HONGJIE PENG Ph.D. Candidate Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology Department of Chemical Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing 100084, China Phone: (+86)-15210581334 E-mails: phj13@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn; hjpeng@slac.stanford.edu; penghongjie09@gmail.com ResearcherID: H-1787-2013 EDUCATION 8/2013-present Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Thesis advisor: Prof. Fei Wei & Prof. Qiang Zhang 8/2009-7/2013 B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Thesis advisor: Prof. Fei Wei & Prof. Qiang Zhang RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS Material Synthesis Carbon nanomaterials: carbon nanotubes (CNT), graphene, graphene/cnt hybrids, hollow graphene nanoshells, porous carbon, heteroatom-doped carbon Layered inorganic materials: layered double hydroxides, transition metal hydroxides, transition metal chalcogenides Flexible composites: CNT paper, CNT/carbon nanocage film, CNT/graphene hybrid film Synthetic methods: chemical vapor deposition, hydro-/solvothermal, wet chemical synthesis, chemical activation, chemical doping Material Characterization Energy Application SEM, TEM, XRD, XPS, TGA, UV-vis, FTIR, Raman, physical adsorption, four-probe measurement Li S batteries: composite cathodes, hierarchical separators, nanostructured anodes, novel electrolyte Other electrochemical systems: Li-ion batteries, supercapacitors, hybrid batteries Renewable energy: ORR, OER, HER, CO 2 reduction, artificial photosynthesis Analytical method: galvanostatic tests, CV, EIS, RDE tests
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES 10/2015-9/2016 Stanford University, SLAC, SUNCAT Visiting scholar for a 1-year research program on CO 2 reduction, electrochemical interface modeling, and DFT calculation Advisor: Prof. Jens K. Nørskov 8/2013-7/2015 Tsinghua University, Department of Chemical Engineering PUBLICATIONS Assistant administrator for TEM View my research profile from Thomson Reuters: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/h-1787-2013 Total citation: 837 (ISI Web in May 1, 2016); 1076 (Google Scholar Citation in May 1, 2016) 1. Peng, H.-J.; Huang, J.-Q.; Zhao, M.-Q.; Zhang, Q.; Cheng, X.-B.; Liu, X.-Y.; Qian, W.-Z.; Wei, F. Nanoarchitectured Graphene/CNT@Porous Carbon with Extraordinary Electrical Conductivity and Interconnected Micro/Mesopores for Lithium- Sulfur Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials 2014, 24, (19), 2772 2781. (Back Cover, IF = 11.805, ESI High Cited Paper) Most accessed paper of Advanced Functional Materials 11/2013 10/2014, 12/2013 11/2014 Highlighted by Tsinghua News (Oct. 30, Front Page), Phys.org, Nanowerk, MaterialsViewsChina 2. Peng, H.-J.; Hou, T.-Z.; Zhang, Q.; Huang, J.-Q.; Cheng, X.-B.; Guo, M.-Q.; Yuan, Z.; He, L.-Y.; Wei, F. Strongly Coupled Interfaces between a Heterogeneous Carbon Host and a Sulfur-Containing Guest for Highly Stable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Mechanistic Insight into Capacity Degradation. Advanced Materials Interfaces 2014, 1, (7), 1400227. (Inside Cover, New journal, ESI High Cited Paper) Most accessed paper of Advanced Materials Interfaces 5/2014 4/2015, 1/2015 12/2015 Highlighted by Phys.org, Nanowerk, MaterialsViewsChina, Genesis Nanotechnology 3. Peng, H.-J.; Zhang, Q. Designing Host Materials for Sulfur Cathodes: From Physical Confinement to Surface Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015, 54, (38), 11018 11020. (IF = 11.261) 4. Peng, H.-J.; Ϯ Liang, J.; Ϯ Zhu, L.; Ϯ ( Ϯ Equally Contributed) Huang, J.-Q.; Cheng, X.-B.; Guo, X.; Ding, W.; Zhu, W.; Zhang, Q. Catalytic Self-Limited Assembly at Hard Templates: A Mesoscale Approach to
Graphene Nanoshells for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. ACS Nano 2014, 8, (11), 11280 11289. (IF = 12.881) 5. Peng, H.-J.; Ϯ Wang, D.-W.; Ϯ ( Ϯ Equally Contributed) Huang, J.-Q.; Cheng, X.-B.; Yuan, Z.; Wei, F.; Zhang, Q. Janus Separator of Polypropylene-Supported Cellular Graphene Framework for Sulfur Cathodes with High Utilization in Lithium Sulfur Batteries. Advanced Science 2016, 3, (1), 1500268. (Front Cover, New journal) Most accessed paper of Advanced Science 9/2015 12/2015 Highlighted by Nanowerk, MaterialsViewsChina, Milim Syscon 6. Yuan, Z.; Ϯ Peng, H.-J.; Ϯ ( Ϯ Equally Contributed) Huang, J.-Q.; Liu, X.-Y.; Wang, D.-W.; Cheng, X.-B.; Zhang, Q. Hierarchical Free-Standing Carbon-Nanotube Paper Electrodes with Ultrahigh Sulfur-Loading for Lithium Sulfur Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials 2014, 24, (39), 6105 6112. (Back Cover, IF = 11.805, ESI High Cited Paper) Highlighted by Tsinghua News (Jun. 17, Front Page), Phys.org, Nanowerk, MaterialsViewsChina 7. Yuan, Z.; Ϯ Peng, H.-J.; Ϯ Hou, T.-Z.; Ϯ ( Ϯ Equally Contributed) Huang, J.-Q.; Chen, C.-M.; Wang, D.-W.; Cheng, X.-B.; Wei, F.; Zhang, Q. Powering Lithium Sulfur Battery Performance by Propelling Polysulfide Redox at Sulfiphilic Hosts. Nano Letters 2016, 16, (1), 519 527. (IF = 13.592) Highlighted by Phys.org, Nanowerk, X-Mol 8. Zhu, L.; Ϯ Peng, H.-J.; Ϯ ( Ϯ Equally Contributed) Liang, J.; Huang, J.-Q.; Chen, C.-M.; Guo, X.; Zhu, W.; Li, P.; Zhang, Q. Interconnected carbon nanotube/graphene nanosphere scaffolds as free-standing paper electrode for high-rate and ultra-stable lithium sulfur batteries. Nano Energy 2015, 11, 746 755. (IF = 10.325, ESI High Cited Paper) 9. Liu, X.-Y.; Ϯ Peng, H.-J.; Ϯ ( Ϯ Equally Contributed) Zhang, Q.; Huang, J.-Q.; Liu, X.-F.; Wang, L.; He, X.; Zhu, W.; Wei, F. Hierarchical Carbon Nanotube/Carbon Black Scaffolds as Short- and Long-Range Electron Pathways with Superior Li-Ion Storage Performance. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2014, 2, (2), 200 206. (IF = 4.462) 10. Zhao, M.-Q.; Zhang, Q.; Huang, J.-Q.; Tian, G.-L.; Nie, J.-Q.; Peng, H.-J.; Wei, F. Unstacked double-layer templated graphene for high-rate lithium-sulphur batteries. Nature Communications 2014, 5, 3410. (IF = 11.470, ESI High Cited Paper) 11. Huang, J.-Q.; Zhang, Q.; Peng, H.-J.; Liu, X.-Y.; Qian, W.-Z.; Wei, F. Ionic shield for polysulfides towards highly-stable lithium-sulfur batteries. Energy & Environmental Science 2014, 7, (1), 347 353. (Back Cover, IF = 20.523, ESI High Cited Paper)
12. Tang, C.; Zhang, Q.; Zhao, M.-Q.; Huang, J.-Q.; Cheng, X.-B.; Tian, G.-L.; Peng, H.-J.; Wei, F. Nitrogen- Doped Aligned Carbon Nanotube/Graphene Sandwiches: Facile Catalytic Growth on Bifunctional Natural Catalysts and Their Applications as Scaffolds for High-Rate Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Advanced Materials 2014, 26, (35), 6100 6105. (Inside Back Cover, IF = 17.463, ESI High Cited Paper) 13. Zhao, M.-Q.; Peng, H.-J.; Tian, G.-L.; Zhang, Q.; Huang, J.-Q.; Cheng, X.-B.; Tang, C.; Wei, F. Hierarchical Vine-Tree-Like Carbon Nanotube Architectures: In-Situ CVD Self-Assembly and Their Use as Robust Scaffolds for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. Advanced Materials 2014, 26, (41), 7051 7058. (Inside Cover, IF = 17.463) 14. Zhang, R.; Cheng, X.-B.; Zhao, C.-Z.; Peng, H.-J.; Shi, J.-L.; Huang, J.-Q.; Wang, J. F.; Wei, F.; Zhang, Q. Conductive Nanostructured Scaffolds Render Low Local Current Density to Inhibit Lithium Dendrite Growth. Advanced Materials 2016, 28, (11), 2155 2162. (Inside Cover, IF = 17.463) 15. Cheng, X.-B.; Hou, T.-Z.; Zhang, R.; Peng, H.-J.; Zhao, C.-Z.; Huang, J.-Q.; Zhang, Q. Dendrite-Free Lithium Deposition Induced by Uniformly Distributed Lithium-Ions for Efficient Lithium Metal Batteries. Advanced Materials 2016, 28, (15), 2888 2895. (Front Cover, IF = 17.463) 16. Huang, J.-Q.; Zhuang, T.-Z.; Zhang, Q.; Peng, H.-J.; Chen, C.-M.; Wei, F. Permselective Graphene Oxide Membrane for Highly Stable and Anti-Self-Discharge Lithium Sulfur Batteries. ACS Nano 2015, 9, (3), 3002 3011. (IF = 12.881, ESI High Cited Paper) 17. Cheng, X.-B.; Peng, H.-J.; Huang, J.-Q.; Zhang, R.; Zhao, C.-Z.; Zhang, Q. Dual-Phase Lithium Metal Anode Containing a Polysulfide-Induced Solid Electrolyte Interphase and Nanostructured Graphene Framework for Lithium Sulfur Batteries. ACS Nano 2015, 9, (6), 6373 6382. (IF = 12.881) 18. Cheng, X.-B.; Huang, J.-Q.; Zhang, Q.; Peng, H.-J.; Zhao, M.-Q.; Wei, F. Aligned carbon nanotube/sulfur composite cathodes with high sulfur content for lithium-sulfur batteries. Nano Energy 2014, 4, 65 72. (IF = 10.325, ESI High Cited Paper) 19. Cheng, X.-B.; Peng, H.-J.; Huang, J.-Q.; Wei, F.; Zhang, Q. Dendrite-Free Nanostructured Anode: Entrapment of Lithium in a 3D Fibrous Matrix for Ultra-Stable Lithium Sulfur Batteries. Small 2014, 10, (21), 4257 4263. (Inside Cover, IF = 8.368) 20. Shi, J.-L.; Tang, C.; Peng, H.-J.; Zhu, L.; Cheng, X.-B.; Huang, J.-Q.; Wei, F.; Zhu, W.; Zhang, Q. 3D Mesoporous Graphene: CVD Self-Assembly on Porous Oxide Templates and Applications in High-Stable Li-S Batteries. Small 2015, 11, (39), 5243 5252. (Front Cover, IF = 8.368) 21. Zhuang, T.-Z.; Huang, J.-Q.; Peng, H.-J.; He, L.-Y.; Cheng, X.-B.; Chen, C.-M.; Zhang, Q. Rational Integration of Polypropylene/Graphene Oxide/Nafion as Ternary-Layered Separator to Retard the Shuttle of Polysulfides for Lithium Sulfur Batteries. Small 2016, 12, (3), 381 389. (IF = 8.368) 22. Xu, W.-T.; Peng, H.-J.; Huang, J.-Q.; Zhao, C.-Z.; Cheng, X.-B.; Zhang, Q. Towards Stable Lithium Sulfur Batteries with a Low Self-Discharge Rate: Ion Diffusion Modulation and Anode Protection. ChemSusChem 2015, 8, (17), 2892 2901. (Back Cover, IF = 7.657) 23. Huang, J.-Q.; Peng, H.-J.; Liu, X.-Y.; Nie, J.-Q.; Cheng, X.-B.; Zhang, Q.; Wei, F. Flexible all-carbon interlinked nanoarchitectures as cathode scaffolds for high-rate lithium-sulfur batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2014, 2, (28), 10869 10875. (Back Cover, IF = 7.443) 24. Liu, X.; Huang, J.-Q.; Zhang, Q.; Liu, X.-Y.; Peng, H.-J.; Zhu, W.; Wei, F. N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidoneassisted solvothermal synthesis of nanosize orthorhombic lithium iron phosphate with improved Li-storage
performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2012, 22, (36), 18908 18914. (IF = 6.626) 25. Cheng, X.-B.; Peng, H.-J.; Huang, J.-Q.; Zhu, L.; Yang, S.-H.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, H.-W.; Zhu, W.; Wei, F.; Zhang, Q. Three-dimensional aluminum foam/carbon nanotube scaffolds as long- and short-range electron pathways with improved sulfur loading for high energy density lithium sulfur batteries. Journal of Power Sources 2014, 261, 264 270. (IF = 6.217) 26. Cheng, X.-B.; Huang, J.-Q.; Peng, H.-J.; Nie, J.-Q.; Liu, X.-Y.; Zhang, Q.; Wei, F. Polysulfide shuttle control: Towards a lithium-sulfur battery with superior capacity performance up to 1000 cycles by matching the sulfur/electrolyte loading. Journal of Power Sources 2014, 253, 263 268. (IF = 6.217, ESI High Cited Paper) 27. Zhao, M.-Q.; Peng, H.-J.; Zhang, Q.; Huang, J.-Q.; Tian, G.-L.; Tang, C.; Hu, L.; Jiang, H.-R.; Cai, H.-Y.; Yuan, H.-X.; Wei, F. Controllable bulk growth of few-layer graphene/single-walled carbon nanotube hybrids containing Fe@C nanoparticles in a fluidized bed reactor. Carbon 2014, 67, 554 563. (IF = 6.196) 28. Zhu, L.; Zhu, W.; Cheng, X.-B.; Huang, J.-Q.; Peng, H.-J.; Yang, S.-H.; Zhang, Q. Cathode materials based on carbon nanotubes for high-energy-density lithium-sulfur batteries. Carbon 2014, 75, 161 168. (IF = 6.196) 29. Shi, J.-L.; Peng, H.-J.; Zhu, L.; Zhu, W.; Zhang, Q. Template growth of porous graphene microspheres on layered double oxide catalysts and their applications in lithium sulfur batteries. Carbon 2015, 92, 96 105. (IF = 6.196) 30. Cheng, X.-B.; Zhang, Q.; Wang, H.-F.; Tian, G.-L.; Huang, J.-Q.; Peng, H.-J.; Zhao, M.-Q.; Wei, F. Nitrogen-doped herringbone carbon nanofibers with large lattice spacings and abundant edges: Catalytic growth and their applications in lithium ion batteries and oxygen reduction reactions. Catalysis Today 2015, 249, 244 251. (IF = 3.893) 31. Liu, X.; Zhang, Q.; Huang, J.; Zhang, S.; Peng, H.; Wei, F. Hierarchical nanostructured composite cathode with carbon nanotubes as conductive scaffold for lithium-sulfur batteries. Journal of Energy Chemistry 2013, 22, (2), 341 346. (IF = 2.352) 32. Zhang, Q.; Cheng, X.-B.; Huang, J.-Q.; Peng, H.-J.; Wei, F. Review of carbon materials for advanced lithium-sulfur batteries. New Carbon Materials 2014, 29, (4), 241 264. (Cover, IF = 0.979) 33. Zhao, C.-Z.; Cheng, X.-B.; Zhang, R.; Peng, H.-J.; Huang, J.-Q.; Ran, R.; Huang, Z.-H.; Wei, F.; Zhang, Q. Li 2S 5-based ternary-salt electrolyte for robust lithium metal anode. Energy Storage Materials 2016, 3, 77 84. (New journal) 34. Hou, T.-Z.; Peng, H.-J.; Huang, J.-Q.; Zhang, Q.; Li, B. The formation of strong-couple interactions between nitrogen-doped graphene and sulfur/lithium (poly)sulfides in lithium-sulfur batteries. 2D Materials 2015, 2, (1), 014011. (New journal) CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTION 1. Peng, H.-J.; Huang, J.-Q.; Zhao, M.-Q.; Zhang, Q.; Liu, X.-Y.; Qian, W.-Z.; Wei, F. Hierarchical Nanostructured Carbon/Sulfur Hybrid Cathode for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Battery. The 7 th World Congress on Particle Technology 2014, Beijing, China (Oral) 2. Peng, H.-J.; Zhang, Q.; Huang, J.-Q.; Cheng, X.-B.; Guo, M.-Q.; Yuan, Z.; He, L.-Y.; Wei, F. Strongly
Coupled Nitrogen-Doped Carbon/Sulfur Interfaces for Highly-Stable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. The 1 st International Conference on Nanoenergy and Nanosystems 2014, Beijing, China (Oral) 3. Peng, H.-J.; Huang, J.-Q.; Zhang, Q.; Hou, T.-Z.; Zhu, L.; Cheng, X.-B.; Wei, F. Low-Dimensional sp 2 Nanocarbon and Their Applications for Li-S Batteries. MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit 2015, San Francisco, USA (Oral) 4. Peng, H.-J.; Huang, J.-Q.; Zhang, Q.; Wang, D.-W.; Hou, T.-Z.; Cheng, X.-B.; Wei, F. Rational Design of Carbon Nanomaterials for Advanced Lithium/Sulfur Batteries. Frontier of Nanochemistry 2015, Beijing, China (Oral) 5. Peng, H.-J.; Huang, J.-Q.; Zhao, M.-Q.; Zhang, Q.; Cheng, X.-B.; Liu, X.-Y.; Qian, W.-Z.; Wei, F. Hierarchical Nanostructured Carbon/Sulfur Hybrid Cathode for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Battery. 17th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries 2014, Como, Italy (Poster) 6. Peng, H.-J.; Huang, J.-Q.; Zhao, M.-Q.; Zhang, Q.; Cheng, X.-B.; Liu, X.-Y.; Qian, W.-Z.; Wei, F. Nanoarchitectured Graphene/CNT based Hybrid Cathode for High-Rate Lithium-Sulfur Battery. The 15th International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes 2014, Los Angles, USA (Poster) 7. Peng, H.-J.; Huang, J.-Q.; Zhao, M.-Q.; Zhang, Q.; Cheng, X.-B.; Liu, X.-Y.; Qian, W.-Z.; Wei, F. Nanostructured Carbon Hybrid for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Battery. 2014 Electrochemical Conference on Energy & the Environment, Shanghai 2014, Shanghai, China (Poster) 8. Peng, H.-J.; Yuan, Z.; Huang, J.-Q.; Liu, X.-Y.; Wang, D.-W.; Cheng, X.-B.; Zhang, Q. A High Areal Energy Density Lithium-Sulfur Battery Based on Hierarchical Free-Standing Carbon Nanotube Paper Electrodes. The World Conference on Carbon 2014, Jeju, South Korea (Poster) 9. Peng, H.-J.; Yuan, Z.; Huang, J.-Q.; Liu, X.-Y.; Wang, D.-W.; Cheng, X.-B.; Zhang, Q. Hierarchical Free- Standing Carbon Nanotube Paper Electrodes for Li-S Batteries. The 5 th A3 Symposium on Emerging Materials 2014, Tianjin, China (Poster) 10. Peng, H.-J.; Huang, J.-Q.; Zhang, Q.; Liu, X.-Y.; Yuan, Z.; Zhu, L.; Wei, F. Flexible Li-S Cathode: Bottom- Up Carbon Nanotube/Graphene Hybrid Film. MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit 2015, San Francisco, USA (Poster) 11. Peng, H.; Karamad, M.; Fields, M.; Chan, K.; Nørskov, J. K. Catalyst Screening for CO 2 Electrochemical Reduction. JCAP All-Hands Meeting 2016, Pacific Grove, USA (Poster) HONORS AND AWARDS 11/2015 Outstanding Reviewer of Materials Sciences & Engineering B 10/2015 National Scholarship for Graduate Students (Award to top 4 Master and PhD. students in Department of Chemical Engineering) 8/2015 Princeton and Solartron Best Oral Presentation Award of The 18 th National Conference on Electrochemistry (Award to 10/2500) 6/2015 The Best Oral Presentation Award of Frontier of Nanochemistry 2015
4/2015 The Materials Research Society (MRS) Silver Graduate Student Award (Award to 30/5000) 12/2014 The Best Poster Award of The 1 st International Conference on Nanoenergy and Nanosystems 10/2014 National Scholarship for Graduate Students (Award to top 4 Master and PhD. students in Department of Chemical Engineering) 6/2013 Excellent Thesis for Undergraduates in Tsinghua University PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (Award to top 5 undergraduates in Department of Chemical Engineering) Reviewed and co-reviewd manuscripts in the following journals: Nat. Commun., Sci. Rep., Angew. Chem. Int. Edit., Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., Small, ChemSusChem, ACS Nano, ACS Appl. Mater. Inter., Energy & Environ. Sci., Green Chem., J. Mater. Chem. A, Chem. Commun., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., RSC Adv., J. Power Sources, Carbon, Fuel, Mater. Sci. Eng. B, etc. (~90 manuscripts in total)