Xiao-Dong Zhou

Special Advisor to UConn President in Sustainability

Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Professor in Sustainable Energy

Nicholas E. Madonna Chair in Sustainability

Director, Center for Clean Energy Engineering

Professor

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Education

• Ph.D.  – University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO, 2001 (Currently Missouri University of Science and Technology)
• MS – East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, 1997
• BS – East China Univ. of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, 1994

Research Focus

• Clean Energy
• Sustainability

Awards and Honors

• 2021 Fellow of the Electrochemical Society
• 2020, 2021, 2022 Researcher of The Year  – Office of Vice President for Research, Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette
• 2021 – Present Technical Editor – ECS Advances The Electrochemical Society (ECS)
• 2019 – Present Technical Editor – Journal of The Electrochemical Society
• 2018 – Present Associate Editor: International Journal of Ceramic Engineering and Science
• 2012 Breakthrough Rising Star, University of South Carolina
• 2011 Young Faculty Award (YFA) – U.S. Department of Defense – DARPA
• 2011 Indo-American Frontiers of Engineering (IA-FOE) Agra, India
• 2011 – Present Associate Editor: Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Publications

Z He, J Goulas, E Parker, Y Sun, X Zhou, L Fei, Review on covalent organic frameworks and derivatives for electrochemical and photocatalytic CO2 reduction, Catalysis Today 409, 103-118, 2023 [Link]

Y Wang, Y Wang, S Sahu, AA Gallo, XD Zhou, Efficient Synthesis of High-Performance Anion Exchange Membranes by Applying Clickable Tetrakis (dialkylamino) phosphonium Cations, Polymers 15 (2), 352, 2023[Link]

E Dogdibegovic, Y Wang, CJ Wright, XD Zhou, Origin for retained activity in Pr2NiO4 while undergoing substantial phase transformation in a long-term solid oxide cell operation, Nano Energy 103, 107684, 2022[Link]

X Wang, Y Zou, Y Zhang, B Marchetti, Y Liu, J Yi, XD Zhou, J Zhang, Tin-based metal organic framework catalysts for high-efficiency electrocatalytic CO2 conversion into formate, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 626, 836-847, 2022

E Dogdibegovic, Y Wang, XD Zhou, Origin for electrochemically driven phase transformation in the oxygen electrode for a solid oxide cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (45), e2203256119, 2022 [Link]

EJ Stelz-Sullivan, JM Racca, JC McCoy, DL Charif, L Islam, XD Zhou, B Marchetti, TNV Karsili, Enhancing STEM Education by Integrating Research and Teaching in Photochemistry: An Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory in Spectroscopy and Photochemistry, Education Sciences 12 (10), 729, 2022 [Link].pdf

Y Wang, B Marchetti, XD Zhou, Call attention to using DRT and EIS to quantify the contributions of solid oxide cell components to the total impedance, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 47 (83), 35437-35448, 2022 [Link]

R He, S Liaw, M Zhou, XD Zhou, H Luo, Environmental evaluation of radioactivity levels and associated radiation hazards in groundwater around the WIPP site, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 242, 113849, 2022[Link] 

E Dogdibegovic, CJ Wright, Y Wang, Q Cai, Y Zhang, G Tian, S Yang, J Yang, B Marchetti, XD Zhou, Toward Understanding Structural Stability in Cu-Substituted (Pr1–x Nd x) 2NiO4+ δ by in Situ and Operando Studies, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 126 (34), 14704-14713, 2022 [Link]

XD Zhou, Y Wang, E Dogdibegovic, High Performance SOFCs with a Superior Stability for Reliable and Durable Power Systems, Univ. of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA (United States), 2022 [Link]

Y Wang, AV Virkar, MM Khonsari, XD Zhou, Theoretical analysis of critical conditions for crack formation and propagation, and optimal operation of SOECs, Journal of The Electrochemical Society 169 (4), 044529, 2022 [Link]

Y Guan, X Zhang, Y Zhang, TNV Karsili, M Fan, Y Liu, B Marchetti, XD Zhou, Achieving high selectivity towards electro-conversion of CO2 using In-doped Bi derived from metal-organic frameworks, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 612, 235-245, 2022  

Y Wang, J Carroll, J Raush, G Arkenberg, E Dogdibegovic, S Swartz, D Daggett, S Singhal, XD Zhou, Hybrid solid oxide fuel cell/gas turbine model development for electric aviation, Energies 15 (8), 2885, 2022  [Link]

CJ Fetrow, C Carugati, XD Zhou, S Wei, Electrochemistry of metal-CO2 batteries: Opportunities and challenges, Energy Storage Materials 45, 911-933, 2022 [Link]

T Nguyen, P Wortman, Z He, J Goulas, H Yan, M Mokhtari, XD Zhou, L Fei, Achieving superhydrophobic surfaces via air-assisted electrospray, Langmuir 38 (9), 2852-2861, 2022 [Link]

J Liu, Y Li, Y Wang, C Xiao, M Liu, X Zhou, H Jiang, C Li, Isolated ultrasmall Bi nanosheets for efficient CO2-to-formate electroreduction, Nano Research 15 (2), 1409-1414, 2022

Y Wang, N Xu, E Dogdibegovic, T Su, AD Brocato, XD Zhou, Role of mixed conducting Pr0. 1Gd0. 1Ce0. 8O1. 9-δ barrier layer on the promotion of SOFC performance, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 47 (3), 1917-1924, 2022 [Link]