Hao LI

Associate Professor

Email: hao_li@sjtu.edu.cn
Office: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Room 831
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RdY3q7QAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1135-8353

Research Interests

• Pollution Control
• Photo/Electrocatalytic Chemistry
• Nano-environmental Materials

Education and Work Experience

Work Experience:

Selected Publications

1. Mechanochemical Thioglycolate Modification of Microscale Zero-Valent Iron for Superior Heavy Metal Removal. Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed. 2024, e202415051.

2. Formic Acid-Intensified Photoreduction of NOx on Iron Minerals Triggers Daytime HONO Formation through Active Hydrogen. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024, 58, 18295.

3. Green energy-driven ammonia production for sustainable development goals. Chem. 2024, 10, 1.

4. Highly selective urea electrooxidation coupled with efficient hydrogen evolution. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 5918.

5. Selective electrosynthesis of chlorine disinfectants from seawater. Nat. Sustain. 2024, 7, 148.
   
6. Symmetry dependent activation and reactivity of peroxysulfates on FeS2(001) surface. Sci. Bull. 2024, 69, 154.
   
7. Oxalate-Promoted SO₂ Uptake and Oxidation on Iron Minerals: Implications for Secondary Sulfate Aerosol Formation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2023, 57, 13559.
   
8. Highly Selective Synthesis of Surface Fe^IV=O with Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron and Chlorite for Efficient Oxygen Transfer Reactions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2023, 120, e2304562120.
   
9. Locally Asymmetric BiOBr for Efficient Exciton Dissociation and Selective O₂ Activation toward Oxidative Coupling of Amines. ACS Nano 2023, 17, 15077.
   
10. Visible Light-Driven Conversion of Carbon-Sequestrated Seawater into Stoichiometric CO and HClO with Nitrogen-Doped BiOCl Atomic Layers. Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed. 2023, e202302286.
    
11. Surface Boronizing Can Weaken the Excitonic Effects of BiOBr Nanosheets for Efficient O2 Activation and Selective NO Oxidation under Visible Light Irradiation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 14478.
12. Strained Zero-Valent Iron for Highly Efficient Heavy Metal Removal, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 2200498.
13. Atomic-Layered Cu5 Nanoclusters on FeS2 with Dual Catalytic Sites for Efficient and Selective H2O2 Activation, Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202200670.
14. Oxygen and Chlorine Dual Vacancies Enable Photocatalytic O2 Dissociation into Monatomic Reactive Oxygen on BiOCl for Refractory Aromatic Pollutant Removal, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 3587.
15. Vacancy-Rich and Porous NiFe-Layered Double Hydroxide Ultrathin Nanosheets for Efficient Photocatalytic NO Oxidation and Storage, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 1771.
16. Plasmonic O2 Dissociation and Spillover Expedite Selective Oxidation of Primary C–H Bonds, Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 15308.
17. Simultaneous Manipulation of Bulk Excitons and Surface Defects for Ultrastable and Highly Selective CO2 Photoreduction, Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2100143.
18. Kirkendall Effect Boosts Phosphorylated nZVI for Efficient Heavy Metal Wastewater Treatment, Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 17115.
19. Surface Structure-Dependent Photocatalytic O2 Activation for Pollutant Removal with Bismuth Oxyhalides, Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 15282.
20. Surface Hydrogen Bond Network Spatially Confined BiOCl Oxygen Vacancy for Photocatalysis, Sci. Bull. 2020, 65, 1916.
21. Atomic-Scale Tuning of Graphene/Cubic SiC Schottky Junction for Stable Low-Bias Photoelectrochemical Solar-to-Fuel Conversion, ACS Nano 2020, 14, 4905.
22. Interfacial Charging–Decharging Strategy for Efficient and Selective Aerobic NO Oxidation on Oxygen Vacancy, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2019, 53, 6964.
23. Oxygen Vacancies Mediated Complete Visible Light NO Oxidation via Side-On Bridging Superoxide Radicals, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2018, 52, 8659.
24. Oxygen Vacancy-Mediated Photocatalysis of BiOCl: Reactivity, Selectivity, and Perspectives, Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 122.
25. Oxygen Vacancy Associated Surface Fenton Chemistry: Surface Structure Dependent Hydroxyl Radicals Generation and Substrate Dependent Reactivity, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2017, 51, 5685.
26. New Reaction Pathway Induced by Plasmon for Selective Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation on BiOCl Possessing Oxygen Vacancies, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 3513.
27. Oxygen Vacancy Structure Associated Photocatalytic Water Oxidation of BiOCl, ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 8276.
28. Facet-Dependent Solar Ammonia Synthesis of BiOCl Nanosheets via a Proton-Assisted Electron Transfer Pathway, Nanoscale 2016, 8, 1986.
29. Efficient Visible Light Nitrogen Fixation with BiOBr Nanosheets of Oxygen Vacancies on the Exposed {001} Facets, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 6393.

Grants & Funding

• National Key Research and Development Program, Surface Stabilization of Micro-Nano Iron-Based Reductive Materials and Its Mechanochemical Preparation Technology, 2022-2026, Principal Investigator.

• National Key Research and Development Program, Study on Surface Plasmon-Induced Oxygen Atom Transfer Highly Selective Catalytic Synthesis System, 2022-2027, Task Leader.

• National Natural Science Foundation of China, Study on Metal-Oxygen Vacancy Dual Active Sites Photocatalytic Molecular Oxygen Dissociation for Deep Oxidation of Antibiotic Sulfamethazine, 2023-2025, Principal Investigator.

• Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Plan General Project, Controlled Preparation and Performance Study of New Anode Materials for Electrochemical Seawater Synthesis of Sodium Hypochlorite Disinfectant, 2023-2026, Principal Investigator.

• ÅForsk Foundation, Development of SiC Single Crystalline for Highly Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, 2018-2020, Principal Investigator.

Academic Position

• Sustainability Science and Technology, Editorial Board Member
• Nano-Micro Letters, Young Editorial Board Member
• Fundamental Research, Young Editorial Board Member

Honors

• Hubei Province Natural Science: Second Prize (2023)
  
• National High-level Young Talents Introduction Program from Overseas (2021)
• Shanghai Overseas High-level Talent Introduction Program (2021)
• Hubei Province Natural Science: First Prize (2019)
• ES&T’s Best Papers (2018)