Education
2009-2013，Hunan Normal University，Chemistry，Bachelor
2013-2016，University of Chinese Academy of Sciences，Polymer Chemistry and Physics，Master
2017-2022，Shanghai Jiao Tong University，Chemistry，Ph.D
Work Experience
2022-2025，School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, SJTU，Postdoctoral Researcher
2025-Pres.，Global Institute of Future Technology, SJTU，Assistant Research Professor
Research Fields
Polymer synthesis and its functional materials
Honors and Awards
Recipient of the Shanghai Super Postdoctoral Incentive Program
Outstanding Student Award, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Selected Publications (10 selected in last 3 years)
Zhi Xu, Tianyu Xiao, Yinghua Li, Yi Pan, Chen Li, Pan Liu, Qing Xu, Feng Tian, Liang Wu, Fugui Xu, Yiyong Mai. Assessing the effect of a Schwarz P surface on the oxygen electroreduction performance of porous single-atom catalysts. Adv. Mater. 2025, 37, 2416204.
Zhi Xu, Le Li, Xiaoxia Chen, Chenhong Fang, Guyu Xiao. Mesoporous zeolitic imidazolate frameworks. CCS Chem. 2022, 4, 2906.
Zhi Xu, Le Li, Chenhong Fang, Guyu Xiao. Hierarchically porous doped carbons fabricated by the strategy of the ion transfer coordination (ITC). J. Mater. Chem. A 2022, 10, 9129.
Zhi Xu, Le Li, Xiaoxia Chen, Guyu Xiao. N,S-Codoped mesoporous carbons derived from polymer micelle-based assemblies for the oxygen reduction reaction. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2021, 4, 1954.
Zhi Xu, Hongsheng Liu, Peihui Han, Yujun Feng. CO2-induced viscoelastic fluids based on a C22-tailed tertiary amine under different pressure and temperature. Colloids and Surfaces A 2023, 676, 132212.
Eder Amayuelas1, Zhi Xu1,*, Le Li, Paul Iacomi, Yaroslav Grosu*. On the hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity of hierarchically porous ZIFs. Micropor. Mesopor. Mat. 2025, 387, 113513.
