Education and Professional Experiences 2022.08 – Present Associate Professor, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, China. (PI: Prof. Le He) 2017.08 – 2022.05 Ph.D. in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Boston University, USA. (Advisor: Prof. Björn M. Reinhard) 2012.08 – 2016.06 B.S. in Materials Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China. (Advisor: Prof. Changzheng Wu) Research Interests Nanoplasmonic Photochemistry Plasmonic Photocatalysis Awards Nano Research Energy Young Star Researcher Award (2024) NESIN Best Researcher Award (2024) Outstanding Young Scholar, Soochow University (2022) Sugata Ray Memorial Award (2021) Publications L. Shuang, Z. Wu, Z. Zhu, K. Feng, Y. Zhou, X. Hu, X. Huang, B. Zhang, X. Dong, Y. Ma, K. Nie, J. Shen, Z. Wang, J. He, J. Wang, Y. Ji, B. Yan, Q. Zhang, A. Genest, X. Zhang, C. Li*, B. Wu, X. An*, G. Rupprechter, L. He*. Quantifying the Distinct Role of Plasmon Enhancement Mechanisms in Prototypical Antenna-Reactor Photocatalysts. Nat. Commun. 2025, accepted. Z. Wu, J. Shen, Z. Li, S. Liu, Y. Zhou, K. Feng, B. Zhang, S. Zhao, D. Xue, J. He, K. Yu, J. Zhang, G. Dawson, Q. Zhang, L. Huang, C. Li*, X. An*, L. Chi, X. Zhang*, L. He*. Anisotropic Plasmon Resonance in Ti3C2Tx MXene Enables Site-Selective Plasmonic Catalysis. ACS Nano, 2025, 19, 1832. L. Zhang, C. Li, T. Witoon, X. An*, L. He*. Nano-thermometry in photothermal catalysis. Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2024, 100456. X. Hu, Z. Zhu, Y. Zhou, S. Liu, C. Wu, J. Wang, Y. Shen, T. Yan, L. Zhang, J. Chen, K. Feng, A. Genest, G. Rupprechter, X. An*, C. Li*, L. He*. Enhanced photochemical effects of plasmonic cluster catalysts through aggregated nanostructures. Green Chem., 2024, 26, 6994 (Back cover). J. Li#, L. Zhang#, X. An#, K. Feng, X. Wang, J. He, Y. Huang, J. Liu, L. Zhang, B. Yan, C. Li, L. He. Tuning Adsorbate-Mediated Strong Metal-Support Interaction by Oxygen Vacancy: A Case Study in Ru/TiO2. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, e202407025. M. Cai#, C. Li#, X. An#, B. Zhong, Y. Zhou, K. Feng, S. Wang, C. Zhang, M. Xiao, Z. Wu, J. He, C. Wu, J. Shen, Z. Zhu, K. Feng, J. Zhong and L. He*, Supra-Photothermal CO2 Methanation over Greenhouse-Like Plasmonic Superstructures of Ultrasmall Cobalt Nanoparticles. Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 2308859. J. Wang, Z. Zhu, K. Feng, S. Liu, Y. Zhou, I. Urooj, J. He, Z. Wu, J. Shen, X. Hu, Z. Chen, X. Dong, M. Sohail, Y. Ma, J. Chen, C. Li*, X. An*, L. He*. Anisotropic Plasmon Resonance Enables Spatially Controlled Photothermal and Photochemical Effects in Hot Carrier-Driven Catalysis. Chin. J. Chem., 2024, 42, 1877. (Back cover) Y. Xiao, K. Feng, G. Dawson, V. P. Tolstoy, X. An*, C. Li*, L. He*. A feasible interlayer strategy for simultaneous light and heat management in photothermal catalysis. iScience, 2024, 27, 109792. L. Zhang#, X. An#, K. Feng#, J. Li, J. Liu, J. Chen, C. Li*, X. Zhang*, L. He*. Non-Photochemical Origin of Selectivity Difference between Light and Dark Catalytic Conditions. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 21987. (#Equal Contribution) Z. Zhu, R. Tang, C. Li*, X. An*, L. He*. Promises of Plasmonic Antenna‐Reactor Systems in Gas‐Phase CO2 Photocatalysis. Adv. Sci., 2023: 2302568. B. Zhong, M. Cai, S. Liu, J. He, J. Wang, K. Feng, V. P. Tolstoy, L. Jiang, C. Li*, X. An*, L. He*. Modulation of the structure‐function relationship of the “nano‐greenhouse effect” towards optimized supra‐photothermal catalysis. Chem. Asian J., 2024, 19, e202301077. X. An, J. C. Kays, I. V. Lightcap, T. Ouyang, A. M. Dennis, and B. M. Reinhard*. Wavelength-dependent bifunctional plasmonic photocatalysis in Au/chalcopyrite hybrid nanostructures. ACS Nano, 2022, 16. X. An, A. Majumder, J. McNeely, J. Yang, T. Puri, Z. He, T. Liang, J. K. Snyder, J. E. Straub, and B. M. Reinhard.* Interfacial hydration determines orientational and functional dimorphism of sterol-derived Raman tags in lipid-coated nanoparticles. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2021, 118,e2105913118. X. An, N. Naowarojna, P. Liu, and B. M. Reinhard*. Hybrid plasmonic photoreactors as visible light-mediated bactericides. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 12, 106. X. An, D. Stelter, T. Keyes, and B. M. Reinhard*. Plasmonic photocatalysis of urea oxidation and visible-light fuel cells. Chem, 2019, 5, 2228.
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