Jinxing Chen

Associate Professor

B. Sc.  in Polymer Materials and Engineering, Jinan University (China), 2013

Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry and Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (China), 2018 

Visiting scholar, University of California Riverside, 2016-2018

Postdoctoral research fellow, University of California Riverside, 2018-2021

Associate Professor, FUNSOM, Soochow University, since 2021

Email: chenjinxing@suda.edu.cn

Research Interests

Chemical recycling and upcycling of waste plastics

Catalysts design for sustainability

Nanomaterials synthesis for solar energy harvesting

Main Contributions and Projects

Dr. Jinxing Chen has been working on the sustainable catalysts and solar energy harvesting, including (1) design high activity and selectivity catalysts for efficient polyolefin recycling (direct cracking, hydrocracking, hydrogenolysis); (2) solar-driven plastic recycling (photocatalysis and photothermal catalysis); and (3) application of in-situ/operando X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES/RIXS/XPS) to characterize catalysts. He has published ~40 papers in the journals of J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem., Matter, Trends Chem., Acc. Chem. Res., ACS Nano, Nano Lett., ACS Catal. etc.

Group Webpage: https://www.jinxingchen-sus.com/ 

Selected Publications

1. Congyang Zhang, Qingyun Kang, Mingyu Chu, Le He*, Jinxing Chen*, Solar-Driven Catalytic Plastic Recycling, Trends Chem., 2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2022.06.005

2. Mingyu Chu, Jinxing Chen*, Artificial Enzymic Architecture for Catalytic Polyolefin Upcycling, Matter, 2022, 5, 1339-1341

3. Yu Liu, Qixuan Zhong, Panpan Xu, Heqin Huang, Fan Yang, Muhan Cao, Le He, Qiao Zhang, Jinxing Chen*, Solar Thermal Catalysis for Sustainable and Efficient Polyester Upcycling, Matter, 2022, 5, 1305-1317.

4. Qixuan Zhong, Ji Feng, Bo Jiang*, Yulong Fan, Qiao Zhang, Jinxing Chen*, Yadong Yin*, Strain-Modulated Seeded Growth of Highly Branched Black Au Superparticles for Efficient Photothermal Conversion, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 20513–20523.

5. Jinxing Chen, Yaocai Bai, Ji Feng, Fan Yang, Panpan Xu, Qiao Zhang, Yadong Yin*, Anisotropic Seeded Growth of Ag Nanoplates Confined in Shape-Deformable Spaces, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60,4117-4124. (Hot Paper)

6. Jinxing Chen, Feng Jiang, Yadong Yin*, Manipulation of Interfacial Diffusion for Controlling Nanoscale Transformation, Acc. Chem. Res. 2021, 54, 1168-1177.

7. Jinxing Chen, Ji Feng, Fan Yang, Rashed Aleisa, Qiao Zhang*, Yadong Yin* Space-Confined Seeded Growth of Cu Nanorods with Strong Surface Plasmon Resonance for Photothermal Actuation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 9275-9281. (Very Important Paper)