Jian Peng
Assistant Professor
jpeng@eitech.edu.cn
Background Information:
Jian Peng is currently an Assistant Professor at the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo. He received his Ph.D. in Material Science from the University of Wollongong, Australia, in 2022 and continued there as an Associate Research Fellow. In 2023, he joined the University of Western Ontario, Canada, for postdoctoral research, having been awarded the prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. Jian's main research focus is on the design and engineering applications of sodium-ion battery electrodes.
He has published 88 peer-reviewed journal articles, with over 6,000 citations and an h-index of 44 (Google Scholar). Among these, he has published 31 papers as the first or corresponding author, including works in Adv Mater. (1), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (5), Energy Environ. Sci. (1), Adv. Energy Mater. (5), Matter (2), Nano Lett. (1) over the past five years. 16 of his publications are Highly Cited Papers, and 4 are Hot Papers. He also serves as a young editorial board member for Carbon Energy, Nano Research Energy, and Battery Energy. Furthermore, he is the recipient of the 2021 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, Extraordinary Potential Prize, and Postgraduate Research Award 2021/2022 of the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering. He was granted the ICDD 2021 Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Award, as one of the 6 global recipients all over the world. He is selected as the 2024 World’s Top 2% Scientists released by Stanford University and Elsevier.
Research Field:
His primary research focuses on key materials and advanced characterization techniques for all-solid-state sodium batteries, covering the following areas:
1. Electrode and electrolyte materials sodium-ion battery.
2. Atomic scale fabrication and modification of interfaces.
3. Investigation on multiple scale (“Materials-Interfaces-Devices”) sodium-ion storage mechanism.
4. Operando techniques for sodium-ion batteries.
5. Pouch cell prototyping and industrial applications.
Educational Background:
2020.01-2022.09: PhD. (Material Science), University of Wollongong, Australia
2015.09-2018.06: Master (Material Science), Huazhong University of Science and Technology
2011.09-2015-06: Bachelor (Material Chemistry), Hubei Engineering University
Work Experience:
2025.01-Present: Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo
2023.10-2025.01: Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Western University, Canada
2022.10-2023.10: Associate Research Fellow, University of Wollongong, Australia
2019.06-2019-12: Wuhan Institute of New Energy, R&D Engineer
2018.07-2019.05: Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Research Assistant
Academic Part-time Jobs (Partial):
Young Editorial Board Member of Carbon Energy (JCR-1, Impact Factor: 20.5)
Young Editorial Board Member of Nano Research Energy
Young Editorial Board Member of Battery Energy
Young Editorial Board Member of Carbon Neutralization
Awards and Honors:
• 2024 World's Top 2% Scientists
• 2024 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 2021 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, Extraordinary Potential Prize, China
• 2022 Postgraduate Research Award, The Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Australia
• 2021 ICDD The Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship, USA
Representative Works:
General Information
88 publications including 16 ESI Highly Cited Papers and 4 Hot Papers with total Citation>6,000 and H-index=44, Google Scholar by Nov. 2024
Google Scholar：
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=USHWprEAAAAJ&hl=en
10 Representative Works (* refers to the corresponding author)
1. Jian Peng+, Mingyang Ou+, Haocong Yi+, Xueping Sun+, Yuanpeng Zhang+, Bao Zhang, Yu Ding, Songqi Gu, Carlos Alberto López, Yi Liu, Ju Fang, Peng Wei, Yuyu Li, Ling Miao, Chun Fang, María Teresa Fernández-Díaz, José Antonio Alonso, Shulei Chou and Jiantao Han*, Defect-free-induced Na+ disordering in electrode materials. Energy & Environ. Sci. 2021, 14, 3130
2. Jian Peng, Wang Zhang*, Qiannan Liu, Jiazhao Wang*, Huakun Liu, Shixue Dou and Shulei Chou*, Prussian blue analogues for sodium-ion batteries: past, present and future, Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 202108384 ESI Highly Cited Paper/Hot Paper
3. Jinsong Wang, Sisi Xin, Yao Xiao, Zhengfu Zhang*, Zhimin Li, Wang Zhang, Caiju Li, Rui Bao, Jian Peng*, Jianhong Yi and Shulei Chou*, Manipulating the water dissociation electrocatalytic sites of bimetallic Ni-based alloy for highly-efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202202518 ESI Highly Cited Paper/Hot Paper
4. Jian Peng, Wang Zhang*, Zhe Hu, Lingfei Zhao, Can Wu, Germanas Peleckis, Qinfen Gu, Jiazhao Wang*, Huakun Liu, Shixue Dou and Shulei Chou*, Ice-assisted synthesis of highly crystallized Prussian blue analogues for all-climate and long-calendar-life sodium ion batteries. Nano Lett. 2022, 22, 3, 1302 ESI Highly Cited Paper
5. Jian Peng,+ Yun Gao,+ Hang Zhang, Zhengguang Liu, Wang Zhang, Li Li*, Yun Qiao, Weishen Yang, Jiazhao Wang*, Shixue Dou and Shulei Chou*, Ball milling solid-state synthesis of highly crystalline prussian blue analogue Na2‐xMnFe(CN)6 cathodes for all-climate sodium-ion batteries, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 134, e202205867 ESI Highly Cited Paper
6. Jian Peng, Bao Zhang, Weibo Hua, Yaru Liang, Wang Zhang, Yumeng Du, Germanas Peleckis, Sylvio Indris, Qinfen Gu, Zhenxiang Cheng, Jiazhao Wang*, Huakun Liu, Shixue Dou and Shulei Chou*, A Rubik’s cube-inspired framework for sodium-ion batteries with ultralong cycle lifespan, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 135, e202215865 ESI Highly Cited Paper
7. Hang Zhang+, Yun Gao+, Jian Peng*, Yameng Fan, Li Li*, Yao Xiao, Wei Kong Pang, Jiazhao Wang*, Shu-Lei Chou*, Prussian Blue analogues with optimized crystal plane orientation and low crystal defects toward 450 wh kg-1 sodium-ion batteries, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202303953 ESI Highly Cited Paper
8. Jia Yao, YuyuLi*, Tiantian Xiong, Yameng Fan, Xiangxin Cheng, Yunan Tian, Huasen Shen, Mengjun Li, Wanfu Liang, Lele Li, Ting Li, Wen Zhang, Kun Cheng, Pingmei Guo, Zehui Yang, Jian Peng*, Jiazhao Wang, Zhaohuai Li*, Ming Xie*, Huakun Liu and Shixue Dou, Scalable Precise Nanofilm Coating and Gradient Al Doping Enable Stable Battery Cycling of LiCoO2 at 4.7 V, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 202407898
9. Hang Zhang, Yun Gao, Xiaohao Liu, Lifeng Zhou, Jiayang Li, Yao Xiao, Jian Peng*, Jiazhao Wang*, and Shulei Chou*, Long-cycle-life cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries towards large-scale energy storage systems, Adv. Energy. Mater. 2023, 13, 202300149 ESI Highly Cited Paper/Hot Paper
10. Jian Peng, Weibo Hua, Wanlin Wang, Jinsong Wang, Lin Li, Yaru Liang, Lingfei Zhao, Zichao Yan, Yanfang Zhu, Zhuo Yang, Weihong Lai, Germanas Peleckis, Sylvio Indris, Wang Zhang, Jiazhao Wang*, Shulei Chou*, Huakun Liu and Shixue Dou, Structural engineering of Prussian blue analogues enabling all-climate and ultralong cycling sodium-ion batteries, ACS Nano, 2024, 18, 30, 19854
