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CAO PENGFEI

Professor

Research direction: Functional Elastomer, Recyclable Polymers, Polymer Electrolytes

Education:

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  • Email: caopf@buct.edu.cn
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Introduction

Professor Cao is a full professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT). Cao leads the research group of energy-applied synthetic elastomers. He serves the associate editor of RSC Applied Polymers and Supramolecular Materials, Editorial Board of Macromolecules and MRS Communications. After his Ph.D. in the Macro department at Case Western Reserve University, Cao moved to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and had been a staff scientist since Jan. 2019. Prof. Cao has published over 100 journal publications with 80 papers as the corresponding/1st author. He has authored 3 book chapters and 10 authorized international patents. In the past 5 years, he led more than 15 research projects (8 projects after joining BUCT). Prof. Cao has also been awarded the R&D 100 Award of 2021, ACS-PMSE Young-Investigator Award of 2021and the ACS-Rising Star in Materials Science of 2023. His current research interests are synthetic elastomer for energy-related applications, including recyclable, self-healing and adhesive elastomers, polymer electrolytes and passive radiative cooling materials.

The Cao Research Group

Education

Work Experience

Social Position

Social Activities

Research

Synthetic elastomer for energy-related applications

1) Recyclable, self-healing and adhesive elastomers, 

2) Polymer electrolytes and protective layer for battery applications.

3) Sealant, 3D printing and passive radiative cooling materials.

Teaching

Polymer Physics


Postgraduates

Funding

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Horizontal Project

Publications

[+][-]Selected Publications
[+][-] 2030
[+][-] 2029
[+][-] 2028
[+][-] 2027
[+][-] 2026
[+][-] 2025
[+][-] 2024
[+][-] 2023
[+][-]before 2023

1. Jiayao Chen, Lin Li, Jiancheng Luo, Lingyao Meng, Xiao Zhao, Shenghan Song, Zoriana Demchuk, Pei Li, Yi He, Alexei P. Sokolov, Peng-Fei Cao*, Covalent Adaptable Polymer Networks with CO2-Facilitated Recyclability, Nat. Commun., 2024, accepted.

2. Qiyi Chen, Xiao Zhao, Bingrui Li, Alexei P. Sokolov, Ming Tian, Rigoberto Advincula, Pengfei Cao*, Exceptionally Recyclable, Extremely Tough, Vitrimer-Like PDMS Elastomers via Combined Physical and Chemical Networks, Matter, 2023, 6, 10, 3378-3393.

3. Jiancheng Luo, Xiao Zhao, Hao Ju, Xiangjun Chen, Sheng Zhao, Zoriana Demchuk, Bingrui Li, Vera Bocharova, Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo, Jong K. Keum, Sheng Xu, Alexei P. Sokolov, Jiayao Chen*, Peng-Fei Cao*, Highly Recyclable and Tough Elastic Vitrimers from a Defined Polydimethylsiloxane Network, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2023, 62, e202310989.

4. Jiadeng Zhu, Sheng Zhao, Jiancheng Luo, Wei Niu, Joshua T. Damron, Zhen Zhang, Md Anisur Rahman, Mark A Arnould, Tomonori Saito, Rigoberto Advincula, Alexei P. Sokolov, Bobby Sumpter, and Peng-Fei Cao*, A Novel Dynamic Polymer Synthesis via Chlorinated Solvent Quenched Depolymerization, CCS Chemistry, 2023, 5, 1841–1853.

5. Zhen Zhang, Jiancheng Luo, Sheng Zhao, Sirui Ge, Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo, Jong K. Keum, Changwoo Do, Shiwang Cheng, Yangyang Wang, Alexei P. Sokolov, and Peng-Fei Cao*, Surpassing the Stiffness-Extensibility Trade-off of Elastomers via Mastering the Hydrogen-bonding Clusters, Matter, 2022, 5, 237–252.

6. Xin-Yue Hao, Bing Yu*, Lin Li, Hao Ju, Ming Tian*, Pengfei Cao*, Semi-interpenetrating Polyurethane Network with Fatigue Elimination and Upcycled Mechanical Performance. Macromolecules,2024, 57, 10, 5063–5072.

7. Hao Ju, Zhaoliang Yin, Zoriana Demchuk*, Vera Bocharova, Catalin Gainaru, Jeffrey A. Laub, Konstantinos Vogiatzis, Rigoberto Advincula, Jiayao Chen*, Pengfei Cao*, Constructing Crown Ether-Based Supramolecular Adhesives with Ambient-Temperature Applicable and Durable Adhesion. Adv. Funct. Mater.,2024, 2402165.

8. Xiao Zhao, Zoriana Demchuk, Jia Tian, Jiancheng Luo, Bingrui Li, Ke Cao, Alexei Sokolov, Diana Hun, Tomonori Saito, Pengfei Cao*, Ductile Adhesive Elastomers with Force-Triggered Ultra-High Adhesion Strength. Mater. Horiz. 2024, 11, 969-977.

9. Shilun Gao, Yiyang Pan, Bingrui Li, Md Anisur Rahman, Ming Tian, Huabin Yang*, Peng-Fei Cao*, Ultra-Stretchable, Ionic Conducting, Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive with Dual Role for Stable Li-Metal Batteries, Adv. Funct. Mater.2023, 33, 2210543.

10. Bingrui Li, Peng-Fei Cao, Tomonori Saito*, and Alexei P. Sokolov*, Intrinsically Self-Healing Polymers: From Mechanistic Insight to Current Challenges, Chem. Rev.2023, 123, 2, 701–735.


Awards

ACS Rising Star in Materials Science of 2023

ACS PMSE Young Investigator Award of 2021

R&D 100 Award of 2021 (as Project Lead)


Patent

Honor Reward

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