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Dr. Xiaoju Cui (崔晓菊)

532 Group Leader


Associate Professor

State Key Laboratory of Catalysis

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China

Tel.: +86-411-84379317

E-mail: cuixiaoju@dicp.ac.cn


Education Background

2012.09 – 2017.06   Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2008.09 – 2012.06   B.S. in Light industry and chemical engineering, Sichuan University


Working Experiences

2020.01 – Present     Associate Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, China

2017.07 – 2020.01    Postdoctor in Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University


Awards and Honors

2013  Merit Student of the Chinese Academic of Science

2016  National Scholarship for Postgraduate Students

2016  Merit Student Model of the Chinese Academic of Science

2016  Second Prize of Yanchang Petroleum Scholarship

2017  National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents


Research Interests

1. Rational design and controlled synthesis of two-dimensional nanostructured materials for spatially confined metal catalysts, with emphasis on electronic modulation and stabilization mechanisms at atomic interfaces

2. Heterogeneous catalytic transformation of small energy molecules with particular focus on methane activation and selective conversion under mild conditions


Patents

20. 邓德会、瓮汐羽、崔晓菊、黄瑞,一种电催化阴阳极耦合制乳酸的方法,202411675767.4

19. 邓德会、陶硕、崔晓菊、杨文强,一种电催化转化苯酚制备对氨基酚的方法,202510456142.7

18. 邓德会、蔡亚丰、刘艳廷、崔晓菊、胡景庭,一种利用二氧化碳氧化甲烷偶联制C2烃及苯的方法,202411933463.3

17. 邓德会、刘昱俊、崔晓菊,一种提高可燃物热能释放效率的方法,202411791383.9

16. 邓德会、李昂、崔晓菊,一种甲烷低温氧化羰化制乙酸的方法,202411741418.8

15. 邓德会、朱瑞瑞、崔晓菊,一种无溶剂法制备金属改性ZSM-5分子筛催化剂的方法,202410110430.2

14. 邓德会、牛志远、蔡亚丰、崔晓菊,一种氮氧化物催化氧化低碳烷烃脱氢制备低碳烯烃的方法,202410386972.2

13. 邓德会、宋垚、崔晓菊、杨笑,一种电催化甲烷和氧气转化制备甲酸的方法,202410013790.0

12. 邓德会、蒋刘默、张默、崔晓菊,一种可调节的二维材料包覆非贵金属催化剂在二氧化硫电催化氧化中的应用,202211625820.0

11. 邓德会、蒋刘默、张默、崔晓菊,一种二维石墨纳米片电催化氧化二氧化硫的方法,202211612698.3

10. 邓德会、蔡亚丰、崔晓菊,一种碳包覆材料的制备方法,202211589779.6

9. 邓德会、张默、崔晓菊,一种电催化粗合成气除杂并调节合成气碳氢比的方法,202211552026.8

8. 邓德会、张默、崔晓菊,一种低能耗电催化一氧化碳还原制备高附加值产物的方法,202211497649.X

7. 邓德会、杨文强、崔晓菊,一种高压电催化转化一氧化碳制备多碳产物的方法,202210424501.7

6. 邓德会、李雅楠、崔晓菊、毛军,一种利用氧气将乙烯直接催化转化为乙二醇的方法及其催化剂,202111370967.5

5. 邓德会、徐桂兰、崔晓菊,一种光催化甲烷转化材料及其制备方法,202111077401.3

4. 邓德会、李雅楠、崔晓菊、毛军,一种光催化甲烷转化制乙酸催化剂及其制备方法,202110401189.5

3. 邓德会、崔晓菊、陈瑞雪、苏海燕、于良、包信和,一种电催化水汽变换反应制备高纯氢气的催化剂和装置,201810940135.4

2. 包信和、崔晓菊、邓德会、邓浇,一种杂原子掺杂的碳封装金属纳米颗粒的制备方法,201410658758.4

1. 包信和、崔晓菊、邓德会、陈晓琪、邓浇,一种石墨烯内嵌单分散金属原子的制备方法,201410101100.3


Publications (#: equal contribution)

29. Jun Mao#, Huan Liu#, Yanan Li, Meng Gao, Yunlong Zhang, Yao Song, Mo Zhang, Guilan Xu, Wu Zhou, Liang Yu*, Xiaoju Cui*, Dehui Deng*. 

Mild-Condition Conversion of Methane to Acetic Acid over MoS2-Confined Rh-Fe Sites. 

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 14530.

28. Mo Zhang, Zuochao Wang, Liumo Jiang, Xin Bo, Xiaoju Cui*, Dehui Deng*. 

Highly effective and durable integrated-chainmail electrode for H2 production through H2S electrolysis. 

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202502032.

27. Yanan Li#, Huan Liu#, Jun Mao#, Meng Gao, Yunlong Zhang, Qiao Zhao, Meng Liu, Yao Song, Jingting Hu, Wangwang Zhang, Rui Huang, Wu Zhou, Kaifeng Wu, Wei Liu, Liang Yu*, Xiaoju Cui*, Dehui Deng*. 

MoS2-confined Rh-Zn atomic pair boosts photo-driven methane carbonylation to acetic acid.

Nat. Commun., 2025, 16, 487.

26. Wenqiang Yang#, Huan Liu#, Xiaoxia Chang, Yunlong Zhang, Yafeng Cai, Yifan Li, Yi Cui, Bingjun Xu, Liang Yu*, Xiaoju Cui*, Dehui Deng*. 

Electrosynthesis of NH3 from NO with ampere-level current density.

Nat. Commun., 2025, 16, 1257.

25. Wenjing Wang, Shenghong Li*, Liumo Jiang, Xiaoju Cui, Yan Gao, Haijing Ning, Qinglian Li , Xiaolin Jiang, Mo Zhang, Dehui Deng, Yang Shu*, Jianhua Wang, Yafeng Guan, Xuhui Geng*. 

Anti-sulfur poisoning and highly sensitive portable detection instrument for monitoring of hydrogen sulfide on-site. 

J. Hazard. Mater, 2025, 492, 138278.

24. Yaotian Yan, Shenghong Li*, Liumo Jiang, Ruqian Peng, Jiamin Li, Xiaoju Cui, Mo Zhang, Dehui Deng, Guiqiu Wang*, Xuhui Geng. 

Anti-sulfur poisoning electrochemical sensor for sulfur ions based on nitrogen-doped graphene-encapsulated cobalt-nickel nanoparticles. 

Sens. Actuators B: Chem., 2025, 424, 136868.

23. Yao Song#, Xiao Yang#, Huan Liu#, Suxia Liang, Yafeng Cai, Wenqiang Yang, Kaixin Zhu, Liang Yu*, Xiaoju Cui*, Dehui Deng*. 

High-Pressure electro-Fenton driving CH4 conversion by O2 at room temperature.

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 5834.

22. Huifang Wei#, Zhilong Zheng#, Zifeng Wang, Mo Zhang, Yunlong Zhang, Wangwang Zhang, Yanting Liu, Xiaoju Cui*, Dehui Deng*. 

Highly durable monolithic electrode for water electrolysis at industrial current densities. 

Nano Energy, 2024, 120, 109136.

21. Jun Mao#, Huan Liu#, Xiaoju Cui#, Yunlong Zhang, Xiangyu Meng, Yanping Zheng, Mingshu Chen, Yang Pan, Zhenchao Zhao, Guangjin Hou, Jingting Hu, Yanan Li, Guilan Xu, Rui Huang, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*. 

Direct conversion of methane with O2 at room temperature over edge-rich MoS2.

Nat. Catal., 2023, 6, 1052.

20. Rui Huang#, Meihan Xia#, Yunlong Zhang, Chenxi Guan, Yao Wei, Zheng Jiang, Mingrun Li, Baibei Zhao, Xiaohui Hou, Yan Wei, Qiao Chen, Jingting Hu, Xiaoju Cui, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*. 

Acetylene hydrogenation to ethylene by water at low temperature on a Au/α-MoC catalyst. 

Nat. Catal., 2023, 6, 1005.

19. Wenqiang Yang#, Huan Liu#, Yutai Qi, Yifan Li, Yi Cui, Liang Yu*, Xiaoju Cui*, Dehui Deng*. 

Boosting C-C coupling to multicarbon products via high-pressure CO electroreduction. 

J. Energy Chem., 2023, 85, 102.

18. Mo Zhang, Ruixue Chen, Suheng Wang, Yunchuan Tu, Xiaoju Cui*, Dehui Deng*. 

Direct electrocatalytic conversion of crude syngas to ethylene via a multi-process coupled device. 

EES Catal., 2023, 1, 250.

17. Huifang Wei#, Huan Liu#, Liang Yu, Mo Zhang, Yunlong Zhang, Jinchang Fan, Xiaoju Cui*, Dehui Deng*. 

Alloying Pd with Cu boosts hydrogen production via room-temperature electrochemical water-gas shift reaction. 

Nano Energy, 2022, 102, 107704.

16. Jinchang Fan, Suxia Liang, Kaixin Zhu, Jun Mao, Xiaoju Cui, Chao Ma, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*. 

Boosting room-temperature conversion of methane via confining Cu atoms into ultrathin Ru nanosheets. 

Chem Catal., 2022, 2, 2253.

15. Xiaoju Cui#, Qiaorong Jiang#, Chunsheng Wang, Suheng Wang, Zhiyuan Jiang*, Xueai Li*, Dehui Deng*. 

Encapsulating FeCo alloys by single layer graphene to enhance microwave absorption performance. 

Mater. Today Nano, 2021, 6, 100138.

14. Kaixin Zhu#, Suxia Liang#, Xiaoju Cui, Rui Huang, Ningbo Wan, Lei Hua, Haiyang Li, Hongyu Chen, Zhenchao Zhao, Guangjin Hou, Mingrun Li, Qike Jiang, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*. 

Highly efficient conversion of methane to formic acid under mild conditions at ZSM-5-confined Fe-sites. 

Nano Energy, 2021, 82, 105718.

13. Yunchuan Tu#, Wei Tang#, Liang Yu#, Zheyi Liu, Yanting Liu, Huicong Xia, Haiwei Zhang, Shiyun Chen, Jia Wu, Xiaoju Cui, Jianan Zhang, Fangjun Wang*, Yangbo Hu*, Dehui Deng*. 

Inactivating SARS-CoV-2 by electrochemical oxidation. 

Sci. Bull., 2021, 66, 720.

12. Xiaoju Cui, Rui Huang, Dehui Deng*. 

Catalytic conversion of C1 molecules under mild conditions. 

EnergyChem, 2021, 3, 100050.

11. Xiaoju Cui#, Pengju Ren#, Chao Ma, Jia Zhao, Ruixue Chen, Shiming Chen, N. Pethan Rajan, Haobo Li, Liang Yu, Zhongqun Tian, Dehui Deng*. 

Robust interface Ru centers for high-performance acidic oxygen evolution.

Adv. Mater., 2020, 32, 1908126.

10. 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. 

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 32, 160.

9. Xiaoju Cui#, Hai-Yan Su#, Ruixue Chen#, Liang Yu, Jinchao Dong, Chao Ma, Suheng Wang, Jianfeng Li, Fan Yang, Jianping Xiao, Mengtao Zhang, Ding Ma, Dehui Deng*, Dong H. Zhang, Zhongqun Tian, Xinhe Bao. 

Room-temperature electrochemical water–gas shift reaction for high purity hydrogen production. 

Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 86.

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

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

Chem, 2019, 5, 2296.

7. Suheng Wang#, Haobo Li#, Mengqi He, Xiaoju Cui, Lei Hua, Haiyang Li, Jianping Xiao, Liang Yu, N. Pethan Rajan, Zhaoxiong Xie, Dehui Deng*. 

Room-temperature conversion of ethane and the mechanism understanding over single iron atoms confined in graphene. 

J. Energy Chem., 2019, 36, 47.

6. Xiaoju Cui, Haobo Li, Yan Wang, Yuanli Hu, Lei Hua, Haiyang Li, Xiuwen Han, Qingfei Liu, Fan Yang, Limin He, Xiaoqi Chen, Qingyun Li, Jianping Xiao, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*. 

Room-temperature methane conversion by graphene-confined single iron atoms. 

Chem, 2018, 4, 1902.

5. Junying Wang#, Xiaoju Cui#, Haobo Li#, Jianping Xiao, Jiang Yang, Xiaoyu Mu, Haixia Liu, Yuan-Ming Sun, Xuhui Xue, Changlong Liu, Xiao-Dong Zhang*, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao. 

Highly efficient catalytic scavenging of oxygen free radicals with graphene-encapsulated metal nanoshields. 

Nano Res., 2018, 11, 2821.

4. Xiaoju Cui#, Jianping Xiao#, Yihui Wu, Peipei Du, Rui Si, Huaixin Yang, Huanfang Tian, Jianqi Li, Wen-Hua Zhang*, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao. 

A graphene composite material with single cobalt active sites: a highly efficient counter electrode for dye‐sensitized solar cells. 

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 6708.

3. Xiaoju Cui#, Pengju Ren#, Dehui Deng*, Jiao Deng, Xinhe Bao*. 

Single layer graphene encapsulating non-precious metals as high-performance electrocatalysts for water oxidation.

Energy Environ. Sci., 2016, 9, 123.

2. Yunchuan Tu#, Haobo Li#, Dehui Deng*, Jianping Xiao, Xiaoju Cui, Ding Ding, Mingshu Chen, Xinhe Bao*. 

Low charge overpotential of lithium-oxygen batteries with metallic Co encapsulated in single-layer graphene shell as the catalyst. 

Nano Energy, 2016, 30, 877.

1.Dehui Deng*, Xiaoqi Chen, Liang Yu, Xing Wu, Qingfei Liu, Yun Liu, Huaixin Yang, Huanfang Tian, Yongfeng Hu, Peipei Du, Rui Si, Junhu Wang, Xiaoju Cui, Haobo Li, Jianping Xiao, Tao Xu, Jiao Deng, Fan Yang, Paul N. Duchesne, Peng Zhang, Jigang Zhou, Litao Sun, Jianqi Li, Xiulian Pan, Xinhe Bao*.

A single iron site confined in a graphene matrix for the catalytic oxidation of benzene at room temperature.

Sci. Adv., 2015, 1, e1500462.