Personal Profile
Mingchao Wang is an Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator at the Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School. Prior to joining Peking University, he was a research group leader at Dresden University of Technology and the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics. His research focuses on the development of two-dimensional conjugated (covalent or coordination) polymers and porous framework materials, as well as their applications in electronics, sensing, and energy conversion and storage. He has published over 60 research articles in prestigious journals such as Nature Chemistry, Nature Materials, Nature Reviews Materials, Chemical Society Reviews, JACS, Angewandte Chemie, which have attracted over 5,000 citations. He also serves as a member of the Youth Editorial Board of The Innovation Materials.
Education Background
2014-2021 M.Sc. and Dr. rer. nat., Dresden University of Technology
2009-2013 B.Sc., Shandong University
Work Experience
2025-present Assistant Professor (PI), Peking University / Shenzhen Graduate School
2022-2024 Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics
2021-2024 Postdoctoral Researcher and Research Group Leader, Dresden University of Technology
Research Interests
Global challenges such as food security, public health, climate change, and environmental pollution are becoming increasingly urgent. Advanced sensing and detection technologies, along with clean energy conversion and storage, are key to tackling these issues—both of which fundamentally rely on high-performance semiconductor materials.
To contribute to these solutions, his research integrates synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry, materials science, and condensed matter physics, with a focus on the development of a class of square-shaped, crystalline two-dimensional (2D) conjugated polymers—covering both covalent and coordination types—as well as related porous framework materials such as 2D conjugated covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
His work explores their charge transport mechanisms, enhances charge carrier mobility, tunes (opto)electronic and magnetic properties, aiming to advance their functional applications in electronics, sensing, and energy conversion and storage. In parallel, his research also involves automated synthesis and characterization of these materials.
Honors & Awards
・Chinese Talent Program (2024)
・ACS Rising Talents Prize (2023)
・World's Top 2% Scientists (2022)
・Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (2020)
Selected Publications
[1] S. Ghouse, Z. Guo, S. Gámez-Valenzuela, D. Mücke, B. Zhang, L. Gao, S. Paasch, Y. Fu, C. Huang, C. Naisa, E. Brunner, M. Bonn, M. C. R. Delgado, J. Sun, R. Zou*, U. Kaiser, M. Wang*, X. Feng*, Towards Single-Crystalline Two-Dimensional Poly(arylene vinylene) Covalent Organic Frameworks. Nature Chemistry 2026, DOI: 10.1038/s41557-025-02048-8.
[2] R. Zhao*, H. Yu, H. Zhang, L. Gao, A. Khan, C. Liu, X. Li, X. Chu, Y. Fu, D. Pohl, A. Wrzesińska-Lashkova, E. Brunner, Y. Vaynzof, H. I. Wang, M. Bonn*, T. Heine, M. Wang*, X. Feng*, Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Two-Dimensional Poly(Arylene Vinylene)s with High Charge Carrier Mobility. Nature Communications 2026, DOI : 10.1038/s41467-026-69061-4.
[3] R. Zhao, W. Wang, Y. Liu, P. Petkov, A. H. Khan, L. Gao, P. Zhang, E. Brunner, H. I. Wang, S. Singh, S. Huang, L. A. Panes-Ruiz, Y. Vaynzof, M. Bonn, G. Cuniberti*, M. Wang*, X. Feng*, A Donor-Acceptor-Type Two-Dimensional Poly(arylene vinylene) for Efficient Electron Transport and Sensitive Chemiresistors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025, 64, e202504302.
[4] A. Waentig, X. Li, M. Zhao, S. Haldar, P. Koko, S. Paasch, A. Mueller, K. Alvarez, F. Auras, E. Brunner, A. Schneemann, J.-Q. Huang, S. Kaskel*, M. Wang*, X. Feng*, Electron-deficient two-dimensional poly(arylene vinylene) covalent organic frameworks: efficient synthesis and host–guest interaction. Chemical Science 2025, 16, 4152-4158.
[5] X. Huang, M. Wang*, H. Zhong, X. Li, H. Wang, Y. Lu, G. Zhang, Y. Liu, P. Zhang, R. Zou, X. Feng*, R. Dong*, Metal-Phthalocyanine-Based Two-Dimensional Conjugated Metal-Organic Frameworks for Electrochemical Glycerol Oxidation Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025, 64, e202416178.
[6] Z. Wang, M. Wang, T. Heine, X. Feng*, Electronic and Quantum Properties of Organic Two-Dimensional Crystals. Nature Reviews Materials 2025, 10, 147.
[7] Y. Liu, H. Zhang, H. Yu, Z. Liao, S. Paasch, S. Xu*, R. Zhao, E. Brunner, M. Bonn, H. I. Wang*, T. Heine, M. Wang*, Y. Mai*, X. Feng*, A Thiophene Backbone Enables Two-Dimensional Poly(arylene vinylene)s with High Charge Carrier Mobility. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023, 62, e202305978.
[8] P. Zhang, M. Wang*, Y. Liu, Y. Fu, M. Gao, G. Wang, F. Wang, Z. Wang, G. Chen, S. Yang, Y. Liu, R. Dong, M. Yu*, X. Lu, X. Feng*, Largely Pseudocapacitive Two-Dimensional Conjugated Metal-Organic Framework Anodes with Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital Localized in Nickel-bis(dithiolene) Linkages. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145, 6247.
[9] M. Wang, S. Fu, P. S. Petkov, Y. Fu, Z. Zhang, Y. Liu, J. Ma, G. Chen, S. M. Gali, L. Gao, Y. Lu, S. Paasch, H. Zhong, H.-P. Steinrück, E. Cánovas, E. Brunner, D. Beljonne, M. Bonn, H. I. Wang*, R. Dong*, X. Feng*, Exceptionally High Charge Mobility in Phthalocyanine-Based Poly(benzimidazobenzophenanthroline)-Ladder-Type Two-Dimensional Conjugated Polymers. Nature Materials 2023, 22, 880.
[10] M. Wang, G. Wang*, C. Naisa, Y. Fu, S. M. Gali, S. Paasch, M. Wang, H. Wittkaemper, C. Papp, E. Brunner, S. Zhou, D. Beljonne, H.-P. Steinrück, R. Dong*, X. Feng*, Poly(benzimidazobenzophenanthro line)-Ladder-Type Two-Dimensional Conjugated Covalent Organic Framework for Fast Proton Storage. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023, 62, e202310937.
[11] M. Wang, Z. Zhang, H. Zhong, X. Huang, W. Li, M. Hambsch, P. Zhang, Z. Wang, P. St. Petkov, T. Heine, S. C. B. Mannsfeld*, X. Feng*, R. Dong*, Surface-Modified Phthalocyanine-Based Two-Dimensional Conjugated Metal–Organic Framework Films for Polarity-Selective Chemiresistive Sensing. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 18666.
[12] M. Wang, R. Dong*, X. Feng*, Two-Dimensional Conjugated Metal–Organic Frameworks (2D c-MOFs): Chemistry and Function for MOFtronics. Chemical Society Reviews 2021, 50, 2764.
[13] M. Wang, H. Shi, P. Zhang#, Z. Liao, M. Wang, H. Zhong, F. Schwotzer, A. S. Nia, E. Zschech, S. Zhou, S. Kaskel, R. Dong*, X. Feng*, Phthalocyanine-Based 2D Conjugated Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets for High-Performance Micro-Supercapacitors. Advanced Functional Materials 2020, 30, 2002664.
[14] M. Wang, M. Wang, H.-H. Lin, M. Ballabio, H. Zhong, M. Bonn, S. Zhou, T. Heine, E. Cánovas*, R. Dong*, X. Feng*, High-Mobility Semiconducting Two-Dimensional Conjugated Covalent Organic Frameworks with p-Type Doping. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020, 142, 21622.
[15] M. Wang, M. Ballabio, M. Wang, H.-H. Lin, B. P. Biswal, X. Han, S. Paasch, E. Brunner, P. Liu, M. Chen, M. Bonn, T. Heine, S. Zhou, E. Cánovas*, R. Dong*, X. Feng*, Unveiling Electronic Properties in Metal–Phthalocyanine-Based Pyrazine-Linked Conjugated Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141, 16810.
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