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Hongyuan Sheng
Inorganic Chemistry
Assistant Professor
hysheng@fudan.edu.cn
Room A5004, Chemistry Building, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University 2005 Songhu Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200438, China
Research Interests
Inorganic materials/molecular electrochemistry and electrocatalysis
Electrosynthetic systems toward high-value chemicals
Artificial intelligence and automation for experimental electrochemistry research
Prizes and awards
2023, the Science Fund Program for Distinguished Young Scholars of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Overseas)
Biography
2012.09 – 2016.06, B.S. in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, China (Advisor: Prof. Angang Dong)
2016.07 – 2022.02, Ph.D. in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States (Advisor: Prof. Song Jin)
2022.03 – 2024.05, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, United States (Advisor: Prof. Chong Liu)
2024.07 –Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, China
Key Publications
Sheng, H.#*; Sun, J.#; Rodríguez, O.; Hoar, B. B.; Zhang, W.; Xiang, D.; Tang, T.; Hazra, A.; Min, D. S.; Doyle, A. G.; Sigman, M. S.; Costentin, C.; Gu, Q.; Rodríguez-López, J.; Liu, C.*, Autonomous closed-loop mechanistic investigation of molecular electrochemistry via automation. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 2781.
Sheng, H.; Janes, A. N.; Ross, R. D.; Hofstetter, H.; Lee, K.; Schmidt, J. R.*; Jin, S.*, Linear paired electrochemical valorization of glycerol enabled by the electro-Fenton process using a stable NiSe2 cathode. Nat. Catal. 2022, 5, 716–725.
Sheng, H.#; Janes, A. N.#; Ross, R. D.; Kaiman, D.; Huang, J.; Song, B.; Schmidt, J. R.*; Jin, S.*, Stable and selective electrosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide and the electro-Fenton process on CoSe2 polymorph catalysts. Energy Environ. Sci. 2020, 13, 4189–4203.
Sheng, H.#; Hermes, E. D.#; Yang, X.#; Ying, D.; Janes, A. N.; Li, W.; Schmidt, J. R.*; Jin, S.*, Electrocatalytic production of H2O2 by selective oxygen reduction using earth-abundant cobalt pyrite (CoS2). ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 8433–8442.
Sheng, H.; Ross, R. D.; Schmidt, J. R.*; Jin, S.*, Metal-compound-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis and the electro-Fenton process. ACS Energy Lett. 2023, 8, 196–212. (Review)
Sheng, H.; Liu, C.*, Spatial decoupling boosts CO2 electro-biofixation. Nat. Catal. 2022, 5, 357–358. (News & Views)
Wang, F.#; Sheng, H.#; Li, W.; Gerken, J. B.; Jin, S.*; Stahl, S. S.*, Stable tetrasubstituted quinone redox reservoir for enhancing decoupled hydrogen and oxygen evolution. ACS Energy Lett. 2021, 6, 1533–1539.
Han, X.#; Sheng, H.#; Yu, C.; Walker, T. W.; Huber, G. W.*; Qiu, J.*; Jin, S.*, Electrocatalytic oxidation of glycerol to formic acid by CuCo2O4 spinel oxide nanostructure catalysts. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 6741–6752.
