Mr. Jipeng Guan | Material Science | Best Researcher Award
Jiaxing University | China
A highly accomplished researcher with a strong background in functional nanoclusters, functional organic materials, and advanced energy storage systems, recognized for outstanding achievements in academic competitions including the Challenge Cup National Undergraduate Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Contest Third Prize, the National Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Design Contest Second Prize, the National Inspirational Scholarship, the President’s Scholarship of South China University of Technology, and awards for advanced individual and excellent social practice team leadership at Chang’an University, with extensive research experience under the mentorship of leading scholars including an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a national high-level young talent scholar, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Canadian Academy of Engineering, focusing on the synthesis of high-surface-area cyclic titanium-oxo clusters and their applications in energy and environmental systems, interface-regulated titanium-oxo clusters in composite polymer membranes for lithium-sulfur batteries, functionalized titanium-oxo clusters in photocatalytic water splitting, design of zwitterionic ionic liquids for modified lithium-sulfur systems, fluorosulfonyl small molecules as electrolyte additives for stable long-cycle batteries, titanium-oxo cluster-based three-dimensional polymer electrolytes for high-safety lithium batteries, novel thiourea-based superionic conductors for solid-state batteries, design of aqueous zinc-ion battery electrolytes, lithium cobalt oxide-based polymer binders for large-scale applications, ultrathin solid-state polymer electrolytes for lithium metal systems, high-modulus porous polyimide coatings for metal batteries, and broader investigations into functional soft materials in dielectric, energy, environmental, and biomedical applications including Fe₃-based nanoclusters for stabilized Fenton-like reactions on aminated graphene, soluble perylene diimide/g-C₃N₄ S-scheme heterojunctions for lignin model photocatalysis, soluble perylene-functionalized titanium-oxo clusters for photocatalytic performance, polar liquid crystal polymers with ferroelectric nematic phases for dielectric and nonlinear optical properties, manganese oxide nanomaterials for catalytic VOC degradation, and ligand-regulated water-soluble titanium-oxo nanoclusters for Cerenkov radiation-enhanced photo/chemodynamic cancer therapy, complemented by advanced professional skills including mastery of Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, CorelDraw, Origin, Diamond, Olex2.0, Aspen and related chemical engineering software, operation of single-crystal X-ray diffractometers, transmission electron microscopes, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometers, GPC, UV-Vis spectroscopy, NMR, GC-MS, HPLC-MS, small-angle X-ray scattering, electrochemical workstations, and independent construction of catalytic reaction,
Featured Publications:
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(2025). Effect of O-C3N4 on the mechanical properties of glass fiber/epoxy resin composites. Polymer Composites. Advance online publication.
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(2025). Mechanical properties of carbon fiber/epoxy resin modified by functionalized silicone polymer/graphene oxide. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Advance online publication.
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(2025). Excellent gas barrier films: Interfacial engineering and compatibilization of polyamide 6/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (PA6/ABS) blends via Janus nanosheets. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Advance online publication.
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(2024). Preparation and mechanical properties of glass fiber/epoxy resin composites modified by silicon polymer. Polymer Composites. Advance online publication.