Hu, Xile - École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne EPFL - Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering

个人简介

Xile Hu (胡喜乐) was born in 1978 in a small village in Putian, southeastern China. He studied chemistry at Peking University and obtained a B.S. degree in June 2000. Shortly thereafter, he moved to the United States and began his doctoral study under the guidance of Prof. Karsten Meyer at the University of California, San Diego. His dissertation research focused on the coordination chemistry of tripodal N-heterocyclic carbene ligands. After receiveing a Ph.D. degree in inorganic chemistry in December 2004, he became a postdoctoral scholar in the group of Prof. Jonas C. Peters at the California Institute of Technology in February 2005. At Caltech, he worked on the development of molecular hydrogen evolution catalysts. In July 2007, he was appointed as a tenure-track assistant professor of chemistry in the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. He is the founder and director of the Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis. His laboratory is developing catalysts made of earth-abundant elements for chemical transformations pertinent to synthesis, energy, and sustainability. He was promoted to associate professor in January 2013 and full professor in June 2016.

研究领域

Our main research goal is to develop catalysts that are made of earth-abundant elements for chemical transformations that are related to synthesis, energy, and sustainability. Towards this goal, we currently focus on base metal catalyzed C-C bond forming reactions, C-H bond functionalization, (electro)catalytic water splitting, activation of small molecules such as CO2, H2, O2, as well as the development of synthetic models for the active site of metalloenzymes. Check out our publications for the latest research results. Our research is highly interdisciplinary. Each individual project often involves three or more of the following areas: organic synthesis, synthetic methodology development, homogeneous catalysis, coordination chemistry, bio-inorganic chemistry, reaction mechanism, spectroscopy, surface chemistry, and electrochemistry. Current research topics include (i) fine chemical synthesis by base metal catalysts; (ii) bio-inspired H2 activation; and (iii) electrocatalytic H2 production and CO2 reduction.

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Operando identification of a side-on nickel superoxide intermediate and the mechanism of oxygen evolution on nickel oxyhydroxide Seunghwa Lee, You-Chiuan Chu, Lichen Bai, Hao Ming Chen, Xile Hu*Chem Catalysis 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.checat.2022.11.014. Ionomers Modify the Selectivity of Cu-Catalyzed Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Miyeon Chang, Wenhao Ren, Weiyan Ni, Seunghwa Lee, and Xile Hu*Chemsuschem 2023, doi: 10.1002/cssc.202201687. Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp3) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes Srikrishna Bera, Chao Fan, Xile Hu*Nature Catalysis 2022, 5, 1180-1187. A Cation Concentration Gradient Approach to Tune the Selectivity and Activity of CO2 Electroreduction Wenhao Ren, Aoni Xu, Karen Chan, Xile Hu*Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202214173. The Function of Two Radical-SAM Enzymes, HcgA and HcgG, in the Biosynthesis of the [Fe]-Hydrogenase Cofactor Francisco J. Arriaza-Gallardo, Sebastian Schaupp, Yu-Cong Zheng, Mohd Farid Abdul-Halim, Pan Hui-Jie, Jörg Kahnt, Georgia Angelidou, Nicole Paczia, Xile Hu, Kyle Costa, Seigo Shima*Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202213239. Enhancement of electrocatalytic oxygen evolution by chiral molecular functionalization of hybrid 2D electrodes Yunchang Liang*, Karla Banjac, Kévin Martin, Nicolas Zigon, Seunghwa Lee, Nicolas Vanthuyne, Felipe Andrés Garcés-Pineda, José R. Galán-Mascarós, Xile Hu, Narcis Avarvari*, and Magalí Lingenfelder*Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 3356. Enhanced rate performance of lithium-ion battery anodes using a cobalt-incorporated carbon conductive agent Albert Claude Jean-Pierre Daubry, Zhuijun Xu, Ming Yang, Ya-Jun Cheng,* Yonggao Xia, and Xile Hu*Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (RSC), 2022, 9, 3484-3493. Bronze-Phase TiO2 as Anode Materials in Lithium and Sodium-Ion Batteries (review)Suzhe Liang, Xiaoyan Wang, Ruoxuan Qi, Ya-Jun Cheng,* Yonggao Xia, Peter Müller-Buschbaum,* Xile Hu*Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 2201675. Modulating Electric Field Distribution by Alkali Cations for CO2 Electroreduction in Strongly Acidic Medium Jun Gu, Shuo Liu, Weiyan Ni, Wenhao Ren, Sophia Haussener, Xile Hu*Nature Catalysis, 2022, 5, 268-276. Streamlined Alkylation via Nickel-Hydride-Catalyzed Hydrocarbonation of Alkenes Zhikun Zhang, Srikrishna Bera, Chao Fan, and Xile Hu*Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144, 7015–7029. An efficient nickel hydrogen oxidation catalyst for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells Weiyan Ni, Teng Wang, Florent E. Héroguel, Anna Krammer, Seunghwa Lee, Liang Yao, Andreas Schüler, Jeremy S. Luterbacher, Yushan Yan,* and Xile Hu*Nature Materials 2022, 21, 804-810. Electronic Regulation of Ni Single Atom by Confined Ni Nanoparticles for Energy-Efficient CO2 Electroreduction Wenhao Ren, Xin Tan, Chen Jia, Anna Krammer, Qian Sun, Jiangtao Qu, Sean Smith, Andreas Schueler, Xile Hu,* Chuan Zhao*Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202203335. In Vitro Biosynthesis of the [Fe]-Hydrogenase Cofactor Verifies the Proposed Biosynthetic Precursors Sebastian Schaupp, Francisco J. Arriaza-Gallardo, Hui-jie Pan, Jörg Kahnt, Georgia Angelidou, Nicole Paczia, Kyle Costa, Xile Hu, Seigo Shima*Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202200994. Oxidase-type C-H/C-H Coupling Using an Isoquinoline-Derived Organic Photocatalyst Lei Zhang, Björn Pfund, Oliver S. Wenger,* and Xile Hu*Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202202649. Branched Poly(aryl piperidinium) Membranes for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Xingyu Wu, Nanjun Chen, Harm-Anton Klok, Young Moo Lee,* Xile Hu*Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, e202114892. Tracking high-valent surface iron species in the oxygen evolution reaction on cobalt iron (oxy)hydroxides Seunghwa Lee, Aliki Moysiadou, You-Chiuan Chu, Hao Ming Chen and Xile Hu*Energy and Environmental Science 2022, 15, 206-214 . Double-Atom Catalysts as a Molecular Platform for Heterogeneous Oxygen Evolution Lichen Bai, Chia-Shuo Hsu, Duncan Alexander, Hao Ming Chen,* Xile Hu*Nature Energy 2021, 6, 1054–1066. Photocatalytic decarboxylative coupling of aliphatic N-hydroxyphthalimide esters with polyfluoroaryl nucleophiles Xiangli Yi, Runze Mao, Lara Lavrencic, Xile Hu*Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 23557-23563. Copper-Catalyzed Intermolecular Functionalization of Unactivated C(sp3)–H Bonds and Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids Runze Mao, Srikrishna Bera, Aurélya Christelle Turla, and Xile Hu*Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 14667–14675. Visible-Light-Driven Catalytic Deracemization of Secondary Alcohols Zhikun Zhang, Xile Hu*Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 22833-22838.