Zhi-peng Wu

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Current

Research Interests

  Advanced (electro)catalysts for energy sustainability

Selected Publications

  • Zhi-Peng Wu, Shouwei Zuo, Zhihao Pei, Jing Zhang, Lirong Zheng, Deyan Luan, Huabin Zhang, and Xiong Wen (David) Lou* “Operando Unveiling the Activity Origin via Preferential Structure Evolution in Ni-Fe (Oxy)phosphides for Efficient Oxygen Evolution”, Science Advances, 11, adu5370 (2025).
  • Zhi-Peng Wu, Dong Dinh, Dominic Caracciolo, Yazan Maswadeh, Hui Zhang, Huabin Zhang, Susan S. Lu, Lichang Wang, Valeri Petkov* and Chuan-Jian Zhong* “Interfacial Reactivity-Triggered Oscillatory Lattice Strains of Nanoalloys”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146, 35264−35274 (2024).
  • 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* “Alloying–Realloying Enabled High Durability for Pt–Pd–3d-Transition Metal Nanoparticle Fuel Cell Catalysts”, Nature Communications, 12, 859 (2021). (Highly cited paper by Clarivate)
  • Zhi-Peng Wu, Huabin Zhang, Shouwei Zuo, Yan Wang, Song Lin Zhang, Jing Zhang, Shuang-Quan Zang*, and Xiong Wen (David) Lou* “Manipulating the Local Coordination and Electronic Structures for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution”, Advanced Materials, 33, 2103004 (2021). (Highly cited paper by Clarivate)
  • Zhi-Peng Wu*, Shiyao Shan, Shuang-Quan Zang, and Chuan-Jian Zhong* “Dynamic Core–Shell and Alloy Structures of Multimetallic Nanomaterials and Their Catalytic Synergies”, Accounts of Chemical Research, 53(12), 2913-2924 (2020). (Invited feature article)

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

  • 2022-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)