Electron crystallography including 3D electron diffraction and low-dose imaging, X-ray crystallography, developing methodology of structural characterizations, design robust industrial zeolite catalysts
1. Structure determination of novel nano-sized zeolites by X-ray crystallography and electron crystallography, including unit cell parameters, space groups, and atomic coordinates.
2. Facilitating the targeted synthesis of zeolites by X-ray and electron crystallography, determining the Brønsted acid sites and the adsorption sites of zeolites, understanding the diffusion behavior of adsorbents at the nanoscale.
3. Structural investigations of zeolite stacking disorders, twinning and defects by low-dose imaging such as iDPC-STEM imaging.
2021/09-present: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Professor
2016/05-2021/09: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Associate Professor
2012/04-2016/05: Stockholm University, Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry
2008/09-2011/07: Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS, M.S., Inorganic Chemistry
2004/09-2008/07: Harbin Engineering University, B.S., Materials Chemistry
5th Chinses Zeolite Young Scholar Award by Zeolite Committee of Chinese Chemical Society, 2025
Liaoning Province “Revitalize Liaoning Talents Plane” Young talent, 2022
Young scholar of Zhang Dayu by Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2019
20th Chinses Zeolite Rising Star Award by Zeolite Committee of Chinese Chemical Society, 2019
Liaoning Province "One Hundred Million Talents Project" ten thousand levels, 2018
STOE Young Scientist Award in Crystallography, 2018
Sigrid Arrhenius scholarship, 2016
Outstanding self-financed students abroad by China scholarship council, 2015
Youth Editorial Committee of Chinese Chemical Letters, 2022.1-2025.6
[1] Qilong Feng, Liang Wang, Yuanhao Li, Xiaoqiu Xu, Yuan Yao, Yue Liu, Yonghe Li, Tulai Sun, Changlin Zheng, Lina Li, Hui Jin, Chongzhi Zhu, Jia Zhao, Peng Guo*, Xiaonian Li*, Yu Han*, Yihan Zhu*. High-fidelity identification of guest species in porous materials, Nature, 2026, 653, 739-745.
[2] Xiaona Liu+, Shitai Li+, Chao Ma, Yuanhao Li, Ke Long, Chenyang Nie, Nana Yan, Peng Guo*, Zhongmin Liu. Revealing and Controlling Atomic-Scale Stacking Disorder in SAPO-34 for Enhanced MTO Performance, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2026, 148, 32595-32603.
[3] Chenyang Nie, Yuanhao Li, Xiaona Liu, Nana Yan, Chao Ma, Jiahui Zhu, Linlin Hao, Peng Guo*, Zhongmin Liu. DNL-17: A Small-Pore Aluminophosphate in ABC 6 Family with 24 Stacking Layers Unraveled by Three-Dimensional Electron Diffraction, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 5440-5448.
[4] Chenyang Nie, Nana Yan, Chenyi Liao, Chao Ma, Xiaona Liu, Jing Wang, Guohui Li, Peng Guo*, Zhongmin Liu*. Unraveling a Stable 16-Ring Aluminophosphate DNL-11 through Three-Dimensional Electron Diffraction for Atmospheric Water Harvesting, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 10257-10262.
[5] Chao Ma, Xiaona Liu, Yang Hong, Nana Yan, Chenyang Nie, Jing Wang, Peng Guo*, Zhongmin Liu*. Fluoride- and Seed-Free Synthesis of Pure-Silica Zeolite Adsorbent and Matrix Using OSDA-Mismatch Approach, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 24191-24201.
[6] Jing Wang, Chao Ma, Jiaqi Liu, Yi Liu, Xiaoqiu Xu, Miao Xie, Hao Wang, Lei Wang*, Peng Guo*, Zhongmin Liu. Pure Silica with Ordered Silanols for Propylene/Propane Adsorptive Separation Unraveled by Three-Dimensional Electron Diffraction, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 6853-6860.
[7] Aimin Gong+, Chenyang Nie+, Haodi Ding+, Cailing Chen, Qiang Zhang, Guangyuan He, Xilin Jia, Nairui Liu, Tianpeng Li, Yecheng Li, Zijiang Jiang, Donghai Mei, Yu Han, Peng Guo*, Feijian Chen*, Jihong Yu*. A Stable Mesoporous Zeolite with Superlarge 36-Ring Channels, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2026, 148, 13358-13367
[8] Xiaohe Wang+, Libo Li+, Nana Yan+, Lei Wang+, Reisel Millán+, Puxu Liu, Yueying Chu, Yida Zhou, Wei Gao, Jun Xu, Juping Xu, Wen Yin, Bao Yuan, Zhenduo Wu, Avelino Corma, Shutao Xu, Zhongmin Liu, Wenfu Yan*, Peng Guo*, Jinping Li*, Mercedes Boronat*, Jihong Yu*. Gate-Tailoring with Protons and Metal Cations in a Flexible Zeolite for High-Efficiency Ethylene/Ethane Separation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2026, 148, 28838-28847.
[9] Xiaona Liu+, Lingmei Liu+, Tingting Pan, Nana Yan, Xinglong Dong, Yuanhao Li, Lu Chen,Peng Tian, Yu Han*, Peng Guo*, and Zhongmin Liu, The Complex Crystal Structure and Abundant Local Defects of Zeolite EMM-17 Unraveled by Combined Electron Crystallography and Microscopy, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 24227-24233.
[10] Juan Wang+, Nana Yan+, Lutong Shan+, Jia Lyu+, Qingbo Wa, Liang Guo, Fengkun Hao, Fu Liu, Mingzheng Shao, Yunhao Wang, Guozhi Wang, Xiang Meng, Chaohui Wang, Chenliang Ye, Yanwei Lum, Shibo Xi, Daliang Zhang, Peng Guo*, Zhanxi Fan*. Atomic Coordination Engineering of MOF Nanostructures for CO2 Electroreduction to High-Value Multi-Carbon Products at Industrial-Level Current Density, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, 65, e2590405.
[11] Qingqing Yan+, Chenyang Nie+, Valentin Diez Cabanes+, Fu-An Guo+, Yafei Du, Hailun Xia, Hao Wang*, Guillaume Maurin*, Peng Guo*, Sujing Wang*. Pore engineering in isoreticular titanium-isophthalate coordination polymer, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202503618.
[12] Fuan Guo+, Jing Wang+, Cailing Chen+, Xinglong Dong, Xingyu Li, Hao Wang*, Peng Guo*, Yu Han, Jing Li*, Linker vacancy engineering of a robust ftw-type Zr-MOF for hexane isomers separation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202303527.
[13] Yikuan Liu+, Xiaona Liu+, An Su+, Chengtao Gong+, Shenwei Chen, Liwei Xia, Chengwei Zhang, Xiaohuan Tao, Yue Li, Yonghe Li, Tulai Sun, Mengru Bu, Wei Shao, Jia Zhao, Xiaonian Li, Yongwu Peng*, Peng Guo*, Yu Han*, Yihan Zhu*. Revolutionizing the structural design and determination of covalent-organic frameworks: principles, methods, and techniques, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53, 502-544.
[14] Peng Guo+, Jiho Shin+, Alex G. Greenaway, Jung Gi Min, Jie Su, Hyun June Choi, Leifeng Liu, Paul A. Cox, Suk Bong Hong*, Paul A. Wright*, Xiaodong Zou*, A zeolite family with expanding structural complexity and embedded isoreticular structures, Nature, 2015, 524: 74-78.
[15] Book chapter：《Structural Characterizations of Nanomaterials by Electron Diffraction》