Education Background

2005.09 - 2009.07 B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, China

2009.09 - 2012.01 M.S., Materials Science, Tianjin University, China

2012.04 - 2015.09 Ph. D, Chemistry, Hokkaido University, Japan

Working Experiences

2018.06 - 2019.04 Visiting scholar, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Dalian

2017.07 - Present  Professor, College of Materials Science and Engineering, North China University of Science and Technology, China

2017.04 - 2019.03 Guest researcher, TU-NIMS Joint Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, China

2017.04 - 2019.03 Guest researcher, Photocatalytic Materials Group, Environment and Energy Materials Division, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

2015.10 - 2017.03 Post-doctoral researcher, Photocatalytic Materials Group, Environment and Energy Materials Division, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

2012.04 - 2015.09 Junior researcher, Photocatalytic Materials Group, Environment and Energy Materials Division, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

Research Interests

1. The applications of semiconductor and nanometal materials for the activation and catalytic conversion of CO2, H2O, and CH4 into renewable energy through photo-, thermo-, or electrocatalytic methods

2. Photocatalytic H2O2 synthesis

Publications (#: equal contribution)

1. Xiangyu Meng, Chao Ma, Luozhen Jiang, Rui Si, Xianguang Meng, Yunchuan Tu, Liang Yu*, Xinhe Bao, Dehui Deng*

Distance synergy of MoS₂-confined Rhodium atoms for highly efficient hydrogen evolution

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 10502

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202003484

2. Ruixue Chen, Hai-Yan Su, Deyu Liu, Rui Huang, Xianguang Meng, Xiaoju Cui, Zhong-Qun Tian, Dong H. Zhang, Dehui Deng*

Highly Selective Production of Ethylene by the Electroreduction of Carbon Monoxide

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 154

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201910662

3. Lei Tang, Xianguang Meng, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao

Confinement Catalysis with 2D Materials for Energy Conversion

Advanced Materials 2019, 31, 1901996

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201901996

4. Xianguang Meng, Xiaoju Cui, N.Pethan Rajan, Liang Yu, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao

Direct methane conversion under mild conditions by thermo-, electro- or photocatalysis

Chem 2019, 5, 2296

DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2019.05.008

5. Yong Wang, Jun Mao, Xianguang Meng, Liang Yu, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*

Catalysis with two-dimensional materials confining single atoms: concept, design, and applications

Chemical Reviews 2019, 119, 1806

DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00501

6. Zheng Zhang, Jianping Xiao, Xue-Jiao Chen, Song Yu, Liang Yu, Rui Si, Yong Wang, Suheng Wang, Xianguang Meng, Ye Wang, Zhong-Qun Tian, Dehui Deng*

Reaction mechanisms of well‐defined metal–N₄ sites in electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57, 16339

7. Xianguang Meng*, Guifu Zuo, Peixiao Zong, Hong Pang, Jian Ren, Xiongfeng Zeng, Shanshan. Liu, Yi Shen, Wei Zhou*, Jinhua Ye*

A rapidly room-temperature-synthesized Cd/ZnS: Cu nanocrystal photocatalyst for highly efficient solar-light-powered CO2 reduction

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2018, 237, 68

8. Hui Song, Xianguang Meng*, Thang Duy Dao, Wei Zhou, Huimin Liu, Li Shi, Huabin Zhang, Tadaaki Nagao, Tetsuya Kako, Jinhua Ye*

Light-Enhanced Carbon Dioxide Activation and Conversion by Effective Plasmonic Coupling Effect of Pt and Au Nanoparticles

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10, 408

9. Xianguang Meng, Qing Yu, Guigao Liu, Li Shi, Guixia Zhao, Huimin Liu, Peng Li, Kun Chang, Tetsuya Kako, Jinhua Ye*

Efficient Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction in All-inorganic Aqueous Environment: Cooperation between Reaction Medium and Cd(II) Modified Colloidal ZnS

Nano Energy 2017, 34, 524

10. Xianguang Meng, Lequan Liu, Shuxin Ouyang, Hua Xu, Defa Wang, Naiqin Zhao, Jinhua Ye*

Nanometals for Solar-to-Chemical Energy Conversion: From Semiconductor-Based Photocatalysis to Plasmon-Mediated Photocatalysis and Photo-Thermocatalysis

Advanced Materials 2016, 28, 6781

11. Xianguang Meng, Tao Wang, Lequan Liu, Shuxin Ouyang*, Peng Li, Huilin Hu, Tetsuya Kako, Hideo Iwai, Akihiro Tanaka, Jinhua Ye*

Photothermal Conversion of CO2 into CH4 with H2 over Group VIII Nanocatalysts: An Alternative Approach for Solar Fuel Production

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014, 53, 11478

12. Qing Yu, Xianguang Meng, Tao Wang, Peng Li, Jinhua Ye*

Hematite Films Decorated with Nanostructured Ferric Oxyhydroxide as Photoanodes for Efficient and Stable Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Advanced Functional Materials 2015, 25 , 2686

13. Xianguang Meng, Shuxin Ouyang,Tetsuya Kako, Peng Li, Qing Yu, Tao Wang*, Jinhua Ye*

Photocatalytic CO2 conversion over alkali modified TiO2 without loading noble metal cocatalyst

Chemical Communications 2014, 50, 11517