Hongyuan Sheng

Inorganic Chemistry

Assistant Professor

  hysheng@fudan.edu.cn

  

  

  

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 – 2016.06B.S. in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, China (Advisor: Prof. Angang Dong)  

  • 2016.07 – 2022.02Ph.D. in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States (Advisor: Prof. Song Jin)  

  • 2022.03 – 2024.05Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, United States (Advisor: Prof. Chong Liu)  

  • 2024.07 –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.