Prof. Chunpeng Yang joined Tianjin University as a professor in 2021. He received his B.S. degree from University of Science and Technology of China in 2011 and Ph.D. degree from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2016. He conducted postdoctoral research in Prof. Liangbing Hu’s group in the University of Maryland at College Park in 2016-2021.
Prof. Yang's research focuses on safe and efficient energy-storage materials and devices (lithium metal batteries, solid-state batteries, etc.), biomaterials for sustainable energy storage, and ultrafast synthesis of energy-related nanomaterials. His work has been published in Nature, Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., PNAS, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Mater., Adv. Sci., ACS Nano etc. He has been selected as a Clarivate Analytics Global Highly Cited Researcher (2024, 2025) and Stanford University “World’s Top 2% Scientist” (2024, 2025).
Seleted Publications:
(1) Yang, C.; Wu, Q.; Xie, W.; Zhang, X.; Brozena, A.; Zheng, J.; Garaga, M. N.; Ko, B. H.; Mao, Y.; He, S.; Gao, Y.; Wang, P.; Tyagi, M.; Jiao, F.; Briber, R.; Albertus, P.; Wang, C.; Greenbaum, S.; Hu, Y.-Y.; Isogai, A.; Winter, M.; Xu, K.; Qi, Y.*; Hu, L.*, Copper-coordinated cellulose ion conductors for solid-state batteries. Nature 2021, 598, 590. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03885-6
(2) Zhang, J.; Li, J.; Zhao, G.; Wang, Q.*; Guo, Y.-G.*; Yang, C.*, Mining Solid-State Electrolytes from Metal–Organic Framework Databases through Large Language Models and Representation Clustering. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 40496-40506. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c12212
(3) Ge, H.; Long, Y.; Huang, D.; Geng, C.; Yan, T.; Yang, H.; Chen, M.; Wang, L.; Zhang, L.*; Zhang, X.*; Zhou, Z.; Yang, C.*; Yang, Q.-H.*, Exploiting deep sulfur conversion by tandem catalysis for all-solid-state lithium–sulfur batteries. Natl. Sci. Rev., 2025, nwaf525. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaf525
(4) Li, D.; Yu, D.; Zhang, G.; Du, A; Ye Z.; Jia, Y.; Hou, W.; Xu, T.; Li, F.; Chi, S.; Zhu, Y.*; Yang, C.*, High Configuration Entropy Promises Electrochemical Stability of Chloride Electrolytes for High-Energy, Long-Life All-Solid-State Batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202419735. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202419735
(5) Wang, F.; Ma, R.; Chen, Z.; Yin, T.; Yan, Z.; Chi, S.; Jiao, M.*; Yang, C.*; Yang, Q-H.*, Click Chemistry‐Inspired Fixation Catalysis for Long‐Life Zinc–Iodine Batteries. Adv. Mater., 2025. e11980. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202511980
(6) Lu, H.; Du, A.; Lin, X; Zhang, Z; Liu, S; Xie, Y; Li, W; Song, J; Lu, Y; Chen, W; Yang, C.*; Yang, Q.-H.*, Rationally coupling thermal tolerance, thermal conductance, and overheating-response in a separator for safe batteries. Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17, 7860. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EE02302A
(7) Wang, F.; Zhang, J.; Lu, H.; Zhu, H.; Chen, Z.; Wang, L.; Yu, J.; You, C.; Li, W.; Song, J.; Weng, Z.; Yang, C.*; Yang, Q.-H.*, Production of gas-releasing electrolyte-replenishing Ah-scale zinc metal pouch cells with aqueous gel electrolyte. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 4211. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39877-5
