Zhenhua Li

Physical Chemistry

Professor

lizhenhua@fudan.edu.cn

Room A3019, Chemistry Building, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University 2005 Songhu Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200438, China

http://www.surfchem.fudan.edu.cn/teacher/lizh/lizh.htm

Research Interests

  • Molecular Dynamics of Clusters and Nanoparticles

  • Theoretical Study of Organic Reaction Mechanisms

  • Theoretical Study of Surface Reactions

Prizes and awards

  • Outstanding Young Teacher of Shanghai Universities and Colleges in 2008

Biography

  • 1990.9 to 1994.7   East China Normal University, B.Sc.

  • 1994.9 to 2001.1   Fudan University, Ph.D.

  • 2005.5 to 2007.4   University of Minnesota, Post Dr.

  • 2001.3 to 2004.1   Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Assistant Professor

  • 2004.3 to 2013.12  Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Associate Professor

  • 2013.1 to present   Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Professor

Teaching

  • Statistical Thermodyanmics in Chemistry (for graduate students)

  • Application of Statistics in Chemistry (for undergraduate students)

  • Special Topics in Modern Chemistry (for undergraduate students)

Key Publications

  • Y. Wang, W. Chen, Z. Lu, Z.H. Li, H. Wang, Metal-Free HB(C6F5)(2)-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Unfunctionalized Olefins and Mechanism Study of Borane-Mediated sigma-Bond Metathesis, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 52 (2013) 7496-7499.

  • G.L. Song, Z.H. Li, K.N. Fan, Extended Energy Divide-and-Conquer Method Based on Charge Conservation, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 9 (2013) 1992-1999.

  • Y.-J. Du, Z.H. Li, K.-N. Fan, A theoretical investigation on the influence of anatase support and vanadia dispersion on the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane to propene, Journal of Molecular Catalysis a-Chemical, 379 (2013) 122-138.

  • H.Y. Ye, Z.P. Lu, D. You, Z.X. Chen, Z.H. Li, H.D. Wang, Frustrated Lewis Pair Induced Boroauration of Terminal Alkynes, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 51 (2012) 12047-12050.

  • Z.P. Lu, Z.H.Cheng, Z.X.Chen, L.H. Weng, Z.H. Li, H.D.Wang, Heterolytic Cleavage of Dihydrogen by' Frustrated Lewis Pairs' Comprising Bis(2,4,6-tris(trifluoromethyl)
    phenyl)borane and Amines: Stepwise versus Concerted Mechanism, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 50 (2011) 12227-12231.

  • H.C.Fang, Z.H. Li, K.N.Fan, CO oxidation catalyzed by a single gold atom: benchmark calculations and the performance of DFT methods, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13 (2011) 13358-13369.