Academic Qualification
Ph.D. in Tsinghua University
Master in Tsinghua University
Bachelor in Tsinghua University
Teaching Area
Inorganic chemistry
Catalytic science and technology
Electrochemistry
Materials synthesis and characterization
Nanomaterials
Sustainable development
Research Area
Single atom catalysis
Nanocatalysis
Inorganic nanosynthesis
Electrocatalysis
Activation of small molecules
Green chemistry
Structure–performance relationship
First-principle calculation
Professional Services
N/A
Working Experience
Nov. 2022 ~ present, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, MUST
Oct. 2019 ~ Aug. 2022, Lecturer (UM Macao Fellow), Department of Physics and Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau
Academic Publication (selected)
1. Cheong, W. C.#; Yang, W. J.#; Zhang, J.#; Li, Y.; Zhao, D.; Liu, S. J.; Wu, K. L.; Liu, Q. G.; Zhang, C.; Wang, D. S.; Peng, Q.; Chen, C.*; Li, Y. D.* Isolated Iron Single-Atomic Site-Catalyzed Chemoselective Transfer Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes to Arylamines. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11, 33819-33824.
2. Jiao, J.#; Lin, R.#; Liu, S.#; Cheong, W.-C.#; Zhang, C.; Chen, Z.; Pan, Y.; Tang, J.; Wu, K.; Hung, S.-F.; Chen, H. M.; Zheng, L.; Lu, Q.; Yang, X.; Xu, B.; Xiao, H.*; Li, J.; Wang, D.; Peng, Q.; Chen, C.*; Li, Y. Copper atom-pair catalyst anchored on alloy nanowires for selective and efficient electrochemical reduction of CO2. Nature Chemistry 2019, 11, 222-228.
3. Gao, H. X.#; Wang, S.#; Cheong, W. C. M.#,*; Wang, K. X.; Xu, H. F.; Huang, A. J.; Ma, J. G.; Li, J. Z.; Ip, W. F. A.; Hui, K. S.*; Dinh, D. A.; Fan, X.; Bin, F.; Chen, F. M.; Hui, K. N.* Topological defect and sp3/sp2 carbon interface derived from ZIF-8 with linker vacancies for oxygen reduction reaction. Carbon 2023, 203, 76-87.
4. Gao, H. X.; Zhu, S. Q.; Kang, Y.; Dinh, D. A.; Hui, K. S.*; Bin, F.; Fan, X.; Chen, F. M.; Mahmood, A.; Geng, J. X.; Cheong, W. C. M.*; Hui, K. N.* Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-Derived Co-Fe@NC for Rechargeable Hybrid Sodium-Air Battery with a Low Voltage Gap and Long Cycle Life. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2022, 5, 1662-1671.
5. Cheong, W.-C.; Liu, C.; Jiang, M.; Duan, H.; Wang, D.; Chen, C.*; Li, Y.* Free-standing palladium-nickel alloy wavy nanosheets. Nano Research 2016, 9, 2244-2250.
6. Mateen, M.*; Akhtar, M. N.; Gao, L.; Cheong, W. C. M.*; Lv, S.; Zhou, Y.; Chen, Z.* Engineering electrophilic atomic Ir sites on CeO2 colloidal spheres for selectivity control in hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. Nano Research 2022, 15, 7107-7115.
7. Yu, K.; Sun, K. A.; Cheong, W. C. M.*; Tan, X.; He, C.; Zhang, J. Q.; Li, J. Z.; Chen, C.* Oxalate-Assisted Synthesis of Hollow Carbon Nanocage With Fe Single Atoms for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. Small 2023, 27, 2302611.
8. Li, Y.; Xu, C. Q.; Chen, C.*; Zhang, Y.; Liu, S. J.; Zhuang, Z. W.; Zhang, Y. Y.; Zhang, Q. Y.; Li, Z.; Chen, Z.; Zheng, L. R.; Cheong, W. C.; Wu, K. L.; Jiang, G. Y.; Xiao, H.; Lian, C.; Wang, D. S.; Peng, Q.; Li, J.*; Li, Y. D.* Carbon-Boosted and Nitrogen-Stabilized Isolated Single-Atom Sites for Direct Dehydrogenation of Lower Alkanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, 146, 20668-20677.
9. Chen, C.; Li, Y. F.; Huang, A. J.; Liu, X. R.; Li, J. Z.; Chen, Z. Q.; Zhuang, Z. W.; Wu, Y.; Cheong, W. C.; Tan, X.; Sun, K. A.; Xu, Z. Y.; Liu, D.; Wang, Z. G.; Zhou, K. B.; Chen, C. Engineering Moleculater Heterostructured Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145, 21273-21283.
10. Hu, B. T.; Sun, K. A.; Zhuang, Z. W.; Chen, Z.; Liu, S. J.; Cheong, W. C.; Chen, C.; Hu, M. Z.; Cao, X.; Ma, J. G.; Tu, R. Y.; Zheng, X. S.; Xiao, H.; Chen, X.; Cui, Y.; Peng, Q.*; Chen, C.*; Li, Y. D.* Distinct Crystal-Facet-Dependent Behaviors for Single-Atom Palladium-On-Ceria Catalysts: Enhanced Stabilization and Catalytic Properties. Advanced Materials 2022, 34, 2107721.
11. Liu, C. H.; Wu, Y.; Sun, K. A.; Fang, J. J.; Huang, A. J.; Pan, Y.; Cheong, W. C.; Zhuang, Z. W.; Zhuang, Z. B.; Yuan, Q. H.; Xin, H. L.; Zhang, C.; Zhang, J. W.*; Xiao, H.; Chen, C.*; Li, Y. D. Constructing FeN4/graphitic nitrogen atomic interface for high-efficiency electrochemical CO2 reduction over a broad potential window. Chem 2021, 7, 1297-1307.
12. Zhou, H.; Zhao, Y. F.; Xu, J.; Sun, H. R.; Li, Z. J.; Liu, W.*; Yuan, T. W.; Liu, W.; Wang. X. Q.; Cheong, W. C.; Wang, Z. Y.; Wang, X.; Zhao, C.; Yao, Y. C.; Wang, W. Y.; Zhou, F. Y.; Chen, M.; Jin, B. J.; Sun, R. B.; Liu, J.; Hong, X.; Yao, T.; Wei, S. Q.; Luo, J.*; Wu, Y. E.* Recover the activity of sintered supported catalysts by nitrogen-doped carbon atomization. Nature Communications 2020, 11, 335.
13. Li, Z.; Chen, Y. J.; Ji, S. F.; Tang, Y.; Chen, W. X.; Li, A.; Zhao, J.; Xiong, Y.; Wu, Y. E.; Gong, Y.; Yao, T.; Liu, W.; Zheng, L. R.; Dong, J. C.; Wang, Y.; Zhuang, Z. B.; Xing, W.; He, C. T.; Peng, C.; Cheong, W. C.; Li, Q. H.; Zhang, M. L.; Chen, Z.; Fu, N. H.; Gao, X.; Zhu, W.; Wan, J. W.; Zhang, J.; Gu, L.; Wei, S. Q.; Hu, P. J.; Luo, J.; Li, J.; Chen, C.; Peng, Q.; Duan, X. F.; Huang, Y.; Chen, X. M.; Wang, D. S.*; Li, Y. D.* Iridium single-atom catalyst on nitrogen-doped carbon for formic acid oxidation synthesized using a general host-guest strategy. Nature Chemistry 2020, 12, 764-772.
14. Pan, Y.; Chen, Y. J.; Wu, K. L.; Chen, Z.; Liu, S. J.; Cao, X.; Cheong, W. C.; Meng, T.; Luo, J.; Zheng, L. R.; Liu, C. G.*; Wang, D. S.; Peng, Q.; Li, J.; Chen, C.* Regulating the coordination structure of single-atom Fe-NxCy catalytic sites for benzene oxidation. Nature Communications 2019, 10, 4290.
15. Lin, R.; Ma, X. L.; Cheong, W. C.; Zhang, C.; Zhu, W.; Pei, J. J.; Zhang, K. Y.; Wang, B.; Liang, S. Y.; Liu, Y. X.; Zhuang, Z. B.; Yu, R.; Xiao, H.*; Li, J.; Wang, D. S.; Peng, Q.; Chen, C.*; Li, Y. D. PdAg bimetallic electrocatalyst for highly selective reduction of CO2 with low COOH* formation energy and facile CO desorption. Nano Research 2019, 12, 2866-2871.
16. Zhao, Y.; Zhou, H.; Chen, W.; Tong, Y.; Zhao, C.; Lin, Y.; Jiang, Z.; Zhang, Q.; Xue, Z.; Cheong, W.-C.; Jin, B.; Zhou, F.; Wang, W.; Chen, M.; Hong, X.; Dong, J.; Wei, S.; Li, Y. D.; Wu, Y. E.* Two-Step Carbothermal Welding To Access Atomically Dispersed Pd1 on Three-Dimensional Zirconia Nanonet for Direct Indole Synthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141, 10590-10594.
17. Zhou, H.; Liu, T. Y.; Zhao, X. Y.; Zhao, Y. F.; Lv, H. W.; Fang, S.; Wang, X. Q.; Zhou, F. Y.; Xu, Q.; Xu, J.; Xiong, C.; Xue, Z. G.; Wang, K.; Cheong, W. C.; Xi, W.; Gu, L.; Yao, T.; Wei, S. Q.; Hong, X.; Luo, J.*; Li, Y. F.*; Wu, Y. E.* A Supported Nickel Catalyst Stabilized by a Surface Digging Effect for Efficient Methane Oxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 18388-18393.
18. Wei, S.; Li, A.; Liu, J.-C.; Li, Z.*; Chen, W.; Gong, Y.; Zhang, Q.; Cheong, W.-C.; Wang, Y.; Zheng, L.; Xiao, H.; Chen, C.; Wang, D.; Peng, Q.; Gu, L.; Han, X.; Li, J.; Li, Y.* Direct observation of noble metal nanoparticles transforming to thermally stable single atoms. Nature Nanotechnology 2018, 13, 856-861.
19. Cao, X.; Chen, Z.; Lin, R.; Cheong, W.-C.; Liu, S.; Zhang, J.; Peng, Q.*; Chen, C.*; Han, T.; Tong, X.; Wang, Y.; Shen, R.; Zhu, W.; Wang, D.; Li, Y.* A photochromic composite with enhanced carrier separation for the photocatalytic activation of benzylic C-H bonds in toluene. Nature Catalysis 2018, 1, 704-710.
20. Lin, R.; Wan, J.; Xiong, Y.; Wu, K.; Cheong, W.-C.; Zhou, G.; Wang, D.; Peng, Q.; Chen, C.*; Li, Y. Quantitative Study of Charge Carrier Dynamics in Well-Defined WO3 Nanowires and Nanosheets: Insight into the Crystal Facet Effect in Photocatalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140, 9078-9082.
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Research Grants
2024.04 -- 2026.04 Controllable synthesis of single atomic-site catalysts via transmetalation reaction and their application (FDCT)
Patents
N/A
Professional Certification and Awards
Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (Cross-field) in 2022 and 2023.
Student Awards
N/A
Professional Society Membership
N/A
