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Renpeng Chen

Renpeng Chen

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Rising Stars
2025

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Rising Stars

D-Index
47
Citations
8363
World Ranking
391
National Ranking
132

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
35
Citations
4935
World Ranking
8989
National Ranking
1509

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  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Renpeng Chen is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and focuses primarily on engineering research, particularly within the fields of electrical and electronic engineering as well as civil and structural engineering.

Their scholarly contributions span several subfields including:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Building and Construction

The scientist's research topics are mainly centered around advanced battery materials and technologies alongside geotechnical engineering aspects. Specific areas of study include:

  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
  • Structural Load-Bearing Analysis

Renpeng Chen has published research in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Energy storage materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Nano Energy

Some notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Renpeng Chen are:

  • "Zwitterionic Bifunctional Layer for Reversible Zn Anode", 2022, ACS Energy Letters
  • "A novel hydrophobic-zincophilic bifunctional layer for stable Zn metal anodes", 2022, Energy storage materials
  • "Electrochemical Mg2+ Displacement Driven Reversible Copper Extrusion/Intrusion Reactions for High-Rate Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries", 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Superstretchable, thermostable and ultrahigh-loading lithium-sulfur batteries based on nanostructural gel cathodes and gel electrolytes", 2020, Nano Energy
  • "Steric Molecular Combing Effect Enables Ultrafast Self-Healing Electrolyte in Quasi-Solid-State Zinc-Ion Batteries", 2022, ACS Energy Letters

Frequent collaborators in their research include Lin Xu, Liqiang Mai, Huai-Na Wu, Qin Liu, and Xuri Zuo.

Best Publications

  • Progress and Perspective of Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction for Renewable Carbonaceous Fuels and Chemicals.

    Wenjun Zhang;Yi Hu;Lianbo Ma;Guoyin Zhu

  • Self-Templated Formation of Interlaced Carbon Nanotubes Threaded Hollow Co3S4 Nanoboxes for High-Rate and Heat-Resistant Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Tao Chen;Zewen Zhang;Baorui Cheng;Renpeng Chen

  • Oxygen Vacancy Engineering Promoted Photocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis on Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Bismuth Oxybromide Nanosheets

    Xiaolan Xue;Renpeng Chen;Hongwei Chen;Yi Hu

  • Review on photocatalytic and electrocatalytic artificial nitrogen fixation for ammonia synthesis at mild conditions: Advances, challenges and perspectives

    Xiaolan Xue;Renpeng Chen;Changzeng Yan;Peiyang Zhao

  • Emerging non-lithium ion batteries

    Yanrong Wang;Renpeng Chen;Tao Chen;Hongling Lv

  • Metallic and polar Co9S8 inlaid carbon hollow nanopolyhedra as efficient polysulfide mediator for lithium−sulfur batteries

    Tao Chen;Lianbo Ma;Baorui Cheng;Renpeng Chen

  • Self-assembled ultrathin NiCo2S4 nanoflakes grown on Ni foam as high-performance flexible electrodes for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline solution

    Lianbo Ma;Yi Hu;Renpeng Chen;Guoyin Zhu

  • Liquid-phase exfoliated ultrathin Bi nanosheets: Uncovering the origins of enhanced electrocatalytic CO2 reduction on two-dimensional metal nanostructure

    Wenjun Zhang;Yi Hu;Lianbo Ma;Guoyin Zhu

  • The effects of Al substitution and partial dissolution on ultrathin NiFeAl trinary layered double hydroxide nanosheets for oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline solution

    Haixia Liu;Yanrong Wang;Xinyao Lu;Yi Hu

  • Cerium Oxide Nanocrystal Embedded Bimodal Micromesoporous Nitrogen-Rich Carbon Nanospheres as Effective Sulfur Host for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Lianbo Ma;Renpeng Chen;Guoyin Zhu;Yi Hu

  • Highly Branched VS4 Nanodendrites with 1D Atomic-Chain Structure as a Promising Cathode Material for Long-Cycling Magnesium Batteries

    Yanrong Wang;Ziteng Liu;Caixing Wang;Xu Yi

  • Highly Efficient Retention of Polysulfides in "Sea Urchin"-Like Carbon Nanotube/Nanopolyhedra Superstructures as Cathode Material for Ultralong-Life Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Tao Chen;Baorui Cheng;Guoyin Zhu;Renpeng Chen

  • Strong Capillarity, Chemisorption, and Electrocatalytic Capability of Crisscrossed Nanostraws Enabled Flexible, High-Rate, and Long-Cycling Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Lianbo Ma;Wenjun Zhang;Lei Wang;Yi Hu

  • Porous-Shell Vanadium Nitride Nanobubbles with Ultrahigh Areal Sulfur Loading for High-Capacity and Long-Life Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Lianbo Ma;Hao Yuan;Wenjun Zhang;Guoyin Zhu

  • Walnut-Like Multicore–Shell MnO Encapsulated Nitrogen-Rich Carbon Nanocapsules as Anode Material for Long-Cycling and Soft-Packed Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Guoyin Zhu;Lei Wang;Huinan Lin;Liaobo Ma

  • Zwitterionic Bifunctional Layer for Reversible Zn Anode

    Unknown

  • Ionic liquid-immobilized polymer gel electrolyte with self-healing capability, high ionic conductivity and heat resistance for dendrite-free lithium metal batteries

    Tao Chen;Weihua Kong;Zewen Zhang;Lei Wang

  • Efficient photocatalytic nitrogen fixation under ambient conditions enabled by the heterojunctions of n-type Bi2MoO6 and oxygen-vacancy-rich p-type BiOBr.

    Xiaolan Xue;Renpeng Chen;Changzeng Yan;Yi Hu

  • Pine needle-derived microporous nitrogen-doped carbon frameworks exhibit high performances in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction and supercapacitors

    Guoyin Zhu;Lianbo Ma;Hongling Lv;Yi Hu

  • In Situ Thermal Synthesis of Inlaid Ultrathin MoS2/Graphene Nanosheets as Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Lianbo Ma;Yi Hu;Guoyin Zhu;Renpeng Chen

  • One-Step Synthesis of 2-Ethylhexylamine Pillared Vanadium Disulfide Nanoflowers with Ultralarge Interlayer Spacing for High-Performance Magnesium Storage

    Xiaolan Xue;Renpeng Chen;Changzeng Yan;Peiyang Zhao

  • MoS2-Based All-Purpose Fibrous Electrode and Self-Powering Energy Fiber for Efficient Energy Harvesting and Storage

    Jia Liang;Guoyin Zhu;Caixing Wang;Yanrong Wang

  • Atomic Substitution Enabled Synthesis of Vacancy-Rich Two-Dimensional Black TiO2–x Nanoflakes for High-Performance Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries

    Yanrong Wang;Xiaolan Xue;Pingying Liu;Caixing Wang

  • All-polymer particulate slurry batteries.

    Wen Yan;Caixing Wang;Jiaqi Tian;Guoyin Zhu

  • A Novel Hydrophobic-Zincophilic Bifunctional Layer for Stable Zn Metal Anodes

    Unknown

  • Multi-yolk-shell copper oxide@carbon octahedra as high-stability anodes for lithium-ion batteries

    Tao Chen;Yi Hu;Baorui Cheng;Renpeng Chen

  • Steric Molecular Combing Effect Enables Ultrafast Self-Healing Electrolyte in Quasi-Solid-State Zinc-Ion Batteries

    Unknown

  • Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotube Forests Planted on Cobalt Nanoflowers as Polysulfide Mediator for Ultralow Self-Discharge and High Areal-Capacity Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Lianbo Ma;Huinan Lin;Wenjun Zhang;Peiyang Zhao

  • Dendrite-Free and Stable Lithium Metal Anodes Enabledby an Antimony-Based Lithiophilic Interphase

    Tao Chen;Weihua Kong;Peiyang Zhao;Huinan Lin

  • Nanoporous and lyophilic battery separator from regenerated eggshell membrane with effective suppression of dendritic lithium growth

    Lianbo Ma;Renpeng Chen;Yi Hu;Wenjun Zhang

  • Electrochemical Mg2+ Displacement Driven Reversible Copper Extrusion/Intrusion Reactions for High‐Rate Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries

    Xiaolan Xue;Renpeng Chen;Xinmei Song;Anyang Tao

Frequent Co-Authors

Jie Liu
Jie Liu Duke University
Zhong Jin
Zhong Jin Nanjing University
Yi Hu
Yi Hu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Guoyin Zhu
Guoyin Zhu Nanjing University
Lianbo Ma
Lianbo Ma Anhui University of Technology
Zuoxiu Tie
Zuoxiu Tie Nanjing University
Wenjun Zhang
Wenjun Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Lei Wang
Lei Wang University of Wollongong
Xiao Li Zhang
Xiao Li Zhang Xiamen University
Mohammadreza Shokouhimehr
Mohammadreza Shokouhimehr Seoul National University

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