Ke Xin Yao
Ke Xin Yao, Professor
Email: kexinyao@cqu.edu.cn
Ke Xin Yao, Ph.D. in Engineering, joined the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies at Chongqing University in 2019, supported by the "Chongqing University Hundred Talents Program". He completed his consecutive bachelor's and master's degrees in Chemical Engineering at Tianjin University from 1996 to 2003 and obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2010. From 2010 to 2019, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher and later as a Research Scientist at the Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia.
To date, he has published over 70+ academic papers in prestigious journals such as Nature Materials, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Chemistry of Materials, and Energy & Environmental Science (EES), with total citations exceeding 6,300.
Research Interests:
Electrochemical Catalysis and Energy Storage, Design and Fabrication of Nanocomposites, Organic/Inorganic Porous Materials, Gas Capture and Separation
Selected Paper:
Chen YY, Ning JY*, Wen YX, Yao KX*, Zhang YX*. Optimization strategies for high-performance aqueous zinc-sulfur batteries: challenges and future. Energy Materials. 2025, 5 (6) 500035.
Zhu ZL, Xiao JF, Zhang M, Wang Y, Yao KX*, Yuan SJ*. Nonpolar microporous Metal-Organic framework decorated with multiple functional sites for efficient Ethane/Ethylene separation. Separation and Purification Technology. 2025, 354, Part1, 128696.
Li YF, Wang YJ, Sun Q, Ning JY, Li L, Liu JK*, Zhang DL*, Yao KX*. Enabling Multicolor Information Encryption: Oleylammonium-Halide-Assisted Reversible Phase Conversion between Cs4PbX6 and CsPbX3 Nanocrystals. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2024, 17 (1): 1596-1604.
Liao SQ, Shu T, Yang X, Li HX, Ma XF, Liu ZH*, Zhang YX*, Yao KX*. Achieving dendrite-free growth of Zn anode by electrodepositing on zincophilic gold-furnished mesh for aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Chemical Communications. 2024, 60 (67): 8928-8931.
Ning JY*, Zhang XP, Xie DJ, He Q, Hu J, Tang JJ, Li R, Meng H*, Yao KX*. Unveiling Phenoxazine's Unique Reversible Two-Electron Transfer Process and Stable Redox Intermediates for High-Performance Aqueous Zinc-ion Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed. 2024, 63(19): e202319796.
Sun Q, Guo ZY, Shu T, Li YF, Li KL, Zhang YX, Li L, Ning JY*, Yao KX*. Lithium-Induced Oxygen Vacancies in MnO2@MXene for High-Performance Zinc-Air Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2024, 16 (10): 12781-12792.
Shu T, Yang X, Huang Z, Qiao M, Ning JY, Li KL, Zhang YX, Li L, Liu X, Yao KX*. A hydrophobic phenolic polymer layer with high-flux Zn2+-specific regular channels for stabilizing aqueous zinc anodes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2024, 12 (8): 4666-4677.
Lei Q, Huang L, Yin J*, Davaasuren B, Yuan Y, Dong X, Wu Z, Wang X, Yao KX, Lu X*, Han Y*. Structural evolution and strain generation of derived-Cu catalysts during CO2 electroreduction. Nature Communications. 2022, 13 (1):1-12.
Shu T, Wang H, Li Q, Feng Z, Wei F, Yao KX*, Sun Z, Qi J, Sui Y. Highly stable Co3O4 nanoparticles/carbon nanosheets array derived from flake-like ZIF-67 as an advanced electrode for supercapacacitor. Chemical Engineering Journal 2021, 419.
Liu J, Song K, Zheng X, Yin J, Yao KX, Chen C, Yang H, Hedhili MN, Zhang W, Han P, Mohammed OF, Han Y*, Bakr OM*. Cyanamide passivation enables robust elemental imaging of metal halide perovskites at atomic resolution. J Phys Chem Lett 2021, 12, (42), 10402-10409.
Chen Y, Jing C, Fu X, Shen M, Li K, Liu X, Yao H-C, Zhang Y*, Yao KX*. Synthesis of porous NiCoS nanosheets with Al leaching on ordered mesoporous carbon for high-performance supercapacitors. Chemical Engineering Journal 2020, 384.
Wang C, Jia S, Zhang Y, Nian Y, Wang Y, Han Y, Liu Y, Ren H, Wu S, Yao KX, Han X. Catalytic reactivity of Co3O4 with different facets in the hydrogen abstraction of phenol by persulfate. Appl Catal B-Environ 2020, 270.
Lei Q, Zhu H, Song K, Wei N, Liu L, Zhang D, Yin J, Dong X, Yao KX, Wang N, Li X, Davaasuren B, Wang J, Han Y. Investigating the Origin of Enhanced C2+ Selectivity in Oxide-/Hydroxide-Derived Copper Electrodes during CO2 Electroreduction. J Am Chem Soc 2020, 142(9): 4213-4222.
Zheng X, Yuan S, Liu J, Yie J, Yuan F, Shen W-S, Yao KX, Wei M, Zhou C, Song K, Zhang B-B, Lin Y, Hedhili MN, Wehbe N, Han Y, Sun H-T, Lu Z-H, Anthopoulos TD, Mohammed OF, Sargent EH, Liao L-S, Bakr OM. Chlorine vacancy passivation in mixed halide perovskite quantum dots by organic pseudohalides enables efficient Rec. 2020 blue light-emitting diodes. ACS Energy Letters 2020, 5(3): 793-798.
Liu J, Song K, Shin Y, Liu X, Chen J, Yao KX, Pan J, Yang C, Yin J, Xu L-J, Yang H, El-Zohry AM, Xin B, Mitra S, Hedhi MN, Roqan IS, Mohammed OF, Han Y*, Bakr OM*. Light-Induced self-assembly of cubic CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals into nanowires. Chem Mater 2019, 31(17): 6642-6649.
Zhu YH, Ciston J, Zheng B, Miao XH, Czarnik C, Pan YC, Sougrat R, Lai ZP, Hsiung CE, Yao KX, Pinnau I, Pan M, Han Y*. Unravelling surface and interfacial structures of a metal-organic framework by transmission electron microscopy. Nat Mater 2017, 16, 532-536.
Li B, Zhang Y, Krishna R, Yao KX, Han Y, Wu Z, Ma D, Shi Z, PhamT, Space B, Liu J, Thallapally P, K, Liu J, Chrzanowski M, Ma S*. Introduction of π-complexation into porous aromatic framework for highly selective adsorption of ethylene over ethane. J Am Chem Soc 2014, 136, 8654–8660.
Zhao YF#, Yao KX#, Teng BY, Zhang T, Han Y*. A perfluorinated covalent triazine-based framework for highly selective and water-tolerant CO2 capture. Energy Environ Sci 2013, 6, 3684-3692.
Huang J, Zhu Y, Lin M, Wang Q, Zhao L, Yang Y, Yao KX, Han Y*. Site-specific growth of Au-Pd alloy horns on Au nanorods: a platform for highly sensitive monitoring of catalytic reactions by surface enhancement Raman spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2013, 135, 8552–8561.
Li BY, Zhang ZJ, Li Y, Yao KX, Zhu YH, Deng ZY, Yang F, Zhou XJ, Li GH, Wu HH, Yves JC, Lai ZP, Han Y, Shi Z, Feng SH, Li J*. Enhanced binding affinity, remarkable selectivity, and high capacity of CO2 by dual functionalization of a rht-Type Metal–Organic Framework. Angew Chem Int Ed 2012, 51, 1412-1415.
Yao KX, Yin XM, Wang TH, Zeng HC*. Synthesis, self-assembly, disassembly, and reassembly of two types of Cu2O nanocrystals unifaceted with {001} or {110} planes. J Am Chem Soc 2010, 132, 6131-6144.
