Lifeng

Prof. Li mainly specializes in applied chemistry and industrial catalysis, with highlights being the studies on the synthesis and catalytic property of supported catalysts for hydrogenation and oxidation processes. As authors or co-authors, Li has published more than ~150 papers in Chem. Soc. Rev., J. Catal., Green Chem., Chem. Eng. J., Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., Catal. Sci. Technol., ChemCatChem, and so on. Li is the author of more than 30 patents/patent applications. During his independent research career, on the basis of unique approach in combining synthesis of inorganic layered materials, super molecule self-assembly of intercalated compounds, and utilization of the arising structures, he has received several research awards from national, provincial and ministerial bodies. 

Research Interests

Applied Chemistry and industrial catalysis — design, synthesis and performance of heterogenous catalysts synthesis; inorganic nanomaterials.

• • Based on the lattice localization effect of layered precursors, the Li group has proposed to solve the problems of the preferential orientation of catalytic active sites,  the dispersion structure and the dispersion stability, based on the  confinement effect of two-dimensional plates and the surface net-trap structure of layered materials. Various synthesis methods for series of highly dispersed catalytic materials, such as intercalation-assembly and in situ growth of active phases, are successfully established.

  • The particle size and uniform dispersion structure of layered catalytic materials are effectively controlled. Based on the mechanism of forced micro-mixing effect in micro-liquid-film reactor, the nucleation and crystallization are induced with the help of small molecules (e.g., hydrogen). The method breaks through the difficulty of preparing homogeneous composite  metal oxides by the traditional coprecipitation method and has the  advantages of narrow size distribution and homogeneous structure/composition, and provides a methodological basis for preparing high-performance oxide-based catalytic materials.

Education &work experience

• M.S. East China University of Science and Technology (1987.9-1991.7)

• B.S. East China University of Science and   Technology (1991.9-1994.7)

• Ph.D. Beijing Institute of Chemical Technology (1996.9-1999.12)

• Visiting scholar, Universite de Blaise Pascal, France (2001.7-2002.1)

•  Associate Professor, School of Science, Beijing University of Chemical Technology (2000.6-2005.6)

• Professor, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of  Chemical Technology (2005.6-now)