Biographical Information
Guo-Ming Weng, Ph.D., is currently an Associate Professor at Shanghai Key Laboratory of Hydrogen Science & Center of Hydrogen Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. He obtained his doctorate in chemistry at the University of Hong Kong. He subsequently worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Yale University and New York University.
Research Interests
Hydrogen Science; Energy Storage; Functional materials; Waste Recycling; Chemical Engineering.
Selected Publications
[1] Rong Chen, G. M. Weng*. Sustainable energy resources for driving methane conversion, Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202301734.
[2] Chao Deng, Xu Li, Rong Chen, Kangqiang Ye, Jason Lipton, Stephen A. Maclean, Hang Wang, André D. Taylor, G. M. Weng*. Recent advances in rocking chair batteries and beyond, Energy Storage Materials, 2023, 60, 102820.
[3] Qingchen Shen, Modi Jiang, Ruitong Wang, Kexian Song, Man Hou Vong, Woojin Jung, Febby Krisnadi, Ruyu Kan, Feiyu Zheng, Benwei Fu, Peng Tao, Chengyi Song, G. M. Weng, Bo Peng, Jun Wang, Wen Shang, Michael D. Dickey, Tao Deng. Liquid metal-based soft, hermetic, and wireless-communicable seals for stretchable systems. Science, 2023, 379 (6631), 488-493.
[4] G. M. Weng, Yu Xie*, Hang Wang, Christopher Karpovich, Jason Lipton, Junqing Zhu, Jaemin Kong, Lisa D. Pfefferle and André D. Taylor*, A promising carbon/g-C3N4 composite negative electrode for a long-lifesodium-ion battery, Angewandte Chemie, 2019, 131 (39), 13865-13871.
[5] G. M. Weng, Bin Yang, Chi-You Liu, Guan-Ying Du, Elise Y. Li* and Yi-Chun Lu*, Asymmetric allyl-activation of organosulfides for high-energy reversible redox flow batteries, Energy Environmental Science, 2019, 12, 2244-2252.
[6] G. M. Weng*, Chi-Ying Vanessa Li and Kwong-Yu Chan*, An acid-base battery with oxygen electrodes: a laboratory demonstration of electrochemical power sources, Journal of Chemical Education, 2019, 96, 1701-1706.
[7] G. M. Weng, Jaemin Kong, Hang Wang, Christopher Karpovich, Jason Lipton, Francisco Antonio, Zachary Fishman, Hanyu Wang, Weiyong Yuan and André D. Taylor*, A highly efficient perovskite photovoltaic-aqueous Li/Na-ion battery system, Energy Storage Materials, 2019, 24, 557-564.
[8] G. M. Weng*, Chi-Ying Vanessa Li and Kwong-Yu Chan*, Exploring the ionic interfaces of three-electrolyte pH differential power sources, Electrochimica Acta, 2019, 320, 134526.
[9] G. M. Weng*, Chi-Ying Vanessa Li* and Kwong-Yu Chan, Three-electrolyte electrochemical energy storage systems using both anion- and cation-exchange membranes as separators, Energy, 2019, 167, 1011-1018.
[10] G. M. Weng, Jinyang Li, Mohamed Alhabeb, Christopher Karpovich, Hang Wang, Jason Lipton, Kathleen Maleski, Jaemin Kong, Evyatar Shaulsky, Menachem Elimelech, Yury Gogotsi and André D. Taylor*. Layer-by-layer assembly of cross-functional semi-transparent MXene-carbon nanotubes composite films for next-generation electromagnetic interference shielding, Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, 28, 1803360 (Highly Cited Paper).
[11] G. M. Weng*, Chi-Ying Vanessa Li* and Kwong-Yu Chan, Hydrogen battery using neutralization energy, Nano Energy, 2018, 53, 240-244.
[12] G. M. Weng*, Chi-Ying Vanessa Li and Kwong-Yu Chan*, High voltage pH differential vanadium-hydrogen flow battery, Materials Today Energy, 2018, 10, 126-131.
[13] G. M. Weng, Zhejun Li, Guangtao Cong, Yucun. Zhou and Yi-Chun Lu*, Unlocking the capacity of iodide for high-energy-density zinc/polyiodide and lithium/polyiodide redox flow batteries, Energy Environmental Science, 2017, 10, 735-741.
[14] G. M. Weng, Long-Yin Simon Tam, Yi-Chun Lu*, High-performance LiTi2(PO4)3 anode for high-areal-capacity flexible aqueous lithium-ion batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 11764-11771.
[15] G. M. Weng, Chi-Ying Vanessa Li, Kwong-Yu Chan*, Cheuk-Wing Lee and Jin Zhong, Investigations of high voltage vanadium-metal hydride flow battery toward kWh scale storage with 100 cm2 electrodes, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2016, 163, A5180-A5187.
Selected Patents
[1] Furong Xie, G. M. Weng, Weiwei Liu. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2023. (China Patent Application and PCT patent application were filed. Non-publication was requested.)
[2] Rong Chen, G. M. Weng. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2023. (China Patent App. 2023103997853, Non-publication was requested.)
[3] G. M. Weng, Chao Deng, Rong Chen. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2022. (China Patent ZL202210047832.3, Granted)
[4] G. M. Weng, André D. Taylor. New York University and Yale University, 2022. (US Patent App. 17/371,613)
[5] G. M. Weng, Kangqiang Ye, Yu’an Du, Yuxin Yang and Chao Deng. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2021. (China Patent App. 202111412386.3)
[6] G. M. Weng, Yi-Chun Lu, Zengyue Wang and Longyin Simon Tam. Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2020. (US Patent App. 16/558,814, Granted)
Selected Books or Chapters in Books
[1] G. M. Weng. Hydrogen Science: Fundamentals and Applications (English Textbook), In Preparation, Publisher: SJTU Press.
[2] G. M. Weng, Marina Mariano Juste, Jason Lipton and André D. Taylor. MXene films, coatings and bulk processing, book chapter, in the edited book of “2D Metal Carbides and Nitrides (MXenes)”, Editors: Dr. Babak Anasori and Dr. Yury Gogotsi, 2019, Publisher: Springer Nature.
[3] Huanqiao Li, Chi-Ying Vanessa Li, G. M. Weng and Kwong-Yu Chan. pH Differential Power Sources with Electrochemical Neutralization, book chapter, in the edited book of “Electrochemically Enabled Sustainability: Devices, Materials and Mechanisms for Energy Conversion”, Editors: Dr. Kwong-Yu Chan and Dr. Chi-Ying Vanessa Li, 2014, Publisher: CRC Press.
Research Projects
2022-2025 National Key R&D Program of China (2022YFC3900700)
Honors & Awards
2019 Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talents Program
2018 Outstanding Reviewer for Journal of Power Sources
2016 Fondazione Oronzio e Niccolò De Nora Fellowship