Education and Research Experience: 

BS (2010), Xiangtan University

PhD (2015), Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences

Postdoctor(2015-2019) École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Associate Professor (2019-now) Xiamen University

Principal Research Interests:
Green chemistry, porous materials, supercritical fluids, electrochemical energy conversion, environmental chemistry

Selected Recent Publications:

1. 1. Tianwei Xue, Li Peng*, Olga A. Syzgantseva, Maria A. Syzgantseva, Peiwen Guo, Huiyan Lai, Ruiqing Li, Jiawen Chen, Shumu Li, Xiaomei Yan, Shuliang Yang*, Jun Li*, Buxing Han, Wendy L. Queen*, Rapid, Selective Extraction of Silver from Complex Water Matrices with a Metal–Organic Framework/Oligomer Composite Constructed via Supercritical CO₂. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202309737. (Hot Paper)

2. 2. Guifeng Ma, Olga A. Syzgantseva, Yan Huang, Dragos Stoian, Jie Zhang, Shuliang Yang, Wen Luo, Mengying Jiang, Shumu Li, Chunjun Chen, Maria A. Syzgantseva, Sen Yan, Ningyu Chen, Li Peng*, Jun Li*, Buxing Han, A hydrophobic Cu/Cu₂O sheet catalyst for selective electroreduction of CO to ethanol, Nat. Commun. 2023, 14: 501.

3. 3. Tianwei Xue, Tao He, Li Peng*, Olga A. Syzgantseva, Ruiqing Li, Chengbin Liu, Daniel T. Sun, Guangkuo Xu, Rongxing Qiu, Yanliang Wang, Shuliang Yang*, Jun Li*, Jian-Rong Li*, A customized MOF-polymer composite for rapid gold extraction from water matrices. Sci. Adv., 2023, 9, eadg4923.

4. 4. Junhua Kuang, Minghao Gong, Gaofeng Chen, Li Peng*, Chen Zou, Zhiqing Peng, Weiming Chen, Yin Li, Yuting Zhang, Tianwei Xue, Chuang Li, Yangyang Dong, Jing Wu, Isil Akpinar, Lu Lin, Xianhai Zeng, Xing Tang, Yong Sun, Jin-Chao Dong, Lizhong Sun, Wenxing Chen*, Pengbo Lyu*, Shuliang Yang*, Changyan Cao, Weiguo Song, Jian-Feng Li, Sophisticated construction of single-atom cobalt catalyst based on microbial hyphae for high-performance hydrogenation, Chem. Eng. J., 2024, 490, 151678.

5. 5. Wenli Hao, Li Peng,* Rongxing Qiu, Tianwei Xue, Ruiqing Li, Qing-Na Zheng, Jia Yu, Tongxin Qiao, Linxiao Cui, Yuzhong Su, Yanzhen Hong, Hongtao Wang, Shuliang Yang*, Jun Li*, Green Chem., 2024, 26, 5832.

6. 6. Ruiqing Li, Yuyu Guo, Guifeng Ma, Daniel T. Sun, Ju Lin, Tianwei Xue, Rongxing Qiu, Sen Yan, Shuliang Yang, Yanliang Wang, Yanzhen Hong, Yuzhong Su, Hongtao Wang, Li Peng*, Jun Li*, Efficient degradation of organic contaminants via a novel iron-based poly(ionic liquid)/polydopamine composite as the heterogeneous Fenton catalyst, Environ. Sci. Nano, 2023, 10, 1232-1243.  

7. 7. Rongxing Qiu, Jun Jia, Li Peng,* Ruiqing Li, Sen Yan, Jiaran Li, Jie Zhang, Daniel T. Sun, Zhipeng Lan, Tianwei Xue, Guangkuo Xu, Linxiao Cui, Zeyu Lv, Cheng Li, Yanzhen Hong, Yuzheng Guo, Bin Ren, Shuliang Yang,* Jun Li*, Buxing Han, Enhanced electroreduction of CO₂ to ethanol via enriched intermediates at high CO₂ pressures, Green Chem., 2023, 25, 684–691.

8. 8. Yawen Fu, Yanan Xu, Zepeng Zeng, Abdul-Rauf Ibrahim, Jin Yang, Shuliang Yang, Yaqiang Xie, Yanzhen Hong, Yuzhong Su, Hongtao Wang, Yanliang Wang, Li Peng*, Jun Li*, Wendy L. Queen, Mesoporous poly(ionic liquid)s with dual active sites for highly efficient CO₂ conversion, Green Energy Environ., 2023, 8, 478-486.

9. 9. Ruiqing Li, Sen Yan, Tianwei Xue, Rongxing Qiu, Yin Li, Wenli Hao, Guangkuo Xu, Yanliang Wang, Yanzhen Hong, Yuzhong Su, Hongtao Wang, Shuliang Yang*, Li Peng*, Jun Li*, A MOF/poly(thioctic acid) composite for enhanced gold extraction from water matrices. Nano Research, 2024, 17, 382.

10. 10. Rongxing Qiu, Jiaran Li, Linxiao Cui, Shuliang Yang*, Li Peng*, Jun Li*, Recent advances in selective electrochemical reduction of CO₂/CO at elevated pressures. Sci. Sin. Chim., 2023, 53: 1405–1418.

11. 11. Lei Song, Tianwei Xue, Zechao She, Shuliang Yang, Daniel T. Sun, Jin Yang, Yanzhen Hong, Yuzhong Su, Hongtao Wang, Li Peng,* Jun Li,* Metal-Organic Aerogel Derived Hierarchical Porous Metal-Carbon Nanocomposites as Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2022, 621, 398–405.

12. 12. Tianwei Xue, Olga A. Syzgantseva, Li Peng*, Maria A. Syzgantseva, Ruiqing Li, Guangkuo Xu, Daniel T. Sun, Rongxing Qiu, Chengbin Liu, Shu Zhang, Tiezhu Su, Peifeng Su, Shuliang Yang*, Jun Li*, and Buxing Han, Green Synthesis of Robust Imine-Linked Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 10584-10593.

13. 13. Yanan Xu, Zhihong Gao, Li Peng*, Kang Liu, Yang Yang, Rongxing Qiu, Shuliang Yang, Chenhao Wu, Jiaheng Jiang, Yanliang Wang*, Wenjun Tan*, Hongtao Wang*, Jun Li, A highly efficient Cu/ZnOx/ZrO₂ catalyst for selective CO₂ hydrogenation to methanol, J. Catal., 2022, 414, 236–244.

14. 14. Ju Lin, Tiezhu Su, 1, Jiawen Chen, Tianwei Xue, Shuliang Yang, Peiwen Guo, Hongying Lin, Hongtao Wang, Yanzhen Hong, Yuzhong Su, Li Peng*, Jun Li*, Efficient Adsorption Removal of Anionic Dyes by an Imidazolium-Based Mesoporous Poly(Ionic Liquid) including the Continuous Column Adsorption-Desorption Process, Chemosphere, 2021, 272, 129640.

15. 15. Yan Huang, Lichao Ning, Zibo Feng, Guifeng Ma, Shuliang Yang, Yuzhong Su, Yanzhen Hong, Hongtao Wang, Li Peng*, Jun Li*, Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanosheets with Low O_N1-Doping Content as Efficient Photocatalysts for Organic Pollutants Degradation, Environ. Sci. Nano, 2021, 8, 460-469.

16. 16. Yang Yang, Yanan Xu, Heng Ding, Dong Yang, Enping Cheng, Yiming Hao, Hongtao Wang, Yanzhen Hong, Yuzhong Su, Yanliang Wang*, Li Peng*, Jun Li*, Cu/ZnOx@UiO-66 Synthesized from a Double Solvent Method as an Efficient Catalyst for CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2021, 11, 4367-4375.

17. 17. Tiezhu Su, Yin Li, Qingdian Yan, Xinyi Zhang, Haichen Lin, Shuliang Yang, Peifeng Su, Hongtao Wang, Yuzhong Su, Yanzhen Hong, Li Peng*, Jun Li*, Efficient Naphthenic Acid Extraction from High Acidic Oil Using Novel 1,5-Diazabicyclo[4.3.0]non-5-ene Based Ionic Liquids, J. Clean. Prod., 2021, 328, 129634.

18. 18. Yan Huang^#, Shuliang Yang^#, Mengying Jiang, Jun Li, Li Peng*, Changyan Cao*, Weiguo Song, Facile Synthesis of Pd Nanoparticles Incorporated into Ultrathin Crystalline g-C3N4 with Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance, Cryst. Growth Des. 2020, 20, 7526–7532.

19. 19. Li Peng^#, Shuliang Yang^#, Sudi Jawahery, Seyed Mohamad Moosavi, Aron J. Huckaba, Mehrdad Asgari, Emad Oveisi, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Berend Smit, Wendy L. Queen*. Preserving Porosity of Mesoporous Metal-Organic Frameworks through the Introduction of Polymer Guests. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 12397-12405. (Featured Cover Article)

20. 20. Li Peng, Jianling Zhang*, Zhimin Xue, Buxing Han, Xinxin Sang, Chengcheng Liu, Guanying Yang. Highly Mesoporous Metal-Organic Framework Assembled in a Switchable Solvent. Nat. Commun. 2014, 5: 4465.

21. 21. Li Peng, Jianling Zhang*, Jianshen Li, Buxing Han, Zhimin Xue, Guanying Yang. Macro- and Mesoporous Polymers Synthesized by a CO₂-in-Ionic Liquid Emulsion Templating Route. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 1792-1795. (Hot Paper)

22. 22. Shuliang Yang^#, Li Peng^#, Daniel T. Sun, Mehrdad Asgari, Emad Oveisi, Olga Trukhina, Safak Bulut, Abbas Jamali, Wendy L. Queen*. A New Post-synthetic Polymerization Strategy Makes Metal-Organic Frameworks More Stable, Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 4542-4549. (Featured Cover Article)

23. 23. Li Peng, Shuliang Yang, Daniel T. Sun, Mehrdad Asgari, Wendy L. Queen*. MOF/polymer Composite Synthesized Using a Double Solvent Method Offers Enhanced Water and CO₂ Adsorption Properties. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 10602-10605.

24. 24. Li Peng, Mehrdad Asgari, Pascal Mieville, Pascal Schouwink, Safak Bulut, Daniel T. Sun, Zhongrui Zhou, Philip Pattison, Wouter van Beek, Wendy L. Queen*. Using Predefined M₃(µ₃-O) Clusters as Building Blocks for an Isostructural Series of Metal-Organic Frameworks. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 23957-23966.

25. 25. Li Peng, Jianling Zhang*, Shuliang Yang, Buxing Han, Xinxin Sang, Chengcheng Liu, Guanying Yang. The Ionic Liquid Microphase Enhances the Catalytic Activity of Pd Nanoparticles Supported by a Metal-Organic Framework, Green Chem. 2015, 17, 4178-4182.

26. 26. Li Peng, Jianling Zhang*, Shuliang Yang, Buxing Han, Xinxin Sang, Chengcheng Liu, Xue Ma, Guanying Yang. Ultra-small Gold Nanoparticles Immobilized on Mesoporous Silica/Graphene Oxide as Highly Active and Stable Heterogeneous Catalysts. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 4398-4401.

27. 27. Li Peng, Jianling Zhang*, Shuliang Yang, Buxing Han, Xinxin Sang, Chengcheng Liu, Guanying Yang. Porosity Control in Mesoporous Polymers using CO₂-swollen Block Copolymer Micelles as Templates and Their Use as Catalyst Supports. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 11957-11960.

28. 28. Li Peng, Jianling Zhang*, Jianshen Li, Buxing Han, Zhimin Xue, Binbin Zhang, Jinghua Shi, Guanying Yang. Hollow Metal-Organic Framework Polyhedra Synthesized by a CO₂-ionic liquid Interfacial Templating Route. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2014, 416, 198-204.

29. 29. Li Peng, Jianling Zhang*, Zhimin Xue, Buxing Han, Jianshen Li, Guanying Yang. Large-pore Mesoporous Mn₃O₄ Crystals Derived from Metal-Organic Frameworks. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 11695-11697.

30. 30. Li Peng, Jianling Zhang*, Jianshen Li, Buxing Han*, Zhimin Xue and Guanying Yang. Surfactant-directed Assembly of Mesoporous Metal-Organic Framework Nanoplates in Ionic Liquids. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 8688-8690.