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. Zichao Lian*, Di Luo, Jiarui Yang, Yupeng Yang, Shengzhi Tang, Hao Li*, Dieqing Zhang*, Hexing Li*. Spatial Decoupling of Adsorption and Transformation Sites on Ag-Cu Dual-Single-Atom Catalysts for Highly Selective Photocatalytic Nitrate-to-Ammonia Reduction. Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed. 2025, accepted.
2. Shengxi Zhao, Xiang Zhang, Minzi Liao, Jie Dai, Shuxiang Wang, Hao Li*, Lizhi Zhang. Highly Selective Electrochemical Synthesis of ClO₂ from Chlorite with Ti₄O₇ for Rapid Pollutants Degradation and Safe Disinfection. Fundam. Res. 2025, accepted.
3. Cancan Ling, Meiqi Li*, Hao Li*, Xiufan Liu, Furong Guo, Yi Liu, Rui Zhang, Jincai Zhao, Lizhi Zhang*. High-Spin Surface Fe^IV=O Synthesis with Molecular Oxygen and Pyrite for Selective Methane Oxidation. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 7642.
4. Cancan Ling, Hao Li*, Yaling Li, Long Zhao, Sicong Ma, Yi Liu, Meiqi Li*, Jincai Zhao, Lizhi Zhang*. Homolytic H2O Dissociation into Hydroxyl and Hydrogen Radicals on Sulfur-Deficient Greigite for Efficient Hydration Reactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 25052.
5. Li Gong*, Jingting Chen, Guangming Zhan, Junning Zu, Hao Li*, Feng He, Paul G. Tratnyek, Lizhi Zhang*. Mechanochemical Molten-Salt-Assisted Surface Nitridation Promotes Electron Transfer Dechlorination of Zerovalent Iron. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2025, 59, 9802.
6. Minzi Liao, Shengxi Zhao, Guangming Zhan, Jiajie Liang, Zhilin Li, Fengfeng Dong, Yitao Pan, Hao Li*, Lizhi Zhang.Silicate-Confined Hydrogen on Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron for Efficient Defluorination Reactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 3402.
7. Yi Mu, Xinlu Tong, Yingying Guan, Qianghua Yu, Wei Ren, Lei Tian, Haopeng Pei, Shuqu Zhang, Lixia Yang, Hao Li*, Lizhi Zhang*, Jian-Ping Zou*. Simultaneous Copper and EDTA Ligands Recovery from Electroless Effluent with Metallic Copper and Formaldehyde. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2025, 59, 968.
8. Junning Zu, Nuanqin Zhang, Xupeng Liu, Yuqing Hu, Linghao Yu, Ziyue Chen, Hao Zhang, Hao Li*, Lizhi Zhang. Mechanochemical Thioglycolate Modification of Microscale Zero-Valent Iron for Superior Heavy Metal Removal. Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed. 2024, 64, e202415051.
9. Linghao Yu, Xupeng Liu, Hao Zhang, Biao Zhou, Ziyue Chen, Hao Li*, Lizhi Zhang*. Twisted BiOCl Moiré Superlattices for Photocatalytic Chloride Reforming of Methane. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 32816.
10. Ziyue Chen, Hao Li*, Xupeng Liu, Biao Zhou, Hao Zhang, Siya Kuang, Hao Zhang, Linghao Yu, Xiao Liu, Lizhi Zhang*, Zhihui Ai*. Formic Acid-Intensified Photoreduction of NOx on Iron Minerals Triggers Daytime HONO Formation through Active Hydrogen. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024, 58, 18295.
11. Guangming Zhan#, Lufa Hu#, Hao Li*, Jie Dai, Long Zhao, Qian Zheng, Xingyue Zou, Yanbiao Shi, Jiaxian Wang, Wei Hou, Yancai Yao*, Lizhi Zhang*. Green Energy-Driven Ammonia Production for Sustainable Development Goals. Chem. 2024, 10, 1.
12. Yanbiao Shi, Hao Li*, Xupeng Liu, Xiaoyi Zhang, Guangming Zhan, Jundi Cheng, Jiaxian Wang, Chengliang Mao*, Lizhi Zhang*. Highly Selective Urea Electrooxidation Coupled with Efficient Hydrogen Evolution. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 5918.
13. Shengxi Zhao, Hao Li*, Jie Dai, Yaqian Jiang, Guangming Zhan, Minzi Liao, Hongwei Sun*, Yanbiao Shi, Cancan Ling, Yancai Yao, Lizhi Zhang*. Selective Electrosynthesis of Chlorine Disinfectants from Seawater. Nat. Sustain. 2024, 7, 148.
14. Cancan Ling, Meiqi Li, Hao Li*, Xiufan Liu, Guangming Zhan, Hongwei Sun, Chuan Liang, Yaling Li, Bing Zhou, Jincai Zhao, Lizhi Zhang*. Symmetry Dependent Activation and Reactivity of Peroxysulfates on FeS₂(001) Surface. Sci. Bull. 2024, 69, 154.
15. Ziyue Chen, Hao Li*, Huan Shang, Xupeng Liu, Furong Guo, Xiufan Liu, Linghao Yu, Biao Zhou, Xiao Liu, Yanbiao Shi, Lizhi Zhang*, Zhihui Ai*. Oxalate-Promoted SO₂ Uptake and Oxidation on Iron Minerals: Implications for Secondary Sulfate Aerosol Formation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2023, 57, 13559.
16. Meiqi Li, Hao Li*, Cancan Ling, Huan Shang, Hui Wang, Shengxi Zhao, Chuan Liang, Chengliang Mao, Furong Guo, Biao Zhou, Zhihui Ai*, Lizhi Zhang*. 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.
17. Linghao Yu, Hao Li*, Huan Shang, Pan Xing, Biao Zhou, Ziyue Chen, Xupeng Liu, Hao Zhang, Yanbiao Shi, and Lizhi Zhang*. Locally Asymmetric BiOBr for Efficient Exciton Dissociation and Selective O₂ Activation toward Oxidative Coupling of Amines. ACS Nano 2023, 17, 15077.
18. Yanbiao Shi#, Hongwei Shou#, Hao Li*, Guangming Zhan, Xupeng Liu, Zhiping Yang, Chengliang Mao, Jundi Cheng, Xu Zhang, Yaqian Jiang, Shengxi Zhao, Jiaxian Wang, Xiao Liu, Li Song, Hongwei Sun*, Lizhi Zhang*. 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.
19. Yanbiao Shi, Zhiping Yang, Lujia Shi, Hao Li*, Xupeng Liu, Xu Zhang, Jundi Cheng, Chuan Liang, Shiyu Cao, Furong Guo, Xiao Liu, Zhihui Ai, Lizhi Zhang*. 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.
20. Kai Wei, Hao Li*, Huayu Gu, Xiufan Liu, Cancan Ling, Shiyu Cao, Meiqi Li, Minzi Liao, Xing Peng, Yanbiao Shi, Wenjuan Shen, Chuan Liang, Zhihui Ai*, Lizhi Zhang*. Strained Zero-Valent Iron for Highly Efficient Heavy Metal Removal, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 2200498.
21. Cancan Ling, Xiufan Liu, Hao Li*, Xiaobing Wang, Huayu Gu, Kai Wei, Meiqi Li, Yanbiao Shi, Haijie Ben, Guangming Zhan, Chuan Liang, Wenjuan Shen, Yaling Li, Jincai Zhao, Lizhi Zhang*. Atomic-Layered Cu₅ Nanoclusters on FeS₂ with Dual Catalytic Sites for Efficient and Selective H₂O₂ Activation, Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202200670.
22. Zhiping Yang, Yanbiao Shi, Hao Li*, Chengliang Mao, Xiaobing Wang, Xiufan Liu, Xiao Liu*, Lizhi Zhang*. 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.
23. Hao Li#, Huijun Zhu#, Yanbiao Shi#, Huan Shang, Lizhi Zhang, Jing Wang*. Vacancy-Rich and Porous NiFe-Layered Double Hydroxide Ultrathin Nanosheets for Efficient Photocatalytic NO Oxidation and Storage, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 1771.
24. Hao Li, Huan Shang, Fuze Jiang, Xingzhong Zhu, Qifeng Ruan, Lizhi Zhang, Jing Wang*. Plasmonic O₂ Dissociation and Spillover Expedite Selective Oxidation of Primary C–H Bonds, Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 15308.
25. Yanbiao Shi#, Guangming Zhan#, Hao Li*, Xiaobing Wang, Xiufan Liu, Lujia Shi, Kai Wei, Cancan Ling, Zhilin Li, Hao Wang, Chengliang Mao, Xiao Liu, Lizhi Zhang*. Simultaneous Manipulation of Bulk Excitons and Surface Defects for Ultrastable and Highly Selective CO2 Photoreduction, Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2100143.
26. Meiqi Li, Huan Shang, Hao Li*, Yanfeng Hong, Cancan Ling, Kai Wei, Biao Zhou, Chengliang Mao, Zhihui Ai*, Lizhi Zhang*. Kirkendall Effect Boosts Phosphorylated nZVI for Efficient Heavy Metal Wastewater Treatment, Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 17115.
27. Hao Li, Zhihui Ai*, Lizhi Zhang*. Surface Structure-Dependent Photocatalytic O₂ Activation for Pollutant Removal with Bismuth Oxyhalides, Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 15282.
28. Hao Li, Shang Chen, Huan Shang, Xiaobing Wang, Zhiping Yang, Zhihui Ai*, Lizhi Zhang*. Surface Hydrogen Bond Network Spatially Confined BiOCl Oxygen Vacancy for Photocatalysis, Sci. Bull. 2020, 65, 1916.
29. Hao Li, Yuchen Shi, Huan Shang, Weimin Wang, Jun Lu, Alexei A. Zakharov, Lars Hultman, Roger I. G. Uhrberg, Mikael Syväjärvi, Rositsa Yakimova, Lizhi Zhang, Jianwu Sun*. Atomic-Scale Tuning of Graphene/Cubic SiC Schottky Junction for Stable Low-Bias Photoelectrochemical Solar-to-Fuel Conversion, ACS Nano 2020, 14, 4905.
30. Hao Li, Huan Shang, Yuhan Li, Xuemei Cao, Zhiping Yang, Zhihui Ai*, Lizhi Zhang* Interfacial Charging–Decharging Strategy for Efficient and Selective Aerobic NO Oxidation on Oxygen Vacancy, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2019, 53, 6964.
31. Hao Li, Huan Shang, Xuemei Cao, Zhiping Yang, Zhihui Ai*, Lizhi Zhang*. Oxygen Vacancies Mediated Complete Visible Light NO Oxidation via Side-On Bridging Superoxide Radicals, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2018, 52, 8659.
32. Hao Li, Jie Li, Zhihui Ai, Falong Jia, Lizhi Zhang*. Oxygen Vacancy-Mediated Photocatalysis of BiOCl: Reactivity, Selectivity, and Perspectives, Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 122.
33. Hao Li, Jian Shang, Zhiping Yang, Wenjuan Shen, Zhihui Ai, Lizhi Zhang*. Oxygen Vacancy Associated Surface Fenton Chemistry: Surface Structure Dependent Hydroxyl Radicals Generation and Substrate Dependent Reactivity, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2017, 51, 5685.
34. Hao Li, Feng Qin, Zhiping Yang, Ximin Cui, Jianfang Wang*, Lizhi Zhang*. New Reaction Pathway Induced by Plasmon for Selective Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation on BiOCl Possessing Oxygen Vacancies, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 3513.
35. Hao Li, Jian Shang, Huijun Zhu, Zhiping Yang, Zhihui Ai, Lizhi Zhang*. Oxygen Vacancy Structure Associated Photocatalytic Water Oxidation of BiOCl, ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 8276.
36. Hao Li, Jian Shang, Jingu Shi, Kun Zhao, Lizhi Zhang*. Facet-Dependent Solar Ammonia Synthesis of BiOCl Nanosheets via a Proton-Assisted Electron Transfer Pathway, Nanoscale 2016, 8, 1986.
37. Hao Li, Jian Shang, Zhihui Ai, Lizhi Zhang*. 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 Natural Science Foundation of China, Research on Silicate-Confined Hydrogen Promoting Deep Treatment of Perfluorinated Compounds by Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron, 2025-2028, Principal Investigator.

• 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

• Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers (2024)
  
• 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)