Chengeng Li

Professor, Full-time PI

Specializations: Heterogeneous catalysis

Email: lichengeng@buct.edu.cn

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Education:

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Working Experience:

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Research Interests:

The research focuses on the design of catalytic materials, catalytic mechanisms, and intensification of reaction processes in heterogeneous catalysis. The main research directions are as follows:

1. Design of novel zeolite-based catalytic materials

Innovative design of acidic zeolite catalysts and metal-supported zeolite catalysts. Based on in-depth understanding of the mechanism of target catalytic reactions, specifically optimized zeolite-based catalytic materials are designed.

2. Study on catalytic mechanisms

Using methods such as reaction kinetics, in-situ spectroscopy, and theoretical calculations, the catalytic reaction mechanisms are clarified, and the reasons why innovatively designed catalytic materials exhibit their performance advantages are explored. The catalytic reaction processes are understood at the molecular level, with the main focus on the synergistic nature of strong and weak interactions in the zeolite confinement effect and their influence mechanism on guest molecules.

3. Intensification of catalytic reaction processes

Targeting the characteristics of strongly endothermic/exothermic reactions, through methods such as in-situ temperature measurement, calorimetry, and simulation of temperature and flow fields, the matching mechanism between the generation of reaction heat and heat transfer is understood at multiple scales (active sites - microdomains - catalyst beds). In addition, external field intensification mechanisms are designed according to the characteristics of reaction processes to promote efficiency improvement in high-energy-consuming chemical processes.

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Teaching:

Physicochemistry experiments A, 48 h, undergraduate course

Physicochemistry experiments B, 48 h, undergraduate course

Physicochemistry experiments C, 32 h, undergraduate course

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Funding:

1. Electricity-driven Catalytic Materials and Reaction Characteristics for C-H Bond Cleavage and Reconstruction in Petroleum Molecules, National Natural Science Foundation of China Project, Project Period: 2024-01-01 to 2028-12-31

2. Exploration of Joule Heating-driven Methane Dry Reforming Reaction Systems, Other Research Project, Project Period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-12-31

3. Thermal Coupling Mechanisms in Strong Endothermic/Exothermic Catalytic Processes, National Key R&D Program, Project Period: 2023-12-01 to 2028-11-30

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Academic Conference:

1. 2025.09.23-27 18th National Academic Conference on Solar Photochemistry and Photocatalysis, Tianjin, Invited Talk;

2. 2025.09.05-08 2nd National Academic Conference on Green Chemistry, Chinese Chemical Society, Guiyang, Invited Talk;

3. 2025.07.23-24 2025 Conference on High-Quality Development of Zeolites under the Background of "Double Carbon", Qingdao, Keynote Talk;

4. 2024.11.08-10 2nd Youth Academic Conference on Zeolites, Chinese Chemical Society, Suzhou, Invited Talk;

5. 2024.10.18-22 IUPAC International Conerence on Green Chemistry, Beijing, Invited Talk;

6. 2024.03.16-17 Series of Academic Activities in Commemoration of the 100th Birthday of Mr. Min Enze, Beijing, Invited Talk;

7. 2023.07.21-25 21st National Academic Conference on Catalysis, Chinese Chemical Society, Kunming, Oral Presentation;

8. 2023.04.21-24 1st National Academic Conference on Green Chemistry, Chinese Chemical Society, Shaoxing, Invited Talk.

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Publications:

1. Li C, Moliner M, Corma A. Building zeolites from precrystallized units: nanoscale architecture[J]. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57(47): 15330-15353.

2. Li C, Vidal-Moya A, Miguel P J, et al. Selective introduction of acid sites in different confined positions in ZSM-5 and its catalytic implications[J]. ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8(8): 7688-7697.

3. Li C, Ferri P, Paris C, et al. Design and synthesis of the active site environment in zeolite catalysts for selectively manipulating mechanistic pathways[J]. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143(28): 10718-10726.

4. Li C, Paris C, Martínez-Triguero J, et al. Synthesis of reaction‐adapted zeolites as methanol-to-olefins catalysts with mimics of reaction intermediates as organic structure‐directing agents[J]. Nature Catalysis, 2018, 1(7): 547-554.

5. Ferri P, Li C, Millán R, et al. Impact of Zeolite Framework Composition and Flexibility on Methanol‐To‐Olefins Selectivity: Confinement or Diffusion?[J]. Angewandte Chemie, 2020, 132(44): 19876-19883.

6. Ferri P, Li C, Paris C, et al. Chemical and structural parameter connecting cavity architecture, confined hydrocarbon pool species, and MTO product selectivity in small-pore cage-based zeolites[J]. ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9(12): 11542-11551.

7. Ferri P, Li C, Schwalbe-Koda D, et al. Approaching enzymatic catalysis with zeolites or how to select one reaction mechanism competing with others[J]. Nature Communications, 2023, 14(1): 2878.