Xue-Jun Wu received his B.S. degree from Wuhan University of Technology in 2005 and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Peking University in 2010. Subsequently, he conducted his postdoctoral studies with Prof. Hua Zhang at Nanyang Technological University. He started his independent academic career at Nanjing University in 2018. His current research interests are design, synthesis, and application of functional hybrid nanostructures.

2018/03 - Present    Professor

School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University

2010/10 - 2018/02   Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (With Prof. Hua Zhang)

2005/10 - 2010/07   PhD in Physical Chemistry

College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Peking University (Supervisor: Prof. Dongsheng Xu)

2001/09 - 2005/07   B. Sc. in Applied Chemistry

College of Science, Wuhan University of Technology

The Wu group’s current research interests are design, synthesis, and application of functional hybrid nanostructures. We mainly seek to develop new synthetic tools for (hybrid) nanostructures with desired spatial composition, morphology, and interconnecting. These nanostructures can be regarded as building blocks for self-assembly into functional materials with a variety of shapes by tuning their surface chemistry. We then study their intriguing physiochemical properties and potential applications in catalysis, photoelectronics, and energy conversion and storage.

(1) X.-J. Wu, J. Chen, C. Tan, Y. Zhu, Y. Han, H. Zhang, Controlled Growth of High-Density CdS and CdSe Nanorod Arrays on Selective Facets of Two-Dimension Semiconductor Nanoplates, Nat. Chem. 2016, 8, 470–475.

(2) Y. Yu+, G.-H. Nam+, Q. He+, X.-J. Wu+, H. Zhang et al., High Phase-Purity 1T'-MoS₂ and 1T'-MoSe₂ Crystals, Nat. Chem. 2018, 10, 638–643.(+Contributed Equally)

(3) X.-J. Wu, X. Huang, X. Qi, H. Li, B. Li, H. Zhang, Copper-Based Ternary and Quaternary Semiconductor Nanoplates: Templated Synthesis, Characterization and Photoelectrochemical Properties, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 8929–8933.

(4) X.-J. Wu, X. Huang, J. Liu, H. Li, J. Yang, B. Li, W. Huang, H. Zhang, Two-Dimensional CuSe Nanosheets with Microscale Lateral Size: Synthesis and Template-Assisted Phase Transformation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 5083–5087.

(5) J. Chen+, X.-J. Wu+, Y. Gong+, Y. Zhu+, Z. Yang, B. Li, Q. Lu, Y. Yu, S. Han, Z. Zhang, Y. Zong, Y. Han, L. Gu, H. Zhang, Edge Epitaxy of Two-Dimensional MoSe2 and MoS2 Nanosheets on One-Dimensional Nanowires, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 8653–8660. (+Contributed Equally)