一飞冲天

1. Education Background

2008.09 - 2012.07, Sun-Yat sen University, Applied Chemistry, B.S.;

2012.09 - 2017.07, Sun-Yat sen University, Physical Chemistry, Ph.D.;

2015.10 - 2017.03, Georgia Institute of Technology, Joint Ph.D.;

2. Professional Experience

2019.07 - present, Shaanxi Normal University, Associate Professor;

2017.07 - 2019.07, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Post-Doctoral.

3. Research Interests

Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

- Molecular Catalysis of OER, ORR, HER, CO₂RR and NRR

- Theoretical Investigations on Reaction Mechanisms Catalyzed by Transition Metal Complexes

4. Representative Publications

(1) Liu, T.; Meng, J.; Qin, H.; Zhang, M.; Sun, N.; Mei, B.; Li, H.; Zhang, X.-P.*; Li, J.*; Cao, R.*; Mechanistic Studies of Catalytic O₂toH₂O₂ Conversion at a Single Cobalt Site. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 22322−22328.

(2) Yin, Z.; Zhang, M.; Long, Y.; Lei, H.; Li, X.; Zhang, X.-P.*; Zhang, W.; Apfel, U.-P.; Cao, R.*; Improving Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction over Iron Tetraphenylporphyrin with Triethanolamine as a CO₂ Shuttle. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202500154.

(3) Bai, B.; Pan, Y.; Zhao, J.; Zhang, X.-P.*; Cao, R.*; Origins of HCOOH Selectivity Over CO Mediated by an Unusual Fe(I)-Porphyrin Bearing a β-Substituted Cation. Inorg. Chem. 2025, 64, 4826-4834.

(4) Chang, Z.; Peng, X.; Zhang, M.; Xu, Y.; Qin, H.; Luo, Q.; Zhang, X.-P.*; Zhang, W.; Zheng, Y.-Z.; Apfel, U.-P.; Cao, R.*; Mechanism-directed design and synthesis of a dinuclear copper porphyrin for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction. Fund. Res. 2025.

(5) Peng, X.; Zhang, M.; Qin, H.; Han, J.; Xu, Y.; Li, W.; Zhang, X.-P.*; Zhang, W.; Apfel, U.-P.; Cao, R.*; Switching Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Pathways through Electronic Tuning of Copper Porphyrins. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202401074.

(6) Lv, H.; Zhang, X.-P.; Guo, K.; Han, J.; Guo, H.; Lei, H.; Li, X.; Zhang, W.; Apfel, U.-P.; Cao, R.*; Coordination Tuning of Metal Porphyrins for Improved Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202305938.

(7) Li, X.; Lv, B.; Zhang, X.-P.; Jin, X.; Guo, K.; Zhou, D.; Bian, H.; Zhang, W.; Apfel, U.-P.; Cao, R.*; Introducing Water-Network-Assisted Proton Transfer for Boosted Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution with Cobalt Corrole. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022. 61, e202114310.

(8) Guo, K.; Li, X.; Lei, H.; Guo, H.; Jin, X.; Zhang, X.-P.*; Zhang, W.; Apfel, U.-P.; Cao, R.*; Role-Specialized Division of Labor in CO₂ Reduction with Doubly-Functionalized Iron Porphyrin Atropisomers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022. 61, e202209602.

(9) Xie, L.; Zhang, X.-P.; Zhao, B.; Li, P.; Qi, J.; Guo, X.; Wang, B.; Lei, H.; Zhang, W.; Apfel, U.-P.; Cao, R.*; Enzyme-Inspired Iron Porphyrins for Improved Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021. 60, 7576-7581.

(10) Li, X.; Zhang, X.-P.; Guo, M.; Lv, B.; Guo, K.; Jin, X.; Zhang, W.; Lee, Y.-M.; Fukuzumi, S.*; Nam, W.*; Cao, R.*; Identifying Intermediates in Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation with a Manganese Corrole Complex. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021. 143, 14613-14621.

(11) Sun, J.; Yuan, W.; Tian, R.; Wang, P.; Zhang, X.-P.*; Li, X.*; Rhodium(Ⅲ)-Catalyzed Asymmetric [4+1] and [5+1] Annulation of Arenes and 1,3-Enynes: Distinct Mechanism of Allyl Formation and Allyl Functionalization. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020. 59, 22706-22713.

5. Awards and Honors

Shenzhen Overseas High-Caliber Personnel (Level C)