School of Chemical Engineering

China University of Petroleum-Beijing

No.18 Fuxue Road, Changping, Beijing

102249, P.R. China
Tel: 8610-18911226236

Fax: 86-010-89734979

E-mail: daixp@cup.edu.cn

Education:

2005~2008, PhD from Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences,

  Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
1997~2000, Masters from China University of Petroleum-Beijing

1993~1997, Bachelor from Jiangsu Polytechnic University.

Profession Employment:

l From 2000 to now, China University of Petroleum (Beijing)

l From Mar. 2011 to Apr. 2012, visiting scholar, The University of Queensland (Australia).

Research (Areas of Research Focus)

l Synthesis and characterisation of nanoporous materials and nanoparticles as well as their applications in catalysis

l Electrocatalysis for energy storage and conversion.

Research Funding:

l Design of high efficiency supported catalyst for direct synthesis of ethanol from synthesis gas using mono-dispersed surfactant-encapsulated polyoxomolybdate clusters as precursor with an emphasis on understanding structure–reactivity relationships, The National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2016-2019.

l Design of noble metal-like promoters/molybdenum sulfides/carbon-based composites with an emphasis on understanding the enhanced synergistic effects for hydrogen evolution reaction, 2017-2019.

Selected publications:

[1] Hongyan Qiao, Jiaxi Yong, Xiaoping Dai*, Xin Zhang, Yangde Ma, Mengzhao Liu, Xuebin Luan, Jianchang Cai, Yang Yang, Huihui Zhao, Xingliang Huang, Hollow FeNi-based hybrid polyhedron derived from unique sulfur-modulating coordinated transition bimetal complexes for efficient oxygen evolution reactions, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 21320–21327.

[2] Jiaxi Yong, Xuebin Luan, Xiaoping Dai*, Xin Zhang, Hongyan Qiao, Yang Yang, Xingliang Huang, Tuning the metal–support interaction in supported K-promoted NiMo catalysts for enhanced selectivity and productivity towards higher alcohols in CO hydrogenation, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2017, 7, 4206–4215.

[3] Di Li, Xiaoping Dai, Xin Zhang^*, Hongying Zhuo, Yan Jiang, Yan-Bing Yu, Pengfang Zhang, Xingliang Huang, Hai Wang, Silver nanoparticles encapsulated by metal-organic-framework give the highest turnover frequencies of 105 h^-1 for three component reaction by microwave-assisted heating, J. Catal., 348 (2017) 276–281. (equal contribution)

[4] Yangde Ma, Xiaoping Dai*, Mengzhao Liu, Jiaxi Yong, Hongyan Qiao, Axiang Jin, Zhanzhao Li, Xingliang Huang, Hai Wang, Xin Zhang^*, Strongly coupled FeNi alloys/NiFe₂O₄@carbonitride layers-assembled microboxes for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8, 34396-34404. (equal contribution)

[5] Xiaoping Dai*, Zhanzhao Li, Yangde Ma, Mengzhao Liu, Kangli Du, Haixia Su, Hongying Zhuo, Lei Yu, Hui Sun, Xin Zhang^*, Metallic cobalt encapsulated in bamboo–like and nitrogen–rich carbonitride nanotubes for hydrogen evolution reaction, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8, 6439−6448.

[6] Xiaoping Dai*, Mengzhao Liu, Zhanzhao Li, Axiang Jin, Yangde Ma, Xingliang Huang, Hui Sun, Hai Wang, Xin Zhang^*, Molybdenum polysulfide anchored on porous Zr-metal organic framework to enhance the performance of hydrogen evolution reaction, J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 12539−12548.

[7] Zhanzhao Li, Xiaoping Dai*, Kangli Du, Yangde Ma, Mengzhao Liu, Hui Sun, Xingyu Ma, Xin Zhang^*, Reduced graphene oxide/O-MWCNT hybrids functionalized with p-phenylenediamine as high-performance MoS₂ electrocatalyst support for hydrogen evolution reaction, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 1478-1487. (equal contribution).

[8] Xiaoping Dai*, Jie Cheng, Zhanzhao Li, Mengzhao Liu, Yangde Ma, Xin Zhang, Reduction kinetics of lanthanum ferrite perovskite for the production of synthesis gas by chemical-looping methane reforming, Chem. Eng. Sci., 2016, 153, 236-245.

[9] Xiaoping Dai∗, Ji Liang, Ding Ma, Xin Zhang, Huabo Zhao, Bo Zhao, Zhenguo Guo, Freddy Kleitz, Shizhang Qiao^*, Large-pore mesoporous RuNi-doped TiO₂-Al₂O₃ nanocomposites for highly efficient selective CO methanation in hydrogen-rich reformate gases, Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 2015, 165, 752-762.

[10] Xiaoping Dai*, Kangli Du, Zhanzhao Li, Mengzhao Liu, Yangde Ma, Hui Sun, Xin Zhang^*, Ying Yang, Co-doped MoS₂ nanosheets with the dominant CoMoS phase coated on carbon as an excellent electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7, 27242-27253.

[11] Xiaoping Dai, Zhanzhao Li, Kangli Du, Hui Sun, Ying Yang, Xin Zhang^*, Xingyu Ma, Jie Wang, Facile synthesis of in-situ nitrogenated graphene decorated by few-layer MoS₂ for hydrogen evolution reaction, Electrochim. Acta 2015,171, 72–80.

[12] Xiaoping Dai, Kangli Du, Zhanzhao Li, Hui Sun, Ying Yang, Xin Zhang^*, Xinsong Li, Hai Wang, Highly efficient hydrogen evolution catalysis by MoS₂-MoN/carbonitride composites derived from tetrathiomolybdate/polymer hybrids, Chem. Eng. Sci., 2015, 134, 572–580.

[13] Xiaoping Dai, Zhanzhao Li, Kangli Du, Hui Sun, Ying Yang, Xin Zhang^*, Xingyu Ma, Jie Wang, Enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction on few-layer MoS₂ nanosheets-coated functionalized carbon nanotubes, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2015, 40, 8877−8888.

[14] Xiao Ping Dai, Pei Zhi Liu, Yong Shi, Jian Xu, Wei Sheng Wei^*, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis in a bench-scale two-stage multitubular fixed-bed reactor: Simulation and enhancement in conversion and diesel selectivity, Chem. Eng. Sci., 2014, 105, 1–11.

[15] Xiao Ping Dai, Jie Li, Jiang Tao Fan, Wei Sheng Wei*, Jian Xu, Synthesis Gas Generation by Chemical-Looping Reforming in a Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor Using Perovskite LaFeO₃?Based Oxygen Carriers, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2012, 51, 11072−11082.