Essential Information

Name：   Ping Wu

Position： Assistant researcher       

Highest Degree：Doctor of Philosophy in Physics

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Email：wup3@sustech.edu.cn

Research Field：Theoretical design and computational characterization of material

Educational Background

2008.09 – 2014.07   Ph.D in Condensed Matter Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

2012.12 – 2013.05   Visiting student，Oak Ridge National Laboratory

2004.09 – 2008.07   B. S. in Physics，Liaocheng University

Working Experience

2021.05 – Now     Assistant researcher, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology

2020.07 – 2021.01   Research Assistant Professor，Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Technology and Engineering

2019.05 – 2020.06   Associate Professor, Guangdong University of Technology

2017.02 – 2019.03   Post-doctoral fellow，Physics Department，The University of Sydney

2014.08 – 2016.10   Post-doctoral fellow，International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials, University of Science and Technology of China

Papers and Patents

(1). Cooperation of Ni and CaO at Interface for CO2 Reforming of CH4: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study, Ping Wu, Yongwen Tao, Huajuan Ling, Zibin Chen, Jia Ding, Xin Zeng, Xiaozhou Liao, Catherine Stampfl,* and Jun Huang*, ACS Catal. 9, 10060−10069 (2019).

(2). Unravelling the effects of layered supports on Ru nanoparticles for enhancing N2 reduction in photocatalytic ammonia synthesis, Huimin Liu,¹ Ping Wu,¹ Haitao Li, Zibin Chen, Lizhuo Wang, Xin Zeng, Yuxiang Zhu,Yijiao Jiang, Xiaozhou Liao, Brian S. Haynes, Jinhua Ye, Catherine Stampfl,* Jun Huang,* Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 259, 118026 (2019).

(3). Fe–Si networks in Na₂FeSiO₄ cathode materials, Ping Wu, Shunqing Wu*, Xiaobao Lv, Xin Zhao, Zhuo Ye, Zijing Lin, Cai- Zhuang Wang, and Kai-Ming Ho*, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 23916-23922 (2016).

(4). Carbon Dimers as the Dominant Feeding Species in Epitaxial Growth and Morphological Phase Transition of Graphene on Different Cu Substrates, Ping Wu, Yue Zhang, Ping Cui, Zhenyu Li,* Jinlong Yang, and Zhenyu Zhang†, Phys. Rev. Lett., 114, 216102 (2015)

(5). Bilayer Graphene Growth via a Penetration Mechanism, Ping Wu, Xiaofang Zhai, Zhenyu Li,* and Jinlong Yang, J. Phys. Chem. C, 118, 6201-6206 (2014)

(6). Mechanisms of Graphene Growth on Metal Surfaces: Theoretical Perspectives, Ping Wu, Wenhua Zhang, Zhenyu Li*, and Jinlong Yang*. Small 10, 2136 (2014)

(7). Lattice Mismatch Induced Nonlinear Growth of Graphene, Ping Wu, Huijun Jiang, Wenhua Zhang, Zhenyu Li,* Zhonghuai Hou,* and Jinlong Yang. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134, 6045-6051 (2012)

(8). Coalescence of carbon atoms on Cu(111) surface: Emergence of a stable bridging-metal structure motif,  Ping Wu, Wenhua Zhang, Zhenyu Li,* Jinlong Yang, and Jian Guo Hou. J. Chem. Phys., 133, 071101. (2010)

(9). Doping-induced structural phase transition in cobalt diselenide enables enhanced hydrogen evolution catalysis, Ya-Rong Zheng, Ping Wu, Min-Rui Gao, Xiao-Long Zhang, Fei-Yue Gao, Huan-Xin Ju, Rui Wu, Qiang Gao, Rui You, Wei-Xin Huang, Shou-Jie Liu, Shan-Wei Hu, Junfa Zhu, Zhenyu Li, Shu-Hong Yu*, Nature Communications, 9, 2533 (2018)

(10). Mo₂C nanoparticles embedded within bacterial cellulose-derived 3D N-doped carbon nanofiber networks for efficient hydrogen evolution, Zhen-Yu Wu¹, Bi-Cheng Hu¹, Ping Wu¹, Hai-Wei Liang, Zhi-Long Yu, Yue Lin, Ya-Rong Zheng, Zhenyu Li,* and Shu-Hong Yu* NPG Asia Materials, 8, e288-8 (2016)

(11). An Efficient Scheme for Crystal Structure Prediction Based on Structural Motifs, Zizhong Zhu*, Ping Wu, Shunqing Wu, Linhan Xu, Yixu Xu, Xin Zhao, Cai-Zhuang Wang, and Kai-Ming Ho*, J. Phys. Chem. C, 121, 11891−11896 (2017)

(12). Orientation-sensitive nonlinear growth of graphene: An epitaxial growth mechanism determined by geometry, Huijun Jiang, Ping Wu, Zhonghuai Hou,* Zhenyu Li,* and Jinlong Yang, Phys. Rev. B, 88, 054304-4 (2013)

(13). First-Principles Thermodynamics of Graphene Growth on Cu Surfaces, Wenhua Zhang, Ping Wu, Zhenyu Li,* and Jinlong Yang, J. Phys. Chem. C, 115, 17782-17787 (2011)

(14). Low-Temperature Growth of Graphene by Chemical Vapor Deposition Using Solid and Liquid Carbon Sources, Zhancheng Li, Ping Wu, Chenxi Wang, Xiaodong Fan, Wenhua Zhang, Xiaofang Zhai, Changgan Zeng,* Zhenyu Li,* Jinlong Yang, and Jianguo Hou. ACS Nano, 5, 3385-3390 (2011)