Zhipeng Wu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests

  Advanced (electro)catalysts for energy sustainability

Selected Publications

  • Alloying–Realloying Enabled High Durability for Pt–Pd–3d-Transition Metal Nanoparticle Fuel Cell Catalysts, Zhi-Peng Wu, Dominic Caracciolo, Yazan Maswadeh, Jianguo Wen, Zhijie Kong, Shiyao Shan, Jorge A Vargas, Emma Hopkins, Keonwoo Park, Shan Yan, Anju Sharma, Yang Ren, Valeri Petkov, Lichang Wang and Chuan-Jian Zhong. Nature Communications, 12, 859 (2021).
  • Manipulating the Local Coordination and Electronic Structures for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution, Zhi-Peng Wu, Huabin Zhang, Shouwei Zuo, Yan Wang, Song Lin Zhang, Jing Zhang, Shuang-Quan Zang, and Xiong Wen Lou. Advanced Materials, 33, 2103004 (2021).
  • Dynamic Core–Shell and Alloy Structures of Multimetallic Nanomaterials and Their Catalytic Synergies, Zhi-Peng Wu* (corresponding author), Shiyao Shan, Shuang-Quan Zang, and Chuan-Jian Zhong. Accounts of Chemical Research, 53(12), 2913-2924 (2020).
  • Non-Noble-Metal-Based Electrocatalysts toward Oxygen Evolution Reaction, Zhi-Peng Wu, Xue Feng Lu, Shuang-Quan Zang, Xiong Wen Lou. Advanced Functional Materials, 30(15), 1910274 (2020).
  • Revealing the Role of Phase Structures of Bimetallic Nanocatalysts in the Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Zhi-Peng Wu, Shiyao Shan, Zhi-Hui Xie, Ning Kang, Keonwoo Park, Emma Hopkins, Shan Yan, Anju Sharma, Jin Luo, Jie Wang, Valeri Petkov, Lichang Wang and Chuan-Jian Zhong. ACS Catalysis, 8(12), 11302-11313 (2018).

Education

  • Ph.D., Chemical Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 2019
  • B.Sc., Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 2014
  • B.Ec., Finance, Nankai University, Tianjin, China, 2014 

Professional Profile

  • 2021-present: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • 2019-2021: Postdoctoral faculty, Zhengzhou Univeristy, Zhengzhou, China
  • 2019-2021: Visiting scholar, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 

KAUST Affiliations

  • ​​​​​KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
  • ​Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

Electrocatalysis Fuel cells water electrolyzer Density Functional Theory (DFT)