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) and Stanford University “World’s Top 2% Scientist” (2024).
Seleted Recent 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) 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., 2024, e202419735. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202419735
(3) Du, A.; Lu, H.; Liu, S.; Chen, S.; Chen, Z.; Li, W.; Song, J.; Yang, Q.-H.; Yang, C.*, Breaking the Trade-Off between Ionic Conductivity and Mechanical Strength in Solid Polymer Electrolytes for High-Performance Solid Lithium Batteries. Adv. Energy Mater. 2024, 14, 2400808. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202400808
(4) Chen, Z.; Wang, F.; Ma, R.; Jiao, W.; Li, D.; Du, A.; Yan, Z.; Yin, T.; Yin, X.; Li, Q.; Zhang, X.*; Yang, N.; Zhou, Z.; Yang, Q.-H.*; Yang, C.*, Molecular Catalysis Enables Fast Polyiodide Conversion for Exceptionally Long-Life Zinc–Iodine Batteries. ACS Energy Lett. 2024, 9, 2858. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.4c00992
(5) 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
(6) 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
