Jun Min XUE

Research Interests

Professor Xue’s research focuses on designing and fabricating novel functional nanostructured materials for energy storage and conversion.

Selected Publications:

1. Junchen Yu, Haoyin Zhong, Qi Zhang, Xin Zhang, Chao Wu, Diao Caozheng, Zhi-Gen Yu, Shibo Xi, Bin Tian, Xiaopeng Wang, Junmin Xue, Sequential electronic reconstruction enables sustained oxygen redox catalysis in industrial-level water electrolysis, Nature Sustainability, accepted.
2. Haoyin Zhong, Junchen Yu, Qi Zhang, Xin Zhang, Shanlin Li, Qingli Xu, Zhi-Gen Yu, Cheng-Hao Chuang, Shibo Xi, Xiaopeng Wang, Junmin Xue, Decoupling electron transfer defines a quantitative kinetic framework for oxygen evolution catalysis, Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74392-3.
3. Xin Zhang, Qiyun Wang, Qi Zhang, Haoyin Zhong, Chao Wu, Baorui Jia, Junchen Yu, Ke-Jin Zhou, Yuanjie Li, Yong-Wei Zhang, Zhi Gen Yu, Shibo Xi, Xiaopeng Wang, Junmin Xue, Light-triggered oxygen redox activity at the edge of cobalt oxyhydroxide for superior water oxidation, Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74386-1.
4. Haoyin Zhong, Qi Zhang, Wen Cui, Han Wen, Guangxin Sun, Junchen Yu, Chao Wu, Zhi Gen Yu, T. Xiong, Shibo Xi, and Junmin Xue, “Lithium-mediated Reconfiguration Activates Oxygen Radical Coupling in Iridium Oxide for Efficient Acidic Water Oxidation”, Advanced Energy Materials, 2026, 16, e06195.
5. Q. Zhang, Haoyin Zhong, Chao Wu, Junchen Yu, Zhigen Yu, Caozheng Diao, Xiaomin Li, Younan Hua, Shibo Xi, Xiaopeng and   Junmin Xue, “Pivotal Role of A‑Site Cation Intercalation in Reconstructed Perovskites for Enhanced Water Splitting”, ACS Nano, 2025, 19, 39480–39490.
6. Xin Zhang, Haoyin Zhong, Qi Zhang, Qihan Zhang, Chao Wu, Junchen Yu, Yifan Ma, Hang An, Hao Wang, Yiming Zou, Caozheng Diao, Jingsheng Chen, Zhi Gen Yu, Shibo Xi, Xiaopeng Wang, Junmin Xue, High-spin Co3+ in cobalt oxyhydroxide for efficient water oxidation, Nature Communication, 15, 1383, 2024.
7. Haoyin Zhong, Qi Zhang, Junchen Yu, Xin Zhang, Chao Wu, Hang An, Yifan Ma, Hao Wang, Jun Zhang, Yong-Wei Zhang, Caozheng Diao, Zhi Gen Yu, Shibo Xi, Xiaopeng Wang, Junmin Xue, Key role of eg* band broadening in nickel-based oxyhydroxides on coupled oxygen evolution mechanism, Nature Communication, 14, 7488, 2023.
8. Haoyin Zhong, Xiaopeng Wang, Guangxin Sun, Yaxin Tang, Shengdong Tan, Qian He, Jun Zhang, Ting Xiong, Caozheng Diao, Zhige Yu, Shibo Xi, Wee Siang Vincent Lee, Junmin Xue. Optimization of oxygen evolution activity by turning e_g^* band broadening in nickel oxyhydroxide. Energy & Environment Science. 2023, 16, 641.
9. Chao Wu, Xiaopeng Wang, Yin Tang, Haoyin Zhong, Xin Zhang, Anqi Zouo, Jiliang Zhu, Caozheng Diao, Shibo Xi, Junmin Xue, Jiagang Wu. Origin of surface reconstruction in lattice oxygen oxidation mechanism based-transitional metal oxides: a spontaneous chemical process. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2023, e202218599.
10. Ying Tang, Chao Wu, Qi Zhang, Haoyin Zhong, Anqi Zou, Junhua Li, Yifan Ma, Hang An, Zhigen Yu, Shibo Xi, Junmin Xue, Xiaopeng Wang, Jiagang Wu. Accelerated surface reconstruction through regulating the solid-liquid interface by oxyanions in perovskite electrocatalyst for enhanced oxygen evolution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2023, e202309107.
11. Haoyin Zhong, Qi Zhang, Junchen Yu, Xin Zhang, Chao Wu, Yifan Ma, Hang An, Hao Wang, Jun Zhang, Xiaopeng Wang, Junmin Xue. Fundamental understanding of structural reconstruction behaviors in oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysts. Advanced Energy Materials. 2023, 202301391.
12. Yong Wang, Yongzhi Zhao, Luan Liu, Wanjun Qin, Sijia Liu, Juping Tu, Yadong Liu, Yunpu Qin, Jianfang Liu, Haoyang Wu, Deyin Zhang, Aimin Chu, Baorui Jia, Xuanhui Qu, Mingli Qin, Junmin Xue. Facet Engineering and Pore Design Boost Dynamic Fe Exchange in Oxygen Evolution Catalysis to Break the Activity–Stability Trade-Off. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2023. 10.1021/jacs.3c03481.
13. X Wang, Shibo Xi, Pengru Huang, Yonghua Du, Haoyin Zhong, Qing Wang, Armando Borgna, Yong-Wei Zhang, Hao Wang, Zhigen Yu, Wee Siang Vincent Lee, Junmin Xue. Pivotal role of reversible NiO₆ geometric conversion in oxygen evolution. Nature. 2022, 611,702.
14. Xiaopeng Wang, Haoyin Zhong, Shibo Xi, Wee Siang Vincent Lee, Junmin Xue. Understanding of oxygen redox in oxygen evolution reaction. Advanced Materials. 2022, 34，2107956.