Xia Chenghui
Basic information：Associate Professor, Department of New Energy Materials and Devices
Email: c.xia@ouc.edu.cn
Personal Webpage: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5087-8805
Research Interests: My research interests focus on the synthesis and optoelectronic properties of functional semiconductor nanocrystals and their application in green energy conversion.
Biography: Dr. Chenghui Xia enrolled in Hainan University and started his 4-year Bachelor in Polymer Materials and Engineering in 2007. In 2011, he started his master’s research in the Ocean University of China under the supervision of prof. dr. Lixin Cao. In 2014, he began to pursue his PhD degree in Utrecht University under the supervision of dr. Celso de Mello Donegá, prof. dr. Andries Meijerink and prof. dr. Han C. Gerritsen. During his PhD, he focused on the synthesis and optical properties of Cu-based (hetero)nanocrystals. After graduation in February 2019, he continued postdoctoral research on single dot spectroscopy on luminescent nanocrystals in LP2N, Bordeaux under the supervision of prof. dr. Brahim Lounis. In October 2022, he joined in the Ocean University of China as an associate professor.
Projects:
2024-2026, The Excellent Youth Science Fund Project Shandong China, director
2024-2026, Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation Youth Project, director
2023-2025, The TaiShan Scholars of Shandong China Young Professionals, director
2023-2025, Natural Science Foundation of Qingdao Youth Project, director
2023-2025, The 73rd China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, director
2023-2025, Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Qingdao, director
2023-2025, The Ocean University of China Start-Up Funding, director
Research output (selected publications): https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5087-8805
After joining OUC
(1) Wang, G.; Sun, X.; Meng, X.; Zhao, H.; Li, H.; Dong, B.; Xia, C.*; Cao, L.* TiO2/ZnIn2S4/Cu-doped CdIn2S4 dual-interface heterojunction for achieving efficient catalytic oxidation of H2S. Surfaces and Interfaces 2025, 56, 105634.
(2) Chen, H.; Xu, Z.; Shi, Z.; Zhao, F.; Cao, L.; Dong, B.*; Xia, C.* Bright colloidal gallium-doped CuInS2 quantum dots for luminescent solar concentrators. Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 14794-14797.
(3) Guan, Z.; Chen, Q.; Liu, L.; Xia, C.*; Cao, L.*; Dong, B.* Heterointerface MnO2/RuO2 with rich oxygen vacancies for enhanced oxygen evolution in acidic media. Nanoscale 2024, 16, 10325-10332.
(4) Wang, R.; Hao, Z.; Li, H.; Gu, C.*; Xia, C.*; Dong, B.; Cao, L.* Plasma-enhanced Ni atom-modulated Co-OH to promote surface charge transfer of CuWO4 photoanode for efficient solar hydrogen evolution. Surfaces and Interfaces 2024, 48, 104269.
(5) Wang, G.; Sun, X.; Xia, C.*; Li, H.*; Dong, B.*; Cao, L.* Sulfur Poisoning-Resistant TiO2/Cu-Doped ZnIn2S4 Photoanode for Achieving Efficient Sulfur Oxidation. Colloids Surf. Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 2024, 689, 133656.
Before joining OUC
(1) Prin, E.#; Xia, C.#; Won, Y.-H.; Jang, E.; Goupalov, S. V.; Tamarat, P.; Lounis, B. Revealing the Band-Edge Exciton Fine Structure of Single InP Nanocrystals. Nano Letters, 2023, 23, 6067-6072.
(2) Xia, C.; Tamarat, P; Hou L.; Busatto, S.; Meeldijk, J. D.; de Mello Donega, C.; Lounis, B., Unraveling the Emission Pathways in Copper Indium Sulfide Quantum Dots. ACS Nano, 2021, 15, 17573–17581.
(3) Xia, C.; # van Oversteeg, C. H. M.; # Bogaards, V. C. L.; Spanjersberg, T. H. M.; Visser, N. L.; Berends, A. C.; de Jongh, P. E.; Meeldijk, J. D.; de Mello Donega, C., Synthesis and Formation Mechanism of Cu2−xS/CuInS2 Heteronanocrystals via Seeded-Injection. ACS Nano, 2021, 15, 9987–9999.
(4) Xia, C.; Adrian Pedrazo-Tardajos, A.; Wang, D.; Johannes D. Meeldijk, J. D.; Gerritsen, H. C.; Bals, S.; de Mello Donega, C., Seeded Growth Combined with Cation Exchange for the Synthesis of Anisotropic Cu2−xS/ZnS, Cu2−xS and CuInS2 Nanorods. Chemistry of Materials, 2021, 33, 102−116.
(5) Xia, C.; Wang, W.; Du, L.; Rabouw, F. T.; J. van den Heuvel, D.; Gerritsen, H. C.; Mattoussi, H.; de Mello Donega, C. Förster Resonance Energy Transfer between Colloidal CuInS2/ZnS Quantum Dots and Dark Quenchers. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2020, 124, 1717–1731.
(6) Xia, C.; Winckelmans, N.; Prins, P. T.; Bals, S.; Gerritsen, H. C. and de Mello Donega, C.; Near-Infrared-Emitting CuInS2/ZnS Dot-in-Rod Colloidal Heteronanorods by Seeded Growth. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 5755–5763.
(7) Xia, C.; Wu, W.; Yu T.; Xie, X.; van Oversteeg, C. H. M.; Gerritsen, H. C. and de Mello Donega, C. Size-Dependent Band-Gap and Molar Absorption Coefficients of Colloidal CuInS2 Quantum Dots. ACS Nano, 2018, 12, 8350–8361.
(8) Xia, C.; Meeldijk, J. D.; Gerritsen, H. C. and de Mello Donega, C.; Highly Luminescent Water-Dispersible NIR-Emitting Wurtzite CuInS2/ZnS Core/Shell Colloidal Quantum Dots. Chemistry of Materials, 2017, 29, 4940–4951.
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