材料学博士，副教授，美国Alfred University - New York State College of Ceramics博士，现任湖南大学材料科学与工程学院材料科学与技术系副教授、硕士生导师（刘继磊教授团队）、岳麓学者晨星B岗。担任Scientific Reports，Dalton Transactions，RSC Advances，Applied Surface Science，Journal of The Electrochemical Society，Journal of Materials Science & Technology，Vacuum，Journal of Nanomaterials和Journal of Materials Research等国际知名期刊通讯评审专家。主要研究方向包括二维层状材料的制备、缺陷结构的设计、电化学储能以及先进（原位）表征。目前正主持中央高校基本业务费项目，作为主要参与人完成了美国国家自然科学基金、中国国家自然科学基金、部委基础研究项目等国家级、省部级重要科研课题，取得了一系列科研成果。已发表SCI论文20余篇，总影响因子~92，总引用470余次，H-index 10。
教育背景
2013/09 - 2018/08：Alfred University - New York State College of Ceramics (USA)，材料科学与工程，博士，导师：Prof. Scott T. Misture
2010/09 - 2013/01：天津大学，材料学，硕士，导师：季惠明教授
2006/09 - 2010/06：天津大学，材料科学与工程，学士
工作履历
2019年02月起被聘为湖南大学材料科学与工程学院助理教授，岳麓学者晨星B岗位。
2024年01月 湖南大学材料学与工程学院副教授
研究领域
1、二维层状纳米材料的合成
2、缺陷结构（阳离子空位、阴离子空位等）的设计与表征
3、电化学储能，性能优化与机理研究
4、先进原位表征（In-situ XRD、XANES/EXAFS、X-ray Scattering and PDF、Raman、FTIR等）
学术成果
1. Peng Gao, Zhen Chen, Yuxuan Gong, Rui Zhang, Hui Liu, Pei Tang, Xiaohua Chen, Stefano Passerini, and Jilei Liu, The Role of Cation Vacancies in Electrode Materials for Enhanced Electrochemical Energy Storage: Synthesis, Advanced Characterization, and Fundamentals. Advanced Energy Materials, 2020, 10, 1903780. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201903780
2. Peter Metz, Alec Ladonis, Peng Gao, Trevyn Hey, and Scott T. Misture, Hierarchical porosity via layer-tunnel conversion of macroporous δ-MnO2 nanosheet assemblies, RSC Advances, 10 (2020) 1484-1497.
3. Peng Gao, Yuxuan Gong, Free-Standing Copper Oxide Films with In Situ Tailorable Nanostructures toward Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide, Journal of The Electrochemical Society,166 (10) (2019) B859-B865.
4. Peng Gao, Defective Manganese and Vanadium Oxide Nanosheets for Electrochemical Supercapacitors, Ph.D. Thesis, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, 2018.
5. Peng Gao, Peter Metz, Trevyn Hey, Yuxuan Gong, Dawei Liu, Doreen D. Edwards, Jane Y. Howe, Rong Huang, and Scott T. Misture, The critical role of point defects in improving the specific capacitance of δ-MnO2 nanosheets, Nature Communications 8, 14559 doi: 10.1038/ncomms14559 (2017).
6. Yuxuan Gong, Scott T. Misture, Peng Gao, Nathan P. Mellott, Surface roughness measurements using power spectrum density analysis with enhanced spatial correlation length,The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120 (2016) 22358-22364.
7. Qian-Qian Jia, Hui-Ming Ji, Peng Gao, Xue Bai, Zheng-Guo Jin, Control of the acetone sensitive and selective properties of WO3 nanofibers by doping Co ions: effect of crystal symmetric structure on the responsivity of gas–solid boundaries for gas sensor, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 26 (2015) 5792-5802.
8. Peng Gao, Yuxuan Gong, Nathan P. Mellott, Dawei Liu, Non-enzymatic amperometric detection of hydrogen peroxide using grass-like copper oxide nanostructures calcined in nitrogen atmosphere, Electrochimica Acta, 173 (2015) 31-39.
9. Peng Gao, Dawei Liu, Petal-like CuO nanostructures prepared by a simple wet chemical method, and their application to non-enzymatic amperometric determination of hydrogen peroxide, Microchimica Acta, 182 (2015) 1231-1239.
10. Peng Gao, Dawei Liu, Hydrothermal preparation of nest-like CuO nanostructures for non-enzymatic amperometric detection of hydrogen peroxide, RSC Advances, 5 (2015) 24625-24634.
11. Peng Gao, Dawei Liu, Facile synthesis of copper oxide nanostructures and their application in non-enzymatic hydrogen peroxide sensing, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 208 (2015) 346-354.
12. Xue Bai, Huiming Ji, Peng Gao, Ying Zhang, Xiaohong Sun, Morphology, phase structure and acetone sensitive properties of copper-doped tungsten oxide sensors, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 193 (2014) 100-106.
13. Peng Gao, Huiming Ji, Yugui Zhou, Xiaolei Li, Selective acetone gas sensors using porous WO3-Cr2O3 thin films prepared by sol-gel method, Thin Solid Films, 520 (2012) 3100-3106.
14. Peng Gao, Huiming Ji, Qianqian Jia, Xiaolei Li, Low temperature sintering and dielectric properties of Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3-MgO composite ceramics with CaO-B2O3-SiO2 glass addition, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 527 (2012) 90-95.
15. Yugui Zhou, Huiming Ji, Xiaolei Li, Peng Gao, Shicai Ma, Jianjun Yu, Anodic oxidation synthesized semiconducting titania nanotube arrays for acetone-vapor sensors, Sensor Letters, 9 (2011) 1356-1362.