Li Zhaosheng

Li Zhaosheng

Professor

Address: D412, Zhenjiang Building, Xianlin Campus, Nanjing University

Email: zsli@nju.edu.cn

Profile:

Zhaosheng Li received his Ph.D. degree in Condensed Matter Physics from the Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2003. After a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Nanjing University, he became a lecturer. In 2006, he was promoted to an associate professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Nanjing University. Since 2011, he has been a full professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University. His current research interest is photoelectrochemistry, photocatalysis and electrocatalysis.

Courses:

Undergraduate course (since 2006): Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering, 80 class hours, 4 credits

Recent Representative Papers:

[1]Zhexing Lin, Zhengwei Yang, Jun Wang, Jianyong Feng,* Jingwen Jiang, Jingrui Jian, Changhao Liu, Huiting Huang,* Bin Zhu, Zhigang Zou, Jia Zhu, and Zhaosheng Li*. Targeted Formation of Bidentate Carbonates at Alkaline Sites for Efficient CO₂ Photomethanation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2026, e24978. (Published online)

[2]Shiyu Zhang, Changhao Liu, Jingwen Jiang, Wangxi Liu, Zhexing Lin, Zhetong Yang, Yinggang Guo, Bin Gao, Jianyong Feng, Zhigang Zou, Zhaosheng Li*. Expanding Two-Dimensional Electrochemical Window Enables Durable Copper-Based Electrocatalysts for Nitrate-to-Ammonia Conversion. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2026, 65, e22700. (First published: 27 November 2025)

[3]Huihui Yan, Gaoxiang He, Rongli Fan, Minyue Zhao, Huiting Huang, Zhexing Lin, Bin Gao, Jianyong Feng*, Zhigang Zou, Zhaosheng Li*. In situ covalent grafting of pristine cobalt phthalocyanine on gas diffusion electrodes enables CO₂ reduction at ampere-level current density. Nat. Commun., 2026, 17, 124. (Published: 08 December 2025)

[4]Jingwen Jiang, Zhonghua Li, Wangxi Liu, Changhao Liu, Huiting Huang, Zhexing Lin, Zhetong Yang, Shiyu Zhang, Xiaoming Xu, Bin Gao, Chen Li, Jianyong Feng*, Zhigang Zou, Zhaosheng Li*. Methyl radical dominated highly selective methane oxidation to liquid oxygenates. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 36016‒36026.

[5]Wangxi Liu, Jingwen Jiang, Zhonghua Li, Bin Gao*, Changhao Liu, Chen Liu, Weichang Hao, Rongli Fan, Jianming Liu, Tao Yu, Zhigang Zou, Zhaosheng Li*. Effective Hole Utilization for Atomically Dispersed Low-coordination Molybdenum Accelerating Photocatalytic C–H Activation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202507312.

[6]Yuanqi Wang, Yinglei Zhu, Lijuan Zhang, Huiting Huang,* Changhao Liu, Bin Gao, Wangxi Liu, Huihui Yan, Jingrui Jian, Zengguang Huang,* Jianyong Feng, Tao Yu, Zhigang Zou, Zhaosheng Li*. Robust Tunnel TaO_x Passivating Interlayer Enables Long-term Solar Water Oxidation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202506326.

[7]Yang Li, Yuanming Zhang, Zhaojian Zeng, Yong Chen, Zhonghua Li, Xiaoming Xu, Zhigang Zou, Zhipei Sun, Zhaosheng Li*. Molecular-captured hot-electron detection in single-atom alloy antennas. Natl. Sci. Rev., 2025, 12, nwaf174.

[8]Zhexing Lin, Zhengwei Yang, Jiajia Wang, Jun Wang, Huiting Huang, Jianyong Feng*, Huihui Yan, Minyue Zhao, Xinyi Liu, Wangxi Liu, Zhaosheng Li*, Zhigang Zou. Unlocking the Potential of Oxide-based Catalysts for CO₂ Photo-hydrogenation: Oxygen Vacancies Promoted C–O Bond Cleavage in Key Intermediates. Adv. Mater., 2025, 37, 202408906.

[9]Zhetong Yang, Xiaoming Xu, Zhonghua Li, Changhao Liu, Jingwen Jiang, Shiyu Zhang, Jiaming Miao, Wei Liu, Wangxi Liu, Zhigang Zou, Zhaosheng Li*. Leveraging Polaron Effect for Solar-driven Efficient Peroxymonosulfate Activation in Water Purification. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202503901.

[10]Bin Gao, Xiaowei Mu, Jianyong Feng, Huiting Huang, Jianming Liu, Wangxi Liu, Zhigang Zou, Zhaosheng Li*. Proton-coupled electron transfer in photoelectronchemical alcohol oxidation enhanced by nickel-based cocatalysts. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202413298.

[11] Jun Wang, Jiajia Wang, Jianyong Feng*, Yingfei Hu, Huiting Huang, Ningsi Zhang, Minyue Zhao, Wangxi Liu, Changhao Liu, Zhi Zhu, Shicheng Yan*, Tao Yu, Ce Zhang, Wei Yao, Zhigang Zou, Zhaosheng Li*. Photochemical CO₂ hydrogenation to carbon nanotubes and H₂O for oxygen recovery in space exploration. Joule, 2024, 8, 3126‒3141.

[12] Zhonghua Li, Ping Chen, Jianyong Feng*, Minyue Zhao, Zongyan Zhao*, Yuanming Zhang, Xiaoming Xu, Huiting Huang, Zhigang Zou, Zhaosheng Li*. Lattice oxygen in photocatalytic gas‒solid reactions: participator vs. dominator. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202409876.

[13]Jiaming Miao, Cheng Lin, Xiaojia Yuan, Yang An, Yan Yang, Zhaosheng Li*, Kan Zhang*. Supramolecular catalyst with [FeCl₄] unit boosting photoelectrochemical seawater splitting via water nucleophilic attack pathway. Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 2023. (Collaboration with Prof. Zhang's group)

[14]Rongli Fan, Changhao Liu, Zhonghua Li, Huiting Huang, Jianyong Feng*, Zhaosheng Li*, Zhigang Zou. Ultrastable electrocatalytic seawater splitting at ampere-level current density. Nat. Sustain., 2024, 7, 158‒167. (DOI: 10.1038/s41893-023-01263-w)

[15]Rongli Fan, Zhaosheng Li. Durable electrocatalysts for seawater splitting at the ampere level. Nat. Sustain., 2024, 7, 106–107. (Research Briefing, invited; DOI:10.1038/s41893-024-01280-3)

[16]Huiting Huang, Jun Wang, Yong Liu, Minyue Zhao, Ningsi Zhang, Yingfei Hu, Fengtao Fan, Jianyong Feng*, Zhaosheng Li*, Zhigang Zou. Stacking textured films on lattice-mismatched transparent conducting oxides via matched Voronoi cell of oxygen sublattice. Nat. Mater., 2024, 23, 383–390. (DOI:10.1038/s41563-023-01746-3. Published: 07 December 2023)

[17]Jianyong Feng, Zhaosheng Li. Sublattice matching enables texturing of dissimilar materials. Nat. Mater., 2024, 23, 314–315. (Research Briefing, invited; DOI:10.1038/s41563-023-01757-0. Published: 28 December 2023)

[18]Changhao Liu, Ningsi Zhang, Yang Li, Rongli Fan, Wenjing Wang, Jianyong Feng*, Chen Liu, Jiaou Wang, Weichang Hao, Zhaosheng Li*, Zhigang Zou. Long-term durability of metastable β-Fe₂O₃ photoanodes in highly corrosive seawater. Nat. Commun., 2023, 14, 4266.

[19]Wangxi Liu, Yuanqi Wang, Huiting Huang, Jun Wang, Gaoxiang He, Jianyong Feng*, Tao Yu, Zhaosheng Li*, Zhigang Zou. Spatial decoupling of redox chemistry for efficient and highly selective amine photoconversion to imines. J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2023, 145, 7181–7189.

[20]Yuyang Pan, Huiyan Zhang*, Bowen Zhang, Feng Gong, Jianyong Feng, Huiting Huang, Srinivas Vanka, Ronglei Fan, Qi Cao, Mingrong Shen, Zhaosheng Li*, Zhigang Zou, Rui Xiao, Sheng Chu*. Renewable formate from sunlight, biomass and carbon dioxide in a photoelectrochemical cell. Nat. Commun., 2023, 14, 1013. (Collaboration with Prof. Chu's group)

[21]Xiaoming Xu, Yuanming Zhang, Yong Chen, Changhao Liu, Wenjing Wang, Jiajia Wang, Huiting Huang, Jianyong Feng, Zhaosheng Li*, Zhigang Zou. Revealing *OOH key intermediates and regulating H₂O₂ photoactivation by surface relaxation of Fenton-like catalysts. PNAS, 2022, 119, e2205562119.

[22]Xiaoming Xu, Wenjing Wang, Yuanming Zhang, Yong Chen, Huiting Huang, Tao Fang, Yang Li, Zhaosheng Li*, Zhigang Zou. Centimeter-scale Perovskite SrTaO₂N Single Crystals with Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Performance. Sci. Bull., 2022, 67, 1458–1466.

[23]Yuanming Zhang, Ningsi Zhang, Yong Liu, Yong Chen, Huiting Huang, Wenjing Wang, Xiaoming Xu, Yang Li, Fengtao Fan, Jinhua Ye, Zhaosheng Li*, Zhigang Zou. Homogeneous solution assembled Turing structures with near zero strain semi-coherence interface. Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 2942.

[24]Yong Chen, Yuanming Zhang, Guozheng Fan, Lizhu Song, Gan Jia, Huiting Huang, Shuxin Ouyang, Jinhua Ye, Zhaosheng Li*, Zhigang Zou. Cooperative catalysis coupling photo-/photothermal effect to drive Sabatier reaction with unprecedented conversion and selectivity. Joule, 2021, 5, 3235–3251.

[25]Ningsi Zhang, Xin Wang, Jianyong Feng, Huiting Huang, Yongsheng Guo, Zhaosheng Li*, Zhigang Zou. Paving the road toward the use of β-Fe₂O₃ in solar water splitting: Raman identification, phase transformation and strategies for phase stabilization. Natl. Sci. Rev., 2020, 7, 1059–1067.