Contact information

Email：chxh7@cqu.edu.cn， Tel（mobile）：13650555076

Research direction

Electron transfer and energy transfer

Electrode reaction of biofuel cell

Photoelectric energy conversion mechanism

Representative papers, monographs and patents

[1] Qin Li, Wang Liancheng*, Yang Xi, Ding Ruimin, Zheng Zhanfeng, Chen Xiaohua*, Lv Baoliang* Synergistic enhancement of oxygen reduction reaction with BC3 and graphitic-N in boron- and nitrogen-codoped porous graphene J. Catal. 2018, 359(1), 242–250.

[2] Xin Qin, Li Deng, Caihong Hu, Li, Li; Xiaohua Chen* Copper-Containing Nitrite Reductase Employing Proton-Coupled Spin-Exchanged Electron-Transfer and Multiproton Synchronized Transfer to Reduce Nitrite Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 14900-14910.

[3] Weichao Sun, Haisheng Ren, Ye Tao, Dong Xiao, Xin Qin, Li Deng, Mengyao Shao, Jiali Gao*, and Xiaohua Chen* Two Aromatic Rings Coupled a Sulfur-Containing Group to Favor Protein Electron Transfer by Instantaneous Formations of π∴S:π↔π:S∴π or π∴π:S↔π:π∴S Five-Electron Bindings J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119 (17), 9149–9158.

[4] Weichao Sun, Mengyao Shao, Haisheng Ren, Dong Xiao, Xin Qin, Li Deng, Xiaohua Chen*, and Jiali Gao A New Type of Electron Relay Station in Proteins: Three-Piece S:Π∴S↔S∴Π:S Resonance Structure J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119 (13), 6998–7005.

[5] Xiaohua Chen*, Guangcai Ma, Weichao Sun, Hongjing Dai, Dong Xiao, Yanfang Zhang, Xin Qin, Yongjun Liu*, and Yuxiang Bu Water Promoting Electron Hole Transport between Tyrosine and Cysteine in Proteins via a Special Mechanism: Double Proton Coupled Electron Transfer J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (12), 4515–4524. (IF=11.444)

[6] Xiaohua Chen, Yuxiang Bu* Cation-Modulated Electron-Transfer Channel: H-Atom Transfer vs Proton- Coupled Electron Transfer with a Variable Electron-Transfer Channel in Acylamide Units J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129 (31), 9713–9720.

[7] Xiaohua Chen, Laibin Zhang, Liang Zhang, Wenming Sun, Zhenwei Zhang, Haiying Liu, Yuxiang Bu* and Robert I. Cukier alpha-Helix C-Terminus Acting as a Relay to Mediate Long-Range Hole Migration in Proteins J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1 (10), 1637–1641. (IF=6.687)

[8] Dong Xiao, Weichao Sun, Hongjing Dai, Yanfang Zhang, Xin Qin, Li Li, Zidong Wei, and Xiaohua Chen* Influence of Charge States on the π–π Interactions of Aromatic Side Chains with Surface of Graphene Sheet and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Bioelectrodes J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118 (35), 20694–20701. (IF=4.835)

[9] Xiaohua Chen and Yuxiang Bu* Single- versus Multi-Proton-Coupled Rydberg-State Electron Transfer in Amine Clusters J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118 (33), 18861–18867.

[10] Weichao Sun, Hongjing Dai, Ye Tao, Dong Xiao, Yanfang Zhang, Zidong Wei, and Xiaohua Chen* Potent Relay Stations for Electron Transfer in Proteins: π π Three-Electron Bonds J. Phys. Chem. C2013, 117 (36), 18325–18333.

[11] Xiaohua Chen*, Ye Tao, Jilai Li, Hongjing Dai, Weichao Sun, Xuri Huang, and Zidong Wei Aromatic Residues Regulating Electron Relay Ability of S-Containing Amino Acids by Formations of Sπ Multicenter Three-Electron Bonds in Proteins J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116 (37), 19682–19688.

[12] Xiaohua Chen*, Hongjing Dai, Jilai Li, Xuri Huang, Zidong Wei The Effects of Biological Environments on the Electron-Relay Functionality of Tryptophan Residues in Proteins ChemPhysChem 2012, 13 (2), 183-192.

[13] Xiaohua Chen, Laibin Zhang, Liang Zhang, Jun Wang, Haiying Liu, Yuxiang Bu* Proton-Regulated Electron Transfers from Tyrosine to Tryptophan in Proteins: Through-Bond Mechanism versus Long-Range Hopping Mechanism J. Phys. Chem. B 2009, 113 (52), 16681–16688.

[14] Xiaohua Chen, Liang Zhang, Zhiping Wang, Jilai Li, Yuxiang Bu* Relay Stations for Electron Hole Migration in Peptides: Possibility for Formation of Three-Electron Bonds along Peptide Chains J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112 (45), 14302–14311.

[15] Xiaohua Chen, Dianxiang Xing, Liang Zhang, Robert I. Cukier, Yuxiang Bu* Effect of Metal ions on Radical Type and Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Channel: σ-radical vs π-radical and σ-Channel vs π-Channel in the Imide Units J. Comput. Chem. 2009, 30, 2694–2705.

[16] Boran Han, Xiaohua Chen, Jing Zhao and Yuxiang Bu* A peptide loop and an a-helix N-terminal serving as alternative electron hopping relays in proteins Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 15849–15859.