Xiaodong ZHUANG

  • Professor

  • Email address: zhuang@sjtu.edu.cn

  • EDUCATION

  • WORKING EXPERIENCE

  • RESEARCH

  • HONORS AND AWARDS

  • PUBLICATIONS

  • 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.