Xiao Sun
Basic information: PhD, Lecturer, Department of Polymer Materials and Engineering
E-mail：sunxiao@ouc.edu.cn
Research Interests:
(1) Marine Photoelectric Anti-fouling Materials
(2) Emerging Marine Anti-fouling Technologies
(3) Environmental Catalytic Nanomaterials
Biography:
Education and Work Experience:
2025.07 – Present, Lecturer, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China
2019.08 - 2025.06, PhD. (Integrated Master's and Ph.D. Program), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China
2015. 08 - 2019. 06, Bachelor's Degree, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China
Representative achievements and major achievements
During my Ph.D., I published 6 first-author papers in prestigious journals including Advanced Functional Materials, Nano Energy, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental and Energy, and Materials Today Nano. I participated in 7 research projects (both government-funded and industry-sponsored). I was frequently invited to present oral presentations at academic conferences.
Research Projects:
(1) 2024-2025 the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Host)
(2) 2023-2025 Key Technology Research and Industrialization Demonstration Projects in Qingdao City (Participation)
(3) 2023-2027 National Natural Science Foundation of China General Project (Participation)
(4) 2022-2025 National Natural Science Foundation Joint Fund Project (Participation)
(5) 2019-2023 National Natural Science Foundation of China General Project (Participation)
Representative Papers (Publications in the last 5 years):
1. Xiao Sun, Liting Dong, Jianhua Liu, Tianyuan Hou, Yanan Li, Lei Wang, Xuechen Xu, Shougang Chen*, Regulating Contact Electrification and Charge Retention Capability With Metal–Organic Frameworks in Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Self-Powered Sewage Treatment, Advanced Functional Materials 35 (2025) 2422803.（IF：18.5）
2. Xiao Sun, Liting Dong, Jianhua Liu, Tianyuan Hou, Shougang Chen*, Multi-scale modified PVDF/Ag@C layer based on dielectric doping and plasma treatment for high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators and self-powered water sterilization, Nano Energy 124 (2024) 119511.（IF：16.8）
3. Xiao Sun, Yongjian Liu, Ning Luo, Ying Liu*, Yange Feng, Shougang Chen, Daoai Wang*, Controlling the triboelectric properties and tribological behavior of polyimide materials via plasma treatment, Nano Energy 102 (2022) 107691.（IF：16.8）
4. Xiao Sun, Yange Feng, Bingqiao Wang, Ying Liu*, Zishuai Wu, Di Yang, Youbin Zheng, Jialiang Peng, Min Feng, Daoai Wang*, A new method for the electrostatic manipulation of droplet movement by triboelectric nanogenerator, Nano Energy 86 (2021) 106115.（IF：16.8）
5. Xiao Sun, Liting Dong, Yongjian Liu, Xinglinmao Li, Jianhua Liu, Nannan Wang, Ying Liu, Xiaoyi Li, Daoai Wang, Shougang Chen*, Biomimetic PVA-PVDF-based triboelectric nanogenerator with MXene doping for self-powered water sterilization, Materials Today Nano 24 (2023) 100410.（IF：8.2）
6. Jianhua Liu1, Xiao Sun1, Liting Dong, Tianyuan Hou, Xuechen Xu, Yanan Li, Xicheng Wang, Shougang Chen*, Interlayer Cu²⁺ Modulation of Local Electronic Structures in CuO1-x@Cu-MnO2 Core-Shell Nanoarrays for Synergistic Photothermal Formaldehyde Degradation, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy. 371 (2025) 125279.（Co-first authors，IF：20.3）
7. Liting Dong, Xiao Sun, Wen Li, Jianhua Liu, Tianyuan Hou, Xuechen Xu, Yanan Li, Chunchao Hou, Shougang Chen*, Interfacial Water Harvesting from Air via MIL-101(Cr)@LiCl-Doped Hydrogel for Contact-Electro-Catalytic Antibacterial and Hydrogen Production, Small (2025) 2505598.（IF：12.1）
Research Group Overview
The research group is led by Professor Shougang Chen, a PhD supervisor of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Ocean University of China. He is recognized as an outstanding talent in the new century by the Ministry of Education, and has been a visiting scholar at Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States and the University of Calgary in Canada. He is also an award-winning supervisor for excellent graduate students in Shandong Province, and currently serves as the director of Qingdao Key Laboratory of Materials for Extreme Environments. His research focuses on the development and application of new marine materials and their protective technologies. He conducts research in various areas including anti-fouling functional materials, antibacterial biomaterials, self-healing corrosion-resistant materials, photoelectric catalytic materials, air purification materials, and microbial corrosion. The research group currently consists of over 50 PhD and master's degree candidates. The team possesses comprehensive equipment and research infrastructure for the preparation and mechanistic study of marine protective materials, capable of meeting the needs for the design, development, and research projects of marine functional protective materials.
