2022

[44] L. Jin*, F. Zhang, F. Gunkel, X.-K. Wei, Y. Zhang, D. Wang*, J. Barthel, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, C.-L. Jia

“Understanding Structural Incorporation of Oxygen Vacancies in Perovskite Cobaltite Films and Potential Consequences for Electrocatalysis”

Chem. Mater. 34, 10373-10381 (2022)

[43] Q. Lan*, C. Wang, L. Jin, M. Schnedler, L. Freter, K. Fischer, J. Caron, X.-K. Wei, T. Denneulin, A. Kovács, P. Ebert, X. Zhong*, R. E Dunin-Borkowski

“Electrostatic shaping of magnetic transition regions in La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃”

Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 057201 (2022)

[42] X.-K. Wei*, N. Domingo, Y. Sun, N. Balke, R.E. Dunin-Borkowski, J. Mayer

“Progress on Emerging Ferroelectric Materials for Energy Harvesting, Storage and Conversion”

Adv. Energy Mater. 12, 2201199 (2022)

[41] M. Bai^#, X.-K. Wei^#, J. Feng^#, M. Luysberg, A. Bliesener, G. Lippertz, A. Uday, A.A. Taskin, J. Mayer, Y. Ando*

“Proximity-induced superconductivity in (Bi_1-xSb_x)₂Te₃ topological-insulator nanowires”

Commun. Mater. 3, 20 (2022)

 

2021

[40] X.-K. Wei*, R.E. Dunin-Borkowski, J. Mayer,

“Structural phase transition and in-situ energy storage pathway in nonpolar materials: A review”

Materials 14, 7854 (2021)

[39] L. Cao*, O. Petracic*, X.-K. Wei, H. Zhang, T. Duchoň, F. Gunkel, A. Koutsioubas, K. Zhernenkov, K.Z. Rushchanskii, H. Hartmann, M. Wilhelm, Z. Li, Y. Xie, S. He, M.L. Weber, K. Veltruská, A. Stellhorn, J. Mayer, S. Zhou, T. Brückel

“Migration kinetics of surface ions in oxygen-deficient perovskite during topotactic transitions”

Small 17, 2104356 (2021)

[38] X.-K. Wei*^,#, S. Prokhorenko^#, B.-X. Wang, Z. Liu, Y.-J. Xie, Y. Nahas, C.-L. Jia, R.E. Dunin-Borkowski, J. Mayer, L. Bellaiche*, Z.-G. Ye*,

“Ferroelectric phase-transition frustration near a tricritical composition point”

Nat. Commun. 12, 5322 (2021)

[37] X.-K. Wei*, C.-L. Jia, K. Roleder, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, J. Mayer 

“In-situ observation of point-defect-induced unit-cell-wise energy-storage pathway in PbZrO3”

Adv. Funct. Mater. 31, 2008609 (2021).

[36] Z. Yu, X.-K. Wei, J. Xu, Y. Li, A. Araujo, J. L. Faria, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, L. Liu*

“Multifunctional noble metal phosphide electrocatalysts for organic molecule electro-oxidation”

ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 4, 1593-1600 (2021).

 

2020

[35] X.-K. Wei*, G. Bihlmayer, X. Zhou, W. Feng, Y. V. Kolen’ko, D. Xiong, L. Liu, S. Blügel, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski

“Discovery of real-space topological ferroelectricity in metallic transition-metal phosphides”

Adv. Mater. 32, 2003479 (2020).

[34] C. Legein, B. J. Morgan, F. Fayon, T. Koketsu, J. Ma, M. Body, V. Sarou‐Kanian, X.‐K. Wei, M. Heggen, O. J. Borkiewicz, P. Strasser, D. Dambournet

“Atomic Insights into Aluminium‐Ion Insertion in Defective Anatase for Batteries”

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 2-9 (2020).

[33] X.-K. Wei*, C.-L. Jia, H.-C. Du, K. Roleder, J. Mayer, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski

“An unconventional transient phase with cycloidal order of polarization in energy‐storage antiferroelectric PbZrO₃”

Adv. Mater. 32, 1907208 (2020).

[32] X.-K. Wei*, D. Xiong, L. Liu, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski

“Self-epitaxial hetero-nanolayers and surface atom reconstruction in electrocatalytic nickel phosphides”

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 12, 21616 (2020).

[31] T.E. Rosser, J.P.S. Sousa, Y. Ziouani, O. Bondarchuk, D.Y. Petrovykh, X.-K. Wei, J.JL Humphrey, M. Heggen, Y.V. Kolen'ko*, A.J. Wain*

“Enhanced oxygen evolution catalysis by aluminium-doped cobalt phosphide through in situ surface area increase”

Catal. Sci. Technol. 10, 2398-2406 (2020).

[30] L.P.L. Gonçalves, J. Wang, S. Vinati, E. Barborini, X.-K. Wei, M. Heggen, M. Franco, J. P.S. Sousa, D. Y. Petrovykh, O.S. Soares, K. Kovnir, J. Akola, Y.V. Kolen'ko*

“Combined experimental and theoretical study of acetylene semi-hydrogenation over Pd/Al₂O₃”

Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 45, 1283-1296 (2020).

 

2019

[29] T. Lan, C.-L. Tsai, F. Tietz, X.-K. Wei*, M. Heggen, R.E. Dunin-Borkowski, R. Wang, Y. Xiao*, Q. Ma*, O. Guillon

“Room-temperature all-solid-state sodium batteries with robust ceramic interface between rigid electrolyte and electrode materials”

Nano Energy 65, 104040 (2019).

[28] T.-W. Liao*, A. Yadav, P. Ferrari, Y. Niu, X.-K. Wei, J. Vernieres, K.-J. Hu, M. Heggen, R.E. Dunin-Borkowski, R. E Palmer, K. Laasonen, D. Grandjean*, E. Janssens, P. Lievens*

“Composition-tuned Pt-skinned PtNi bimetallic clusters as highly efficient methanol dehydrogenation catalysts”

Chem. Mater. 31, 10040-10048 (2019).

[27] P.-Y. Tang, L.-J. Han, F. Simone H., P. Paciok, M. Biset-Peiró, H.-C. Du, X.-K. Wei, L. Jin, H.-B. Xie, Q. Shi, T. Andreu, M. Lira-Cantú, M. Heggen, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, N. López, J. R. Galán-Mascarós, J. R. Morante,* J. Arbiol* 

“Boosting photoelectrochemical water oxidation of hematite in acidic electrolytes by surface states modification”

Adv. Energy Mater. 9, 1901836 (2019).

[26] L.-M. Wang*, A. Qdemat, O. Petracic, E. Kentzinger, U. Rücker, F. Zheng, P.-H. Lu, X.-K. Wei, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, T. Brückel

“Manipulation of dipolar magnetism in low-dimensional iron oxide nanoparticle assemblies”

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 21, 6171-6177

[25] Q. Ma*, C.L. Tsai, X.-K. Wei, M. Heggen, F. Tietz, J. Irvine

“Room temperature demonstration of a sodium superionic conductor with grain conductivity in excess of 0.01 S cm-1 and its primary applications in symmetric battery cells”

J. Mater. Chem. A 7, 7766-7776 (2019).

 

2018

[24] L.M. Wang*, O. Petracic, S. Mattauch, A. Koutsioumbas, X.-K. Wei, M. Heggen, V. Leffler, S. Ehlert, T. Brückel

“Magnetoelectric coupling in iron oxide nanoparticle - barium titanate composites”

J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 52, 065301 (2018).

[23] J. Xu, S. Murphy, D. Xiong, R. Cai, X.-K. Wei, M. Heggen, E. Barborini, S. Vinati, R. Dunin-Borkowski, R.E. Palmer*, L. Liu*

“Cluster beam deposition of ultrafine cobalt and ruthenium clusters for efficient and stable oxygen evolution reaction”

ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 1, 3013-3018 (2018).

[22] X.-K. Wei*, Y. Yang, L. J. McGilly, L. Feigl, R.E. Dunin-Borkowski, C.-L. Jia, L. Bellaiche*,  N. Setter

“Flexible polarization rotation at ferroelectric-metal interface as seeds for domain nucleation”

Phys. Rev. B 98, 020102(R) (2018).

 

2017

[21] J. Xu, X.-K. Wei, J.D. Costa, J. L. Lado, B. Owens-Baird, L. P. L. Gonçalves, S. P. S. Fernandes, M. Heggen, D. Y. Petrovykh, R. E. Dunin-Borkowski, K. Kovnir, Y. V. Kolen’ko*

“Interface engineering in nanostructured nickel phosphide catalyst for efficient and stable water oxidation”

ACS Catal. 7, 5450-5455 (2017).

[20] X.-K. Wei*^,#, T. Sluka^#, B. Fraygola, L. Feigl, H. Du, L. Jin, C.L. Jia, N. Setter

“Controlled charging of ferroelastic domain walls in oxide ferroelectrics”

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9, 6539-6546 (2017).

[19] L.M. Wang*, O. Petracic, E. Kentzinger, U. Rucker, M. Schmitz, X.-K. Wei, M. Heggen, T. Bruckel

“Strain and electric-field control of magnetism in supercrystalline iron oxide nanoparticle-BaTiO₃ composites”

Nanoscale 9, 12957 (2017).

 

2016

[18] X.-K. Wei*, C.-L. Jia, T. Sluka, B.-X. Wang, Z.-G Ye, N. Setter

“Néel-like domain walls in ferroelectric Pb(Zr,Ti)O₃ single crystals”

Nature Commun. 7, 12385 (2016).

[17] A. Chandrasekaran*, X.-K. Wei, L. Feigl, D. Damjanovic, N. Setter, N. Marzari

“Asymmetric structure of 90° domain walls and interactions with defects in PbTiO₃”

Phys. Rev. B 93, 144102 (2016).

 

2015

[16] I. Stolichnov*, L. Feigl, L.J. McGilly, T. Sluka, X.-K. Wei, E. Colla, A. Crassous, K. Shapovalov, P. Yudin, A. Tagantsev, N. Setter

“Bent ferroelectric domain walls as reconfigurable metallic-like channels”

Nano Lett. 15, 8049 (2015).

[15] X.-K. Wei*, K. Vaideeswaran, C.S. Sandu, C.-L. Jia, N. Setter

“Preferential creation of polar translational boundaries by interface engineering in antiferroelectric PbZrO₃ thin films”

Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2, 1500349 (2015).

[14] J. Wang*, B.W. Eerd, T. Sluka, C. Sandu, M. Cantoni, X.-K. Wei, A. Kvasov, L.J. McGilly, P. Gemeiner, B. Dkhil, A. Tagantsev, J.Trodahl, N. Setter*

“Negative-pressure induced enhancements in a nanoporous freestanding ferroelectric”

Nature Mater. 14, 985 (2015).

[13] X.-K. Wei*, Y. Su, Y. Sui, C. Jin, R.C. Yu*

“Polaron response dominated multiferroic property in 12R-type hexagonal Ba(Ti_1/3Mn_2/3)O₃ ceramics”

J. Appl. Phys. 118, 054106 (2015).

[12] X.-K. Wei*, C.-L. Jia, K. Roleder, N. Setter

“Polarity of translation boundaries in antiferroelectric PbZrO₃”

Mater. Res. Bull. 62, 101 (2015).

 

2014

[11] X.-K. Wei, A.K. Tagantsev, A. Kvasov, K. Roleder, C.-L. Jia, N. Setter*

“Ferroelectric translational antiphase boundaries in non-polar materials”

Nature Commun. 5, 3031 (2014).

[10] L. Feigl*, P. Yudin, I. Stolichnov, T. Sluka, K. Shapovalov, M. Mtebwa, C.S. Sandu, X.-K. Wei, A.K. Tagantsev, N. Setter

“Controlled stripes of ultrafine ferroelectric domains”

Nature Commun. 5, 4677 (2014).

 

2013

[9] X.-K. Wei*, Y. Su, Y. Sui, Z. Zhou, Y. Yao, C. Jin, R. Yu*

“Ferromagnetic antiphase domain boundary in Mn-doped hexagonal BaTiO₃ multiferroics”

Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 242910 (2013).

 

2012

[8] X.K. Wei, Q.H. Zhang, C.Q. Jin, R.C. Yu*

“Structural incommensurate modulation rule in hexagonal Ba(Ti_1-xM_x)O_3-δ (M = Mn, Fe) multiferroics“

AIP Advances 2, 042129 (2012).

[7] Q.H. Zhang, L.J. Wang, X.K. Wei, R.C. Yu*, L. Gu*, A. Hirata, M.W. Chen, C.Q. Jin, Y. Yao, Y.G. Wang, X.F. Duan

“Direct observation of interlocked domain walls in hexagonal RMnO₃ (R=Tm, Lu)”

Phys. Rev. B 85, 020102(R) (2012).

[6] X.K. Wei, T. Zou, F. Wang, Y. Sun, L. Gu, A. Hirata, M.W. Chen, Y. Yao, C.Q. Jin, R.C. Yu*

“Origin of ferromagnetism and oxygen-vacancy ordering induced cross-controlled magnetoelectric effects at room temperature”

J. Appl. Phys. 111, 073904 (2012).

 

2011

[5] X.K. Wei, Y.T. Su, Y. Sui, Q.H. Zhang, Y. Yao, C.Q. Jin, R.C. Yu*

“Structure, electrical and magnetic property investigations on dense Fe-doped hexagonal BaTiO₃”

J. Appl. Phys. 110, 114112 (2011).

 

2010

[4] X.K. Wei, Q.H. Zhang, F.Y. Li, C.Q. Jin, R.C. Yu*

“Structural evolution induced by acceptor doping into BaTiO₃ ceramics”

J. Alloys Compd. 508, 486 (2010).

[3] Y.T. Zou, D.W. He*, X.K. Wei, R.C. Yu, T.C. Lu, X.H. Chang, S.M. Wang, L. Lei

“Nanosintering mechanism of MgAl₂O₄ transparent ceramics under high pressure”

Mater. Chem. Phys. 123, 529 (2010).

[2] X.K. Wei, L.D. Yao, X. Shen, Y. Yang, S.J. You, F.Y. Li, C.Q. Jin, R.C. Yu*

“Structural modulation and magnetic properties of hexagonal Ba(Ti_1-xFe_x)O_3-δ”

Physica B 405, 4851 (2010).

 

2008

[1] X. Wang, Y. Sui*, J. Tang, C. Wang, X. Zhang, Z. Lu, Z. Liu, W. Su, X.K. Wei, R. Yu

“Amplification of magnetoresistance of magnetite in an Fe₃O₄-SiO₂-Si structure”

Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 012122 (2008).