Dr Aoni Xu
Sydney Horizon Fellow
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Dr Aoni Xu is a Lecturer(Sydney Horizon Fellow)with the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Sydney, where she joined in April 2024. Her research aims for a digital revolution in electrocatalysis engineering.
electrocatalysis including green hydrogen production, CO2 conversion, green ammonia synthesis;
DFT calculations;
Microkinetic models;
Mass transfer simulation
CHNG5603 - Advanced Industrial Modelling and Analysis
Autonomous electro-active material discovery for positive climate
Canada | (University of Toronto) Prof Edward Sargent in electrochemical CO2 conversion |
Denmark | (Technical University of Denmark) Prof Jens Norskov and Prof Ib Chorkendorff in electrochemical ammonia synthesis. |
United States | (University of California Berkeley) Prof Digby Macdonald in corrosion modelling and passivation theories. |
| Project title | Research student |
|---|---|
| Electrochemical Integrated system for carbon dioxide capture and conversion | Wei ZHANG |
Publications
Journals
- Hung, S., Xu, A., Wang, X., Li, F., Hsu, S., Li, Y., Wicks, J., Cervantes, E., Rasouli, A., Li, Y., et al (2022). A metal-supported single-atom catalytic site enables carbon dioxide hydrogenation. Nature Communications, 13(1). [More Information]
- Xu, A., Hung, S., Cao, A., Wang, Z., Karmodak, N., Huang, J., Yan, Y., Sedighian Rasouli, A., Ozden, A., Wu, F., et al (2022). Copper/alkaline earth metal oxide interfaces for electrochemical CO
2 -to-alcohol conversion by selective hydrogenation. Nature Catalysis, 5(12), 1081-1088. [More Information] - Xu, Y., Li, F., Xu, A., Edwards, J., Hung, S., Gabardo, C., O’Brien, C., Liu, S., Wang, X., Li, Y., et al (2021). Low coordination number copper catalysts for electrochemical CO2 methanation in a membrane electrode assembly. Nature Communications, 12, 2932. [More Information]
2022
- Hung, S., Xu, A., Wang, X., Li, F., Hsu, S., Li, Y., Wicks, J., Cervantes, E., Rasouli, A., Li, Y., et al (2022). A metal-supported single-atom catalytic site enables carbon dioxide hydrogenation. Nature Communications, 13(1). [More Information]
- Xu, A., Hung, S., Cao, A., Wang, Z., Karmodak, N., Huang, J., Yan, Y., Sedighian Rasouli, A., Ozden, A., Wu, F., et al (2022). Copper/alkaline earth metal oxide interfaces for electrochemical CO
2 -to-alcohol conversion by selective hydrogenation. Nature Catalysis, 5(12), 1081-1088. [More Information]
2021
- Xu, Y., Li, F., Xu, A., Edwards, J., Hung, S., Gabardo, C., O’Brien, C., Liu, S., Wang, X., Li, Y., et al (2021). Low coordination number copper catalysts for electrochemical CO2 methanation in a membrane electrode assembly. Nature Communications, 12, 2932. [More Information]
2020
- Wang, X., Xu, A., Li, F., Hung, S., Nam, D., Gabardo, C., Wang, Z., Xu, Y., Ozden, A., Rasouli, A., et al (2020). Efficient Methane Electrosynthesis Enabled by Tuning Local CO2 Availability. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(7), 3525-3531. [More Information]
- Li, J., Xu, A., Li, F., Wang, Z., Zou, C., Gabardo, C., Wang, Y., Ozden, A., Xu, Y., Nam, D., et al (2020). Enhanced multi-carbon alcohol electroproduction from CO via modulated hydrogen adsorption. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article number 3685. [More Information]
- Wang, Y., Xu, A., Wang, Z., Huang, L., Li, J., Li, F., Wicks, J., Luo, M., Nam, D., Tan, C., et al (2020). Enhanced Nitrate-to-Ammonia Activity on Copper-Nickel Alloys via Tuning of Intermediate Adsorption. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142(12), 5702-5708. [More Information]
2019
- Wang, X., Wang, Z., Zhuang, T., Dinh, C., Li, J., Nam, D., Li, F., Huang, C., Tan, C., Chen, Z., et al (2019). Efficient upgrading of CO to C3 fuel using asymmetric C-C coupling active sites. Nature Communications, 10(1), 5186. [More Information]
- Luo, M., Wang, Z., Li, Y., Li, J., Li, F., Lum, Y., Nam, D., Chen, B., Wicks, J., Xu, A., et al (2019). Hydroxide promotes carbon dioxide electroreduction to ethanol on copper via tuning of adsorbed hydrogen. Nature Communications, 10(1), 5814. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2024
- research theme 4 - Nano Spectrochemical Imaging Platform (NSIP), Li F, Kang K, Xu A, DVC Research/Equipment Grant