Xiaoqian WEI

• 2021.9 School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University (Ph.D. Program)
• 2021.6 Graduated from Chemistry College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, P. R. China
• 2018.6 Graduated from Chemistry College of Chemistry & Environmental Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, P. R. China

Mesoporous metal-based single-atom alloy for electrocatalysis and biocatalysis

• Near-100% site utilization of single atoms for ef cient electrocatalysis. Xiaoqian Wei, Meng An, Xiannong Tang, Jiamin Wei, Peng Yan, Yiwei Qiu, Dong Jiang, Yusuke Asakura, Xiaokai Song, Toru Asahi, Chengzhou Zhu, Yusuke Yamauchi. Nature Communications, 17(1), 1013, (2026)
• Precise positioning of Au islands within mesoporous Pd–Pt nanoparticles for plasmon-enhanced methanol oxidation. Liyang Zhu, Yunqing Kang, Miharu Eguchi, Yingji Zhao, Dong Jiang, Xiaoqian Wei, Xingtao Xu, Kenta Nakagawa, Toru Asahi, Tokihiko Yokoshima, Yusuke Yamauchi. Chemical Science, 16(19), 8309-8318, (2025)
• Bridged Pt−OH−Mn Mediator in N-coordinated Mn Single Atoms and Pt Nanoparticles for Electrochemical Biomolecule Oxidation and Discrimination. Xiaoqian Wei, Yanjuan Lin, Zhenwei Wu, Yiwei Qiu, Yinjun Tang, Miharu Eguchi, Toru Asahi, Yusuke Yamauchi, Chengzhou Zhu. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 63(31), e202405571, (2024)
• Enhancing Electrocatalytic Performance via Thickness-Tuned Hollow N-Doped Mesoporous Carbon with Embedded Co Nanoparticles for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Yingji Zhao, Liyang Zhu, Jing Tang, Lei Fu, Dong Jiang, Xiaoqian Wei, Hiroki Nara, Toru Asahi, Yusuke Yamauchi. ACS Nano, 18(1), 373-382, (2024)
• Pt Nanoparticle–Mn Single-Atom Pairs for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction. Xiaoqian Wei, Shaojia Song, Weiwei Cai, Yunqing Kang, Qie Fang, Ling Ling, Yingji Zhao, Zexing Wu, Xiaokai Song, Xingtao Xu, Sameh M. Osman, Weiyu Song, Toru Asahi, Yusuke Yamauchi, Chengzhou Zhu. ACS Nano, 18(5), 4308-4319, (2024)
• Mesoporous amorphous non-noble metals as versatile substrates for high loading and uniform dispersion of Pt-group single atoms. Yunqing Kang, Shuangjun Li, Ovidiu Cretu, Koji Kimoto, Yingji Zhao, Liyang Zhu, Xiaoqian Wei, Lei Fu, Dong Jiang, Chao Wan, Bo Jiang, Toru Asahi, Dieqing Zhang, Hexing Li, Yusuke Yamauchi. Science Advances, 10(25), eado2442, (2024)
• Tuning iron spin states in single-atom nanozymes enables efficient peroxidase mimicking. Xiaoqian Wei, Shaojia Song, Weiyu Song, Yating Wen, Weiqing Xu, Yifeng Chen, Zhichao Wu, Ying Qin, Lei Jiao, Yu Wu, Meng Sha, Jiajia Huang, Xiaoli Cai, Lirong Zheng, Liuyong Hu, Wenling Gu, Miharu Eguchi, Toru Asahi, Yusuke Yamauchi, Chengzhou Zhu. Chemical Science, 13(45), 13574-13581, (2022)
• Recent advances in synergistically enhanced single-atomic site catalysts for boosted oxygen reduction reaction. Xiaoqian Wei, Xin Luo, Nannan Wu, Wenling Gu, Yuehe Lin, Chengzhou Zhu. Nano Energy, 84, 105817, (2021)
• Synergistically enhanced single-atomic site Fe by Fe3C@C for boosted oxygen reduction in neutral electrolyte. Xiaoqian Wei, Shaojia Song, Nannan Wu, Xin Luo, Lirong Zheng, Lei Jiao, Hengjia Wang, Qie Fang, Liuyong Hu, Wenling Gu, Weiyu Song, Chengzhou Zhu. Nano Energy, 84, 105840, (2021)
• Fe3C-Assisted Single Atomic Fe Sites for Sensitive Electrochemical Biosensing. Xiaoqian Wei, Shaojia Song, Weiyu Song, Weiqing Xu, Lei Jiao, Xin Luo, Nannan Wu, Hongye Yan, Xiaosi Wang, Wenling Gu, Lirong Zheng, Chengzhou Zhu. Analytical Chemistry, 93(12), 5334-5342, (2021)
• Neutral Zn‐Air Battery Assembled with Single‐Atom Iridium Catalysts for Sensitive Self‐Powered Sensing System. Xin Luo, Min Yang, Weiyu Song, Qie Fang, Xiaoqian Wei, Lei Jiao, Weiqing Xu, Yikun Kang, Hengjia Wang, Nannan Wu, Wenling Gu, Lirong Zheng, Liuyong Hu, Chengzhou Zhu. Advanced Functional Materials, 31(24), 2101193, (2021)
• Efficient Z-Scheme Heterostructure Based on TiO2/Ti3C2Tx/Cu2O to Boost Photoelectrochemical Response for Ultrasensitive Biosensing. Guojuan Chen, Hengjia Wang, Xiaoqian Wei, Yu Wu, Wenling Gu, Liuyong Hu, Dacheng Xu, Chengzhou Zhu. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 312, 127951, (2020)
• Interface engineering for enhancing electrocatalytic oxygen evolution of NiFe LDH/NiTe heterostructures. Liuyong Hu, Xiong Zeng, Xiaoqian Wei, Hengjia Wang, Yu Wu, Wenling Gu, Le Shi, Chengzhou Zhu. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 273, 119014, (2020)
• Modulating Interfacial Electronic Structure of CoNi LDH Nanosheets with Ti3C2Tx MXene for Enhancing Water Oxidation Catalysis. Liuyong Hu, Minyi Li, Xiaoqian Wei, Hengjia Wang, Yu Wu, Jing Wen, Wenling Gu, Chengzhou Zhu. Chemical Engineering Journal, 398, 125605, (2020)
• Efficient BiVO4 Photoanode Decorated with Ti3C2TX MXene for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Sensing of Hg(II) ion. Qianqian Jiang, Hengjia Wang, Xiaoqian Wei, Yu Wu, Wenling Gu, Liuyong Hu, Chengzhou Zhu. Analytica Chimica Acta, 1119, 11-17, (2020)
• Three-Dimensional Amorphous NiCoFe Nanowire@Nanosheets Catalysts for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Xiaoqian Wei, Xin Luo, Zhikun Xu, Yu Wu, Hengjia Wang, Wenling Gu, Chengzhou Zhu. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 167(6), 064514, (2020)
• Hexamine-Coordination-Framework-Derived Co–N-doped Carbon Nanosheets for Robust Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Xin Luo, Xiaoqian Wei, Hengjia Wang, Yu Wu, Wenling Gu, Chengzhou Zhu. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 8(26), 9721-9730, (2020)
• Secondary-Atom-Doping Enables Robust Fe–N–C Single-Atom Catalysts with Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Xin Luo, Xiaoqian Wei, Hengjia Wang, Wenling Gu, Takuma Kaneko, Yusuke Yoshida, Xiao Zhao, Chengzhou Zhu. Nano-Micro Letters, 12(1), 163, (2020)
• Different cationic surfactants-modified silica nanoparticles for Pickering emulsions. Xiao-Qian Wei, Wan-Ju Zhang, Lu Lai, Ping Mei, Li-Mei Wu, Yan-Qun Wang. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 291, 111341, (2019)
• Highly-Defective Fe-N-C Catalysts towards pH-Universal Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Xiaoqian Wei, Xin Luo, Hengjia Wang, Wenling Gu, Weiwei Cai, Yuehe Lin, Chengzhou Zhu. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 263, 118347, (2019)
• Single-Atom Ir-Anchored 3D Amorphous NiFe Nanowire@Nanosheets for Boosted Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Xin Luo, Xiaoqian Wei, Hong Zhong, Hengjia Wang, Yu Wu, Qi Wang, Wenling Gu, Meng Gu, Scott P. Beckman, Chengzhou Zhu. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(3), 3539-3546, (2019)