研究主要集中于能源存储与转化领域重要电化学反应过程中表界面处电荷转移和物质转化过程及电极材料表面结构动态变化的电化学基础研究。包括电化学合成氨、制氢、燃料电池和CO2资源化利用等。近期以第一作者在Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition，Chemical Science，Nature Reviews Methods Primers 等国际知名期刊发表论文20余篇。获研究生国家奖学金，株式会社日立制作所研究基金，多次受邀国际电化学（ISE）会做国际电化学会议报告。获日本和中国国家发明技术专利各1件。主持国家自然科学基金1项，参与北京市科技计划项目1项。长期担任ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of Catalysis等期刊特约审稿人。

（1）金属单晶电极等多种电极材料/电解液表界面电化学基础理论
（2）原位显微扫描探针技术开发及应用
（3）新能源材料，水系电池，燃料电池，电解水制氢等
（4）低温电解液及防冰材料

2015.09-2019.08 荷兰莱顿大学 化学/博士
2012.09-2015.06 山东大学 材料科学与工程/硕士
2014.10-2015.06 密歇根大学 材料科学与工程系/交流

2023.02-至今 北京理工大学材料学院 预聘助理教授
2019.09-2022.12 日本日立公司/荷兰莱顿大学 博士后

[1] X.T. Chen, Laura P. Granda-Marulanda, I.T. McCrum, M.T.M. Koper*. How palladium inhibits CO poisoning during electrocatalytic formic acid oxidation and carbon dioxide reduction Nat. Commun. 2022, (13), 1-11.
[2] X.T. Chen, K. Ojha, M.T.M. Koper*. Subsurface hydride formation leads to slow Surface Adsorption Processes on a Pd(111) Single-Crystal Electrode in Acidic Electrolytes J. Am. Chem. Sci. Au 2023, (3), 2501-2513.
[3] X.T. Chen, I.T. McCrum, K.S. Schwarz, M. J. Janik, M.T.M. Koper*. Co‐adsorption of cations as the cause of the apparent pH dependence of hydrogen adsorption on a stepped platinum single‐crystal electrode Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, (56), 15025-15029.
[4] X.T. Chen, Laura P. Granda-Marulanda, I.T. McCrum, M.T.M. Koper*. Adsorption processes on a Pd monolayer-modified Pt (111) electrode Chem. Sci. 2020, (11), 1703-1713.
[5] X.T. Chen, M.T.M. Koper*. In situ EC-AFM study of the initial stages of cathodic corrosion of Pt(111) and polycrystalline Pt in acid solution J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, (14), 4997–5003.
[6] X.T. Chen, M.T.M. Koper*. Mass-transport-limited oxidation of formic acid on a PdMLPt (100) electrode in perchloric acid Electrochem. Commun. 2017, (82), 155-158.
[7] X.T. Chen, C.H. Si, Q.G. Bai, J. Frenzel, G. Eggeler, Z.H. Zhang*. Multicomponent platinum-free nanoporous Pd-based alloy as an active and methanol-tolerant electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction Nano Res. 2016, (9), 1831-1843.
[8] X.T. Chen, C.H. Si, Y.L. Gao, J.Z. Sun, J. Frenzel, G. Eggeler, Z.H. Zhang*. Multi-component nanoporous platinum–ruthenium–copper–osmium–iridium alloy with enhanced electrocatalytic activity towards methanol oxidation and oxygen reduction J. Power Sources 2015, (273), 324-332.
[9] X.T. Chen, Y.Y. Jiang, J.Z. Sun, C.H. Jin, Z.H. Zhang*. Highly active nanoporous Pt-based alloy as anode and cathode catalyst for direct methanol fuel cells J. Power Sources 2014, (267), 212-218
[10] X.T. Chen, H. W, Y. W, Q.G. Bai, Y. L. Gao, Z.H. Zhang*. Synthesis and electrocatalytic performance of multi-component nanoporous PtRuCuW alloy for direct methanol fuel cells Catal. 2015, (3), 1003-1015.
[11] I.T. McCrum+, X.T. Chen+, K.S. Schwarz, M. J. Janik, M.T.M. Koper*. Effect of step density and orientation on the apparent pH dependence of hydrogen and hydroxide adsorption on stepped platinum surfaces J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, (29), 16756-16764.
[12] C.H. Si, X.J. Yan, Q.F. Lu, E.Y. Guo, L.J. Luo. Z. Yang. Z.H. Zhang*, X.T. Chen*. Coralloid-Pt nanodendrites decorated nanoporous gold films with exceptional ORR performance and ab initio DFT studies Appl. Surf. Sci. 2021, (578), 152117.
[13] P. Lei*, X.T. Chen, Y. Yan, J.Q. Zhu, The tunable dielectric properties of sputtered yttrium oxide films. Appl. Phys. A 2021, (99), 127.
[14] J.X. Diao, X.L. Li, S.Y. Wang, Z.J. Zhao, W.T. Wang, K. Chen, X.T. Chen*, T.T. Chao*, Y. Yang*, Promoting water splitting on arrayed molybdenum carbide nanosheets with electronic modulation J. Mater. Chem. A 2021, (9), 21440. (Corresponding author)
[15] Z.H. Zhai, X.T. Chen*, Z.H. Zhang*. Recent advances of anion regulated NiFe-based electrocatalysts for water oxidation Sustain. Energy & Fuel 2021, (5), 6298-6309.