2009/04/16 Ph. D Materials Engineering        Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

2004/06/30 B. S Applied Chemistry            Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

2008/12 – 2011/06     Research fellow              Nanyang Technological University of Singapore

2011/06-2017 /12       Associate professor         Tongji University

Teaching experiences

New Energetic materials & devices; Micro-nano structured materials & devices; General physics; General physics experiment.

Research fields

1. Nanostructured semiconductors；

2.  Energy conversion and storage devices like PEC water spitting and Li-ion batteries.

3. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) for nanofabrication and surface engineering；

1.Pan. Q., Li. A. S., Zhang. Y. L., Yang. Y. P., Cheng. C. W.*.  Rational design of three-dimensional hierarchical ternary SnO2/TiO2/BiVO4 arrays photoanode towards efficient photoelectrochemical performance. Adv. Sci，2020，6, 1902235.

2. Pan. Q., Zhang. H. F., Yang. Y. P., Cheng. W. W.* Three-dimensional brochosomes like TiO2/WO3/BiVO4 arrays as photoanode for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production. Small, 2019, 1900924.

3. Guan. C.*, Liu. X. M, Ren. W. N., Li. X., Cheng. C. W.*, Wang. J.*, Rational design of metal organic framework derived hollow NiCo2O4 arrays for flexible supercapacitor and electrocatalysis. Adv. Energy. Mater., 2017, 10, 1602391.
4. Zhang. H. F., Zhou. W. W, Yang. Y. P, Cheng. C. W.* Three dimensional WO3/BiVO4/cobalt phosphate composites inverse opal photoanode for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting. Small, 2017, 13，1603840.
5. Guan. C.*, Sumboja. A., Wu. H. J., Ren. W. N, Zhang. X. M., Zhang. H., Liu. Z. L.*, Cheng. C. W.*, Pennycook. S. J., Wang. J.* Hollow Co3O4 Nanosphere Embedded in Carbon Arrays for Stable and Flexible Solid-State Zinc-Air Batteries. Adv. Mater., 2017, 29, 1704117.
6. Ren. W. N., Zhang. H. F., Guan. C.*, Cheng. C. W.* Ultrathin MoS2 nanosheets@metal organic framework-derived N-doped carbon nanowall arrays as sodium ion batteries anode with superior cycling life and rate capability. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2017, 27, 1702116.
7. Zhang. H. F., Cheng. C. W.* Three-dimensional FTO/TiO2/BiVO4 composite inverse opals photoanode with excellent photoelectrochemical performance. ACS Energy Lett., 2017, 2, 813-821.
8. Cheng. C. W*., Ren. W. N., Zhang. H. F. 3D TiO2/SnO2 hierarchically branched nanowires on transparent FTO substrate as photoanode for efficient water splitting. Nano Energy 2014, 5,132-138.
9. Kong. D. Z., Luo. J. S., Wang. Y. L., Ren. W. N., Yu. T., Luo. Y. S., Yang. Y. P., Cheng. C. W.* Three-dimensional Co3O4@MnO2 hierarchical nanoneedle arrays: Morphology control and electrochemical energy storage. Adv. Func. Mater., 2014, 24, 3815–3826.
10. Cheng. C. W.,* Zhang. H. F., Ren. W. N., Dong. W. J., Sun. Y.,Three dimensional urchin-like ordered hollow TiO2/ZnO nanorods structure as efficient photoelectrochemical anode.Nano Energy 2013, 2, 79-86.
11. Cheng.C. W., Fan. H. J., Branched nanowires: synthesis and energy applications. Nano Today 2012, 7, 327-343.(Invited Review)
12. Cheng. C. W., Siva. K. K., Liu. L. J. et al.Quantum dots sensitizedTiO2 inverse opal for photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation. Small 2012,8, 37-42.
13. Cheng. C. W., Liu. B., Yang, H. Y.,et al.Hierarchical assembly of ZnO nanostructures on SnO2 backbone nanowires:low-temperature hydrothermal preparation and optical properties. ACS Nano 2009，3, 3069-3076.