Professor
Email address: zhuang@sjtu.edu.cn
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2002-2006 East China University of Science and Technology BsE
2006-2011 East China University of Science and Technology PhD
2008-2008 National University of Singapore Exchange Student
2011-2014 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Postdoc
2012-2013 Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP, Germany), Postdoc
2014-2017 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Assistant Professor
2015-2016 Dresden University of Technology (TUD, Germany), Research Group Leader
2017-2018 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Associate Professor
2018-NOW Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Full Professor
He has published 300+ peer-reviewed scientific articles (citations over 27000, H-index: 77), including Nature, Nat. Chem., Adv. Mater., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., etc. He serves as editor board member for Acta Chimica Sinica, Polym. Sci & Tech., Polymers, and J. Funct. Polym. and is the member of American Chemical Society (Polymer Chemistry Division), Chinese Chemical Society and The Electrochemical Society (USA). He on-line and in-house reviews scientific fundings for NSFC/MOST/MoE of China and on-line reviews fundings from Germany, Singapore, Italy, Poland and Sweden.
Our research interests:
A)2D Polymers: COFs can be typically synthesized by dynamic and reversible covalent-bond-forming reactions, which enable self-correction of any structural defects that form during the reaction. Unfortunately, most COFs have limited chemical stability and tend to decompose under ambient conditions. The synthesis of 2D COFs based on unsaturated C=C linkages remain a great challenge due to the lack of suitable synthetic protocols. For the first time, in 2016, we reported the breakthrough synthesis of a 2D conjugated COF based on olefin (C=C) linkages using the Knoevenagel condensation reaction, which form as crystalline flakes up to 100 µm long. This work has been highlighted by many leading groups in top journals, including the COFs founder Prof. Omar Yaghi (see above citation). Since 2016, C=C linkage-based COFs has become the sixth linkage of COFs and a brand-new research field for 2D polymers and COFs communities.
B)Anion-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis: Benefiting from our patented technology on anion-exchange membranes (AEM), we started a spin-off for AEM water electrolysis (WE) powered by 100% green electricity. So far, we can provide AEM WE from 30 kW, 200 kW to several MW in China and have customers throughout the scientific and industrial communities.
C)All-Solid-State Li Batteries
11. 2024 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers (2020-2024)
10. 2024 The Young Scientists Committee of World Laureates Forum (2021-2024)
08. 2022 IAAM Fellow (Stockholm, Sweden)
05. 2019 IAAM Medal Award (Stockholm, Sweden)
05. 2019 Shanghai 1000 Talents
03. 2019 RSC JMCA Emerging Investigators
02. 2019 Chinese Chemical Society-Chinese Young Chemist: Cm endorsement
01. 2019 Science Award II (Ministry of Education of China)
04. 2018 Shanghai Pujiang Talents
01. 2018 SJTU “Li Lanxin Excellent Young Teacher”
07. 2017 NSFC for Excellent Young Scholars
11. 2016 Hitachi Chemistry Award Lecture (Tokyo, Japan)
03. 2016 SJTU “Y. Ryoji-Excellent Scientific Research Award”
03. 2015 SJTU “SMC-Young Scientists Scholarship”
04. 2014 Award nomination of “National Excellent Doctoral thesis of China”
03. 2013 Excellent PhD thesis of Shanghai
06. 2012 Excellent PhD thesis of ECUST
03. 2011 Honor of excellent PhD graduate of Shanghai
01. 2011 Honorary Title of Excellent Student of ECUST
08. 2010 Shanghai Natural Science-2nd Prize
B. Feng, D. Zhang, Z. Han, P. Shi, P. Yan, J. Zhao, S. Huang, K. Jiang, H. Ji, J. Zhang, J. Zhu, C. Lu, K. Cao, X. Zhuang*, Rational Synthesis of Isomeric Graphdiyne Frameworks towards Single-Ruthenium Catalysts and High-Performance Nitrogen Reduction, Adv. Mater. 2025, 37, 2502980.
S. Huang, P. Yan, Z. Han, H. Wu, Y. Wang, J. Zhang, L. Yuan, S. Fu, G. Wen, J. Zhu, M. Bonn, H. I. Wang, K. Cao, X. Zhuang*, 2D Rhodium-Isocyanide Frameworks, Adv. Mater. 2025, 37, 2502192.
K. Jiang, P. Yan, P. Shi, J. Zhang, X. Chai, Y. Wang, C. Zhu, C. Yang, C. Lu, Y. Liu, K. Cao, X. Zhuang*, Two-dimensional Silver–Isocyanide Frameworks, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64(5), e202417658.
C. Lu, Q. He, S. Huang, P. Shi, Z. Fang, J. Zhang, J. Zhu, T. Wang,* X. Zhuang*, Large Dipole Moment Enhanced CO2 Adsorption on Copper Surface: Achieving 68.9% Catalytic Ethylene Faradaic Efficiency at 1.0 A cm-2, Adv. Mater. 2025, 37(7), 2415092.
J. Zhu, J. Luo, J. Li, S. Huang, H. Geng, Z. Chen, L. Jia, Y. Fu, X. Zhang,* X. Zhuang*, A Porous Li–Al Alloy Anode toward High-Performance Sulfide-Based All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries, Adv. Mater. 2025, 36(39), e2407128.
Z. Wan, Z. Chen, H. Chen, Y. Jiang, J. Zhang, Y. Wang, J. Wang, H. Sun, Z. Zhu, J. Zhu, L. Yang, W. Ye, S. Zhang, X. Xie, Y. Zhang, X. Zhuang*, X. He*, J. Yang*, XRDMatch: a semi-supervised learning framework to efficiently discover room temperature lithium superionic conductors, Energy Environ. Sci. 2024, 17, 9487-9498.
S. Huang, D. Tranca, F. Rodríguez–Hernández, J. Zhang, C. Lu, J. Zhu,* H. W. Liang, X. Zhuang*, Well–defined N3C–anchored Single–metal–sites for Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63(1), e202314833.
B. Feng, X. Chen, P. Yan, S. Huang, C. Lu, H. Ji, J. Zhu, Z. Yang,* K. Cao,* X. Zhuang*, Isomeric Dual-pore Two-dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145(49), 26871 26882.
W. F. Wei, X. Li, K. Jiang, B. Zhang*, X. Zhuang*, T. Cai*, Exploiting Reusable Edge-Functionalized Metal-Free Polyphthalocyanine Networks for Efficient Polymer Synthesis at Near Infrared Wavelengths, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62(24), e202304608.
Y. Zhao, K. Jiang, C. Li, Y. Liu, G. Zhu, M. Pizzochero, E. Kaxiras, D. Guan, Y. Li, H. Zheng, C. Liu, J. Jia, M. Qin, X. Zhuang*, S. Wang*, Realization of quantum nanomagnets in metal-free porphyrins, Nat. Chem. 2023, 15(1), 53-60.