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Dr Li Guangchao
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Dr LI Guang-chao

Research Assistant Professor

Research Overview

Our research focuses on the characterization and utilization of porous and functional materials within the field of catalysis. We exhibit particular interest in elucidating the structure and properties of active sites, host-guest interactions, and reaction mechanisms over solid catalysts, employing solid-state NMR and synchrotron-related techniques. Our objective is to gain comprehensive insights into the fundamental aspects of these materials and their consequential role in catalytic processes.

Education and Academic Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Oxford.

Research Interests

  • Porous and functional materials
  • CO2 reduction with green ammonia
  • Solid state NMR application
  • Synchrotron and Neutron techniques

Achievements

  1.  Xing Y, Li G*, Lin Z, Xu Z, Huang H, Zhu Y, Tsang SC, Li M*. In situ hierarchical pore engineering in small pore zeolite via methanol-mediated NH4F etching. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2023, 11, 14058-14066.
  2.  Li G, Yoskamtorn T, Chen W, Foo C, Zheng J, Tang C, Day S, Zheng A, Li M*, Tsang SC*. Thermal Alteration in Adsorption Sites over SAPO‐34 Zeolite. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022. 61(27), p.e202204500.
  3.  Li G, Foo C, Yi X, Chen W, Zhao P, Gao P, Yoskamtorn T, Xiao Y, Day S, Tang C, Hou G. Zheng A*, Tsang SC*. Adsorbate-induced Active Site in Zeotype Materials. The Journal of American Chemistry Society. 2021;143(23):8761–8771.
  4.  Li G, Huang L, Yi X, Peng YK, Tsang SC*, Zheng A*. A nonpolar solvent effect by CH/π interaction inside zeolites: characterization, mechanism, and concept. Chemical Communications. 2018;54(95):13435-8.
  5. Li G, Yi X, Huang L, Jiang J, Yu Z, Liu Z, Zheng A*. Solvent Effect Inside the Nanocage of Zeolite Catalysts: A Combined Solid-State NMR Approach and Multiscale Simulation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2017;121(31):16921-31.
  6. Yi X†, Li G†, Huang L, Chu Y, Liu Z, Xia H, Zheng A*, Deng F*. An NMR scale for measuring the base strength of solid catalysts with pyrrole probe: A combined solid-state NMR experiment and theoretical calculation study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2017;121(7):3887-95. (co-first author)
  7. Leung KC, Hong S, Li G, Xing Y, Ng BK, Ho PL, Ye D, Zhao P, Tan E, Safonova O, Wu TS. Li M, Mpourmpakis, G*, Tsang SC*. Confined Ru Sites in a 13X Zeolite for Ultrahigh H2 Production from NH3 Decomposition. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2023, 145, 26, 14548–14561.
  8. Ng B, Zhou Z, Liu T, Yoskamtorn T, Li G, Wu TS, Soo YL, Wu XP, Tsang SC*, Photo-Induced Active Lewis Acid-Base Pairs in Metal-Organic Framework for H2 Activation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2023, 2023, 145, 35, 19312–19320
  9. Chen W, Li G, Yi X, Day SJ, Tarach KA, Liu Z, Liu SB, Tsang SC*, Góra-Marek K*, Zheng A*. Molecular understanding of the catalytic consequence of ketene intermediates under confinement. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2021; 43(37):15440-52.
  10. Tan Z, Li G, Chou HL*, Li Y, Yi X, Mahadi AH, Zheng A, Edman Tsang SC, Peng YK*. Differentiating surface Ce species among CeO2 facets by solid-state NMR for catalytic correlation. ACS Catalysis. 2020;10(7):4003-11.

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