Associate professor
Phone: 86-27-87542417；
Email: xuzw@hust.edu.cn；
Academic Areas: Thermal Engineering；
Research Interests: Aerosol nanomaterials, Hydrogen energy, Combustion diagnosis
Academic Degrees
vPh.D., State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2010.9~2015.11
vB.Sc., School of Materials and Metallurgy, Northeastern University, 2006.9~2010.6
Professional Experience
vLecturer, 2018.01~present, State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
vPostdoctor, 2015.12~2017.12, School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Selected Publications
[1]Fuchang Gao, Zuwei Xu*, Haibo Zhao*. Flame spray pyrolysis made Pt/TiO2 photocatalysts with ultralow platinum loading and high hydrogen production activity. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2021, 6503-6511.
[2]Zhicheng Chen, Zuwei Xu, Haibo Zhao*. Flame spray pyrolysis synthesis and H2S sensing properties of CuO-doped SnO2 nanoparticles. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2021, 6743-6751.
[3]Zhuo Xiong, Zuwei Xu, Youzi Li, Liangchen Dong, Junyi Wang, Jiangting Zhao, Xiaoxiang Chen, Yongchun Zhao*, Haibo Zhao*, Junying Zhang. Incorporating highly dispersed and stable Cu+ into TiO2 lattice for enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction with water. Applied Surface Science, 2020, 507: 145095.
[4]Xi Chen, Jinchen Ma, Xin Tian, Zuwei Xu, Haibo Zhao*. Numerical Investigation on the Improvement of Carbon Conversion in a Dual Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor for Chemical Looping Combustion of Coal. Energy & Fuels, 2019, 33(12): 12801-12813.
[5]Hanqing Zhao, Zuwei Xu, Haibo Zhao. Population Balance Monte Carlo Simulation of Self-assembly of Core (micro-Al2O3)-shell (nano-TiO2) Structure in Aqueous Suspensions. Chemical Engineering Science, 2019, 199: 100-112.
[6]Xin Chen, Zuwei Xu*, Fan Yang, Haibo Zhao*. Flame spray pyrolysis synthesized CuO-TiO2 nanoparticles for catalytic combustion of lean CO. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2019, 37(4): 5499-5506.
[7]Fan Yang, Menglei Liu, Xin Chen, Zuwei Xu*, Haibo Zhao*. Simultaneous Control over Lattice Doping and Nanocluster Modification of a Hybrid CuOx/TiO2 Photocatalyst during Flame Synthesis for Enhancing Hydrogen Evolution. Solar RRL, 2018, 2(12): 1800215.
[8]Jianlong Wan, Zuwei Xu, Haibo Zhao*. Methane/air premixed flame topology structure in a mesoscale combustor with a plate flame holder and preheating channels. Energy, 2018, 165: 802-811.
[9]Yuhan Zhu, Zuwei Xu, Kai Yan, Haibo Zhao, Jingdong Zhang*. One-step synthesis of CuO-Cu2O heterojunction by flame spray pyrolysis for cathodic photoelectrochemical sensing of L-cysteine. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9(46): 40452-40460.
[10]Zhuo Xiong, Ze Lei, Zuwei Xu, Xiaoxiang Chen, Bengen Gong, Yongchun Zhao*, Haibo Zhao*, Junying Zhang, Chuguang Zheng. Flame spray pyrolysis synthesized ZnO/CeO2 nanocomposites for enhanced CO2 photocatalytic reduction under UV–Vis light irradiation. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2017, 18: 53-61.
[11]Zuwei Xu, Hanqing Zhao, Haibo Zhao*. CFD-population balance Monte Carlo simulation and numerical optimization for flame synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2017, 36: 1099-1108.
[12]Zuwei Xu, Xin Tian, Haibo Zhao*. Tailor-making thermocouple junction for flame temperature measurement via dynamic transient method. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2017, 36: 4443-4451.
[13]Zuwei Xu, Haibo Zhao*, Xiaobing Chen, Chun Lou*. Multi-parameter measurements of laminar sooting flames using thermophoretic sampling technique. Combustion and Flame, 2017, 180(6): 158-166.
[14]Hanqing Zhao, Zuwei Xu*, Haibo Zhao*. Predictions on dynamic evolution of compositional mixing degree in two-component aggregation. Journal of Aerosol Science, 2016, 101: 10-21.
[15]Weiwei Peng, Zuwei Xu, Haibo Zhao*. Batch fluidized bed test of SATS-derived CaO/TiO2–Al2O3 sorbent for calcium looping. Fuel, 2016, 170: 226-234.
[16]Zuwei Xu, Haibo Zhao*. Simultaneous measurement of internal and external properties of nanoparticles in flame based on thermophoresis. Combustion and Flame, 2015, 162(5): 2200-2213.
[17]Zuwei Xu, Haibo Zhao*, Yijie Wei, Chuguang Zheng. Self-assembly template combustion synthesis of a core-shell CuO@TiO2-Al2O3 hierarchical structure as an oxygen carrier for the chemical-looping processes. Combustion and Flame, 2015, 162(8): 3030-3045.
[18]Weiwei Peng#, Zuwei Xu#, Cong Luo, Haibo Zhao*. Tailor-Made Core–Shell CaO/TiO2-Al2O3 Architecture as a High-Capacity and Long-Life CO2 Sorbent. Environmental Science & Technology, 2015, 49(13): 8237-8245.
[19]Zuwei Xu, Haibo Zhao*, Chuguang Zheng. Accelerating population balance-Monte Carlo simulation for coagulation dynamics from the Markov jump model, stochastic algorithm and GPU parallel computing. Journal of Computational Physics, 2015, 281: 844-863.
[20]Xiaoming Hao, Haibo Zhao*, Zuwei Xu, Chuguang Zheng. Identification of the compensation effect in the characteristic sintering time model for population balances. Journal of Aerosol Science, 2015, 82: 1-12.
[21]Zuwei Xu, Haibo Zhao*, Chuguang Zheng. Fast Monte Carlo simulation for particle coagulation in population balance. Journal of Aerosol Science, 2014, 74: 11-25.
[22]Xiaoming Hao, Haibo Zhao*, Zuwei Xu, Chuguang Zheng. Population balance-Monte Carlo simulation for gas-to-particle synthesis of nanoparticles. Aerosol Science and Technology, 2013, 47(10): 1125-1133.
Courses Taught
New Energy Materials
Carbon Neutrality Theory and Technology
Energy utilization principle and technology of solid waste
Research Projects
(1) National Natural Science Foundation of China, youth project, Phase transformation mechanism of TiO2 nanoparticles in flame synthesis, PI, 2017/01-2019/12.
(2) National Natural Science Foundation of China, major international joint research project (Sino-Germany), Experimental measurement and parameter identification for homogeneous nucleation rates of nanoparticles at high temperatures, main researcher, 2020/01-2024/12.
(3) National Key R&D Program of China, sub-project, Design of the flexible back-feeder for coal chemical looping combustion system, PI, 2018-2021.
(4) HUST, research start-up fund, High throughput synthesis and characterization of heterojunctions for catalysis, PI, 2018-2020.
(5) China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Study on novel measurement technology and process diagnosis of aerosol flame, PI, 2016-2017.
