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Overview

Xi Li is affiliated with the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on areas within engineering and materials science, where they have contributed to a substantial body of work. The main fields of study include Engineering and Materials Science, with specific emphasis on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research topics encompass several specialized areas:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Advanced Oxidation Water Treatment
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Xi Li has published extensively in scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • Journal of Material Science and Technology

Several representative recent papers provide insight into the scope of their research, including:

  • "High-efficiency removal of tetracycline by carbon-bridge-doped g-C3N4/Fe3O4 magnetic heterogeneous catalyst through photo-Fenton process," 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Tetracycline degradation by peroxymonosulfate activated with CoNx active sites: Performance and activation mechanism," 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride by coupling of photocatalysis and peroxymonosulfate oxidation processes using CuO-BiVO4 heterogeneous catalyst," 2020, Process Safety and Environmental Protection
  • "ZIF-derived non-bonding Co/Zn coordinated hollow carbon nitride for enhanced removal of antibiotic contaminants by peroxymonosulfate activation: Performance and mechanism," 2023, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Strengthening in Al-, Mo- or Ti-doped CoCrFeNi high entropy alloys: A parallel comparison," 2021, Journal of Material Science and Technology

Xi Li frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable coauthors including:

  • Yangang Wang
  • Qineng Xia
  • Zhangfeng Shen
  • Yongyong Cao

Best Publications

  • Au20: A Tetrahedral Cluster

    Jun Li;Xi Li;Xi Li;Hua-Jin Zhai;Hua-Jin Zhai;Lai-Sheng Wang;Lai-Sheng Wang

  • Observation of all-metal aromatic molecules.

    Xi Li;Xi Li;Aleksey E. Kuznetsov;Hai-Feng Zhang;Hai-Feng Zhang;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • On the Electronic and Atomic Structures of Small AuN- (N = 4−14) Clusters: A Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Density-Functional Study

    Hannu Häkkinen;Bokwon Yoon;Uzi Landman;Xi Li

  • s - p Hybridization and Electron Shell Structures in Aluminum Clusters: A Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study

    Xi Li;Xi Li;Hongbin Wu;Hongbin Wu;Xue-Bin Wang;Xue-Bin Wang;Lai-Sheng Wang;Lai-Sheng Wang

  • Evidence of hollow golden cages

    Satya S. Bulusu;Xi Li;Lai-Sheng Wang;Xiao Cheng Zeng

  • Experimental observation and confirmation of icosahedral W@Au12 and Mo@Au12 molecules.

    Xi Li;Boggavarapu Kiran;Jun Li;Hua-Jin Zhai

  • Tetracoordinated Planar Carbon in the Al4C- Anion. A Combined Photoelectron Spectroscopy and ab Initio Study

    Xi Li;Lai-Sheng Wang;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Jack Simons

  • Photoelectron spectra of aluminum cluster anions: Temperature effects and ab initio simulations

    Jaakko Akola;Matti Manninen;Hannu Häkkinen;Uzi Landman

  • Pentaatomic Tetracoordinate Planar Carbon

    Li X;Zhang Hf;Wang Ls;Geske Gd

  • Experimental Observation of Pentaatomic Tetracoordinate Planar Carbon-Containing Molecules

    Lai-Sheng Wang;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Xi Li;Jack Simons

  • All-Metal Antiaromatic Molecule: Rectangular Al44- in the Li3Al4- Anion

    Aleksey E. Kuznetsov;Aleksey E. Kuznetsov;Aleksey E. Kuznetsov;K. Alexander Birch;K. Alexander Birch;K. Alexander Birch;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Xi Li;Xi Li;Xi Li

  • Pentaatomic Tetracoordinate Planar Carbon, [CAl4]2−: A New Structural Unit and Its Salt Complexes

    Xi Li;Hai-Feng Zhang;Lai-Sheng Wang;Grant D. Geske

  • Magnetic properties in transition-metal-doped gold clusters: M@Au6 (M = Ti, V, Cr).

    Xi Li;Boggavarapu Kiran;Li-Feng Cui;Lai-Sheng Wang

  • Experimental and Theoretical Observations of Aromaticity in Heterocyclic XAl3− (X=Si, Ge, Sn, Pb) Systems

    Xi Li;Hai-Feng Zhang;Lai-Sheng Wang;Aleksey E. Kuznetsov

  • Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Electronic and Geometrical Structures of the Au32 Cluster

    Min Ji;Xiao Gu;Xi Li;Xi Li;Xingao Gong

  • Al62- − Fusion of Two Aromatic Al3- Units. A Combined Photoelectron Spectroscopy and ab Initio Study of M+[Al62-] (M = Li, Na, K, Cu, and Au)

    Aleksey E. Kuznetsov;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Hua-Jin Zhai;Xi Li

  • Aluminum cluster anions: Photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio simulations

    Jaakko Akola;Matti Manninen;Hannu Häkkinen;Uzi Landman

  • Electronic structure and chemical bonding between the first row transition metals and C2: A photoelectron spectroscopy study of MC2− (M=Sc, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, and Co)

    Xi Li;Lai-Sheng Wang

  • Experimental search and characterization of icosahedral clusters: Al 12 X − ( X = C , G e , S n , Pb )

    Xi Li;Xi Li;Lai-Sheng Wang;Lai-Sheng Wang

  • Al3Oy (y=0–5) clusters: Sequential oxidation, metal-to-oxide transformation, and photoisomerization

    Hongbin Wu;Xi Li;Xue-Bin Wang;Chuan-Fan Ding

Frequent Co-Authors

Lai-Sheng Wang
Lai-Sheng Wang Brown University
Alexander I. Boldyrev
Alexander I. Boldyrev Utah State University
Hua-Jin Zhai
Hua-Jin Zhai Shanxi University
Jun Li
Jun Li Tsinghua University
Uzi Landman
Uzi Landman Georgia Institute of Technology
Jack Simons
Jack Simons University of Utah
Hannu Häkkinen
Hannu Häkkinen University of Jyväskylä
Xue-Bin Wang
Xue-Bin Wang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Xiao Cheng Zeng
Xiao Cheng Zeng City University of Hong Kong
Jaakko Akola
Jaakko Akola Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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