Hongliang Xin

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Collaborator
Assistant Professor of Virginia Tech University

 

Education:

PhD  2011
Chemical Engineering  
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
 
MSc 2005
Chemical Engineering,
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
 
BS 1996
Chemical Engineering,
Tianjin University, Tianjin China
 

Research Interests:

Structure-Function Relationships in Catalysis

Ab-Initio Multscale Modeling

Electronic/Structural Dynamics at Interfaces

Machine Learning in Catalysts Informatics

Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Catalysis

 Photocatalytic Water Splitting on Plasmonic Nanoassemblies

 

Publications :

Ma, Xianfeng, Zheng Li, Luke E. K. Achenie, and Hongliang Xin. “Machine-LearningAugmented Chemisorption Model for CO2 Electroreduction Catalyst Screening”. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, pp. 3528–3533. 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01660.

 

Ma, Xianfeng et al. “Engineering Complex, Layered Metal Oxides: High-Performance Nickelate Oxide Nanostructures for Oxygen Exchange and Reduction”. In: ACS Catalysis, pp. 4013– 4019. 10.1021/acscatal.5b00756.

 

Öström, H. et al. “Probing the transition state region in catalytic CO oxidation on Ru”. en. In: Science 347.6225, pp. 978–982. 10.1126/science.1261747.

 

Xin, H. et al. “Strong Influence of Coadsorbate Interaction on CO Desorption Dynamics on Ru(0001) Probed by Ultrafast X-Ray Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Simulations”. In: Phys. Rev. Lett. 114.15, p. 156101. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.156101.

 

 Kale, Matthew J., Talin Avanesian, Hongliang Xin, Jun Yan, and Phillip Christopher. “Controlling Catalytic Selectivity on Metal Nanoparticles by Direct Photoexcitation of Adsorbate–Metal Bonds”. In: Nano Lett. 14.9, pp. 5405–5412. 10.1021/nl502571b.

 

Xin, Hongliang, Aleksandra Vojvodic, Johannes Voss, Jens K. Nørskov, and Frank AbildPedersen. “Effects of d-band shape on the surface reactivity of transition-metal alloys”. In: Phys. Rev. B 89.11, p. 115114. 10.1103/PhysRevB.89.115114.

 

Holewinski, Adam, Hongliang Xin, Eranda Nikolla, and Suljo Linic. “Identifying optimal active sites for heterogeneous catalysis by metal alloys based on molecular descriptors and electronic structure engineering”. In: Curr. Opin. Chem. Eng. 2.3, pp. 312–319. 10.1016/j.coche.2013.04.006.

 

Linic, Suljo, Phillip Christopher, Hongliang Xin, and Andiappan Marimuthu. “Catalytic and Photocatalytic Transformations on Metal Nanoparticles with Targeted Geometric and Plasmonic Properties”. In: Acc. Chem. Res. 46.8, pp. 1890–1899. 10.1021/ar3002393.

 

Christopher, Phillip, Hongliang Xin, Andiappan Marimuthu, and Suljo Linic. “Singular characteristics and unique chemical bond activation mechanisms of photocatalytic reactions on plasmonic nanostructures”. en. In: Nat Mater 11.12, pp. 1044–1050. 10.1038/nmat3454.

 

Xin, Hongliang, Adam Holewinski, and Suljo Linic. “Predictive Structure–Reactivity Models for Rapid Screening of Pt-Based Multimetallic Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction”. In: ACS Catal. 2.1, pp. 12–16. 10.1021/cs200462f.

 

Xin, Hongliang, Adam Holewinski, Neil Schweitzer, Eranda Nikolla, and Suljo Linic. “Electronic Structure Engineering in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Identifying Novel Alloy Catalysts Based on Rapid Screening for Materials with Desired Electronic Properties”. en. In: Top Catal 55.5-6, pp. 376–390. 10.1007/s11244-012-9794-2.

 

Christopher, Phillip, Hongliang Xin, and Suljo Linic. “Visible-light-enhanced catalytic oxidation reactions on plasmonic silver nanostructures”. en. In: Nat Chem 3.6, pp. 467–472. 10.1038/nchem.1032.

 

Schweitzer, Neil, Hongliang Xin, Eranda Nikolla, Jeffrey T. Miller, and Suljo Linic. “Establishing Relationships Between the Geometric Structure and Chemical Reactivity of Alloy Catalysts Based on Their Measured Electronic Structure”. In: Top Catal 53.5-6, pp. 348–356. 10.1007/s11244-010-9448-1.

 

Xin, Hongliang and Suljo Linic. “Communications: Exceptions to the d-band model of chemisorption on metal surfaces: The dominant role of repulsion between adsorbate states and metal d-states”. In: J. Chem. Phys. 132.22, pp. 221101–221101–4. 10.1063/1.3437609.

 

 Xin, Hongliang, Neil Schweitzer, Eranda Nikolla, and Suljo Linic. “Communications: Developing relationships between the local chemical reactivity of alloy catalysts and physical characteristics of constituent metal elements”. In: J. Chem. Phys. 132.11, pp. 111101– 111101–4. 10.1063/1.3336015.

 

Xin, Hongliang, Qin Wu, Minghan Han, Dezheng Wang, and Yong Jin. “Alkylation of benzene with 1-dodecene in ionic liquids [Rmim]+Al2Cl6X - (R = butyl, octyl and dodecyl; X = chlorine, bromine and iodine)”. In: Appl. Catal., A 292, pp. 354–361. 10.1016/j.apcata.2005.06.012