EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- 1992-1996, Dalian University of Technology, Bachelor degree
- 1996-2001, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Franhofer Institute of Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology, Germany, PhD. Membrane and membrane catalysis.
- 2001-2003, Fraunhofer Institute of Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology, Germany, postdoctor. Membrane and membrane catalysis.
- 2003-now, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Associate professor, professor. Nanocatalysis.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Fundamentals of carbon-based novel materials for energy conversion, involving carbon nanomaterials with different dimensions and different structures such as those based on fullerene, carbon nanotubes and grapheme, as well as the deriving composite materials with metal nanoparticles, and their catalysis in energy conversion processes.
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Lujiaxi Young Talent Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2008
- Natural Science Award of Liaoning Province, 2009 (the second executive)
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
- F.Zhang, X. Pan*, Y. Hu, L. Yu, X. Chen, P. Jiang, H. Zhang, S. Deng, J. Zhang, T. Bolin, S. Zhang, Y. Huang, X. Bao*, Tuning the redox activity of encapsulated metal clusters via the metallic and semiconducting character of carbon nanotubes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (PNAS) 110 (2013) 14861-14866.
- D. Deng, L. Yu, X. Chen, G. Wang, L. Jin, X. Pan*, J. Deng, G. Sun, X. Bao*, Iron encapsulated within Pod-like carbon nanotubes for oxygen reduction reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52 (2013) 371-375.
- X. Pan, X. Bao*, The effects of confinement inside carbon nanotubes on catalysis. Acc. Chem. Res. 44 (2011) 553-562.
- W. Chen, Z. Fan, X. Pan*, X. Bao*, Effect of Confinement in Carbon Nanotubes on the Activity of Fischer-Tropsch Iron Catalyst, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130 (2008) 9414-9419.
- X. Pan, Z. Fan, W. Chen, Y. Ding, H. Luo, X. Bao*, Enhanced Ethanol Production inside Carbon Nanotube Reactors Containing Catalytic Particles, Nature Materials, 6 (2007) 507-511.
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