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Overview

Li Tao is affiliated with Hunan University in China and specializes in several interconnected fields including Engineering, Materials Science, and Energy. Their research spans a wide range of subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses extensively on topics related to electrocatalysts and energy conversion technologies. Main research themes include:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

Li Tao has contributed to numerous publications in various respected venues. Frequent publication venues where they have appeared include:

  • Angewandte Chemie
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Science China Materials

Their recent publications illustrate engagement with advanced materials and catalysis topics. Selected papers include:

  • Operando Identification of the Dynamic Behavior of Oxygen Vacancy-Rich Co3O4 for Oxygen Evolution Reaction, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Defect Engineering on Electrode Materials for Rechargeable Batteries, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Coupling N2 and CO2 in H2O to synthesize urea under ambient conditions, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • Combined anodic and cathodic hydrogen production from aldehyde oxidation and hydrogen evolution reaction, 2021, Nature Catalysis
  • Defect Engineering for Fuel-Cell Electrocatalysts, 2020, Advanced Materials

Li Tao collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors on their research projects. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Shuangyin Wang
  • Shiqian Du
  • Yujie Wu
  • Yuqin Zou
  • Tehua Wang

Best Publications

  • Operando Identification of the Dynamic Behavior of Oxygen Vacancy-Rich Co3O4 for Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

    Zhaohui Xiao;Yu-Cheng Huang;Chung-Li Dong;Chao Xie

  • Etched and doped Co9S8/graphene hybrid for oxygen electrocatalysis

    Shuo Dou;Li Tao;Jia Huo;Shuangyin Wang

  • Coupling N2 and CO2 in H2O to synthesize urea under ambient conditions

    Chen Chen;Xiaorong Zhu;Xiaojian Wen;Yangyang Zhou

  • Defect Engineering on Electrode Materials for Rechargeable Batteries.

    Yiqiong Zhang;Yiqiong Zhang;Li Tao;Chao Xie;Dongdong Wang

  • Edge-rich and dopant-free graphene as a highly efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction.

    Li Tao;Qiang Wang;Shuo Dou;Zhaoling Ma

  • Plasma-Assisted Synthesis and Surface Modification of Electrode Materials for Renewable Energy

    Shuo Dou;Li Tao;Ruilun Wang;Samir El Hankari

  • Defect Engineering for Fuel‐Cell Electrocatalysts

    Wei Li;Dongdong Wang;Yiqiong Zhang;Li Tao

  • Electrochemical Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural on Nickel Nitride/Carbon Nanosheets: Reaction Pathway Determined by In Situ Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy.

    Nana Zhang;Yuqin Zou;Li Tao;Wei Chen

  • Creating coordinatively unsaturated metal sites in metal-organic-frameworks as efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction: Insights into the active centers

    Li Tao;Chun-Yu Lin;Shuo Dou;Shi Feng

  • Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalysts from N-Doped Carbon Nanomaterials: Mono-Doping and Co-Doping.

    Kun Gao;Bin Wang;Li Tao;Benjamin V. Cunning

  • Unveiling the Electrooxidation of Urea: Intramolecular Coupling of the N-N Bond.

    Wei Chen;Leitao Xu;Xiaorong Zhu;Yu-Cheng Huang

  • Cobalt nanoparticle-embedded carbon nanotube/porous carbon hybrid derived from MOF-encapsulated Co3O4 for oxygen electrocatalysis

    Shuo Dou;Xingyue Li;Li Tao;Jia Huo

  • Sulfur‐Doped Graphene Derived from Cycled Lithium–Sulfur Batteries as a Metal‐Free Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Zhaoling Ma;Shuo Dou;Anli Shen;Li Tao

  • Atomic-Scale CoOx Species in Metal-Organic Frameworks for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Shuo Dou;Chung‐Li Dong;Zhe Hu;Yu‐Cheng Huang

  • Defect-Rich High-Entropy Oxide Nanosheets for Efficient 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Electrooxidation.

    Kaizhi Gu;Dongdong Wang;Chao Xie;Tehua Wang

  • Plasma-engineered MoS2 thin-film as an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction

    Li Tao;Xidong Duan;Chen Wang;Xiangfeng Duan

  • Bridging the Surface Charge and Catalytic Activity of a Defective Carbon Electrocatalyst.

    Li Tao;Man Qiao;Rong Jin;Yan Li

  • One-pot synthesis of nitrogen and sulfur co-doped graphene as efficient metal-free electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

    Xin Wang;Jie Wang;Deli Wang;Shuo Dou

  • 3D Carbon Electrocatalysts In Situ Constructed by Defect-Rich Nanosheets and Polyhedrons from NaCl-Sealed Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks

    Yuqing Wang;Li Tao;Zhaohui Xiao;Ru Chen

  • Charge Transfer Modulated Activity of Carbon-Based Electrocatalysts

    Li Tao;Yuqing Wang;Yuqin Zou;Nana Zhang

  • Interface engineering of Pt and CeO2 nanorods with unique interaction for methanol oxidation

    Li Tao;Yongliang Shi;Yu-Cheng Huang;Ru Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuangyin Wang
Shuangyin Wang Hunan University
Yuqin Zou
Yuqin Zou Hunan University
Chung-Li Dong
Chung-Li Dong Tamkang University
Yafei Li
Yafei Li Nanjing Normal University
Shanfu Lu
Shanfu Lu Beihang University
Qinghua Liu
Qinghua Liu University of Science and Technology of China
Liming Dai
Liming Dai University of New South Wales
Jilei Liu
Jilei Liu Hunan University
San Ping Jiang
San Ping Jiang Curtin University
Jun Chen
Jun Chen Nankai University

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