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Overview

Zhenxing Feng is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering disciplines related to energy and materials science, with significant contributions in the subfields of electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, materials chemistry, catalysis, and electrochemistry.

The scientist's work extensively covers the development and study of electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies, fuel cells, catalytic processes in materials science, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, as well as advancements in battery materials and technologies.

Frequent co-authors of Zhenxing Feng include:

  • Maoyu Wang
  • Marcos Lucero
  • Hua Zhou
  • Yingge Du
  • Guofeng Wang

Publications by Feng have appeared in various respected scientific journals and conferences. Notably frequent publication venues are:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Nature Communications

The scientist's recent influential papers include:

  • "Atomically dispersed iron sites with a nitrogen-carbon coating as highly active and durable oxygen reduction catalysts for fuel cells" (2022, Nature Energy)
  • "Ultrahigh-Loading of Ir Single Atoms on NiO Matrix to Dramatically Enhance Oxygen Evolution Reaction" (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Molecular engineering of dispersed nickel phthalocyanines on carbon nanotubes for selective CO2 reduction" (2020, Nature Energy)
  • "Single Cobalt Sites Dispersed in Hierarchically Porous Nanofiber Networks for Durable and High-Power PGM-Free Cathodes in Fuel Cells" (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • "Tuning the thermal activation atmosphere breaks the activity-stability trade-off of Fe-N-C oxygen reduction fuel cell catalysts" (2023, Nature Catalysis)

Overall, Zhenxing Feng's work integrates multidisciplinary approaches spanning engineering, materials science, and energy-related research. The scientist specializes in catalytic materials and electrochemical processes contributing to areas such as fuel cells, CO2 reduction, and next-generation battery technologies.

Best Publications

  • Single Atomic Iron Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Acidic Media: Particle Size Control and Thermal Activation.

    Hanguang Zhang;Sooyeon Hwang;Maoyu Wang;Zhenxing Feng

  • Atomically dispersed manganese catalysts for oxygen reduction in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells

    Jiazhan Li;Jiazhan Li;Mengjie Chen;David A. Cullen;Sooyeon Hwang

  • Nitrogen-Coordinated Single Cobalt Atom Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells.

    Xiao Xia Wang;Xiao Xia Wang;David A. Cullen;Yung‐Tin Pan;Sooyeon Hwang

  • Atomically dispersed iron sites with a nitrogen–carbon coating as highly active and durable oxygen reduction catalysts for fuel cells

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  • Cations in Octahedral Sites: A Descriptor for Oxygen Electrocatalysis on Transition-Metal Spinels

    Chao Wei;Zhenxing Feng;Günther G. Scherer;James Barber;James Barber

  • Active sites of copper-complex catalytic materials for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction

    Zhe Weng;Zhe Weng;Yueshen Wu;Maoyu Wang;Jianbing Jiang

  • Boosting oxygen evolution of single-atomic ruthenium through electronic coupling with cobalt-iron layered double hydroxides

    Pengsong Li;Maoyu Wang;Xinxuan Duan;Lirong Zheng

  • Structural defects on converted bismuth oxide nanotubes enable highly active electrocatalysis of carbon dioxide reduction.

    Qiufang Gong;Pan Ding;Mingquan Xu;Xiaorong Zhu

  • Ultrahigh-Loading of Ir Single Atoms on NiO Matrix to Dramatically Enhance Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

    Qi Wang;Xiang Huang;Zhi Liang Zhao;Maoyu Wang

  • A Review on Design Strategies for Carbon Based Metal Oxides and Sulfides Nanocomposites for High Performance Li and Na Ion Battery Anodes

    Yi Zhao;Luyuan Paul Wang;Moulay Tahar Sougrati;Zhenxing Feng

  • Molecular engineering of dispersed nickel phthalocyanines on carbon nanotubes for selective CO2 reduction

    Xiao Zhang;Xiao Zhang;Yang Wang;Meng Gu;Maoyu Wang

  • Thermally Driven Structure and Performance Evolution of Atomically Dispersed FeN4 Sites for Oxygen Reduction

    Jiazhan Li;Jiazhan Li;Hanguang Zhang;Widitha Samarakoon;Weitao Shan

  • Unveiling Active Sites of CO2 Reduction on Nitrogen-Coordinated and Atomically Dispersed Iron and Cobalt Catalysts

    Fuping Pan;Hanguang Zhang;Kexi Liu;David Cullen

  • Towards identifying the active sites on RuO2(110) in catalyzing oxygen evolution

    Reshma R. Rao;Manuel J. Kolb;Niels Bendtsen Halck;Anders Filsøe Pedersen

  • Introducing Fe 2+ into Nickel–Iron Layered Double Hydroxide: Local Structure Modulated Water Oxidation Activity

    Zhao Cai;Zhao Cai;Daojin Zhou;Maoyu Wang;Seong-Min Bak

  • Single Cobalt Sites Dispersed in Hierarchically Porous Nanofiber Networks for Durable and High-Power PGM-Free Cathodes in Fuel Cells.

    Yanghua He;Hui Guo;Sooyeon Hwang;Xiaoxuan Yang

  • 3D porous graphitic nanocarbon for enhancing the performance and durability of Pt catalysts: a balance between graphitization and hierarchical porosity

    Zhi Qiao;Sooyeon Hwang;Xing Li;Xing Li;Chenyu Wang

  • Significance of Engineering the Octahedral Units to Promote the Oxygen Evolution Reaction of Spinel Oxides

    Ye Zhou;Shengnan Sun;Chao Wei;Yuanmiao Sun

  • Stable, high-performance, dendrite-free, seawater-based aqueous batteries.

    Huajun Tian;Zhao Li;Guangxia Feng;Zhenzhong Yang

  • Polyanthraquinone-based organic cathode for high-performance rechargeable magnesium-ion batteries

    Chen Liao;Baofei Pan;Anthony Burrell

  • Tuning perovskite oxides by strain: Electronic structure, properties, and functions in (electro)catalysis and ferroelectricity

    Jonathan Hwang;Zhenxing Feng;Nenian Charles;Xiao Renshaw Wang;Xiao Renshaw Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Bedzyk
Michael J. Bedzyk Northwestern University
Hua Zhou
Hua Zhou Argonne National Laboratory
Gang Wu
Gang Wu Washington University in St. Louis
Zhichuan J. Xu
Zhichuan J. Xu Nanyang Technological University
David A. Cullen
David A. Cullen Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jeffrey W. Elam
Jeffrey W. Elam Argonne National Laboratory
Guofeng Wang
Guofeng Wang University of Pittsburgh
Yingge Du
Yingge Du Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Meng Gu
Meng Gu Southern University of Science and Technology

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