	Lattice parameter, lattice disorder and resistivity of carbohydrate doped MgB2 and their correlation with the transition temperature Published In Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
  2009	Superconducting properties of MgB2 wire using ball milled low purity boron Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2008	Effect of sintering temperature on structural defects and superconducting properties in MgB2 + C4H6O5 Published In Journal of Physics
  2008	Influence of disorder on the in-field Jc of MgB2 wires using highly active pyrene Published In Applied Physics Letters
  2008	Influence of intermediate annealing on the microstructure of in situ MgB2/Fe wire Published In Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
  2008	Phase transformation and superconducting properties of MgB2 using ball-milled low purity boron Published In Journal of Applied Physics
  2008	Properties of pure and carbon sphere doped MgB2 prepared from low grade boron powders Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2008	Significant improvement of Jc in MgB2 bulk superconductor using ball-milled high-purity crystalline boron Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2007	Benzoic acid doping to enhance electromagnetic properties of MgB2 superconductors Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2007	Effect of Boron powder purity on superconducting properties of bulk MgB2 Published In Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
  2007	Effect of carbon substitution on the superconducting properties of MgB2 doped with multi-walled carbon nanotubes and nano carbon Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2007	Effect of magnetic field processing on the microstructure of micronsize Zn doped MgB2 Published In Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
  2007	Effect of processing temperature on high field critical current density and upper critical field of nanocarbon doped MgB2 Published In Applied Physics Letters
  2007	Effect of pulsed magnetic field processing on MgB2 superconductors,? Published In Materials Science Forum
  2007	Enhancement of critical current density and irreversibility field by nano carbon substitution in MgB2 Published In Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
  2007	Enhancement of flux pinning in a MgB2 superconductor doped with tartaric acid Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2007	Improvement of upper critical field and critical current density in single walled CNT doped MgB2/Fe wires Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2007	Influence of ball-milled low purity boron powder on the superconductivity of MgB2 Published In IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
  2007	Significant enhancement of Hc2 and Hirr in MgB 2+C4H6O5 bulks at a low sintering temperature of 600 C Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2007	Systematic study of a MgB2 + C4H6O5 superconductor prepared by the chemical solution route Published In Superconductor Science and Technology
  2007	The effects of sintering temperature on superconductivity in MgB2/Fe wires Published In Superconductor Science and Technology

• Chapter

  Year	Title
  2016	Adsorption of molecules on silicene Published In Silicene Publisher United States
  2011	Superconducting Properties of Graphene doped Magnesium Diboride,? Published In Applications of High-Tc Superconductivity Publisher USA

• Conference Paper

  Year	Title
  2014	Epitaxial growth mechanism of silicene on Ag(111) Published In Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
  2011	Magnetoelectric properties of MgB2 superconductor by SiC doping Published In Proceedings of 2011 IEEE International Conference on Applied Superconductivity and Electromagnetic Devices
  2011	Plenary Talk - Strain Engineering for Improvement in JCand Hirr and Hc2 in MgB2
  2007	Effect of pulsed magnetic field processing on MgB2 superconductors Published In Materials Science Forum

Investigator On

Year	Title
2016 - 2019	Development of the next generation battery storage system for smart grid Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2018	Liquid Metal for quench detection sensors and low resistance joints Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2016	Multifunctional 2D materials for sustainable energy applications Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2014	Design and exploration of novel p-block materials for visible light photocatalysis Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2010	Design, build and test a fault current limiter employing magnesium diboride (MgB2) superconducting coils Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2009	Magnesium diboride superconductor magnets for applications Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
	Two-dimensional Plasmonic Heterogeneous Nanostructures for Photocatalysis Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Other Research Activities

• 2019 AIIM FOR GOLD INVESTIGATOR GRANT SCHEME Chief Investigator 2020 - 2021

Impact Story

Advisees

• Graduate Advising Relationship

  Degree	Research Title	Advisee
  Doctor of Philosophy	2D Materials for Application
  Doctor of Philosophy	Liquid metal for applications	Bo, Guyue
  Doctor of Philosophy	Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies on Stanene, Blue Phosphorene, and SnP3	Liu, Yani

Orcid Id

• http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0504-362X (confirmed)

Web Of Science Researcher Id

• E-6465-2011

Scopus Id

• 40662112700