Dr. Zhanxi FAN
PhD (Nanyang Technological University)
Assistant Professor of Department of Chemistry
Research Interests
- Materials chemistry
- Nanoscience
- Metal nanomaterials
- Crystal phase control
- Catalysis
- Energy conversion
Dr. Zhanxi FAN received his B.S. degree
(2010) in Chemistry from Jilin University (China), where he investigated
the composites of conjugated polymers and quantum dots under the guidance
of Prof. Bai Yang and Prof. Hao Zhang. Then he completed his Ph.D. (2015)
in Materials Chemistry from Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
under the supervision of Prof. Hua Zhang. During the Ph.D. study, he
developed new strategies for the crystal phase-controlled synthesis and
applications of noble metal nanomaterials. Afterwards, he spent a few
years as Project Officer/Research Fellow/Postdoc Fellow in Nanyang
Technological University with Prof. Hua Zhang and Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory (USA) with Prof. Haimei Zheng. In November 2019, he
joined City University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor. His
research interest lies in the fields of materials chemistry, nanoscience,
catalysis, and energy conversion. Currently, his research projects mainly
include the controlled synthesis of novel metal nanomaterials, designed
preparation of functional metal-based heteronanostructures, and catalytic
conversion of small molecules. Dr. FAN has been listed as a “Highly Cited
Researcher” by Clarivate Analytics in both 2018 and 2019.
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Selected Publications
(* Corresponding Author, # Co-first Author)
(Full
publication list is available here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GpKEA6wAAAAJ&hl=zh-TW
)
- Shiyao Lu, Jinzhe Liang, Huiwu Long, Huangxu Li,
Xichen Zhou, Zhen He, Ye Chen, Hongyan Sun,
Zhanxi Fan*
& Hua Zhang*, Crystal phase control of gold
nanomaterials by wet-chemical synthesis,
Acc. Chem. Res. 2020, DOI:
10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00487.
- Huangxu Li, Xichen Zhou, Wei Zhai, Shiyao
Lu, Jinzhe Liang, Zhen He, Huiwu Long, Tengfei
Xiong, Hongyan Sun, Qiyuan He,*
Zhanxi Fan*
& Hua Zhang*, Phase engineering of nanomaterials
for clean energy and catalytic applications,
Adv. Energy Mater. 10,
2002019 (2020).
- Zhanxi Fan,
Michel Bosman, Zhiqi Huang, Ye Chen, Chongyi Ling,
Lin Wu, Yuriy A. Akimov, Robert Laskowski, Bo Chen,
Peter Ercius, Jian Zhang, Xiaoying Qi, Min Hao Goh,
Yiyao Ge, Zhicheng Zhang, Wenxin Niu, Jinlan Wang,
Haimei Zheng* & Hua Zhang*, Heterophase fcc-2H-fcc
gold nanorods, Nature Commun.
11, 3293 (2020).
- Ye Chen #, Zhuangchai Lai #, Xiao Zhang #,
Zhanxi Fan #,
Qiyuan He #, Chaoliang Tan & Hua Zhang*, Phase
engineering of nanomaterials, Nature
Rev. Chem. 4, 243-256
(2020). (# Co-first Author)
- Zhanxi Fan,
Xiao Huang, Ye Chen, Wei Huang & Hua Zhang*,
Facile synthesis of gold nanomaterials with
unusual crystal structures, Nature
Protoc. 12, 2367-2378
(2017).
- Zhanxi Fan,
Michel Bosman, Xiao Huang, Ding Huang, Yi Yu,
Khuong P Ong, Yuriy A Akimov, Lin Wu, Bing Li,
Jumiati Wu, Ying Huang, Qing Liu, Ching Eng Png,
Chee Lip Gan, Peidong Yang* & Hua Zhang*,
Stabilization of 4H hexagonal phase in gold
nanoribbons, Nature Commun.
6, 7684 (2015).
- Zhanxi
Fan, Xiao Huang, Yu Han, Michel
Bosman, Qingxiao Wang, Yihan Zhu, Qing Liu, Bing
Li, Zhiyuan Zeng, Jumiati Wu, Wenxiong Shi,
Shuzhou Li, Chee Lip Gan & Hua Zhang*, Surface
modification-induced phase transformation of
hexagonal close-packed gold square sheets,
Nature Commun. 6,
6571 (2015).
- Zhanxi Fan
& Hua Zhang*, Crystal phase-controlled
synthesis, properties and applications of noble
metal nanomaterials, Chem. Soc. Rev.
45, 63-82 (2016).
- Zhanxi Fan
& Hua Zhang*, Template synthesis of noble metal
nanocrystals with unusual crystal structures and
their catalytic applications, Acc.
Chem. Res. 49, 2841-2850
(2016).
- Zhanxi
Fan, Zhimin Luo, Xiao Huang,
Bing Li, Ye Chen, Jie Wang, Yanling Hu & Hua
Zhang*, Synthesis of 4H/fcc noble multimetallic
nanoribbons for electrocatalytic hydrogen
evolution reaction, J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 138, 1414-1419
(2016).
- Zhanxi Fan,
Xiao Zhang, Jian Yang, Xue-Jun Wu, Zhengdong
Liu, Wei Huang & Hua Zhang*, Synthesis of
4H/fcc-Au@metal sulfide core–shell nanoribbons,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137,
10910-10913 (2015).
- Ye Chen #,
Zhanxi Fan #, Jiong Wang
#, Chongyi Ling #, Wenxin Niu, Zhiqi Huang,
Guigao Liu, Bo Chen, Zhuangchai Lai, Xiaozhi
Liu, Bing Li, Yun Zong, Lin Gu, Jinlan Wang,*
Xin Wang* & Hua Zhang*, Ethylene selectivity in
electrocatalytic CO2 reduction on Cu
nanomaterials: a crystal phase-dependent study,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. DOI:
10.1021/jacs.0c04981 (2020). (# Co-first
Author)
- Zhanxi Fan,
Yihan Zhu, Xiao Huang, Yu Han, Qingxiao Wang,
Qing Liu, Ying Huang, Chee Lip Gan & Hua Zhang*,
Synthesis of ultrathin face-centered-cubic Au@Pt
and Au@Pd core–shell nanoplates from hexagonal
close- packed Au square sheets,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 54,
5672-5676 (2015).
- Ye Chen #,
Zhanxi Fan #, Zhimin Luo
#, Xiaozhi Liu, Zhuangchai Lai, Bing Li, Yun
Zong, Lin Gu & Hua Zhang*, High-yield synthesis
of crystal-phase-heterostructured 4H/fcc Au@Pd
core–shell nanorods for electrocatalytic ethanol
oxidation, Adv. Mater.
29, 1701331 (2017). (# Co-first
Author)
- Peifeng Li, Ying Han, Xiao Zhou,
Zhanxi Fan,
Shang Xu, Ke Cao, Fanling Meng, Libo Gao, Jun
Song,* Hua Zhang* & Yang Lu*, Thermal effect and
Rayleigh instability of ultrathin 4H hexagonal
gold nanoribbons, Matter
2, 658-665 (2020).
- Wenxin Niu, Jiawei Liu, Jingtao Huang, Bo
Chen, Qiyuan He, An-Liang Wang, Qipeng Lu, Ye
Chen, Qinbai Yun, Jie Wang, Cuiling Li, Ying
Huang, Zhuangchai Lai,
Zhanxi Fan, Xue-Jun Wu &
Hua Zhang*, Unusual 4H-phase twinned noble metal
nanokites, Nature Commun.
10, 2881 (2019).
- Ye Chen,
Zhanxi Fan, Zhicheng Zhang,
Wenxin Niu, Cuiling Li, Nailiang Yang, Bo Chen &
Hua Zhang*, Two-dimensional metal nanomaterials:
synthesis, properties, and applications,
Chem. Rev. 118, 6409-6455
(2018).
- Qipeng Lu, An-Liang Wang, Yue Gong, Wei Hao,
Hongfei Cheng, Junze Chen, Bing Li, Nailiang
Yang, Wenxin Niu, Jie Wang, Yifu Yu, Xiao Zhang,
Ye Chen,
Zhanxi Fan, Xue-Jun Wu, Jinping
Chen, Jun Luo, Shuzhou Li, Lin Gu* & Hua Zhang*,
Crystal phase-based epitaxial growth of hybrid
noble metal nanostructures on 4H/fcc Au
nanowires, Nature Chem.
10, 456-461 (2018).
- Shuang Yang, Wenxin Niu, Anliang Wang, Bing
Li, Zhanxi Fan,
Bo Chen, Chaoliang Tan, Qipeng Lu & Hua Zhang*,
Ultrathin two-dimensional organic–inorganic
hybrid perovskite nanosheets with bright,
tunable photoluminescence and high stability,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
56, 4252-4255 (2017).
- Nailiang Yang, Zhicheng Zhang, Bo Chen, Ying
Huang, Junze Chen, Zhuangchai Lai, Ye Chen,
Melinda Sindoro, Anliang Wang, Hongfei Cheng,
Zhanxi Fan,
Xiaozhi Liu, Bing Li, Yun Zong, Lin Gu & Hua
Zhang*, Synthesis of ultrathin PdCu alloy
nanosheets used as highly efficient
electrocatalyst for formic acid oxidation,
Adv. Mater. 29,
1700769 (2017).
- Zhicheng Zhang, Ye Liu, Bo Chen, Yue
Gong, Lin Gu,
Zhanxi Fan, Nailiang Yang,
Zhuangchai Lai, Ye Chen, Jie Wang, Ying Huang,
Melinda Sindoro, Wenxin Niu, Bing Li, Yun Zong,
Yanhui Yang, Xiao Huang, Fengwei Huo, Wei Huang
& Hua Zhang*, Submonolayered Ru deposited on
ultrathin Pd nanosheets used for enhanced
catalytic applications, Adv. Mater.
28, 10282-10286 (2016).
- Zhicheng Zhang, Zhimin Luo, Bo Chen,
Chao Wei, Jian Zhao, Junze Chen, Xiao Zhang,
Zhuangchai Lai,
Zhanxi Fan, Chaoliang
Tan, Meiting Zhao, Qipeng Lu, Bing Li, Yun Zong,
Chengcheng Yan, Guoxiong Wang, Zhichuan J. Xu* &
Hua Zhang*, One-pot synthesis of highly
anisotropic five-fold-twinned PtCu nanoframes
used as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for
oxygen reduction and methanol oxidation,
Adv. Mater. 28, 8712-8717
(2016).
- Jianwei Miao, Fang-Xing Xiao, Hong Bin Yang,
Si Yun Khoo, Jiazang Chen,
Zhanxi Fan,
Ying-Ya Hsu, Hao Ming Chen, Hua Zhang* & Bin
Liu*, Hierarchical Ni-Mo-S nanosheets on carbon
fiber cloth: a flexible electrode for efficient
hydrogen generation in neutral electrolyte,
Science Adv. 1,
e1500259 (2015).
- Xiehong Cao, Bing Zheng, Wenhui Shi,
Jian Yang,
Zhanxi Fan, Zhimin Luo, Xianhong
Rui, Bo Chen, Qingyu Yan & Hua Zhang*, Reduced
graphene oxide-wrapped MoO3 composites prepared
by using metal–organic frameworks as precursor
for all-solid-state flexible supercapacitors,
Adv. Mater. 27,
4695-4701 (2015).
- Xun Hong, Chaoliang Tan, Juqing Liu,
Jian Yang, Xue-Jun Wu,
Zhanxi Fan, Zhimin Luo,
Junze Chen, Xiao Zhang, Bo Chen & Hua Zhang*,
AuAg nanosheets assembled from ultrathin AuAg
nanowires, J. Am. Chem. Soc.
137, 1444-1447 (2015).
- Junze Chen, Xue‐Jun Wu, Lisha Yin, Bing Li,
Xun Hong,
Zhanxi Fan, Bo Chen, Can Xue &
Hua Zhang*, One-pot synthesis of CdS
nanocrystals hybridized with single-layer
transition-metal dichalcogenide nanosheets for
efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
54, 1210-1214 (2015).
- Wei Ai, Zhimin Luo, Jian Jiang,
Jianhui Zhu, Zhuzhu Du,
Zhanxi Fan,
Linghai Xie, Hua Zhang, Wei Huang* & Ting Yu*,
Nitrogen and sulfur codoped graphene:
multifunctional electrode materials for
high‐performance Li‐ion batteries and oxygen
reduction reaction, Adv. Mater.
26, 6186-6192 (2014).
- Xun Hong, Juqing Liu, Bing Zheng, Xiao
Huang, Xiao Zhang, Chaoliang Tan, Junze Chen,
Zhanxi Fan
& Hua Zhang*, A universal method for preparation
of noble metal nanoparticle‐decorated transition
metal dichalcogenide nanobelts, Adv.
Mater. 26, 6250-6254
(2014).
- Dongliang Chao, Xinhui Xia, Jilei Liu,
Zhanxi Fan,
Chin Fan Ng, Jianyi Lin, Hua Zhang, Ze Xiang
Shen* & Hong Jin Fan*, A V2O5/conductive‐polymer
core/shell nanobelt array on three‐dimensional
graphite foam: A high‐rate, ultrastable, and
freestanding cathode for lithium‐ion batteries,
Adv. Mater. 26,
5794-5800 (2014).
- Xiao Huang, Zhiyuan Zeng, Shuyu Bao,
Mengfei Wang, Xiaoying Qi,
Zhanxi Fan
& Hua Zhang*, Solution-phase epitaxial growth of
noble metal nanostructures on dispersible
single-layer molybdenum disulfide nanosheets,
Nature Commun. 4,
1444 (2013).
- Zhiyuan Zeng, Ting Sun, Jixin Zhu, Xiao
Huang, Zongyou Yin, Gang Lu,
Zhanxi Fan,
Qingyu Yan, Huey Hoon Hng, Hua Zhang*, An
effective method for the fabrication of
few-layer-thick inorganic nanosheets,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51,
9052-9056 (2012).
- Xiao Huang, Zhiyuan Zeng,
Zhanxi Fan,
Juqing Liu & Hua Zhang*, Graphene‐based
electrodes, Adv. Mater.
24, 5979-6004 (2012).