Education   

1994-1998    College of Chemistry, Nankai University. Received PhD degree in June, 1998 (with Prof. He-Xuan Li).  

1991-1994    College of Chemistry, Nankai University. Received MS degree in June, 1994 (with Prof. Ke-Yi Tao).

1987-1991    College of Chemistry, Nankai University. Received BS degree in June, 1991.   

(1)     Heterogeneous catalysis.

(2)     Nano-functional materials.

Honors & Awards 
2010    First awards of Tianjin Technical Invention

Selected Publications

1. Fu-Jun Lan, Hui-Ling Zhang, Chao-Yue Zhao, Yu Shu, Qing-Xin Guan*, Wei Li*, Copper Clusters Encapsulated in Carbonaceous Mesoporous Silica Nanospheres for the Valorization of Biomass-Derived Molecules, ACS Catal., 2022, 12, 5711–5725.

2. Cai Wang, Yu-Ping Liu, Hou-An Ren, Qing-Xin Guan, Shu-Lei Chou*, Wei Li*, Diminishing the Uncoordinated N Species in Co-N-C Catalysts toward Highly Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Reduction, ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 2513-2521.

Patents

1. Wei Li, Qiu-Yan Wang, Yu Zhao, Qing-Xin Guan, A preparation method of low molecular weight saturated perfluoropolyether with high stability, Appl. No. CN202110701801.0, Appl. Date: 2022/09/02.

2. Wei Li, Xian-Liang Qiao, Qing-Xin Guan, Preparation method and use method of a metal free catalyst for preparing vinyl chloride by hydrochlorination of acetylene, Appl. No. CN201811593723.1, Appl. Date: 2022/03/01.

Commercialization of Scientific and Research Findings

Prof. Wei Li has made a number of major scientific research achievements in the field of new-type nano-catalysts. Some of these achievements are directly oriented to the national economy, and many achievements have completed the scale-up production on an industrial scale. A number of important research results focusing on the ‘Nano-catalyst Design and Application in Important Chemical Reactions Project’ have achieved scale-up production on an industrial scale. They have been applied to the production of 10,000 tons of PVC by Sichuan Yibin Tianyuan Company and annual output of 5,000 tons of N,N-dimethylaniline by Jiangsu Hongze Dayang Chemical Company through the gas-phase green synthesis process. The accumulated new output value is more than 5 billion yuan, and the profits and taxes are more than 1 billion yuan. While achieving huge economic benefits, they overcome the problems of long production cycle and heavy pollution in industrial applications. These research results have made great contributions to the sustainable development of enterprises' economy and environmental governance.