Key Publications

• Liang Peng, Huarong Peng, Wei Li*, and Dongyuan Zhao*, Monomicellar assembly to synthesize structured and functional mesoporous carbonaceous nanomaterials, Nature Protoc. 2023, 18, 1155–1178.

• Hui Xu, Junliang Chen, Zhenghao Zhang, Chin-Te Hung, Jianping Yang, and Wei Li*, In Situ Confinement of Ultrasmall Metal Nanoparticles in Short Mesochannels for Durable Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction with High Efficiency and Selectivity, Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2207522.

• Breaking scaling relationships in alkynol semi-hydrogenation by manipulating interstitial atoms in Pd with d-electron gain, Yang Yang, Xiaojuan Zhu, Lili Wang, Junyu Lang, Guohua Yao, Tian Qin, Zhouhong Ren, Liwei Chen, Xi Liu*, Wei Li*, Ying Wan*, Nature Commun. 2022, 13, 2754.

• Jiayin Chen, Yikun Kang, Wei Zhang, Zhenghao Zhang, Yan Chen, Yi Yang, Linlin Duan, Yefei Li, Wei Li*, Lattice-Confined Single-Atom Fe1Sx on Mesoporous TiO2 for Boosting Ambient Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction Reaction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, e202203022.

• Haichen Liang, Liangliang Liu, Nan Wang, Wei Zhang, Chin-Te Hung, Xingmiao Zhang, Zhenghao Zhang, Linlin Duan, Dongliang Chao, Fei Wang, Yongyao Xia, Wei Li*, Dongyuan Zhao, Unusual Mesoporous Titanium Niobium Oxides Realizing Sodium-Ion Batteries Operated at –40 °C, Adv. Mater., 2022, 202202873.

• Zaiwang Zhao, Yujuan Zhao, Runfeng Lin, LipengWang, Liangliang Liu, Kun Lan, Jie Zhang, Hanxing Chen, Mengli Liu, Fanxing Bu, Pengfei Zhang, Liang Peng, Xingmiao Zhang, Yupu Liu, Chin-Te Hung, Angang Dong, Wei Li*, Dongyuan Zhao*, Modular Super-Assembly of Hierarchical Superstructures from Monomicelle Building Blocks, Sci. Adv., 2022, 8, eabo0283.

• Yan Ai, Wei Li*, Dongyuan Zhao, 2D mesoporous materials, Natl. Sci. Rev., 2022, 9, nwab108.

• Chin-Te Hung, Linlin Duan, Tiancong Zhao, Liangliang Liu, Yuan Xia, Yupu Liu, Pengpeng Qiu, Ruicong Wang, Zaiwang Zhao, Wei Li*, and Dongyuan Zhao*, Gradient Hierarchically Porous Structure for Rapid Capillary-Assisted Catalysis, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 13, 6091–6099.

• Jie Xu, Shuhao An, Xianyu Song, Yongjie Cao, Nan Wang, Xuan Qiu, Yu Zhang, Jiawei Chen, Xianli Duan, Jianhang Huang, Wei Li*, and Yonggang Wang*, Towards High Performance Li–S Batteries via Sulfonate-Rich COF-Modified Separator, Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2105178.

• Linlin Duan, Changyao Wang, Wei Zhang, Bing Ma, Yonghui Deng, Wei Li*, Dongyuan Zhao*, Interfacial Assembly and Applications of Functional Mesoporous Materials, Chem. Rev., 2021, 121, 14349−14429.

• Liang Peng, Huarong Peng, Yu Liu, Xiao Wang, Chin-Te Hung, Zaiwang Zha, Gang Chen, Wei Li*, Liqiang Mai and Dongyuan Zhao*, Spiral Self-Assembly of Lamellar Micelles into Multi-Shelled Hollow Nanospheres with Unique Chiral Architecture, Sci. Adv., 2021, 7, eabi7403.

• Zaiwang Zhao, Xiao Wang, Xinxin Jing, Yujuan Zhao, Kun Lan, Wei Zhang, Linlin Duan, Dingyi Guo, Changyao Wang, Liang Peng, Xingmiao Zhang, Zesheng An, Wei Li*, Zhihong Nie, Chunhai Fan, Dongyuan Zhao*, General Synthesis of Ultrafine Monodispersed Hybrid Nanoparticles from Highly Stable Monomicelles, Adv. Mater., 2021, 33, 2100820.

• Liang Peng, Chin-Te Hung, Linlin Duan, Bin Ma, Liangliang Liu, Wei Li*, and Dongyuan Zhao, “Programmable Synthesis of Radially-Gradient-structured Mesoporous Carbon Nanospheres with Tunable Core-Shell Architectures”, Chem, 2021, 7, 1020-1032.

• Yuan Xia, Tiancong Zhao, Xiaohang Zhu, Yujuan Zhao, Haili He, Chinte Hung, Xingmiao Zhang, Yan Chen, Xinlei Tang, Jinxiu Wang, Wei Li*, and Dongyuan Zhao*, “Inorganic-organic competitive coating strategy derived uniform hollow gradient-structured Fe3O4@C nanospheres for ultra-fast and long-term lithium-ion battery”, Nature Commun., 2021, 12, 2973.

• Wenqian Han, Guannan Guo, Yanbo Pan, Zihan Liu, Jinxiang Zou, Yan Xia, Zhenmeng Peng, Wei Li*, and Angang Dong*, “Designing Champion Nanostructures of Tungsten Dichalcogenides for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution”, Adv. Mater., 2020, 32, 2002584.

• Xingmiao Zhang, Haichen Liang, Haoze Li, Yuan Xia, Xiaohang Zhu, Liang Peng, Wei Zhang, Liangliang Liu, Tiancong Zhao, Changyao Wang, Zaiwang Zhao, Chin-Te Hung, Moustafa M. Zagho, Ahmed Elzatahary, Wei Li*, Dongyuan Zhao*, “Sequential Chemistry toward Core-Shell Structured Metal Sulfides as Stable and Highly Efficient Visible Light Photocatalysts”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 3287-3293.

• Pengpeng Qiu, Bing Ma, Chin-Te Hung, Wei Li*, Dongyuan Zhao*, “Spherical Mesoporous Materials from Single to Multilevel Architectures”, Acc. Chem. Res., 2019, 52, 2928-2938.

• Changyao Wang, Xiaoyue Wan, Linlin Duan, Peiyuan Zeng, Liangliang Liu, Dingyi Guo, Yuan Xia, Ahmed A. Elzatahry, Yongyao Xia, Wei Li*, Dongyuan Zhao*, “Molecular Design Strategy for Ordered Mesoporous Stoichiometric Metal Oxide”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 15863-15868.

• Liang Peng, Chin-Te Hung, Shuwen Wang, Xingmiao Zhang, Xiaohang Zhu, Zaiwang Zhao, Changyao Wang, Yun Tang, Wei Li*, Dongyuan Zhao*, “Versatile Nanoemulsion Assembly Approach to Synthesize Functional Mesoporous Carbon Nanospheres with Tunable Pore Sizes and Architectures”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 7073-7080.

• Yuting Xiao, Guohui Tian, Wei Li*, Ying Xie, Baojiang Jiang, Chungui Tian, Dongyuan Zhao, Honggang Fu*, “Molecule Self-Assembly Synthesis of Porous Few-Layer Carbon Nitride for Highly Efficient Photoredox Catalysis”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 2508-2515.