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Zhi-jun Li is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to research in energy and materials science. Their work primarily spans renewable energy, sustainability, and materials chemistry, with additional involvement in electrical and electronic engineering, as well as organic chemistry.

The scientist's research focuses on advanced photocatalysis techniques, with particular attention to CO2 reduction and catalysis using nanomaterials. Key topics regularly covered in their publications include:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications

Publications by Zhi-jun Li have appeared consistently in several scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Advanced Materials
  • Materials Research Bulletin
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Recently published papers include:

  • Energy Platform for Directed Charge Transfer in the Cascade Z-Scheme Heterojunction: CO2 Photoreduction without a Cocatalyst (2021), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Construction of Ultrathin S-Scheme Heterojunctions of Single Ni Atom Immobilized Ti-MOF and BiVO4 for CO2 Photoconversion of nearly 100% to CO by Pure Water (2022), published in Advanced Materials
  • Ultrathin Phosphate-Modulated Co Phthalocyanine/g-C3N4 Heterojunction Photocatalysts with Single Co-N4 (II) Sites for Efficient O2 Activation (2020), published in Advanced Science
  • Covalent-organic framework based Z-scheme heterostructured noble-metal-free photocatalysts for visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution (2020), published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Efficiently photocatalytic conversion of CO2 on ultrathin metal phthalocyanine/g-C3N4 heterojunctions by promoting charge transfer and CO2 activation (2020), published in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Co-authorship is a notable aspect of Zhi-jun Li's career, with frequent collaborators including Liqiang Jing, Yang Qu, Ziqing Zhang, Ji Bian, and Linlu Bai.

Best Publications

  • Design of N-Coordinated Dual-Metal Sites: A Stable and Active Pt-Free Catalyst for Acidic Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Jing Wang;Zhengqing Huang;Wei Liu;Chunran Chang

  • Engineering the electronic structure of single atom Ru sites via compressive strain boosts acidic water oxidation electrocatalysis

    Yancai Yao;Sulei Hu;Wenxing Chen;Zheng-Qing Huang

  • Direct transformation of bulk copper into copper single sites via emitting and trapping of atoms

    Yunteng Qu;Zhijun Li;Wenxing Chen;Yue Lin

  • Synergistic effect of well-defined dual sites boosting the oxygen reduction reaction

    Jing Wang;Wei Liu;Gan Luo;Zhijun Li

  • Review of Metal Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction: From Nanoscale Engineering to Atomic Design

    Xiaoqian Wang;Zhijun Li;Yunteng Qu;Tongwei Yuan

  • Uncoordinated Amine Groups of Metal–Organic Frameworks to Anchor Single Ru Sites as Chemoselective Catalysts toward the Hydrogenation of Quinoline

    Xin Wang;Wenxing Chen;Lei Zhang;Tao Yao

  • Photoelectrochemically Active and Environmentally Stable CsPbBr3/TiO2 Core/Shell Nanocrystals

    Zhi Jun Li;Elan Hofman;Jian Li;Andrew Hunter Davis

  • Enhanced Driving Force and Charge Separation Efficiency of Protonated g-C3N4 for Photocatalytic O2 Evolution

    Chen Ye;Jia-Xin Li;Zhi-Jun Li;Xu-Bing Li

  • In Situ Thermal Atomization To Convert Supported Nickel Nanoparticles into Surface‐Bound Nickel Single‐Atom Catalysts

    Jian Yang;Zongyang Qiu;Changming Zhao;Weichen Wei

  • Single Ru Atoms Stabilized by Hybrid Amorphous/Crystalline FeCoNi Layered Double Hydroxide for Ultraefficient Oxygen Evolution

    Yidong Hu;Yidong Hu;Gan Luo;Liguang Wang;Xiaokang Liu

  • Thermal Emitting Strategy to Synthesize Atomically Dispersed Pt Metal Sites from Bulk Pt Metal.

    Yunteng Qu;Bingxu Chen;Zhijun Li;Xuezhi Duan

  • Boosting Oxygen Reduction Catalysis with Fe–N4 Sites Decorated Porous Carbons toward Fuel Cells

    Zhengkun Yang;Yu Wang;Mengzhao Zhu;Zhijun Li

  • Recent advances in the precise control of isolated single-site catalysts by chemical methods

    Zhijun Li;Dehua Wang;Yuen Wu;Yadong Li;Yadong Li

  • Solid-Diffusion Synthesis of Single-Atom Catalysts Directly from Bulk Metal for Efficient CO2 Reduction

    Changming Zhao;Yu Wang;Zhijun Li;Wenxing Chen

  • A cascade cross-coupling hydrogen evolution reaction by visible light catalysis.

    Qing-Yuan Meng;Jian-Ji Zhong;Qiang Liu;Qiang Liu;Xue-Wang Gao

  • Enhancement of the Efficiency of Photocatalytic Reduction of Protons to Hydrogen via Molecular Assembly

    Li-Zhu Wu;Bin Chen;Zhi-Jun Li;Chen-Ho Tung

  • Mechanistic Insights into the Interface‐Directed Transformation of Thiols into Disulfides and Molecular Hydrogen by Visible‐Light Irradiation of Quantum Dots

    Xu-Bing Li;Zhi-Jun Li;Yu-Ji Gao;Qing-Yuan Meng

  • Enhanced visible-light activities of porous BiFeO3 by coupling with nanocrystalline TiO2 and mechanism

    Muhammad Humayun;Amir Zada;Zhijun Li;Mingzheng Xie

  • Dimension-Matched Zinc Phthalocyanine/BiVO 4 Ultrathin Nanocomposites for CO 2 Reduction as Efficient Wide-Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysts via a Cascade Charge Transfer.

    Ji Bian;Ji Bian;Jiannan Feng;Ziqing Zhang;Zhijun Li

  • Efficient and Robust Hydrogen Evolution: Phosphorus Nitride Imide Nanotubes as Supports for Anchoring Single Ruthenium Sites

    Jian Yang;Jian Yang;Bingxu Chen;Xiaokang Liu;Wei Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Liqiang Jing
Liqiang Jing Heilongjiang University
Yang Qu
Yang Qu Heilongjiang University
Yadong Li
Yadong Li Tsinghua University
Tao Yao
Tao Yao University of Science and Technology of China
Yue Lin
Yue Lin University of Science and Technology of China
Li Jiang
Li Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yafei Li
Yafei Li Nanjing Normal University
Qinghua Zhang
Qinghua Zhang Southwest Jiaotong University
Junwang Tang
Junwang Tang Tsinghua University
Shiqiang Wei
Shiqiang Wei University of Science and Technology of China

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