Speaker

Xinhao Li

Time

2022.12.07

Abstract

Our research work mainly focuses on the design and applications of inorganic heterojunction materials with improved performance and novel functions in green catalysis and organic synthesis. Rational design of metal/semiconductor Schottky heterojunctions with better or novel functions has been conducted successively.

In detail:

1) Developing general methods for the controllable synthesis of a series of Mott-Schottky catalysts with improved catalytic activity and durability;

2) Extending the applications and functions (e.g. as synergistic Lewis acid-base pairs) of Mott-Schottky catalysts via long-distance rectifying contact;

3) Developing and validating the concept of “Mott-Schottky catalysts” on the basis of the success in well control of the interfacial structures.

We have apply the universal concept of “Mott-Schottky catalysts”to design a series of metal-semiconductor heterojunction catalytic materials that meet the multi-level requirements of green transformation of small molecules into high value-added compounds, in hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, C-H activation, ammonia production, or carbon fixation reactions.

Bio

He received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Jilin University, 1999-2009. After completed postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany, 2009-2012, he was employed as a special researcher and professor at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He was awarded the National Natural Science Foundation--Outstanding Youth Foundation in 2017 and the Author column introduction of Angew in 2019.