Ass. Res. Bo Xin         Tel: +86-29-        E-mail:box@snnu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experiences：

Shaanxi Normal University, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering (2023-current)

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Postdoc (2020-2022)

University of New South Wales, PhD (2016-2020)

Beijing University of Chemical Technology, B.Eng. & M.Eng. (2008-2015)

Research Interests：

Electrocatalysis

Electro-/Electroless Deposition

Awards and Honors

2026-2027，Journal of Electrochemistry Youth Editorial Board

2026-2027，Clean Energy Science and Technology Youth Editorial Board

2024-2026，Carbon Neutralization Youth Editorial Board

2025，Sanqin Youth Talent

2024，Qin Chuangyuan Youth Talent

Research Projects as Principal Investigator:

1.Sanqin Project, Project number N/A, project title N/A, 2025/05-2028/04, ¥900,000。

2.NSFC，22402115, Gel confinement effect on controllably massive preparation of the heterogeneous catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution, 2025/01-2027/12, ¥300,000。

3.Qin Chuangyuan Project, roject number N/A, project title N/A,2024/07-2027/06, ¥420,000。

4.China Postdoctoral Science Foundation General Grant, 2021M693117, Enhancement of Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Activity by Supersaturated Coordinated Hydroxy Hydroxides, 2021/06-2022/11, ¥80,000。

5.Postdoctoral International Exchange Program (MOE overseas talent introduction project), YJ20200271, Synergistic Enhancement Effects of Multi-Element High-Valence Doping on Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Performance of Hydroxy Hydroxides, 2020/11-2022/11, ¥400,000。

Representative Achievements:

1.Xin Bo*, Somnath Mukherjee, Ziyi Yan, Kamran Dastafkan, Zenglin Wang*, Chuan Zhao*, Rethinking Catalyst Design for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Single-Phase or Multi-Phase? Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2026, 14, 22080-22098. (Special Edition: Advanced Nanomaterials for Sustainable Green Hydrogen Production)

2.Yu Sun^#, Manman Qi^#, Xin Tan^#, *, Shiyi Tao, Chen Jia, Yachao Zeng, Yulian Zhao, Kaiqiang Liu, Sean C. Smith, Lingxing Zan, Somnath Mukherjee, Kamran Dastafkan, Zenglin Wang, Yi Ma*, Xin Bo*, Chuan Zhao*, Gram-Scale Synthesis of N-NiMo/MoO₂ Heterostructures to Boost Hydrogen Evolution in Low-Alkalinity Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis, Nano Energy, 2025, 146, 111489.

3.Yuxin Luo^#, Jingjing Wang^#, Lu Wang, Ziyi Yan, Yi Ma, Xin Bo*, Jingshuang Dang*, Zenglin Wang*, The Effect of Saccharin on the Crystallization Behavior of Electroless Cobalt Plating, Journal of Electrochemistry, 2025, 31, 2412231. (Cover page)

4.Xin Bo, Rosalie K. Hocking, Si Zhou, Yibing Li, Xianjue Chen, Jincheng Zhuang, Yi Du, Chuan Zhao*, Capturing the Active Sites of Multimetallic (Oxy)Hydroxides for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction, Energy & Environmental Science, 2020, 13, 4225-4237. (High citations)

5.Xin Bo, Yibing Li, Xianjue Chen, Chuan Zhao*, Operando Raman Spectroscopy Reveals Cr-Induced-Phase Reconstruction of NiFe and CoFe Oxyhydroxides for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation, Chemistry of Materials, 2020, 32, 4303-4311.