Email: pengtang.wang@xmu.edu.cn
EDUCATION AND WORKING EXPERIENCE
2025-present, Associate Professor, Xiamen University, China
2023-2025, Lecturer, Adelaide University, Australia
2021-2022, Postdoc Fellow, Adelaide University, Australia
2015-2020, Ph.D., Soochow University, China, China
2011-2015, B.S., Soochow University, China
RESEARCH AREAS
Design and application of catalytic materials for environmental and energy applications;
Green catalytic conversion of environmental wastes and pollutants;
Waste valorization and energy recovery
HONORS AND AWARDS
“Nanqiang Young Top Talent Program” (Category B), Xiamen University
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), Australian Research Council
Highly Cited Researcher (2025), Clarivate Analytics
World’s Top 2% Scientists (2024 and 2025), Stanford University
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICAATIONS
To date, more than 50 SCI papers have been published, including 19 papers as first author or co-first author in leading journals such as Nat. Synth., Nat. Commun., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Joule, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Funct. Mater., ACS Nano, ACS Catal., Sci. Bull. These publications have received more than 11,000 citations, with an H-index of 51.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Pengtang Wang#, Xiaowan Bai#, Zhong–Shuai Zhu, Xintong Gao, Yao Zheng* and Shi–Zhang Qiao*, Chlorine–Mediated Selective Electrosynthesis of Hydrazine from Urea, Nat. Synth. 2026, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-026-01139-9.
2. Pengtang Wang, Xintong Gao, Min Zheng, Mietek Jaroniec, Yao Zheng*, Shi–Zhang Qiao*, Urine electrooxidation for energy–saving hydrogen generation, Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 2424.
3. Zhong-Shuai Zhu#, Pengtang Wang#, Haobo Li #, Ya Liu, Yunpeng Wang, Kunsheng Hu, Bernt Johannessen, Shiying Ren, Shuang Zhong, Hongqi Sun, Xiaoguang Duan*, Shaobin Wang*, A Templating Approach with Phase Change to Tailored Coordination of Single- and Multiple-Atom Catalysts, Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 7635.
4. Pengtang Wang#, Hao Yang#, Cheng Tang, Yu Wu, Yao Zheng, Kenneth Davey, Xiaoqing Huang*, Shi–Zhang Qiao*, Boosting Electrocatalytic CO2–to–Ethanol Production via Asymmetric C–C Coupling, Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 3754.
5. Min Zheng#, Pengtang Wang#, Xing, Zhi, Kang Yang, Yan Jiao, Jingjing Duan*, Yao Zheng*, Shi–Zhang Qiao*, Electrocatalytic CO2–to–C2+ with Ampere–Level Current on Heteroatom–Engineered Copper via Tuning *CO Intermediate Coverage, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 14936–14944.
6. Pengtang Wang#, Hao Yang#, Yong Xu, Xiaoqing Huang*, Juan Wang, Miao Zhong, Tao Cheng, Qi Shao*, A Synergized Cu–based Electrocatalyst with High–efficiency for the Reduction of CO2 to C2+ Liquid, ACS Nano 2021, 15, 1039–1047.
7. Pengtang Wang#, Yujin Ji#, Qi Shao, Youyong Li, Xiaoqing Huang*, Core@Shell Structured Au@SnO2 Nanoparticles with Improved N2 Adsorption/Activation and Electrical Conductivity for Efficient N2 Fixation, Sci. Bull. 2020, 65, 350–358.
8. Pengtang Wang#, Man Qiao#, Qi Shao, Yecan Pi, Xing Zhu, Yafei Li, Xiaoqing Huang*, Phase and Structure Engineering of Copper Tin Heterostructures for Efficient Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction, Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 4399.
9. Pengtang Wang#, Qi Shao#, Xiaoqing Huang*, Updating Pt–Based Electrocatalysts for Practical Fuel Cells, Joule 2018, 2, 2511–2518.
10. Pengtang Wang#, Xu Zhang#, Jin Zhang, Sheng Wan, Shaojun Guo*, Gang Lu*, Jianlin Yao, Xiaoqing Huang*, Precise Tuning in Platinum–nickel/Nickel sulfide Interface Nanowires for Synergistic Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis, Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 14580.
