
Wenhao Ren
School of Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr. Wenhao Ren is an innovative researcher in the fields of nanomaterials, electrocatalysis and battery technologies. He has published over 50 high-quality refereed journal papers, containing 1 ESI Hot papers, 4 ESI Highly Cited papers. These include 15 papers as the first/co-first authors and 2 as the co-corresponding authors in flagship Materials and Chemistry journals including Nat. Commun., Joule, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Nano Lett., Adv. Energy Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., ACS Catalysis, etc. He has achieved an h-index of 35 and total citations of > 4,500 (Google Scholar). Dr Ren has also been involved in several industrial projects and applied for 2 PCT patents, and 3 Chinese patents as the co-inventor.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2023 - 2026 DECRA Fellow University of Adelaide 2020 - 2023 Postdoc (Marie Curie Fellow) The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne 2017 - 2020 Postdoc The University of New South Wales 2012 - 2017 PhD Wuhan University of Technology -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2012 - 2017 Wuhan University of Technology China PhD
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Ren, W., Zhang, H., Chang, M., Chen, N., Ma, W., Gu, J., . . . Hu, X. (2024). Field-enhanced CO electroreduction in membrane electrolyzers at a dehydrated interface. Chem, 11-1-11-8.
2023 Ren, W., Ma, W., & Hu, X. (2023). Tailored water and hydroxide transport at a quasi-two-phase interface of membrane electrode assembly electrolyzer for CO electroreduction. Joule, 7(10), 2349-2360.
Scopus122023 Chang, M., Ren, W., Ni, W., Lee, S., & Hu, X. (2023). Ionomers Modify the Selectivity of Cu-Catalyzed Electrochemical CO<inf>2</inf> Reduction. ChemSusChem, 16(5), 8 pages.
Scopus11 WoS22022 Ren, W., Xu, A., Chan, K., & Hu, X. (2022). A Cation Concentration Gradient Approach to Tune the Selectivity and Activity of CO<inf>2</inf> Electroreduction. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 61(49), 6 pages.
Scopus48 WoS14 Europe PMC82022 Xu, W., Zhao, K., Liao, X., Sun, C., He, K., Yuan, Y., . . . Lu, J. (2022). Proton Storage in Metallic H<inf>1.75</inf>MoO<inf>3</inf> Nanobelts through the Grotthuss Mechanism. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(38), 17407-17415.
Scopus63 WoS22 Europe PMC62022 Ren, W., Tan, X., Jia, C., Krammer, A., Sun, Q., Qu, J., . . . Zhao, C. (2022). Electronic Regulation of Nickel Single Atoms by Confined Nickel Nanoparticles for Energy-Efficient CO<inf>2</inf> Electroreduction. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 61(26), 5 pages.
Scopus123 WoS53 Europe PMC72022 Qu, J., Yang, W., Wu, T., Ren, W., Huang, J., Yu, H., . . . Cairney, J. M. (2022). Atom probe specimen preparation methods for nanoparticles. Ultramicroscopy, 233, 8 pages.
Scopus4 WoS2 Europe PMC12022 Sun, Q., Zhao, Y., Ren, W., & Zhao, C. (2022). Electroreduction of low concentration CO<inf>2</inf> at atomically dispersed Ni-N-C catalysts with nanoconfined ionic liquids. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 304, 8 pages.
Scopus39 WoS202022 Zhang, Y., Chen, X., Cen, W., Ren, W., Guo, H., Wu, S., . . . Zhao, C. (2022). Flash-assisted doping graphene for ultrafast potassium transport. Nano Research, 15(5), 4083-4090.
Scopus9 WoS42021 Tressoldi, P. E., & Storm, L. (2021). Stage 2 Registered Report: Anomalous perception in a Ganzfeld condition - A meta-analysis of more than 40 years investigation. F1000Research, 10, 234.
Scopus3 Europe PMC12021 Ren, W., Tan, X., Qu, J., Li, S., Li, J., Liu, X., . . . Zhao, C. (2021). Isolated copper–tin atomic interfaces tuning electrocatalytic CO<inf>2</inf> conversion. Nature Communications, 12(1), 8 pages.
Scopus148 WoS92 Europe PMC162021 Jia, C., Li, S., Zhao, Y., Hocking, R. K., Ren, W., Chen, X., . . . Zhao, C. (2021). Nitrogen Vacancy Induced Coordinative Reconstruction of Single-Atom Ni Catalyst for Efficient Electrochemical CO<inf>2</inf> Reduction. Advanced Functional Materials, 31(51), 8 pages.
Scopus135 WoS712021 Sun, Q., Ren, W., Zhao, Y., & Zhao, C. (2021). Gram-scale synthesis of single-atom metal-N-CNT catalysts for highly efficient CO<inf>2</inf>electroreduction. Chemical Communications, 57(12), 1514-1517.
Scopus18 WoS14 Europe PMC22021 Qin, M., Ren, W., Jiang, R., Li, Q., Yao, X., Wang, S., . . . Mai, L. (2021). Highly Crystallized Prussian Blue with Enhanced Kinetics for Highly Efficient Sodium Storage. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13(3), 3999-4007.
Scopus137 WoS74 Europe PMC82021 Jia, C., Tan, X., Zhao, Y., Ren, W., Li, Y., Su, Z., . . . Zhao, C. (2021). Sulfur-Dopant-Promoted Electroreduction of CO<inf>2</inf> over Coordinatively Unsaturated Ni-N<inf>2</inf> Moieties. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 60(43), 23342-23348.
Scopus131 WoS72 Europe PMC92021 Su, Z., Chen, J., Ren, W., Guo, H., Jia, C., Yin, S., . . . Zhao, C. (2021). “Water-in-Sugar” Electrolytes Enable Ultrafast and Stable Electrochemical Naked Proton Storage. Small, 17(40), 9 pages.
Scopus44 WoS28 Europe PMC12020 Peng, X., Guo, H., Ren, W., Su, Z., & Zhao, C. (2020). Vanadium hexacyanoferrate as high-capacity cathode for fast proton storage. Chemical Communications, 56(79), 11803-11806.
Scopus51 WoS34 Europe PMC72020 Wu, S., Mo, J., Zeng, Y., Wang, Y., Rawal, A., Scott, J., . . . Chen, X. (2020). Shock Exfoliation of Graphene Fluoride in Microwave. Small, 16(12), 10 pages.
Scopus25 WoS23 Europe PMC22020 Zhao, Y., Tan, X., Yang, W., Jia, C., Chen, X., Ren, W., . . . Zhao, C. (2020). Surface Reconstruction of Ultrathin Palladium Nanosheets during Electrocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> Reduction. Angewandte Chemie, 132(48), 21677-21682.
2020 Guo, H., Goonetilleke, D., Sharma, N., Ren, W., Su, Z., Rawal, A., & Zhao, C. (2020). Two-Phase Electrochemical Proton Transport and Storage in α-MoO<inf>3</inf> for Proton Batteries. Cell Reports Physical Science, 1(10), 16 pages.
Scopus65 WoS392020 Yang, W., Zhao, Y., Chen, S., Ren, W., Chen, X., Jia, C., . . . Zhao, C. (2020). Defective Indium/Indium Oxide Heterostructures for Highly Selective Carbon Dioxide Electrocatalysis. Inorganic Chemistry, 59(17), 12437-12444.
Scopus50 WoS30 Europe PMC42020 Ren, W., & Zhao, C. (2020). Paths towards enhanced electrochemical CO<inf>2</inf> reduction. National Science Review, 7(1), 7-9.
Scopus52 WoS44 Europe PMC62020 Ahmed, M. I., Liu, C., Zhao, Y., Ren, W., Chen, X., Chen, S., & Zhao, C. (2020). Metal–Sulfur Linkages Achieved by Organic Tethering of Ruthenium Nanocrystals for Enhanced Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 59(48), 21465-21469.
Scopus62 WoS46 Europe PMC32020 Zhao, Y., Tan, X., Yang, W., Jia, C., Chen, X., Ren, W., . . . Zhao, C. (2020). Surface Reconstruction of Ultrathin Palladium Nanosheets during Electrocatalytic CO<inf>2</inf> Reduction. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 59(48), 21493-21498.
Scopus115 WoS99 Europe PMC112020 Ren, W., Tan, X., Chen, X., Zhang, G., Zhao, K., Yang, W., . . . Zhao, C. (2020). Confinement of Ionic Liquids at Single-Ni-Sites Boost Electroreduction of CO<inf>2</inf>in Aqueous Electrolytes. ACS Catalysis, 10(22), 13171-13178.
Scopus68 WoS462020 Jia, C., Ren, W., Chen, X., Yang, W., & Zhao, C. (2020). (N, B) Dual Heteroatom-Doped Hierarchical Porous Carbon Framework for Efficient Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 8(15), 6003-6010.
Scopus57 WoS422020 Su, Z., Ren, W., Guo, H., Peng, X., Chen, X., & Zhao, C. (2020). Ultrahigh Areal Capacity Hydrogen-Ion Batteries with MoO<inf>3</inf> Loading Over 90 mg cm<sup>−2</sup>. Advanced Functional Materials, 30(46), 8 pages.
Scopus74 WoS482019 Wang, Q., Ren, W., Gao, F., Qiu, C., Wang, Q., Gao, F., & Zhao, C. (2019). Thermally Activated Multilayered Carbon Cloth as Flexible Supercapacitor Electrode Material with Significantly Enhanced Areal Energy Density. ChemElectroChem, 6(6), 1768-1775.
Scopus33 WoS292019 Ren, W., Tan, X., Yang, W., Jia, C., Xu, S., Wang, K., . . . Zhao, C. (2019). Isolated Diatomic Ni-Fe Metal–Nitrogen Sites for Synergistic Electroreduction of CO<inf>2</inf>. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 58(21), 6972-6976.
Scopus810 WoS613 Europe PMC682019 Qin, M., Ren, W., Meng, J., Wang, X., Yao, X., Ke, Y., . . . Mai, L. (2019). Realizing Superior Prussian Blue Positive Electrode for Potassium Storage via Ultrathin Nanosheet Assembly. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 7(13), 11564-11570.
Scopus98 WoS812019 Chen, X., Bo, X., Ren, W., Chen, S., & Zhao, C. (2019). Microwave-assisted shock synthesis of diverse ultrathin graphene-derived materials. Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 3(7), 1433-1439.
Scopus15 WoS112019 Yao, X., Ke, Y., Ren, W., Wang, X., Xiong, F., Yang, W., . . . Mai, L. (2019). Retraction to: Defect-Rich Soft Carbon Porous Nanosheets for Fast and High-Capacity Sodium-Ion Storage (Advanced Energy Materials, (2019), 9, 6, (1803260), 10.1002/aenm.201803260). Advanced Energy Materials, 9(8), 1 page.
Scopus14 WoS92019 Jia, C., Dastafkan, K., Ren, W., Yang, W., & Zhao, C. (2019). Carbon-based catalysts for electrochemical CO<inf>2</inf> reduction. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 3(11), 2890-2906.
Scopus83 WoS572019 Ren, W., Tan, X., Yang, W., Jia, C., Xu, S., Wang, K., . . . Zhao, C. (2019). Isolated Diatomic Ni‐Fe Metal–Nitrogen Sites for Synergistic Electroreduction of CO<sub>2</sub>. Angewandte Chemie, 131(21), 7046-7050.
2019 Ren, W., Zhu, Z., Qin, M., Chen, S., Yao, X., Li, Q., . . . Zhao, C. (2019). Prussian White Hierarchical Nanotubes with Surface-Controlled Charge Storage for Sodium-Ion Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials, 29(15), 10 pages.
Scopus163 WoS1162019 Yang, W., Chen, S., Ren, W., Zhao, Y., Chen, X., Jia, C., . . . Zhao, C. (2019). Nanostructured amalgams with tuneable silver-mercury bonding sites for selective electroreduction of carbon dioxide into formate and carbon monoxide. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(26), 15907-15912.
Scopus43 WoS322019 Yao, X., Ke, Y., Ren, W., Wang, X., Xiong, F., Yang, W., . . . Mai, L. (2019). Defect-Rich Soft Carbon Porous Nanosheets for Fast and High-Capacity Sodium-Ion Storage. Advanced Energy Materials, 9(6), 1-9.
Scopus301 WoS2332019 Ahmed, M. I., Chen, S., Ren, W., Chen, X., & Zhao, C. (2019). Synergistic bimetallic CoFe<inf>2</inf>O<inf>4</inf> clusters supported on graphene for ambient electrocatalytic reduction of nitrogen to ammonia. Chemical Communications, 55(81), 12184-12187.
Scopus52 WoS42 Europe PMC32018 Ren, W., Chen, X., & Zhao, C. (2018). Ultrafast Aqueous Potassium-Ion Batteries Cathode for Stable Intermittent Grid-Scale Energy Storage. Advanced Energy Materials, 8(24), 8 pages.
Scopus167 WoS1322018 Yao, X., Zhu, Z., Li, Q., Wang, X., Xu, X., Meng, J., . . . Mai, L. (2018). 3.0 v High Energy Density Symmetric Sodium-Ion Battery: Na<inf>4</inf>V<inf>2</inf>(PO<inf>4</inf>)<inf>3</inf>∥Na<inf>3</inf>V<inf>2</inf>(PO<inf>4</inf>)<inf>3</inf>. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(12), 10022-10028.
Scopus77 WoS67 Europe PMC42018 Ren, W., Liu, D., Sun, C., Yao, X., Tan, J., Wang, C., . . . Mai, L. (2018). Nonhierarchical Heterostructured Fe<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf>/Mn<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> Porous Hollow Spheres for Enhanced Lithium Storage. Small, 14(26), 9 pages.
Scopus93 WoS80 Europe PMC62017 Zhang, G., Xiong, T., Yan, M., Xu, Y., Ren, W., Xu, X., . . . Mai, L. (2017). In Operando Probing of Sodium-Incorporation in NASICON Nanomaterial: Asymmetric Reaction and Electrochemical Phase Diagram. Chemistry of Materials, 29(19), 8057-8064.
Scopus20 WoS162017 Xu, X., Niu, C., Duan, M., Wang, X., Huang, L., Wang, J., . . . Mai, L. (2017). Alkaline earth metal vanadates as sodium-ion battery anodes. Nature Communications, 8(1), 11 pages.
Scopus140 WoS120 Europe PMC162017 Ren, W., Qin, M., Zhu, Z., Yan, M., Li, Q., Zhang, L., . . . Mai, L. (2017). Activation of Sodium Storage Sites in Prussian Blue Analogues via Surface Etching. Nano Letters, 17(8), 4713-4718.
Scopus253 WoS208 Europe PMC182017 Ren, W., Zhu, Z., An, Q., & Mai, L. (2017). Emerging Prototype Sodium-Ion Full Cells with Nanostructured Electrode Materials. Small, 13(23), 31 pages.
Scopus104 WoS103 Europe PMC72017 Zhang, L., Zhao, K., Yu, R., Yan, M., Xu, W., Dong, Y., . . . Mai, L. (2017). Phosphorus Enhanced Intermolecular Interactions of SnO<inf>2</inf> and Graphene as an Ultrastable Lithium Battery Anode. Small, 13(20), 8 pages.
Scopus105 WoS90 Europe PMC62017 Zhao, K., Wen, M., Dong, Y., Zhang, L., Yan, M., Xu, W., . . . Mai, L. (2017). Thermal Induced Strain Relaxation of 1D Iron Oxide for Solid Electrolyte Interphase Control and Lithium Storage Improvement. Advanced Energy Materials, 7(6), 10 pages.
Scopus77 WoS742017 Ren, W., Li, S., Gao, L., Huang, S., Zhang, L., Qiang, C., . . . Zhi, K. (2017). Low-dose propranolol for infantile hemangioma of the head and neck: Analysis of 23 consecutive patients. PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL, 59(2), 213-217.
WoS6 Europe PMC42016 Chen, C., Ren, W., Gao, L., Cheng, Z., Zhang, L., Li, S., & Zhi, P. K. -Q. (2016). Function of obturator prosthesis after maxillectomy and prosthetic obturator rehabilitation. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, 82(2), 177-183.
WoS22 Europe PMC132016 Yan, M., Zhao, L., Zhao, K., Wei, Q., An, Q., Zhang, G., . . . Mai, L. (2016). Cycling-Stable Cathodes: The Capturing of Ionized Oxygen in Sodium Vanadium Oxide Nanorods Cathodes under Operando Conditions (Adv. Funct. Mater. 36/2016). Advanced Functional Materials, 26(36), 6498.
2016 Ren, W., Yao, X., Niu, C., Zheng, Z., Zhao, K., An, Q., . . . Mai, L. (2016). Cathodic polarization suppressed sodium-ion full cell with a 3.3 V high-voltage. Nano Energy, 28, 216-223.
Scopus102 WoS862016 Yan, M., Zhao, L., Zhao, K., Wei, Q., An, Q., Zhang, G., . . . Mai, L. (2016). The Capturing of Ionized Oxygen in Sodium Vanadium Oxide Nanorods Cathodes under Operando Conditions. Advanced Functional Materials, 26(36), 6555-6562.
Scopus20 WoS192016 Wei, Q., Xu, Y., Li, Q., Tan, S., Ren, W., An, Q., & Mai, L. (2016). Novel layered Li<inf>3</inf>V<inf>2</inf>(PO<inf>4</inf>)<inf>3</inf>/rGO&C sheets as high-rate and long-life lithium ion battery cathodes. Chemical Communications, 52(56), 8730-8732.
Scopus27 WoS27 Europe PMC12016 Ren, W., Zheng, Z., Xu, C., Niu, C., Wei, Q., An, Q., . . . Mai, L. (2016). Self-sacrificed synthesis of three-dimensional Na<inf>3</inf>V<inf>2</inf>(PO<inf>4</inf>)<inf>3</inf> nanofiber network for high-rate sodium-ion full batteries. Nano Energy, 25, 145-153.
Scopus243 WoS2002016 Zhang, L., Zhao, K., Luo, Y., Dong, Y., Xu, W., Yan, M., . . . Mai, L. (2016). Acetylene Black Induced Heterogeneous Growth of Macroporous CoV<inf>2</inf>O<inf>6</inf> Nanosheet for High-Rate Pseudocapacitive Lithium-Ion Battery Anode. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8(11), 7139-7146.
Scopus88 WoS79 Europe PMC132016 Yan, M., Zhang, G., Wei, Q., Tian, X., Zhao, K., An, Q., . . . Mai, L. (2016). In operando observation of temperature-dependent phase evolution in lithium-incorporation olivine cathode. Nano Energy, 22, 406-413.
Scopus32 WoS262016 Wang, L., Hu, Z., Zhao, K., Luo, Y., Wei, Q., Tang, C., . . . Mai, L. (2016). Hollow spherical LiNi<sub>0.5</sub>Mn<sub>1.5</sub>O<sub>4</sub> built from polyhedra with high-rate performance via carbon nanotube modification. SCIENCE CHINA-MATERIALS, 59(2), 95-103.
WoS292015 Ren, W., Zheng, Z., Luo, Y., Chen, W., Niu, C., Zhao, K., . . . Mai, L. (2015). An electrospun hierarchical LiV<inf>3</inf>O<inf>8</inf> nanowire-in-network for high-rate and long-life lithium batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3(39), 19850-19856.
Scopus62 WoS512015 Niu, C., Meng, J., Wang, X., Han, C., Yan, M., Zhao, K., . . . Mai, L. (2015). General synthesis of complex nanotubes by gradient electrospinning and controlled pyrolysis. Nature Communications, 6(1), 9 pages.
Scopus392 WoS349 Europe PMC572014 Ren, W. H., Zhao, K. N., Zheng, Z. P., & Mai, L. Q. (2014). Nanowire material and its application in electrochemical energy storage field. Gongneng Cailiao/Journal of Functional Materials, 45(12), 12010-12018.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2024 Principal Supervisor Electrochemical conversion of small molecules into value-added chemicals Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Kai Dong 2024 Principal Supervisor A Novel Metal-based Catalyst for Highly Selective CO2 Electroreduction Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Qi Wei 2024 Co-Supervisor Design of Cu-based catalysts for selective electroreduction of carbon dioxide to C2+ products. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Dehuang Zhuo 2024 Principal Supervisor Fabrication of Cost-Effective High-Performance Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalyst and Effective Catalyst Layer for Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Minqiu Lan 2024 Co-Supervisor Novel Material (MOFs) Synthesis using Microfluidic Reactor Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Sebete Mabaleha 2024 Co-Supervisor Novel Material (MOFs) Synthesis using Microfluidic Reactor Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Ayesha Sandaruwani Makandana Kankanamalage -
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Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2023 - ongoing Co-Supervisor Design of novel catalysts for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction. The University of Adelaide - Doctorate Full Time Jing Yang -
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Date Topic Location Name 2024 - 2027 Electrocatalysis for the synthesis of small moleculars School of Chemical Engineering Kai Dong
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