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Overview

Pengfei Zhang is affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China and has a substantial body of work primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research focuses largely on materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, and catalysis.

The scientist's research covers a variety of topics, notably:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Nanomaterials for Catalytic Reactions
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Pengfei Zhang has coauthored multiple works, frequently collaborating with:

  • Qiang Niu (40 publications)
  • Shu Yuan (22 publications)
  • Sheng Dai (19 publications)
  • Xiaolan Duan (14 publications)
  • Jiahua Zhao (12 publications)

The scientist has published extensively in several journals, with notable frequent venues including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (23 publications)
  • Chemical Engineering Journal (12 publications)
  • Fuel (7 publications)
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (6 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (6 publications)

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Interfacial electronic structure modulation of Pt-MoS2 heterostructure for enhancing electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction," 2022, Nano Energy
  • "Nitrogen-doped carbon wrapped Co-Mo2C dual Mott-Schottky nanosheets with large porosity for efficient water electrolysis," 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Unraveling Sequential Oxidation Kinetics and Determining Roles of Multi-Cobalt Active Sites on Co3O4 Catalyst for Water Oxidation," 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Deep Understanding of Strong Metal Interface Confinement: A Journey of Pd/FeOx Catalysts," 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • "In-situ electrochemical tuning of (CoNiMnZnFe)3O3.2 high-entropy oxide for efficient oxygen evolution reactions," 2021, Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of palladium nanoparticles supported on mesoporous N-doped carbon and their catalytic ability for biofuel upgrade.

    Xuan Xu;Yi Li;Yutong Gong;Pengfei Zhang

  • Recent Advances of Lanthanum-Based Perovskite Oxides for Catalysis

    Huiyuan Zhu;Pengfei Zhang;Sheng Dai;Sheng Dai

  • Solvent-free aerobic oxidation of hydrocarbons and alcohols with Pd@N-doped carbon from glucose.

    Pengfei Zhang;Yutong Gong;Haoran Li;Zhirong Chen

  • Mesoporous MnCeOx solid solutions for low temperature and selective oxidation of hydrocarbons.

    Pengfei Zhang;Hanfeng Lu;Ying Zhou;Li Zhang

  • Entropy-stabilized metal oxide solid solutions as CO oxidation catalysts with high-temperature stability

    Hao Chen;Hao Chen;Jie Fu;Pengfei Zhang;Honggen Peng;Honggen Peng

  • Metal-free allylic/benzylic oxidation strategies with molecular oxygen: recent advances and future prospects

    Kexian Chen;Pengfei Zhang;Yong Wang;Haoran Li

  • Recent advances in carbon nanospheres: synthetic routes and applications

    Pengfei Zhang;Zhen-An Qiao;Sheng Dai;Sheng Dai

  • Mechanochemical synthesis of metal–organic frameworks

    Dong Chen;Jiahua Zhao;Pengfei Zhang;Sheng Dai;Sheng Dai

  • Porous Liquids: A Promising Class of Media for Gas Separation

    Jinshui Zhang;Song Hai Chai;Zhen An Qiao;Shannon M. Mahurin

  • Rational Design of Bi Nanoparticles for Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Reduction: The Elucidation of Size and Surface Condition Effects

    Zhiyong Zhang;Miaofang Chi;Gabriel M. Veith;Pengfei Zhang

  • A template-free solvent-mediated synthesis of high surface area boron nitride nanosheets for aerobic oxidative desulfurization

    Peiwen Wu;Wenshuai Zhu;Wenshuai Zhu;Yanhong Chao;Yanhong Chao;Jinshui Zhang

  • A novel catalyst Pd@ompg-C3N4 for highly chemoselective hydrogenation of quinoline under mild conditions

    Yutong Gong;Pengfei Zhang;Xuan Xu;Yi Li

  • Mechanochemical Synthesis of High Entropy Oxide Materials under Ambient Conditions: Dispersion of Catalysts via Entropy Maximization

    Hao Chen;Hao Chen;Hao Chen;Wenwen Lin;Zihao Zhang;Kecheng Jie

  • Crystal Structural Effect of AuCu Alloy Nanoparticles on Catalytic CO Oxidation

    Wangcheng Zhan;Jinglin Wang;Haifeng Wang;Jinshui Zhang

  • Solid-state synthesis of ordered mesoporous carbon catalysts via a mechanochemical assembly through coordination cross-linking

    Pengfei Zhang;Li Wang;Li Wang;Shize Yang;Jennifer A. Schott;Jennifer A. Schott

  • Metal-free oxidation of sulfides by carbon nitride with visible light illumination at room temperature

    Pengfei Zhang;Yong Wang;Haoran Li;Markus Antonietti

  • Nitrogen-doped carbon wrapped Co-Mo2C dual Mott–Schottky nanosheets with large porosity for efficient water electrolysis

    Pengfei Zhang;Yaoda Liu;Tingting Liang;Edison Huixiang Ang

  • Poly(ionic liquid) Complex with Spontaneous Micro-/Mesoporosity: Template-Free Synthesis and Application as Catalyst Support

    Qiang Zhao;Pengfei Zhang;Markus Antonietti;Jiayin Yuan

  • Confined Ultrathin Pd‐Ce Nanowires with Outstanding Moisture and SO2 Tolerance in Methane Combustion

    Honggen Peng;Honggen Peng;Cheng Rao;Ning Zhang;Xiang Wang

  • Unraveling Sequential Oxidation Kinetics and Determining Roles of Multi-Cobalt Active Sites on Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> Catalyst for Water Oxidation

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  • Visible‐Light‐Induced Metal‐Free Allylic Oxidation Utilizing a Coupled Photocatalytic System of g‐C3N4 and N‐Hydroxy Compounds

    Pengfei Zhang;Yong Wang;Jia Yao;Congmin Wang

  • Highly selective Pd@mpg-C3N4 catalyst for phenol hydrogenation in aqueous phase

    Yi Li;Xuan Xu;Pengfei Zhang;Yutong Gong

  • Lab-in-a-Shell: Encapsulating Metal Clusters for Size Sieving Catalysis

    Zhen-An Qiao;Pengfei Zhang;Song-Hai Chai;Miaofang Chi

Frequent Co-Authors

Sheng Dai
Sheng Dai Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Haoran Li
Haoran Li Zhejiang University
Shize Yang
Shize Yang Arizona State University
Yiyong Mai
Yiyong Mai Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Zhen-An Qiao
Zhen-An Qiao Jilin University
Jun Xu
Jun Xu Hefei University of Technology
Jiexiang Xia
Jiexiang Xia Jiangsu University
Jinshui Zhang
Jinshui Zhang Fuzhou University
Markus Antonietti
Markus Antonietti Max Planck Society
Huaming Li
Huaming Li Jiangsu University

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