Peng Zhang (张鹏) received his BS (2010) and PhD (2016) from Tianjin University in Chemical Engineering. He joined the exchange program to study at the University of Maryland, College Park in the US from 2011 to 2012. He worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore from 2016 to 2020. Dr. Zhang’s research focuses on the reaction engineering for (photo)electrochemical CO2 reduction and organic sysnthesis.
Education
2010.09-2016.01, Tianjin University, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, PhD
2011.08-2012.10, University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Visiting Student
2006.09-2010.07, Tianjin University, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, BS
2006.09-2010.07, Tianjin University, School of Management, BS
Work Experience
2016.05-2020, Nanyang Technological University, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Research Fellow
Selected Awards
2024 强国青年科学家
2023 侯德榜化工科学技术青年奖
2022 天津市自然科学一等奖
2022 天津市优秀青年科技工作者
2022 全国大学生节能减排社会实践与科技竞赛一等奖指导教师
2020 全球华人化工学者学会未来化工学者
2017 天津市自然科学一等奖
Editorial Boards
Chinese Chemical Letters — Associate Editor
Transactions of Tianjin University — Academic Editor
Renewables
Chemical Engineering Journal Advances — Early Career Editorial Board
Selected Publications
1. Hao Dong, Ran Luo, Gong Zhang, Lulu Li, Chaoxi Wang, Guodong Sun, Hongyi Wang, Jiachang Liu, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Peng Zhang*, and Jinlong Gong*, "Enhancing Electrochemical Epoxidation by the Promotion of Ethylene Activation and *OH Generation at the Ag/SnO2 Interface," Nature Commun. 2025, 16, 1901
2. Shuying Li, Gong Zhang, Xiao Ma, Hui Gao, Donglong Fu, Tuo Wang, Jianrong Zeng, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Peng Zhang*, and Jinlong Gong*, "Atomically Isolated Pd Sites Promote Electrochemical CO Reduction to Acetate through a Protonation-regulated Mechanism," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 46, 31927-31934
3. Xiaowei Du1, Peng Zhang1, Gong Zhang, Hui Gao, Mengmeng Zhang, Tuo Wang, and Jinlong Gong*, "Confinement of Ionomers for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction Reaction via Efficient Mass Transfer Pathways," National Sci. Rev. 2024, 11, nwad149 Peng Zhang, Tuo Wang, and Jinlong Gong*, "Advances in Electrochemical Oxidation of Olefins to Epoxides," CCS Chem. 2023, 5, 1028-1042
4. Jing Zhao1, Peng Zhang1, Tenghui Yuan, Dongfang Cheng, Shiyu Zhen, Hui Gao, Tuo Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao,and Jinlong Gong*, "Modulation of *CHxO Adsorption to Facilitate Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CH4 over Cu-based Catalysts," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 6622-6627.
5. Jia Yu1, Peng Zhang1, Lulu Li, Kailang Li, Gong Zhang, Jia Liu, Tuo Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, "Electroreductive Coupling of Benzaldehyde by Balancing the Formation and Dimerization of the Ketyl Intermediate," Nature Commun. 2022, 13, 7909
个人介绍
张鹏于2010年获天津大学化学工程与工艺和工程管理专业双学士学位，2016年获天津大学化学工艺专业博士学位，2011至2012年赴美国马里兰大学帕克分校交流学习，2016至2020年于新加坡南洋理工大学从事博士后研究工作。张鹏主要围绕“新能源催化反应工程”开展研究，在 Science Adv.、Nature Commun.、Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.、 J. Am. Chem. Soc.等期刊发表论文72篇，被引用8500余次，高被引论文16篇，H指数39，入选科睿唯安高被引学者。授权专利17件，在审 专利13件。