Education and Research Experience: 

BS (2010), Xiangtan University

PhD (2015), Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences

Postdoctor(2015-2019) École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Associate Professor (2019-now) Xiamen University

Principal Research Interests:
Green chemistry, porous materials, supercritical fluids, electrochemical energy conversion, environmental chemistry

Selected Recent Publications:

1.  Li Peng^#, Shuliang Yang^#, Sudi Jawahery, Seyed Mohamad Moosavi, Aron J. Huckaba, Mehrdad Asgari, Emad Oveisi, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Berend Smit, Wendy L. Queen*. Preserving Porosity of Mesoporous Metal-Organic Frameworks through the Introduction of Polymer Guests. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 12397-12405. (Featured Cover Article)

2.  Shuliang Yang^#, Li Peng^#, Daniel T. Sun, Mehrdad Asgari, Emad Oveisi, Olga Trukhina, Safak Bulut, Abbas Jamali, Wendy L. Queen*. A New Post-synthetic Polymerization Strategy Makes Metal-Organic Frameworks More Stable, Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 4542-4549. (Featured Cover Article)

3.  Li Peng, Jianling Zhang*, Zhimin Xue, Buxing Han, Xinxin Sang, Chengcheng Liu, Guanying Yang. Highly Mesoporous Metal-Organic Framework Assembled in a Switchable Solvent. Nat. Commun. 2014, 5: 4465.

4.  Li Peng, Jianling Zhang*, Jianshen Li, Buxing Han, Zhimin Xue, Guanying Yang. Macro- and Mesoporous Polymers Synthesized by a CO₂-in-Ionic Liquid Emulsion Templating Route. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 1792-1795. (Hot Paper)

5. Li Peng, Shuliang Yang, Daniel T. Sun, Mehrdad Asgari, Wendy L. Queen*. MOF/polymer Composite Synthesized Using a Double Solvent Method Offers Enhanced Water and CO₂ Adsorption Properties. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 10602-10605.

6.  Li Peng, Mehrdad Asgari, Pascal Mieville, Pascal Schouwink, Safak Bulut, Daniel T. Sun, Zhongrui Zhou, Philip Pattison, Wouter van Beek, Wendy L. Queen*. Using Predefined M₃(µ₃-O) Clusters as Building Blocks for an Isostructural Series of Metal-Organic Frameworks. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 23957-23966.

7.  Li Peng, Jianling Zhang*, Shuliang Yang, Buxing Han, Xinxin Sang, Chengcheng Liu, Guanying Yang. The Ionic Liquid Microphase Enhances the Catalytic Activity of Pd Nanoparticles Supported by a Metal-Organic Framework, Green Chem. 2015, 17, 4178-4182.

8.  Li Peng, Jianling Zhang*, Shuliang Yang, Buxing Han, Xinxin Sang, Chengcheng Liu, Xue Ma, Guanying Yang. Ultra-small Gold Nanoparticles Immobilized on Mesoporous Silica/Graphene Oxide as Highly Active and Stable Heterogeneous Catalysts. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 4398-4401.

9.  Li Peng, Jianling Zhang*, Shuliang Yang, Buxing Han, Xinxin Sang, Chengcheng Liu, Guanying Yang. Porosity Control in Mesoporous Polymers using CO₂-swollen Block Copolymer Micelles as Templates and Their Use as Catalyst Supports. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 11957-11960.

10.  Li Peng, Jianling Zhang*, Jianshen Li, Buxing Han, Zhimin Xue, Binbin Zhang, Jinghua Shi, Guanying Yang. Hollow Metal-Organic Framework Polyhedra Synthesized by a CO₂-ionic liquid Interfacial Templating Route. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2014, 416, 198-204.

11.  Li Peng, Jianling Zhang*, Zhimin Xue, Buxing Han, Jianshen Li, Guanying Yang. Large-pore Mesoporous Mn₃O₄ Crystals Derived from Metal-Organic Frameworks. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 11695-11697.

12.  Li Peng, Jianling Zhang*, Jianshen Li, Buxing Han*, Zhimin Xue and Guanying Yang. Surfactant-directed Assembly of Mesoporous Metal-Organic Framework Nanoplates in Ionic Liquids. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 8688-8690.