Qingpeng Cheng, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Current

Research Interests

Design, synthesis, characterization and application of novel ultrahigh-performance nanomaterials for heterogeneous catalysis, especially for C1 chemistry. In situ and operational spectroscopy and microscopy for studying the working and deactivation mechanisms of catalyst under realistic conditions.

Selected Publications

Confined small-sized cobalt catalysts stimulate carbon-chain growth reversely by modifying ASF law of Fischer-Trops...
Q. Cheng, Y. Tian, S. Lyu, N. Zhao, K. Ma, T. Ding, Z. Jiang, L. Wang, J. Zhang, L. Zheng,...
Nature Communications, 9, 3250-3258, (2018)

Tuning interaction between cobalt catalysts and nitrogen dopants in carbon nanospheres to promote Fischer-Tropsch s...
Q. Cheng, N. Zhao, S. Lyu, Y. Tian, F. Gao, L. Dong, Z. Jiang, J. Zhang, N. Tsubaki, X. Li...
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 248, 73-83, (2019)

Education

  • ​Ph.D., Industrial Catalysis, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 2019
  • M.Sc., Industrial Catalysis, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 2015

Professional Profile

  • 2019-Present: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Research Interests Keywords

Nanomaterials Heterogeneous catalysis