1.         Computational materials science. First-principles computational techniques (density-functional theory and pseudo-potentials) are used to study atomic and electronic structure of crystalline, muti-layers and amorphous materials; interfaces, surfaces, and defects..

2.        Two- Dimensional materials and heterostructures.

3.        Fuel cell, Li—S battery, water splitting.

4.        Catalytic materials

2013.1 – Present   Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Associate Professor

2009.11 – 2013.1   Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Lecturer

2008.9 – 2009.9  Chemistry with Prof. C. Austen Angell, Dept. of Chem&Biochem, Arizona State University, USA. Postdoc 

2003.9 – 20008.6   School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Ph.D.

1999.9 – 2003.7   School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, P. R. China. B.Sc.

2008  Award for Outstanding Graduate Student, Jilin University

Full publications list and Citation

https://publons.com/researcher/3950346/he-cheng/

Selected Publications

1.         Y. B. Wu, C. He*, W.X. Zhang*; Capture-Backdonation-Recapture” Mechanism for Promoting N2 Reduction by Heteronuclear Metal-Free Double-Atom Catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, online.

2.         T.T. Li, C. He*, W.X. Zhang*; Rational design of porous carbon allotropes as anchoring materials for lithium sulfur batterie Journal of Energy Chemistry 56 (2021), 13824-13827. (ESI 1%)

3.         C. He, Y. Liang, W.X. Zhang Constructing a novel metal-free g-C3N4/g-CN vdW heterostructure with enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity for water splitting Appl. Surf. Sci. 566 (2021) 150716. 

4.        Y.B. Wu, C. He*, W.X. Zhang* Construction of an arsenene/g-C3N4 hybrid heterostructure towards enhancing photocatalytic activity of overall water splitting: A first-principles study ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 13, (2021),  47520-47529.

5.        W.X. Zhang , H.M. Yan, C. He *g-C(6)N(6 )monolayer: A highly sensitive molecule sensor for biomarker volatiles of liver cirrhosis Appl. Surf. Sci. 566 (2021) 150716

6.        W.X. Zhang, Y.Yin, C. He* Spontaneous Enhanced Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Water Splitting on Novel Type-II GaSe/CN and Ga2SSe/CN vdW Heterostructures Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 12 (2021)5064-5075

7.        W.X. Zhang , Y.Yin, C. He P Doping Promotes the Spontaneous Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Water Splitting in Isomorphic Type II GaSe/InS Heterostructure*Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 12 (2021)7892-7900

8.        W.X. Zhang, Y. Yin, C. He*, Lowering the Schottky barrier height of G/WSSe van der Waals heterostructures by changing the interlayer coupling and applying external biaxial strain Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys 22 (2020), 26231

9.         T.T. Li, C. He*, W.X. Zhang*, Two-dimensional porous transition metal organic framework materials with strongly anchoring ability as lithium-sulfur cathode, Energy. Storage. Mater. 25 (2020) 866-875. (ESI 1%)

10.    C. He, F.S. Han, J.H. Zhang, W.X. Zhang, The In2SeS/g-C3N4 heterostructure: a new two-dimensional material for photocatalytic water splitting, J. Mater. Chem. C 8(20) (2020) 6923-6930.

11.    C. He, M. Zhang, T.T. Li, W.X. Zhang, A novel C6N2 monolayer as a potential material for charge-controlled CO2 capture, J. Mater. Chem. C 8(19) (2020) 6542-6551.

12.    C. He, M. Zhang, T.T. Li, W.X. Zhang, Electric field-modulated high sensitivity and selectivity for NH3 on alpha-C2N2 nanosheet: Insights from DFT calculations, Appl. Surf. Sci. 505 (2020) 9.

13.    Guiwu Liu, Shaofeng Bai, Shahid Hussain,* Kuibao Zhang,* Liyang Lin, Tongtong Li, Cheng He*, Ziwei Xu, and Guanjun Qiao Na-Ions Diffusion Impacts Supercapacitor Performance for Amaryllis-like NiCo2O4 Nanostructures Inorg. Chem. (2019), 58, 16, 11110-11117

14.    W.X. Zhang, M.M. Dong, C. He*, Novel electronic and planar magnetic properties of two-dimensional surface decorated antimonene Mater. Res. Bull. (2019), 118, 110489. (IF= 3.36)

15.    W.X. Zhang, H. Wang,C.H. Shi,S.Y. Liu,S.Y. Chang, C. He* Tunable Electronic and Optical Properties of a Planar Hydrogenated AsSi Hybrid Nanosheet: A Potential Wide Water-Splitting Photocatalyst J. Phys. Chem. C (2019) 123, 14999-15008.

16.     C. He, J. H. Zhang, W. X. Zhang,* T. T. Li Type-II InSe/g-C₃N₄ Heterostructure as a High-Efficiency Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalyst for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (2019), 10, 3122-3128 (ESI 1%)

17.     T.T. Li, C. He*, W.X. Zhang* A novel porous C 4 N 4 monolayer as a potential anchoring material for lithium–sulfur battery design J. Mater. Chem. A, (2019), 7, 4134-4144 (ESI 1%)

18.    C. He; J. H. Zhang; W. X. Zhang; T. T. Li GeSe/BP van der Waals Heterostructures as Promising Anode Materials for Potassium-Ion Batteries J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 5157−5163

19.    Cheng He, Ming Cheng, Tongtong Li, and Wenxue Zhang Tunable Ohmic, p‑Type Quasi-Ohmic, and n‑Type Schottky Contacts of Monolayer SnSe with Metals ACS Appl. Nano Mater. (2019), 2, 2767−2775

20.    Tongtong Li, Cheng He,* and Wenxue Zhang* Primitive and O‑Functionalized R‑Graphyne-like BN Sheet: Candidates for SO 2 Sensor with High Sensitivity and Selectivity at Room Temperature ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. (2019), 1, 34−43

21.    T.T. Li , C. He,* W.X. Zhang,* M. Cheng Enhanced catalytic CO oxidation by Cu 13-m Ni m (m=0, 1, 13) clusters at ambient temperatures with more active sites and distinct mechanistic pathways Appl. Surf. Sci. (2019), 479,39-46