2022-至今，福州大学，化学学院，副教授（郑寿添教授团队）

2020-2022，中国科学院福建物质结构研究所，博士后，合作导师：温珍海研究员

2017-2020，中国科学院福建物质结构研究所，博士，导师：温珍海研究员

2015-2017，中国科学院福建物质结构研究所，科研助理

2014-2017，南昌航空大学，硕士，导师：次素琴教授 & 温珍海研究员

2010-2014，南昌航空大学，学士

主要从事多金属氧簇（POM）的结构设计和性能探索、电化学能源存储和转换（电催化、锂离子电池、锌基电池）、高性能电化学器件的开发。目前在CCS Chem.,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Energy Mater.,Adv. Sci.,Sci. Bull.,Sci. China Chem.等国内外知名刊物上发表SCI论文80余篇，被引5800余次，2022-2025连续4年入选全球前2%科学家榜单。主持国家自然科学基金1项，福建省自然科学基金1项等。

福建省自然科学基金面上项目，2025-2028；

先进能源材料化学教育部重点实验室开放基金，2024-2025；

结构化学国家重点实验室开放基金，2023-2025；

青年科学基金项目，22109164，2022-2024；

中国科学院特别研究助理资助项目，2020-2022；

中国博士后基金第69批面上资助，2021-2022；

福州大学科研启动基金

2024 福州大学泉州校友会讲教金

2021 江西省自然科学奖二等奖

2020 中国科学院院长优秀奖

2020 卢嘉锡优秀研究生奖

2020，2017 福建物质结构研究所毕业生奖学金一等奖

2019 中国科学院朱李月华博士研究生奖学金

2018 博士生国家奖学金

2017 江西省优秀硕士论文

2026

31. Rong-Zhi Sun⁺, Han Liu⁺, Hui-Xue Lei, Ze-Xun Zhang, Ping-Wei Cai*, Zhenhai Wen, Shou-Tian Zheng*, Cation Modulation of Layered Self-Assembled Polyoxometalates Enables Efficient and Robust Hydrogen Evolution, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2026, accepted.

30. Jian-Ping Chen, Ao-Jie Mei, Xiao-Yue Zhang, Hao-Hong Li*, Cai Sun*, Shou-Tian Zheng, Ping-Wei Cai*, Photo-activating polyoxomolybdate enables high-capacity and high-rate lithium-ion batteries, Chin. Chem. Lett., 2026, Accepted.

29. Jian-Ping Chen, Jiang-Bo Yang, Xu-Jie Zhao, Fu-Hao Ren, Zhenhai Wen, Shou-Tian Zheng*, Ping-Wei Cai*, Electronic delocalization in polyoxometalates creates electron highways for ultrastable lithium storage, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2026, 715, 140267.

28. Wen-Jun Xia⁺, Zhao-Chun Liu⁺, Jun-Heng Huang, Jiang-Bo Yang, Yan-Qiong Sun, Ping-Wei Cai*, Zhen-Hai Wen*, Shou-Tian Zheng*, Boosting active hydrogen kinetics of electrocatalytic nitrate-to-ammonia via tuning electron structure of polyoxometalates, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. Energy, 2026, 387(15), 126472.

27. Ze-Xun Zhang⁺, Xiao-Yue Zhang⁺, Ping-Wei Cai*, Shou-Tian Zheng*, Cai Sun*, A thermochromic polyoxovanadate with a 200000-fold conductivity gain for boosting zinc-ion battery performance, Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted.

26. Xiao-Yue Zhang⁺, Jian-Ping Chen⁺, Ping-Wei Cai*, Shou-Tian Zheng*, Cai Sun*, Photochromic Molybdate for Advancing Anode Capacity of Lithium‐Ion Battery, Adv. Sci., 2026, 13(6), e19866.

25. Xi Zeng⁺, Yue Han⁺, Jiangbo Yang⁺, Xin Li, Zhiwen Lu, Pingwei Cai*, Zhenhai Wen*, Hydroxyl-engineered Ag nanoparticles achieve almost 100% faradaic efficiency in electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction to CO over wide potential windows, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2026, 701, 138757.

2025

24. Rong-Zhi Sun⁺, Xiang Ma⁺, Kai Chen, Jiang-Bo Yang, Yi-Xin Liu, Xin-Xiong Li, Ping-Wei Cai*, Zhen-Hai Wen*, Shou-Tian Zheng*, Self-Assembled Polyoxometalate Supramolecular Nanosheets for Efficient and Durable Water Oxidation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202513915.

23. Cai Sun⁺, Jian-Ping Chen⁺, Yan-Lan Wu⁺, Yi-Ying Li, Xin-Xiong Li, Ping-Wei Cai*, Carsten Streb*, Shou-Tian Zheng*, Single‐Crystal‐to‐Single‐Crystal Transformation in a Thermally Stable All‐Inorganic Polyoxoniobate Framework Boosts Lithium Ion Battery Anode Performance, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202506533.

22. Yi Chen⁺, Ze-Xun Zhang⁺, Ping-Wei Cai*, Zheng-Wei Guo, Zhi-Wen Lu, Cai Sun, Xin-Xiong Li, Jun-Xiang Chen*, Zhen-Hai Wen, Shou-Tian Zheng*, Polyoxotungstate Featuring Zinc-Ion-Triggered Structural Transformation as An Efficient Electrolyte Additive for Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202420284.

21. Rong-Zhi Sun⁺, Jun-Xiang Chen⁺, Shu-Lin Huang, Wan-Ting Weng, Hua-Pan Wu, Ping-Wei Cai*, Zhen-Hai Wen*, and Shou-Tian Zheng*, Dissecting Structural Modification Effects on the Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity of Atomically Precise Polyoxometalates, CCS Chem., 2025, 7, 1216-1226.

20. Pingwei Cai*, Wanting Weng, Yue Han, Xin Li, Zhiwen Lu, Zhenhai Wen*, Boosting multi-carbon products selectivity of carbon dioxide reduction via bifunctional cyclodextrin-modification on copper/copper (I) oxide electrocatalysts, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2025, 680, 453-458.

19. Yi Chen, Hua-Pan Wu, Zheng-Wei Guo, Xin-Xiong Li, Ping-Wei Cai*, Shou-Tian Zheng*, Construction of a diverting polyoxotungstate based on 3d-5p heterometallic cluster for high-performance single-crystal proton conduction, Chin. Chem. Lett., 2025, 36(11), 110552.

18. Yi Chen, Zheng-Wei Guo, Xin-Xiong Li, Yan-Qiong Sun, Ping-Wei Cai*, Shou-Tian Zheng*, A nickel-antimony cluster-substituted polyoxotungstate-based all-inorganic two-dimensional layered material: synthesis, structure, and properties, Inorg. Chem. Commun., 2025, 179, 114742.

17. Lan Wu, Fen Hu, Rong-Zhi Sun, Wen-Jun Xia, Qing-Xin Zeng*, Ping-Wei Cai*, Shou-Tian Zheng, Xin-Xiong Li*, Development of cage-like transition-metal incorporated polyoxoniobates for hydrogen evolution reaction electrocatalysts, J. Solid State Chem., 2025, 34(5), 125224.

2024

16. Pingwei Cai, Xiang Hu, Kai Chen, Zhiwen Lu, Zhenhai Wen*, The emerging hybrid electrochemical energy technologies, Sci. Bull., 2024, 69(22), 3571-3589.

15. Ximeng Yin, Wei Sun, Kai Chen, Zhiwen Lu, Junxiang Chen, Pingwei Cai*, Zhenhai Wen*, High-Power-Density Rechargeable Hybrid Alkali/Acid Zn-Air Battery Performance Through Value-Added Conversion Charging, Adv. Sci., 2024, 11(23), 2402343.

2023

14. Pingwei Cai*, Wei Sun, Junxiang Chen, Kai Chen, Zhiwen Lu, Zhenhai Wen*, High‐Energy Density Aqueous Alkali/Acid Hybrid Zn–S Battery, Adv. Energy Mater., 2023, 13(28), 2301279.

13. Zeen Wang, Duo Pan, Kai Chen, Ximeng Yin, Jun Wang, Pingwei Cai*, Zhenhai Wen*, Palladium Modified FeCoS₂ Nanosheet Arrays on Ni Foam as Bifunctional Electrodes for Overall Alkaline Water Splitting, ChemistrySelect, 2023, 8(10), e202204456.

Before Joining Fuzhou University

12. Pingwei Cai, Yan Li, Genxiang Wang, Zhenhai Wen*, Alkaline-Acid Zn-H₂O Fuel Cell for the Simultaneous Generation of Hydrogen and Electricity, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 3910-3915.

11. Pingwei Cai⁺, Junheng Huang⁺, Junxiang Chen, Zhenhai Wen*, Oxygen‐containing amorphous cobalt sulfide porous nanocubes as high‐activity electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction in an alkaline/neutral medium, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 4858-4861.

10. Pingwei Cai, Junxiang Chen, Yichun Ding, Yangjie Liu, Zhenhai Wen*, Defect-Rich MoO₃ Nanobelt Cathode for a High-Performance Hybrid Alkali/Acid Zn-MoO₃ Rechargeable Battery, 2021, 9(34), 11524-11533.

9. Pingwei Cai, Kai Chen, Zhiwen Lu, Ritwik Mondal, Musthafa Ottakam Thotiyl*, Zhenhai Wen*, Aqueous OH−/H+ Dual-Ion Zn-Based Batteries, ChemSusChem, 2023, 16(4), e202201034.

8. Pingwei Cai, Junwei Li, Junheng Huang, Junxiang Chen, Yichun Ding, Xinxin Peng, Zhenhai Wen*, Sub-1 nm MoC Quantum Dots Decorating N‐Doped Graphene as Advanced Electrocatalysts of Flexible Hybrid Alkali–Acid Zn‐Quinone Battery, Small, 2022, 18(22), 2201144.

7. Pingwei Cai, Genxiang Wang, Kai Chen, Zhenhai Wen*, Reversible Zn-quinone battery with harvesting electrochemical neutralization energy, J. Power Sources, 2019, 428, 37-43.

6. Pingwei Cai, Xinxin Peng, Junheng Huang, Jingchun Jia, Xiang Hu, Zhenhai Wen*, Covalent Organic Frameworks Derived Hollow Structured N-doped Noble Carbon for Asymmetric-electrolyte Zn-air Battery, Sci. China Chem., 2019, 62, 385-392.

5. Pingwei Cai, Yan Li, Junxiang Chen, Jingchun Jia, Genxiang Wang, Zhenhai Wen*, An Asymmetric‐Electrolyte Zn-Air Battery with Ultrahigh Power Density and Energy Density, ChemElectroChem, 2018, 5(4), 589-592.

4. Pingwei Cai, Suqin Ci*, Na Wu, Yuan Hong, Zhenhai Wen*, Layered structured CoAl/CdS‐LDHs nanocomposites as visible light photocatalyst, 2017, 214(6), 1600910.

3. Pingwei Cai, Suqin Ci*, Erhuan Zhang, Ping Shao, Changsheng Cao, Zhenhai Wen*, FeCo alloy nanoparticles confined in carbon layers as high-activity and robust cathode catalyst for Zn-air battery, Electrochimica Acta, 2016, 220, 354-362.

2. Pingwei Cai, Yuan Hong, Suqin Ci*, Zhenhai Wen*, In situ integration of CoFe alloy nanoparticles with nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes as advanced bifunctional cathode catalysts for Zn–air batteries, Nanoscale, 2016, 8(48), 20048-20055.

1. Suqin Ci, Pingwei Cai, Zhenhai Wen*, Jinghong Li*, Graphene-based electrode materials for microbial fuel cells, Sci. China Mater., 2015, 58(6), 496-509.