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LinZeng

Research direction:Fuel cell, water splitting, electrochemical energy storage materials and devices

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Dr. Lin Zeng is a tenure-track associate professor at Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering. Dr. Zeng received his Bachelor degree on electrochemical engineering and Master degree on applied chemistry from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2008 and 2010, respectively. He received his Ph.D. on mechanical engineering from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2014. Dr. Zeng was a postdoctoral research fellow at HKUST from 2015 to 2018. Dr. Zeng’s research interests mainly include fuel cell, water splitting, electrochemical energy storage materials and devices. Dr. Zeng led three research projects, one from National Natural Science Foundation of China, one from Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong basic and basic research and one from Shenzhen Natural Science Foundation. Dr. Zeng has published more than 70 research articles in journals such as Nature Catalysis，Energy & Environmental Science, Nano Energy, Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Applied Energy. His Google Scholar Citation is over 2000 and H-index is 29. Dr. Zeng has been serving a long time reviewer for prestigious journal such as Energy & Environmental Science and Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Education: ◆ Ph.D. 2010 - 2014, Nanotechnology Concentration, Mechanical and Aerospace
◆ Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ◆ M.S. 2008 - 2010, Applied Chemistry, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
◆ B.S. 2004 - 2008, Electrochemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Work Experience:
◆ Jan. 2018 - present, Associate professor, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology ◆ Oct. 2018 - Nov. 2018, Research associate professor, SUSTech Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies
◆ Oct. 2015 - Sep. 2018, HKUST Jockey Club IAS Post-doctoral Fellow, HKUST
Jan. 2015 - Sep. 2015, Visiting Scholar, HKUST

Publications:
1. Zhi Liang Zhao#, Qi Wang#, Xiang Huang#, Qi Feng, Shuang Gu, Zhen Zhang, Hu Xu*, Lin Zeng*, Meng Gu*, Hui Li*, “Boosting Oxygen Evolution Reaction Using Defect-rich Ultra-Thin Ruthenium Oxide Nanosheets in Acidic Media”, Energy & Environmental Science, 2020
2. Tianze Wu#, Shengnan Sun#, Jiajia Song#, Shibo Xi, Yonghua Du, Bo Chen, Wardhana Aji Sasangka, Hanbin Liao, Chee Lip Gan, Günther G. Scherer, Lin Zeng, Haijiang Wang, Hui Li, Alexis Grimaud* and Zhichuan J. Xu*, “Iron-facilitated dynamic active site generation on spinel CoAl2O4 with self-termination of surface reconstruction for water oxidation”, Nature Catalysis, 2(9), 763-772.
3. Jiajia Song#, Chao Wei#, Zhen-Feng Huang, Chuntai Liu, Lin Zeng, Xin Wang and Zhichuan J. Xu*, “A review on fundamentals for designing oxygen evolution electrocatalysts”, Chemical Society Reviews, 49 (2020), 2196-2214.
4. Jiexin Zou, Ning Han, Jiangyan Yan, Qi Feng, Yajun Wang, Zhiliang Zhao, Jiantao Fan, Lin Zeng*, Hui Li*, Haijiang Wang*, “Electrochemical Compression Technologies for High-Pressure Hydrogen: Current Status, Challenges and Perspective”, Electrochemical Energy Reviews, 2020.
5. L. Zeng, T.S. Zhao, L. An, G. Zhao, X.H. Yan, “A high-performance sandwiched-porous polybenzimidazole membrane with enhanced alkaline retention for anion exchange membrane fuel cells”, Energy & Environmental Science, 8 (2015) 2768-2774.
6. L. Zeng, T.S. Zhao, “Integrated inorganic membrane electrode assembly with layered double hydroxides as ionic conductors for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis”, Nano Energy, 11 (2015) 110-118.
7. L. Zeng, T.S. Zhao, L. An, “A high-performance supportless silver nanowire catalyst for anion exchange membrane fuel cells”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3 (2015) 1410-1416.
8. L. Zeng, T.S. Zhao, L. Wei, H.R. Jiang, M.C. Wu, “Anion exchange membranes for aqueous acid-based redox flow batteries: Current status and challenges”, Applied Energy, 233-234 (2019) 622-643.
9. L. Zeng, T.S. Zhao, L. An, G. Zhao, X.H. Yan, C.Y. Jung, “Graphene-supported platinum catalyst prepared with ionomer as surfactant for anion exchange membrane fuel cells”, Journal of Power Sources, 275 (2015) 506-515.
10. L. Zeng, T.S. Zhao, L. Wei, Y.K. Zeng, Z.H. Zhang, “Highly stable pyridinium-functionalized cross-linked anion exchange membranes for all vanadium redox flow batteries”, Journal of Power Sources, 331 (2016) 452-461.
11. L. Zeng, T.S. Zhao, L. Wei, Y.K. Zeng, Z.H. Zhang, “Polyvinylpyrrolidone-based semi-interpenetrating polymer networks as highly selective and chemically stable membranes for all vanadium redox flow batteries”, Journal of Power Sources, 327 (2016) 374-383.
12. L. Zeng, T.S. Zhao, “An effective strategy to increase hydroxide-ion conductivity through microphase separation induced by hydrophobic-side chains”, Journal of Power Sources, 303 (2016) 354-362.
13. L. Zeng, T.S. Zhao, L. An, G. Zhao, X.H. Yan “Physicochemical properties of alkaline doped polybenzimidazole membranes for anion exchange membrane fuel cells”, Journal of Membrane Science, 493 (2015) 340-348.
14. L. Zeng, Z.K. Tang, T.S. Zhao, “A high-performance alkaline exchange membrane direct formate fuel cell”, Applied Energy, 115 (2014) 405-410.
15. L. Zeng, T.S. Zhao, R.H. Zhang, J.B. Xu, “NiCo2O4 nanowires@MnOx nanoflakes supported on stainless steel mesh with superior electrocatalytic performance for anion exchange membrane water splitting”, Electrochemistry Communications, 87 (2018) 66-70.