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Xiaoming Sun
孙晓明
Born1976 (age 49–50)
EducationTsinghua University (BS, PhD)
Known forGas-superwetting nanoarray electrodes for electrocatalysis
Scientific career
FieldsElectrocatalysis, nanomaterials, hydrogen energy
InstitutionsBeijing University of Chemical Technology
Yadong Li
Other academic advisors
Hongjie Dai (postdoctoral)

Xiaoming Sun (Chinese: 孙晓明; born 1976) is a Chinese chemist and materials scientist and a professor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT).[1] He is known for proposing gas-superwetting (superaerophobic and superaerophilic) nanoarray electrodes for gas-involving electrocatalysis.[1] He received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2011[2][3] and has been named a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate for 2018–2023 and 2025.[4][5]

Early life and education

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Sun was born in Shandong Province in February 1976.[2] He earned his Bachelor of Science in 2000 and his Ph.D. in 2005, both in chemistry from Tsinghua University, where his doctoral advisor was Yadong Li.[2][3] From 2005 to 2008, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemistry at Stanford University, working with Hongjie Dai.[2][3]

Career

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In 2008, Sun joined BUCT as a professor at the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering.[2][3] He served as Executive Vice Dean of the School of Energy at BUCT around 2018.[2] Sun is deputy editor-in-chief of Science Bulletin and serves on the editorial board of Nano Research,[2][6] and is executive chairman of the Youth Committee and deputy chairman of the Hydrogen Energy Committee of the China Renewable Energy Society.[1]

Research

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Sun's research focuses on water electrolysis, interface engineering of gas-superwetting electrodes, and aqueous batteries.[1]

Gas-superwetting electrodes

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Sun proposed the concept of gas-superwetting electrodes—surfaces engineered to be either superaerophobic (gas-repellent) or superaerophilic (gas-attracting) at the nanoscale—to improve bubble management in electrochemical reactions.[1] His group's early work showed that underwater superaerophobic molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) nanostructured electrodes could enhance the hydrogen evolution reaction by facilitating bubble release.[7] A 2018 review in Accounts of Chemical Research discussed the design principles of superwetting electrodes and their applications in water electrolysis and fuel cells.[8]

Seawater electrolysis

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Sun's group works on direct seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production. In 2019, collaborating with Hongjie Dai, they reported a solar-driven system for sustained splitting of seawater into hydrogen and oxygen.[9] In 2021, the group reported a chlorine-free hybrid seawater splitting system coupled with hydrazine degradation for energy-saving hydrogen production.[10] In 2025, Sun's team, collaborating with Bin Liu's group at City University of Hong Kong, reported 10,000-hour stable intermittent alkaline seawater electrolysis, addressing cathode degradation under fluctuating renewable power supply with a NiCoP–Cr₂O₃ cathode.[11][12]

Aqueous batteries

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Sun's group has also developed electrode materials for aqueous batteries, reporting a layered double hydroxide cathode for aqueous zinc-ion batteries (2022)[13] and polymerized melamine catalysts for high-capacity Zn–I2 batteries (2025).[14]

Awards and honors

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  • Elsevier Highly Cited Scholar in China (Materials Science), 2014–2017[2]
  • Technical Invention Award (First Prize), China Renewable Energy Society ("Key materials and technologies for seawater electrolysis hydrogen production"), 2022[15]
  • Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate, 2018–2023 and 2025[4][5]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Chemistry Colloquium: Xiaoming Sun — Materials and Interface Engineering for Better Hydrogen Energy Applications". Westlake University. 2024-04-15. Archived from the original on 2024-08-18. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "学术报告201813：关于北京化工大学孙晓明教授报告的通知" (in Chinese). Zhejiang University, School of Materials Science and Engineering. 2018-05-08. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "孙晓明 个人主页" (in Chinese). Beijing University of Chemical Technology. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
  4. 1 2 "Xiaoming Sun — Faculty Profile". Beijing University of Chemical Technology. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
  5. 1 2 "Highly Cited Researchers — Past Lists". Clarivate. 7 October 2025. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
  6. ↑ "Science Bulletin — Editorial Board". Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
  7. ↑ Lu, Zhiyi; Zhu, Wei; Yu, Xiaoyou; Zhang, Haichuan; Li, Yingjie; Sun, Xiaoming; Wang, Xinran; Wang, Hao; Wang, Jingming; Luo, Jun; Lei, Xiaodong; Jiang, Lei (2014). "Ultrahigh Hydrogen Evolution Performance of Under-Water "Superaerophobic" MoS₂ Nanostructured Electrodes". Advanced Materials. 26 (17): 2683–2687. doi:10.1002/adma.201304759. PMID 24488883.
  8. ↑ Sun, Xiaoming; Lu, Zhiyi; Zhu, Wei (2018). "Superwetting Electrodes for Gas-Involving Electrocatalysis". Accounts of Chemical Research. 51 (7): 1590–1598. doi:10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00070. PMID 29883085.
  9. ↑ Kuang, Yun; Kenney, Michael J.; Meng, Yongtao; Hung, Wei-Hsuan; Liu, Yijin; Huang, Jianan Erick; Prasanna, Rohit; Li, Pengsong; Li, Yaping; Wang, Lei; Lin, Meng-Chang; McGehee, Michael D.; Sun, Xiaoming; Dai, Hongjie (2019). "Solar-driven, highly sustained splitting of seawater into hydrogen and oxygen fuels". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (14): 6624–6629. doi:10.1073/pnas.1900556116. PMC 6452679. PMID 30886092.
  10. ↑ Sun, Fu; Qin, Jingsong; Wang, Zhiyi; Yu, Mengzhen; Wu, Xiaochao; Sun, Xiaoming; Qiu, Jieshan (2021). "Energy-saving hydrogen production by chlorine-free hybrid seawater splitting coupling hydrazine degradation". Nature Communications. 12 (1) 4182. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24529-3. PMC 8263752. PMID 34234135.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  11. ↑ Sha, Qihao; Wang, Shiyuan; Yan, Li; Feng, Yisui; Zhang, Zhuang; Li, Shihang; Guo, Xinlong; Li, Tianshui; Li, Hui; Zhuang, Zhongbin; Zhou, Daojin; Liu, Bin; Sun, Xiaoming (2025). "10,000-h-stable intermittent alkaline seawater electrolysis". Nature. 639 (8054): 360–367. doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08610-1. PMID 40044863.
  12. ↑ "先应用、再发《自然》，这项研究为何这么干？". China Science Daily (in Chinese). 2025-03-17. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
  13. ↑ Zhao, Yajun; Sun, Xiaoming; et al. (2022). "Unlocking Layered Double Hydroxide as a High-Performance Cathode Material for Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries". Advanced Materials. 34 (37) 2204320. doi:10.1002/adma.202204320. PMID 35901506.
  14. ↑ Wang, Yueyang; Sun, Xiaoming; et al. (2025). "Polymerized Melamine Catalyzes Direct I−/I2 Conversion via ─N═N─ Motif for High Capacity Zn-I2 Batteries". Advanced Materials. 38 (4) e15000. doi:10.1002/adma.202515000. PMID 41064960.
  15. ↑ "关于2022年度中国可再生能源学会科学技术奖评审结果的公示" (PDF) (in Chinese). China Renewable Energy Society. 2022-08-31. Retrieved 2026-07-31.
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