Zhangquan Peng studied chemistry at Wuhan University, China. During that time he got basic training on classic electrochemistry including polarographic study of interfacial thermodynamics (electric capillary phenomenon) and charge transfer kinetics.  For his MSc&PhD theses he moved to the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).  The work, under the guidance of Prof. Erkang Wang and Prof. Shaojun Dong was on the preparation of various single-crystal electrodes, and the single-crystal electrode/electrolyte interface probed by in situ scanning probe microscopy. For postdoctoral work he joined (i) the group of Prof. Karl Kleinermanns at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany, to work on the laser chemistry (pump-probe spectroscopy) under the sponsorship of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; (ii) the group of Prof. Kim Daasbjerg at the Aarhus University, Denmark, to work on the electrochemistry of organic radicals; and (iii) the group of Prof. Peter G. Bruce FRS at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, to work on the fundamental aspects of the aprotic Li-O₂ battery. At the end of 2012 PENG moved to State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry (SKLEAC) at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, to build his own research group. His current research focuses on the in situ electrochemical study of energy storage material/electrolyte interfaces of advanced non-aqueous batteries including Li-ion, Li-O₂, etc., and their aging behaviors.