Chen Peng

Chen Peng

School of Chemical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Dr. Chen Peng was born in 1995, Wuhan, China. He obtained his bachelor degree of engineering at Wuhan University of Technology (WUT, China) in June, 2018. From May 2015 to June 2018, he was an undergraduate researcher under the supervision of Prof. Liqiang Mai and Prof. Qinyou An at WUT. Then, he moved to Fudan University (FDU, China) in September 2018, and earned his PhD degree at FDU in June 2023, under the supervision of Prof. Gengfeng Zheng. During the summer in 2019, he visited Canadian Light Source and Western University (Canada). Since July 2023, he is an ARC-Grant Funded Researcher A at The University of Adelaide (Australia), which his supervisors are Prof. Shi-Zhang Qiao and Prof. Yao Zheng.

Now, his interests include the electrochemical CO2/CO reduction and seawater electrolysis. He has published 14 peer-reviewed research articles as the first (or co-first)/corresponding authors in the international journals of Chem, Nat. Commun., Nat. Biomed. Eng., Adv. Mater. (2), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Energy Mater. (3), etc. His papers have been cited around 1600 times (H-index 18, Google Scholar) with the average citation around 50 per article.

He was invited as the independent reviewer of high-impact journals, such as Nat. Chem., Nat. Commun., Adv. Mater., J. Energy Chem., etc. He was also acted as a Young Editoral Broad Member of eScience and Carbon Neutralization, and a Guest Editor of Micromachines. He also obtained many honors and awards, including Nano Research Energy Young Star Researcher-Gold Award, Rising Talents Prize at the ENFL Virtual Asia-Pacific Graduate Student Symposium-ACS Fall, Chunyu Scholarship by Neware Company (Shenzhen), 14th Academic Star Special Award by Fudan University, Shanghai Outstanding Graduate Award, Tongji Kelan Education Scholarship-Special Award of Academician Dongyuan Zhao, National Scholarship for PhD Students, Dow Chemistry Scholarship, Xianghui Scholarship, China Building Materials Scholarship, etc.

  • Journals

    Year Citation
    2025 Peng, C., Shen, H., Zheng, M., Jaroniec, M., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2025). New Insights into CO₂ Electroreduction in Acidic Seawater. ACS Catalysis, 15(1), 468-476.
    DOI Scopus3
    2025 Zhong, D., Fang, Q., Du, R., Jin, Y., Peng, C., Cheng, D., . . . Li, J. (2025). Selective Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Ethylene or Ethanol via Tuning *OH Adsorption. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 12 pages.
    DOI Scopus2
    2025 Zheng, M., Wang, P., Gao, Y., Peng, C., Zheng, Y., & Qiao, S. (2025). Tuning interfacial *H coverage and aldehyde adsorption configuration for selective electrocatalytic hydrogenation of furfural. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 13(13), 9135-9143.
    DOI
    2024 Chen, Y., Lyu, N., Zhang, J., Yan, S., Peng, C., Yang, C., . . . Zheng, G. (2024). Tailoring the CO and H Coverage for Selective CO₂
    Electroreduction to CH₄ or C₂H₄. Small, 20(15), 2308004-1-2308004-6.

    DOI Scopus16 Europe PMC7
    2024 Hao, S., Chen, Y., Peng, C., Wang, H., Wen, Q., Hu, C., . . . Zheng, G. (2024). Photocatalytic Coupling of CH₄ and CO₂ to Ethanol on Asymmetric Ce-O-Zn Sites. Advanced Functional Materials, 34(17), 2314118-1-2314118-7.
    DOI Scopus21
    2024 Peng, C., Ma, J., Luo, G., Yan, S., Zhang, J., Chen, Y., . . . Zheng, G. (2024). (111) Facet-oriented Cu2Mg Intermetallic Compound with Cu3-Mg Sites for CO2 Electroreduction to Ethanol with Industrial Current Density.. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 63(17), e202316907.
    DOI Scopus35 Europe PMC8
    2024 Wang, B., Song, L., Peng, C., Lv, X., & Zheng, G. (2024). Pd-induced polarized Cu⁰-Cu⁺ sites for electrocatalytic CO₂-to-C₂₊conversion in acidic medium. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 671, 184-191.
    DOI Scopus7 Europe PMC4
    2024 Ma, J., Liu, T., Hao, S., Yan, S., Xu, Z., Yang, S., . . . Peng, C. (2024). Sulfite-Assisted Acetate Conversion from CO Electroreduction. ChemSusChem, 17(21), e202400683-1-e202400683-7.
    DOI
    2024 Hao, S., Xue, Y., Peng, C., Mi, Y., Yan, Y., Wang, M., . . . Zheng, G. (2024). Photocatalytic CH4-to-Ethanol Conversion on Asymmetric Multishelled Interfaces.. J Am Chem Soc, 146(37), 25870-25877.
    DOI Scopus11 Europe PMC3
    2023 Yan, S., Chen, Z., Chen, Y., Peng, C., Ma, X., Lv, X., . . . Zheng, G. (2023). High-Power CO₂‑to‑C₂ Electroreduction on Ga-Spaced, Square-like Cu Sites. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(48), 1-9.
    DOI Scopus66 Europe PMC22
    2023 Yang, R., Zhao, P., Wang, L., Feng, C., Peng, C., Wang, Z., . . . Zhang, J. (2023). Assessment of visual function in blind mice and monkeys with subretinally implanted nanowire arrays as artificial photoreceptors. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 8(8), 1-37.
    DOI Scopus14 Europe PMC9
    2023 Peng, C., Yang, S., Luo, G., Yan, S., Chen, N., Zhang, J., . . . Zheng, G. (2023). Ampere-level CO2-to-formate electrosynthesis using highly exposed bismuth(110) facets modified with sulfur-anchored sodium cations. Chem, 9(10), 2830-2840.
    DOI Scopus34 WoS2
    2023 Yang, L., Lv, X., Peng, C., Kong, S., Huang, F., Tang, Y., . . . Zheng, G. (2023). Promoting CO<inf>2</inf> Electroreduction to Acetate by an Amine-Terminal, Dendrimer-Functionalized Cu Catalyst. ACS Central Science, 9(10), 1905-1912.
    DOI Scopus22 WoS3 Europe PMC6
    2023 Zhang, J., Yu, P., Peng, C., Lv, X., Liu, Z., Cheng, T., & Zheng, G. (2023). Efficient CO Electroreduction to Methanol by CuRh Alloys with Isolated Rh Sites. ACS Catalysis, 13(11), 7170-7177.
    DOI Scopus26
    2023 Xu, Z., Peng, C., Luo, G., Yang, S., Yu, P., Yan, S., . . . Zheng, G. (2023). High-rate CO<inf>2</inf>-to-CH<inf>4</inf> Electrosynthesis by Undercoordinated Cu Sites in Alkaline-Earth-Metal Perovskites with Strong Basicity. Advanced Energy Materials, 13(19), 8 pages.
    DOI Scopus24 WoS3
    2023 Peng, C., Yang, S., Luo, G., Yan, S., Shakouri, M., Zhang, J., . . . Zheng, G. (2023). Over 2 A cm<sup>−2</sup> CO<inf>2</inf>-to-Ethanol Conversion by Alkali-Metal Cation Induced Copper With Dominant (200) Facets. Small, 19(23), 2207374.
    DOI Scopus19 WoS2 Europe PMC7
    2023 Xu, Z., Peng, C., & Zheng, G. (2023). Coupling Value-Added Anodic Reactions with Electrocatalytic CO<inf>2</inf> Reduction. Chemistry - A European Journal, 29(11), 1-17.
    DOI Scopus18 WoS4 Europe PMC3
    2023 Yu, P., Lv, X., Wang, Q., Huang, H., Weng, W., Peng, C., . . . Zheng, G. (2023). Promoting Electrocatalytic CO<inf>2</inf> Reduction to CH<inf>4</inf> by Copper Porphyrin with Donor–Acceptor Structures. Small, 19(4), 1-7.
    DOI Scopus54 WoS5 Europe PMC5
    2022 Peng, C., Yang, S., Luo, G., Yan, S., Shakouri, M., Zhang, J., . . . Zheng, G. (2022). Surface Co-Modification of Halide Anions and Potassium Cations Promotes High-Rate CO<inf>2</inf>-to-Ethanol Electrosynthesis. Advanced Materials, 34(39), 1-9.
    DOI Scopus63 WoS10 Europe PMC18
    2022 Chen, M., Lv, X., Guan, A., Peng, C., Qian, L., & Zheng, G. (2022). Electrocatalytic methane oxidation to formate on magnesium based metal-organic frameworks. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 623, 348-353.
    DOI Scopus16 WoS4 Europe PMC3
    2022 Liu, K., Yang, C., Wei, R., Ma, X., Peng, C., Liu, Z., . . . Zheng, G. (2022). Unraveling and tuning the linear correlation between CH<inf>4</inf> and C<inf>2</inf> production rates in CO<inf>2</inf> electroreduction. Science Bulletin, 67(10), 1042-1048.
    DOI Scopus26 WoS4 Europe PMC7
    2022 Peng, C., Xu, Z., Luo, G., Yan, S., Zhang, J., Li, S., . . . Zheng, G. (2022). Highly-Exposed Single-Interlayered Cu Edges Enable High-Rate CO<inf>2</inf>-to-CH<inf>4</inf> Electrosynthesis. Advanced Energy Materials, 12(15), 1-7.
    DOI Scopus41 WoS16
    2022 Peng, C., Zhu, X., Xu, Z., Yan, S., Chang, L. Y., Wang, Z., . . . Zheng, G. (2022). Lithium Vacancy-Tuned [CuO<inf>4</inf>] Sites for Selective CO<inf>2</inf> Electroreduction to C<inf>2+</inf> Products. Small, 18(8), 8 pages.
    DOI Scopus25 WoS11 Europe PMC7
    2021 Peng, C., Luo, G., Xu, Z., Yan, S., Zhang, J., Chen, M., . . . Zheng, G. (2021). Lithiation-Enabled High-Density Nitrogen Vacancies Electrocatalyze CO<inf>2</inf> to C<inf>2</inf> Products. Advanced Materials, 33(40), 1-7.
    DOI Scopus77 WoS34 Europe PMC20
    2021 Peng, C., Luo, G., Zhang, J., Chen, M., Wang, Z., Sham, T. K., . . . Zheng, G. (2021). Double sulfur vacancies by lithium tuning enhance CO<inf>2</inf> electroreduction to n-propanol. Nature Communications, 12(1), 1-8.
    DOI Scopus270 WoS111 Europe PMC67
    2021 Li, S., Guan, A., Yang, C., Peng, C., Lv, X., Ji, Y., . . . Zheng, G. (2021). Dual-Atomic Cu Sites for Electrocatalytic CO Reduction to C<inf>2+</inf>Products. ACS Materials Letters, 3(12), 1729-1737.
    DOI Scopus101 WoS40
    2021 Yan, S., Peng, C., Yang, C., Chen, Y., Zhang, J., Guan, A., . . . Zheng, G. (2021). Electron Localization and Lattice Strain Induced by Surface Lithium Doping Enable Ampere-Level Electrosynthesis of Formate from CO<inf>2</inf>. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 60(49), 25741-25745.
    DOI Scopus92 WoS53 Europe PMC18
    2020 Lv, X., Shang, L., Zhou, S., Li, S., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., . . . Zheng, G. (2020). Electron-Deficient Cu Sites on Cu<inf>3</inf>Ag<inf>1</inf> Catalyst Promoting CO<inf>2</inf> Electroreduction to Alcohols. Advanced Energy Materials, 10(37), 1-8.
    DOI Scopus148 WoS90
    2020 Guan, A., Chen, Z., Quan, Y., Peng, C., Wang, Z., Sham, T. K., . . . Zheng, G. (2020). Boosting CO<inf>2</inf> Electroreduction to CH<inf>4</inf> via Tuning Neighboring Single-Copper Sites. ACS Energy Letters, 5(4), 1044-1053.
    DOI Scopus419 WoS262
    2018 Peng, C., Lyu, H., Wu, L., Xiong, T., Xiong, F., Liu, Z., . . . Mai, L. (2018). Lithium- and Magnesium-Storage Mechanisms of Novel Hexagonal NbSe<inf>2</inf>. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(43), 36988-36995.
    DOI Scopus50 WoS35 Europe PMC3
    2018 Wu, L., Sun, R., Xiong, F., Pei, C., Han, K., Peng, C., . . . Mai, L. (2018). A rechargeable aluminum-ion battery based on a VS<inf>2</inf> nanosheet cathode. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20(35), 22563-22568.
    DOI Scopus109 WoS74 Europe PMC10
    2018 Sheng, J., Peng, C., Yan, S., Zhang, G., Jiang, Y., An, Q., . . . Mai, L. (2018). New anatase phase VTi2.6O7.2 ultrafine nanocrystals for high-performance rechargeable magnesium-based batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(28), 13901-13907.
    DOI Scopus21 WoS17
    2017 Sheng, J., Peng, C., Xu, Y., Lyu, H., Xu, X., An, Q., & Mai, L. (2017). KTi2(PO4)3 with Large Ion Diffusion Channel for High-Efficiency Sodium Storage. Advanced Energy Materials, 7(17), 8 pages.
    DOI Scopus27 WoS19
    2016 Sheng, J., Zang, H., Tang, C., An, Q., Wei, Q., Zhang, G., . . . Mai, L. (2016). Graphene wrapped NASICON-type Fe2(MoO4)3 nanoparticles as a ultra-high rate cathode for sodium ion batteries. Nano Energy, 24, 130-138.
    DOI Scopus63 WoS51
  • Memberships

    Date Role Membership Country
    2022 - ongoing Member American Chemical Society United States
  • Editorial Boards

    Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
    2024 - 2026 Board Member eScience Elsevier China
    2024 - 2026 Board Member Carbon Neutralization Wiley China
    2023 - 2025 Consulting Editor Micromachines MDPI Switzerland

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