Peisen Qian
Peisen Qian
(Pay Sən Chyen, 钱培森)
I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, working with Prof. Joaquín Rodríguez-López and Prof. Josh Vura-Weis.
I received my B.S. degree in Physical Chemistry from University of Science and Technology of China in 2022, supervised by Prof. Shangfeng Yang.
You can find my google scholar at here.
Contact
peisenq2 [at] illinois.edu
+1 (447)-902-1075
Roger Adams Laboratory 60B, 600 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
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Publications

* denotes for first or co-first author
Qian, P.*; Cao, G.; Muñoz, M.; Vura-Weis, J.; Gurkan, B. E.; Peng, Z.; Rodríguez-López, J.
Analytical Chemistry, 2025, 97 (30), 16239-16249. Read more...
Xu, Z.*; Saiev, S.*; Qian, P.*; Nabei, Y.*; Wang, Z.; Rinehart, J. M.; Österholm, A. M.; Jones, A. L.; Lee, J.-H.; Hwang, C.; Wang, S.; Sun, R.; Shin, D.; Jeon, S.; Elangovan, K. E.; Vura-Weis, J.; Coropceanu, V.; Rodríguez-López, J.; Reynolds, J. R.; Sun, D; Brédas, J.-L.; Diao, Y.
Nature Communications, 2025, 16 (1), 8381. Read more...
Other Publications
5. Muñoz, M.; Chen, M. S.; de Araujo Lima e Souza, G.; Simunovic, T.; Khokhar, V.; Qian, P.; Wainright, J.; Savinell, R.; Parnell, A.; Parnell, S.; Kilbride, R. C.; Zawodzinski, T. A.; Dadmun, M.; Greenbaum, S. G.; Rodríguez-López, J.; Tuckerman, M.; Gurkan, B. Structured Electrolytes Facilitate Grotthuss-Type Transport for Enhanced Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 2026, 123 (1). Read more...
4. Putnam, S. T.; Santiago-Carboney, A.; Qian, P.; Rodríguez-López, J. Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy: An Evolving Toolbox for Revealing the Chemistry within Electrochemical Processes. Analytical Chemistry 2025, 97 (15), 8147-8181. Read more...
3. Asserghine, A.; Baby, A.; Putnam, S. T.; Qian, P.; Gao, E.; Zhao, H.; Rodríguez-López, J. In Situ Detection of Reactive Oxygen Species Spontaneously Generated on Lead Acid Battery Anodes: A Pathway for Degradation and Self-Discharge at Open Circuit. Chemical Science 2023, 14 (43), 12292-12298. Read more...
2. Shang, Y.; Wang, P.; Jia, L.; Li, X.; Lian, W.; Qian, P.; Chen, M.; Chen, T.; Lu, Y.; Yang, S. Synchronous Defect Passivation of All-Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells Enabled by Fullerene Interlayer. Nano Research Energy 2023, 2 (3), e9120073. Read more...
1. Hu, W.; Wen, Z.; Xin, Y.; Qian, P.; Lian, W.; Li, X.; Shang, Y.; Wu, X.; Chen, T.; Lu, Y.; Wang, M.; Yang, S. In Situ Surface Fluorination of TiO2 Nanocrystals Reinforces Interface Binding of Perovskite Layer for Highly Efficient Solar Cells with Dramatically Enhanced Ultraviolet-Light Stability. Advanced Science 2021, 8 (10). Read more...

Selected Current Project(s)

Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy Study of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Processes in Aqueous and Concentrated Hydrogen-Bonded Electrolytes: Reorganization Energies and Kinetic Correlations with Medium Acidity.
An Affordable Shifted-Excitation Raman Difference Spectroscopy (SERDS) Setup: Construction, Noise Analysis, and Detection Limits.

Hobbies & Interests