Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
PENG Yuan
Title: Associate Professor
Subject: Chemical Engineering
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Email: pengyuan@dicp.ac.cn
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Research Interests
Structural design and modification of novel porous membranes for high-efficient separation (metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, zeolites, low-dimensional materials and composite membranes)
1. ultrathin low-dimensional molecular sieve membranes 
2. Functionalization and microstructural regulation of membrane building units 
3. Construction of new zeolite membranes 
4. Heterogeneous composite membranes
Biography
1. Associate Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 2018/01 – present 
2. Ph.D. of Science in Physical Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2010/09 – 2018/01 
3. Bachelor of Science in Materials Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, 2006/09 - 2010/06 
4. Dual Degree in Finance, Sichuan University, 2008/03 - 2010/06
 
Honors and Awards
First Class Award of Natural Science of Liaoning Province, 2020 
Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand Project of Liaoning Province, Ten Thousand Level, 2020 
Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award of Chinese Academy Sciences, 2019 
“Talented” Youth of Dalian, 2019 
Outstanding Youth Award of Lin Liwu Catalysis Award, 2019 
“Outstanding Young Doctoral Talents” Project of DICP, CAS, 2018 
Special Award of Natural Science Academic Achievement of Liaoning Province, 2016 
Presidential Special Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2015 (top 0.1% students in CAS)
First Class Scholarship of Yanchang Petroleum for Outstanding Ph.D. Candidates, 2015 (top 3 students in DICP) 
Pacemaker to Merit Student of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2015 (top 1%) 
National Scholarship for Graduate, 2015 
Three Good Student of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2014 
National Scholarship of Sichuan University, 2008 
Distinguished Student of Sichuan University, 2007-2008
Publications
1. Yuan Peng, Yanshuo Li*, Yujie Ban, Hua Jin, Wenmei Jiao, Xinlei Liu, Weishen Yang*, Metal-organic framework nanosheets as building blocks for molecular sieving membranes, Science, 346(2014), 1356-1359. 
2. Yuan Peng, Yanshuo Li, Yujie Ban, Weishen Yang*, Two-dimensional metal-organic framework nanosheets for membrane-based gas separation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 56(2017), 9757-9761. 
3. Yuan Peng, Rui Yao, Weishen Yang*, A poly(amidoamine) nanoparticle cross-linked two-dimensional metal-organic framework nanosheet membrane for water purification, Chem. Commun., 55(2019), 3935-3938. 
4. Yuan Peng, Weishen Yang*, 2D metal-organic framework materials for membrane-based separation, Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 7(2019)1901514. (Hall of Fame Article) 
5. Yuan Peng, Weishen Yang*, Metal-organic framework nanosheets: a class of glamorous low-dimensional materials with distinct structural and chemical natures, Sci. China Chem., 62(2019), 1561-1575. 
6. Lun Shu, Yuan Peng*, Rui Yao, Hongling Song, Chenyu Zhu, Weishen Yang*, Flexible soft-solid metal-organic framework composite membrane for H2/CO2 separation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 61(2022), e202117577. (VIP Paper, top 5%) 
7. Rui Yao, Weihao Zhang, Yuan Peng*, Hongling Song, Chenyu Zhu, Lun Shu, Weishen Yang*, Synthesis optimization of phase-singularized UZM-5 zeolite under hydrothermal conditions: The critical control points of its crystalline phase and crystallinity, Micropor. Mesopor. Mater., 334(2022), 111776. 
8．Pengyuan Wang, Yuan Peng*, Chenyu Zhu, Rui Yao, Hongling Song, Lun Kun, Weishen Yang*, Single-phase covalent organic framework staggered stacking nanosheet membrane for CO2-selective separation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 60(2021), 19047-19052. 
9．Rui Yao, Yuan Peng*, Hongling Song, Chenyu Zhu, Lun Kun, Weishen Yang*, Rational design and fabrication of a novel acid-resistant UZM-5 zeolite membrane for pervaporation dehydration processes, Chem. Commun., 57(2021), 9574-9577. 
10．Chenyu Zhu, Yuan Peng*, Weishen Yang, Modification strategies for metal-organic frameworks targeting at membrane-based gas separations, Green Chem. Eng., 2(2020), 17-26. (Outstanding paper of GreenChE) 
11. Hongling Song, Yuan Peng*, Weishen Yang*, Two-dimensional nanosheets for ultra-permeable membrane-based gas separation with high efficiency, Chem. J. Chinese U., 42(2021), 248-267. 
12．Yi Liu, Yuan Peng, Nanyi Wang, Yanshuo Li, Jia Hong Pan, Weishen Yang, Jurgen Caro, Significantly enhanced separation using ZIF-8 membranes by partial conversion of calcined layered double hydroxide precursors, ChemSusChem, 8(2015), 3582-3586. 
13. Yujie Ban, Yanshuo Li, Yuan Peng, Hua Jin, Wenmei Jiao, Xinlei Liu, Weishen Yang, Metal-substituted zeolitic imidazolate framework ZIF-108: gas sorption and membrane-separation properties, Chem. Eur. J., 20(2014), 11402-11409. 
14. Yujie Ban, Zhengjie Li, Yanshuo Li, Yuan Peng, Hua Jin, Wenmei Jiao, Ang Guo, Po Wang, Qingyuan Yang, Chongli Zhong, Weishen Yang, Confinement of ionic liquids in nanocages: tailoring molecular sieving property of ZIF-8 for membranes based CO2 capture, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 127(2015), 15703-15707. 
15. Yujie Ban, Yuan Peng, Yulei Zhang, Hua Jin, Ang Guo, Po Wang, Yanshuo Li, Weishen Yang, Dual-ligand zeolitic imidazolate framework crystals and oriented films derived from metastable mono-ligand ZIF-108, Micropor. Mesopor. Mat., 219(2016), 190-198. 
16. Hua Jin, Yanshuo Li, Xinlei Liu, Yujie Ban, Yuan Peng, Wenmei Jiao, Weishen Yang, Recovery of HMF from aqueous solution by zeolitic imidazolate frameworks, Chem. Eng. Sci., 124(2015), 170-178. 
17. Hua Jin, Xinlei Liu, Yujie Ban, Yuan Peng, Wenmei Jiao, Po Wang, Ang Guo, Yanshuo Li, Weishen Yang, Conversion of xylose into furfural in a MOF-based mixed matrix membrane reactor, Chem. Eng. J., 2015, DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.10.115. 
18. Xinlei Liu, Yanshuo Li, Yujie Ban, Yuan Peng, Hua Jin, Weishen Yang, Kang Li, Synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate framework nanocrystals, Mater. Lett., 136(2014), 314-344. 
19. Yujie Ban, Yanshuo Li, Xinlei Liu, Yuan Peng, Weishen Yang, Solvothermal synthesis of mixed-ligand metal-organic framework ZIF-78 with controllable size and morphology, Micropor. Mesopor. Mat., 173(2013), 29-36. 
20. Xinlei Liu, Yanshuo Li, Yujie Ban, Yuan Peng, Hua Jin, Helge Bux, Longya Xu, Jurge Caro, Weishen Yang, Improvement of hydrothermal stability of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks, Chem. Commun., 49(2013), 9140-9142.