(1) Charge separation strategy and mechanism in photocatalytic water splitting
(2) Novel semiconductor materials for solar energy conversion
(3) Scalable photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production
1. The National Youth Talent Support Program（2021）
2. Youth Science and Technology Award of Liaoning Province (2021)
3. Outstanding Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS
4. Top Young Talent of Liaoning Province (2019)
5. Outstanding Young Talent of CAS Shenyang branch (2018)
6. Zhang Dayu Youth scholar by DICP (2018)
7. Rising Star of Catalysis in China (2017)
8. Young Scientist Prize of International Congress on Catalysis (2016)
9. Reward-gainers of the excellent PhD dissertations, CAS (2015)
10.Special Award of Natural Science Academic Achievement in Liaoning Province (2013)
1. Yue Zhao, Chunmei Ding, Jian Zhu, Wei Qin, Xiaoping Tao, Fengtao Fan, Rengui Li*, Can Li*. A Hydrogen Farm Strategy for Scalable Solar Hydrogen Production with Particulate Photocatalysts. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 9653-9658.
2. Zheng Li, Liang Zhang, Yong Liu, Chenyi Shao, Yuying Gao, Fengtao Fan, Junxi Wang, Jinmin Li, Janchang Yan*, Rengui Li*, Can Li*. Surface polarity-induced spatial charge separation boosting photocatalytic overall water splitting on GaN nanorod arrays. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 935-942.
3. Ming Shi, Guanna Li, Jianming Li, Xu Jin, Xiaoping Tao, Bin Zeng, Evgeny A Pidko, Rengui Li*, Can Li*, Intrinsic Facet-dependent Reactivity of Well‐defined BiOBr Nanosheets on Photocatalytic Water Splitting. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 6590-6595.
4. Jiangshan Qu, Yueshuai Wang, Xulin Mu, Jingcong Hu, Bin Zeng, Yue Lu, Manling Sui, Rengui Li* and Can Li*. Determination of Crystallographic Orientation and Exposed Facets of Titanium Oxide Nanocrystals, Advanced Materials, 2022, 34(37), 2203320.
5. Wenchao Jiang; Chenwei Ni; Lingcong Zhang; Ming Shi; Jiangshan Qu; Hongpeng Zhou; Chengbo Zhang; Ruotian Chen; Xiuli Wang; Can Li; Rengui Li*. Tuning the anisotropic facet of lead chromate photocatalysts to promote spatial charge separation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61(37), e202207161.
6. Xiaoping Tao, Yue Zhao, Shengyang Wang, Can Li, Rengui Li*. Recent advances and perspectives for solar-driven water splitting using particulate photocatalysts, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2022, 51, 3561-3608.
7. Yalin Guo, Yike Huang, Bin Zeng, Bing Han, Mohcin AKRI, Ming Shi, Yue Zhao, Qinghe Li, Yang Su, Lin Li, Qike Jiang, Yi-Tao Cui, Lei Li, Rengui Li*, Botao Qiao* & Tao Zhang. Photo-thermo semi-hydrogenation of acetylene on Pd1/TiO2 single-atom catalyst, Nature Communications, 2022, 13: 2648.
8. Hongpeng Zhou, Deyun Zhang, Xiangnan Gong, Zhendong Feng, Ming Shi, Yang Liu, Chengbo Zhang, Peng Luan, Pengfei Zhang, Fengtao Fan, Rengui Li*, Can Li*. A Dual-Ligand Strategy to Regulate the Nucleation and Growth of Lead Chromate Photoanode for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, Advanced Materials, 2022, 34(29), 2110610.
9. Hongpeng Zhou, Deyun Zhang, Huichen Xie, Yang Liu, Caixia Meng, Pengfei Zhang, Fengtao Fan, Rengui Li*, Can Li*. Modulating Oxygen Vacancies in Lead Chromate for Photoelectrocatalytic Water Splitting, Advanced Materials, 2023, 202300914.
10. Wenchao Jiang, Lingcong Zhang, Chenwei Ni, Ming Shi, Yue Zhao, Yuting Deng, Haibo Chi, Ruotian Chen, Xiuli Wang, Rengui Li* and Can Li*. Graphene Mediates Charge Transfer between Lead Chromate and a Cobalt Cubane Cocatalyst for Photocatalytic Water Oxidation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202302575.
11. Zheng Li#, Rengui Li#, Huijuan Jing, Jianping Xiao, Huichen Xie, Feng Hong, Na Ta, Xianwen Zhang, Jian Zhu, Can Li*. Blocking the reverse reactions of overall water splitting on a Rh/GaN–ZnO photocatalyst modified with Al2O3, Nature Catalysis, 2023, 6, 80-88.
12. Xiaoping Tao, Hongpeng Zhou, Chengbo Zhang, Na Ta, Rengui Li*, Can Li*. Triclinic phase bismuth chromate: a promising candidate for photocatalytic water splitting with broad spectrum ranges, Advanced Materials, 2023, 202211182.
13. Ming Shi, Hongpeng Zhou, Wenming Tian, Bin Yang, Songqiu Yang, Keli Han, Rengui Li*, Can Li*. Lead-free B-site bimetallic perovskite photocatalyst for efficient benzylic C–H bond activation. Cell Reports Physical Science, 2021, 2, 12, 100656.
14. Rengui Li, Wen-Hui Cheng, Matthias H Richter, Joseph S DuChene, Wenming Tian, Can Li, Harry A Atwater*. Unassisted Highly Selective Gas-Phase CO2 Reduction with a Plasmonic Au/p-GaN Photocatalyst Using H2O as an Electron Donor. ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6 (5), 1849-1856.
15. Zhiliang Wang#, Takashi Hisatomi#, Rengui Li#, Kazuhiro Sayama, Gang Liu*, Kazunari Domen*, Can Li*, Lianzhou Wang*. Efficiency Accreditation and Testing Protocols for Particulate Photocatalysts toward Solar Fuel Production, Joule, 2021, 5, 1-16.
