2013 - 2018, Penn State University, Chemistry, Ph.D. (Advisor: Prof. Thomas E. Mallouk)

2009 - 2013, Nankai University, Chemistry, B.S. (Advisor: Prof. Zhen Zhou)

2023 - Present, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tenure-track Associate Professor

2018 - 2022, Cornell University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Postdoc (Advisor: Prof. Jin Suntivich)

Developing advanced spectroscopic tools to characterize the fundamental processes at electrode-electrolyte interfaces

• Electrochemical interfaces
  

• Electrochemical CO₂ reduction

• Electrochemical biomass conversion

(1) Zhao, G.; Lu, K.; Li, Y.; Lu, F.; Gao, P.; Nan, B.; Li, L.; Zhang, Y.; Xu, P.; Liu, X.; Chen, L. An Efficient and Stable High-Entropy Alloy Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Chinese Journal of Catalysis 2024, 62, 156–165. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1872-2067(24)60067-7.

(2) Xu, P.; Wang, R.; Zhang, H.; Carnevale, V.; Borguet, E.; Suntivich, J. Cation Modifies Interfacial Water Structures on Platinum during Alkaline Hydrogen Electrocatalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146 (4), 2426–2434. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c09128.

(3) Xu, P.; Chen, L. Electrochemical Double Layer at Electrode-Water Interfaces: Recent Advances from Nonlinear Spectroscopic Investigations. Curr. Opin. Electrochem. 2023, 41, 101373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2023.101373.

(4) Lin, J.; Zhang, Y.; Xu, P.; Chen, L. CO2 Electrolysis: Advances and Challenges in Electrocatalyst Engineering and Reactor Design. Mater. Reports: Energy 2023, 3 (2), 100194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matre.2023.100194.

(5) Xu, P.; von Rueden, A. D.; Schimmenti, R.; Mavrikakis, M.; Suntivich, J. Optical Method for Quantifying the Potential of Zero Charge at the Platinum–Water Electrochemical Interface. Nat. Mater. 2023, 22 (4), 503–510. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01474-8.

(6) Xu, P.; Huang, A.; Suntivich, J. Phase-Sensitive Second-Harmonic Generation of Electrochemical Interfaces. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020, 11 (19), 8216–8221. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02364.

(7) Xu, P.; Huang, T.; Huang, J.; Yan, Y.; Mallouk, T. E. Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation through a Buried Junction. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2018, 115 (27), 6946–6951. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804728115.

(8) Xu, P.; Gray, C. L.; Xiao, L.; Mallouk, T. E. Charge Recombination with Fractional Reaction Orders in Water-Splitting Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cells. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140 (37), 11647–11654. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b04878.

2024 Fall

• CHEM6401, Modern Analytical Science and Technologies

2024 Spring

• GE6001, Scientific Writing, Integrity and Ethics

• CENG6103, In situ/Operando Characterization Techniques and Their Applications

• 2023 Xiaomi Youth Talents Program, Xiaomi Foundation