(1) Her research interests focus on photogenerated charge dynamics and reaction kinetics in photocatalysis, including:
(2) Photoinduced charge dynamics at time scales for surface reactions
(3) Reaction kinetics of photocatalytic reactions
(4) Transformation kinetics of photocatalytic reaction intermediates
2019/07-present: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Professor
2014/07-2019/07: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Associate Professor
2012/10-2013/10: Imperial College London, Postdoctoral research
2011/04-2014/07: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Assistant Professor
2004/09-2011/03: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Ph.D, Physical Chemistry
2000/09-2004/07: Zhengzhou University, B.S., Electronic Science and Technology
[1] Ruifang Wei,# Dongfeng Li,# Panwang Zhou, Runze Liu, Chenwei Ni, Zeyu Cheng, Xiuli Wang,* Can Li,* Unraveling the Formation Kinetics of the First Intermediate in the Oxygen Evolution Reaction on MnOx with Different Electron Configurations. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 23473−23481.
[2] Dongfeng Li, Ruifang Wei, Deyun Zhang, Chenwei Ni, Heng Yin, Lingcong Zhang, Fengtao Fan, Xiuli Wang,* Can Li,* Determining Kinetics of H2O2 Evolution from Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16: 7875.
[3] Tianhao He,# Zhao Yue,# Daniele Benetti,* Benjamin Moss, Lei Tian, Shababa Selim, Rengui Li, Fengtao Fan, Qian Li, Xiuli Wang,* Can Li, James R Durrant,* Facet-Engineered BiVO4 Photocatalysts for Water Oxidation: Lifetime Gain Versus Energetic Loss. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146:27080-27089.
[4] Wanchao Kang, Ruifang Wei, Heng Yin, Dongfeng Li, Zheng Chen, Qinge Huang, Pengfei Zhang, Huanwang Jing, Xiuli Wang,* Can Li,* Unraveling Sequential Oxidation Kinetics and Determining Roles of Multi-Cobalt Active Sites on Co3O4 Catalyst for Water Oxidation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 3470-3477.
[5] Hemin Zhang,# Dongfeng Li,# Woo Jin Byun, Xiuli Wang,* Tae Joo Shin, Hu Young Jeong,* Hongxian Han, Can Li, Jae Sung Lee,* Gradient Tantalum-Doped Hematite Homojunction Photoanode Improves Both Photocurrents and Turn-on Voltage for Solar Water Splitting. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 4622.
[6] Dongfeng Li, Ruifang Wei, Heng Yin, Hemin Zhang, Xiuli Wang,* Can Li,* Dynamic Charge Collecting Mechanisms of Cobalt Phosphate on Hematite Photoanodes Studied by Photoinduced Absorption Spectroscopy. Chem. Sci. 2023. 14, 1861-1870.
[7] Dongfeng Li, Ruifang Wei, Fusai Sun, Zeyu Cheng, Heng Yin, Fengtao Fan, Xiuli Wang,* Can Li,* Determining the Transformation Kinetics of Water Oxidation Intermediates on Hematite Photoanode. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, 14: 8069-8076.
[8] Heng Yin, Chenyi Shao, Hong Wang, Hefeng Zhang, Dongfeng Li, Xu Zong, Xiuli Wang,* Can Li,* Shallow Oxygen Substitution Defect to Deeper Defect Transformation Mechanism in Ta3N5 under Light Irradiation. J Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12, 3698-3704.
[9] Xiaomin Ren,# Chunzhi Li,# Wanchao Kang,# He Li, Na Ta, Sheng Ye, Linyan Hu, Xiuli Wang,* Can Li,* Qihua Yang,* Enormous Promotion of Photocatalytic Activity Through the Use of Near-Single Layer Covalent Organic Frameworks. CCS Chemistry 2021, 2453-2463.
[10] Qian Ding, Tao Chen, Zheng Li, Zhaochi Feng, Xiuli Wang,* Time-resolved Infrared Spectroscopic Investigation of Ga2O3 Photocatalysts Loaded with Cr2O3-Rh Cocatalysts for Photocatalytic Water Splitting. Chin. J. Catal. 2021, 42: 808-816.