中文

Tao Wang

Posted:2025-10-30  Visits:


Professor
Office: Room 4306, Energy Materials Building (Xiang'an Campus of XMU)
Email: twangxm@xmu.edu.cn


Brief Introduction

Ph.D., Xiamen Univ., Xiamen, China (2019)

Exchange Ph.D., MIT, USA (2018-2019)

Post Doc., Xiamen Univ., Xiamen, China (2020-2022)

Reseracher, Tan Kah Kee Innovation Laboratory, Xiamen, China (2022-2024)

Professor, Xiamen Univ. (2024- )


Research Interests

Combining in-situ spectroscopy with molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the microscopic reaction kinetics at electrochemical interfaces, optimize interface design and enable controllable construction in fuel cells, as well as facilitate the electrochemical conversion of small hydrocarbon molecules.


Representative Publications

1. Probing electrolyte effects on cation-enhanced CO2 reduction on copper in acidic media. Nat. Catal. 7,7, 807-817 (2024).

2. Enhancing Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis by Tuning Interfacial Hydrogen Bonds, Nat. Catal., 4, 753–762 (2021).

3. Mechanism of Cations Suppressing Proton Diffusion Kinetics for Electrocatalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2023): e202218669.

4. Reaction Mechanism and Selectivity Tuning of Propene Oxidation at the Electrochemical Interface. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 144, 45, 20895-20902 (2022).

High CO tolerant Ru-based catalysts by constructing oxide blocking layer, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 144, 21, 9292–9301 (2022).

5. Confined Water for Catalysis: Thermodynamic Properties and Reaction Kinetics. Chem. Rev. (2025) DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00274