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Overview

  • The unifying theme of Prof. Teng's research team is the fundamental investigation of chemical and physical properties of functional nanomaterials, using X-ray, electron, neutron and electrochemical tools, for applications in the fields of energy technologies, catalysis and materials science. The current projects in Prof. Teng's research team include aqueous electrochemical energy storage, direct ethanol fuel cell reaction and aqueous-phase heterogeneous catalysis.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title
    2021 Exemption of lattice collapse in Ni-MnO2 birnessite regulated by the structural water mobility.  Journal of Materials Chemistry A.  9:23459-23466. 2021
    2021 Dual-stage K+ ion intercalation in V2O5-conductive polymer composites.  Journal of Materials Chemistry A.  9:15629-15636. 2021
    2021 High-Capacity Aqueous Storage in Vanadate Cathodes Promoted by the Zn-Ion and Proton Intercalation and Conversion-Intercalation of Vanadyl Ions..  ACS applied materials & interfaces.  13:25993-26000. 2021
    2020 Potentiodynamics of the Zinc and Proton Storage in Disordered Sodium Vanadate for Aqueous Zn-Ion Batteries..  ACS applied materials & interfaces.  12:54627-54636. 2020
    2019 Framework Doping of Ni Enhances Pseudocapacitive Na-Ion Storage of (Ni)MnO2 Layered Birnessite.  Chemistry of Materials.  31:8774-8786. 2019
    2019 Structural water and disordered structure promote aqueous sodium-ion energy storage in sodium-birnessite..  Nature Communications.  10:4975. 2019
    2019 Conversion of Ethanol via C-C Splitting on Noble Metal Surfaces in Room-Temperature Liquid-Phase..  Journal of the American Chemical Society.  141:9444-9447. 2019
    2018 Biphase Cobalt-Manganese Oxide with High Capacity and Rate Performance for Aqueous Sodium-Ion Electrochemical Energy Storage.  Advanced Functional Materials Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics.  28:1703266-1703266. 2018
    2017 Structural water engaged disordered vanadium oxide nanosheets for high capacity aqueous potassium-ion storage..  Nature Communications.  8:15520. 2017
    2016 Bivalence Mn5O8 with hydroxylated interphase for high-voltage aqueous sodium-ion storage..  Nature Communications.  7:13370. 2016
    2016 Enhanced Electrokinetics of C-C Bond Splitting during Ethanol Oxidation by using a Pt/Rh/Sn Catalyst with a Partially Oxidized Pt and Rh Core and a SnO2 Shell.  ChemCatChem.  8:2876-2880. 2016
    2016 Inside Cover: Enhanced Electrokinetics of C−C Bond Splitting during Ethanol Oxidation by using a Pt/Rh/Sn Catalyst with a Partially Oxidized Pt and Rh Core and a SnO2 Shell (ChemCatChem 18/2016).  ChemCatChem.  8:2859-2859. 2016
    2014 Platinum-tin oxide core-shell catalysts for efficient electro-oxidation of ethanol..  Journal of the American Chemical Society.  136:10862-10865. 2014
    2013 Storage of potassium ions in layered vanadium pentoxide nanofiber electrodes for aqueous pseudocapacitors..  Annali di Chimica ChemSusChem.  6:2231-2235. 2013
    2013 Pseudocapacitive hausmannite nanoparticles with (101) facets: synthesis, characterization, and charge-transfer mechanism..  Annali di Chimica ChemSusChem.  6:1983-1992. 2013
    2011 Low-energy magnetic excitations in Co/CoO core/shell nanoparticles.  Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics.  83:174414. 2011
    2009 Electronic and magnetic properties of ultrathin Au/Pt nanowires..  Nano Letters.  9:3177-3184. 2009
    2008 Formation of Pd/Au nanostructures from Pd nanowires via galvanic replacement reaction..  Journal of the American Chemical Society.  130:1093-1101. 2008
    2008 Synthesis of ultrathin palladium and platinum nanowires and a study of their magnetic properties..  Angewandte Chemie Angewandte Chemie - International Edition.  47:2055-2058. 2008
    2007 Iron oxide shell as the oxidation-resistant layer in SmCo5 @ Fe2O3 core-shell magnetic nanoparticles..  Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.  7:356-361. 2007
    2006 Planar tripods of platinum: formation and self-assembly..  Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.  8:4660-4663. 2006
    2006 Energy transfer between colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals in an optical microcavity.  Applied Physics Letters.  89:061104-061104. 2006
    2006 Synthesis of porous platinum nanoparticles..  Small.  2:249-253. 2006
    2005 Synthesis of magnetic nanocomposites and alloys from platinum-iron oxide core-shell nanoparticles..  Nanotechnology.  16:S554-S561. 2005
    2005 Synthesis of platinum multipods: an induced anisotropic growth..  Nano Letters.  5:885-891. 2005
    2003 Synthesis of face-centered tetragonal FePt nanoparticles and granular films from Pt@Fe2O3 core-shell nanoparticles..  Journal of the American Chemical Society.  125:14559-14563. 2003
    2003 Patterned langmuir-blodgett films of monodisperse nanoparticles of iron oxide using soft lithography..  Journal of the American Chemical Society.  125:630-631. 2003
    Spin Waves and Switching: The Dynamics of Exchange - Biased Co Core - CoO Shell Nanoparticles

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    Teaching Activities

  • Chemical Engineering Design Taught course 2022
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2022
  • Chemical Engineering Kinetics Taught course 2021
  • Chemical Engineering Lectures Taught course 2021
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2021
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2021
  • Electrochemical Methods Taught course 2021
  • Electrochemical Methods Taught course 2021
  • Adv Chem Engineering Kinetics Taught course 2020
  • Chemical Engineering Kinetics Taught course 2020
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2020
  • Chemical Engineering Design Taught course 2020
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2020
  • Adv Chem Engineering Kinetics Taught course 2019
  • Chemical Engineering Kinetics Taught course 2019
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2019
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2019
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2018
  • Electrochemical Methods Taught course 2018
  • Electrochemical Methods Taught course 2018
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2018
  • Intro to Nuclear Engineering Taught course 2018
  • Intro to Nuclear Engineering Taught course 2018
  • Intro to Nuclear Engineering Taught course 2018
  • Seminar Taught course 2018
  • Chemical Engineering Kinetics Taught course 2017
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2017
  • Energy and Environment Taught course 2017
  • Chemical Engineering Project Taught course 2017
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2017
  • Electrochemical Methods Taught course 2017
  • Electrochemical Methods Taught course 2017
  • Rsrch Exp/Chemical Engineering Taught course 2017
  • Seminar Taught course 2017
  • Chemical Engineering Kinetics Taught course 2016
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2016
  • Fluid Mechanics&Unit Operatns Taught course 2016
  • Seminar Taught course 2016
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2016
  • Intro to Nuclear Engineering Taught course 2016
  • Intro to Nuclear Engineering Taught course 2016
  • Seminar Taught course 2016
  • Chemical Engineering Kinetics Taught course 2015
  • Seminar Taught course 2015
  • Adv Chem Engineering Kinetics Taught course 2015
  • Electrochemical Methods Taught course 2015
  • Electrochemical Methods Taught course 2015
  • Seminar Taught course 2015
  • Chemical Engineering Kinetics Taught course 2014
  • Seminar Taught course 2014
  • Adv Chem Engineering Kinetics Taught course 2014
  • Electrochemical Methods Taught course 2014
  • Electrochemical Methods Taught course 2014
  • Rsrch Exp/Chemical Enineering Taught course 2014
  • Seminar Taught course 2014

    • Education And Training

    Full Name

  • Xiaowei Teng

    • Mailing Address

  • W317 Kingsbury Hall

    Chemical Engineering

    33 Academic Way

    Durham, NH  03824

    United States