Zipeng Zhao

Professor title, doctoral supervisor, taught "Physical Chemistry", "Modern Analysis Method of Material Structure" and other courses, served as the education supervisor of Xu Teli College, presided over the youth project of overseas high-level talent introduction program, published more than 60 papers, a total of more than 15,000 citations, H-factor 47, applied for the United States and international patents have been authorized. Served as a reviewer for journals such as Nature Sustainability, and was selected into the national "Four Green" talent program.
Awards:
UCLA Chancellor's Award for Postdoctoral Research (2021)
Clarivate Global "Highly Cited Scientist" (2021)
Clarivate Global "Highly Cited Scientist" (2022)
Clarivate Global "Highly Cited Scientist" (2023)
MIT Technology Review Asia Pacific "35 Tech Innovators Under 35" (2023)
Academic Part-time:
Young Editorial Member of Nano Research
Young Editor, Journal of Electrochemistry

Aiming at the "carbon peak" and "carbon neutrality" goals of the national development plan, it is committed to the research of electrochemical catalysis in the application of green energy such as hydrogen energy. The specific range includes hydrogen production reactions required for electrolytic water green hydrogen production, oxygen production reactions, hydrogen oxidation reactions required for fuel cell applications, oxygen reduction reactions and catalysts required for the above-mentioned reactions. The research dimension involves the creation of new catalysts, macro preparation, and industrial application. Demonstration application of lightweight long life fuel cell power system. Demonstration application of green and efficient hydrogen production device.

2012-2017 PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
2007-2011 Bachelor of Chemistry, Xiamen University

2021-Present Beijing Institute of Technology
2017-2021 University of California, Los Angeles (Postdoctoral)

1)Zhao, Z. #, Liu, Z. #, Zhang, A., Yan, X., Xue, W., Peng, B., Xin, H. L., Pan, X., Duan, X. & Huang, Y.*, Graphene-nanopocket-encaged PtCo nanocatalysts for highly durable fuel cell operation under demanding ultralow-Pt-loading conditions. Nature Nanotechnology, 17, 968-975 (2022). (DOI: 10.1038/s41565-022-01170-9)
2)Flores Espinosa, M. M., Cheng, T., Xu, M., Abatemarco, L., Choi, C., Pan, X., Goddard, W. A., Zhao, Z.*, Huang, Y.*, Compressed Intermetallic PdCu for Enhanced Electrocatalysis. ACS Energy Letters, 5, 3672-3680 (2020). (DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01959)
3)Zhao, Z., Hossain, M. D., Xu, C., Lu, Z., Liu, Y.-S. , Hsieh, S.-H. , Lee, I., Gao, W., Yang, J., Merinov, B. V., Xue, W., Liu, Z., Zhou, J., Luo, Z., Pan, X., Zaera, F., Guo, J., Duan, X., Goddard, W. A., Huang, Y.*, Tailoring a Three-Phase Microenvironment for High-Performance Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Matter, 3, 1774-1790 (2020). (DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2020.09.025)
4)Zhao, Z.#, Liu, H.#, Gao, W., Xue, W., Liu, Z., Huang, J., Pan, X., and Huang, Y.*, Surface-Engineered PtNi-O Nanostructure with Record-High Performance for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140, 9046-9050 (2018) (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b04770)
5)Zhao, Z.#, Chen, C.#, Liu, Z.#, Huang, J., Wu, M., Liu, H., Li, Y.*, Huang, Y.*, Pt-based Nanocrystal for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction. Advanced Materials, 31, 1808115 (2019) (DOI: 10.1002/adma.201808115)
6)Zhao, Z.#, Flores Espinosa, M. M.#, Zhou, J., Xue, W., Duan, X., Miao, J., and Huang, Y.*, Synthesis of surface controlled nickel/palladium hydride nanodendrites with high performance in benzyl alcohol oxidation. Nano Research, 12, 1467-1472 (2019) (DOI: 10.1007/s12274-019-2413-9)
7)Liu, Z.#, Zhao, Z.#, Peng, B., Duan, X., Huang, Y.*, Beyond Extended Surfaces: Understanding the Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Nanocatalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, 17812-17827 (2020) (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c07696)
8)Cao, L.#, Zhao, Z.#, Liu, Z., Gao, W., Dai, S., Xue, W., Sun, H., Duan, X., Pan, X., Mueller, T.*, and Huang, Y.*, Differential Surface Elemental Distribution Leads to Significantly Enhanced Stability of PtNi-based ORR Catalysts. Matter, 1, 1567-1850 (2019) (DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2019.07.015)
9)Liu, M.#, Zhao, Z.#, Duan, X.*, and Huang, Y.*, Nanoscale Structure Design for High Performance Pt-Based ORR Catalysts. Advanced Materials, 1802234 (2018) (DOI: 10.1002/adma.201802234)
10)Jia, Q.#*, Zhao, Z.#, Cao, L.#, Li, J., Ghoshal, S., Davies, V., Stavitski, E., Attenkofer, K., Liu, Z., Li, M., Duan, X., Mukerjee, S., Mueller, T.*, and Huang, Y.*, Roles of Mo Surface Dopants in Enhancing the ORR Performance of Octahedral PtNi Nanoparticles. Nano Letters, 18, 798-804 (2018) (DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04007)
11)Huang, X.#, Zhao, Z.#, Cao, L., Chen, Y., Zhu, E., Lin, Z., Li, M., Yan, A., Zettl, A., Wang, Y. M., Duan, X., Mueller, T.*, and Huang, Y.*, High-performance transition metal–doped Pt3Ni octahedra for oxygen reduction reaction. Science, 348, 1230-1234 (2015) (DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa8765)
12)Zhao, Z., Huang, X., Li, M., Wang, G., Lee, C., Zhu, E., Duan, X., and Huang, Y.*, Synthesis of Stable Shape-Controlled Catalytically Active β-Palladium Hydride. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137, 15672-15675 (2015) (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b11543)
13)Zhao, Z.#, Feng, M.#, Zhou, J., Liu, Z., Li, M., Fan, Z., Tsen, O., Miao, J., Duan, X., and Huang, Y.*, Composition tunable ternary Pt-Ni-Co octahedra for optimized oxygen reduction activity. Chemical Communications, 52, 11215-11218 (2016) (DOI: 10.1039/C6CC06165F)
14)Huang, X.#, Zhao, Z.#, Chen, Y., Zhu, E., Li, M., Duan, X., and Huang, Y.*, A rational design of carbon-supported dispersive Pt-based octahedra as efficient oxygen reduction reaction catalysts. Energy & Environmental Science, 7, 2957-2962 (2014) (DOI: 10.1039/C4EE01082E)