Le He Professor

    We are interested in the development of functional nanostructured materials for various demanding applications, especially heterogeneous CO₂ photocatalysis.

1.  Zhu, Z.†; Feng, K.†; Li, C.*; Tang, R.; Xiao, M.; Song, R.; Yang, D.; Yan, B.*; He, L.*, Stabilization of Exposed Metal Nanocrystals in High-Temperature Heterogeneous Catalysis, Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2108727. (†equal contribution)

2. Cai, M.†; Wu, Z.†; Li, Z.†; Wang, L.; Sun, W.; Tountas, A. A.; Li, C.; Wang, S.; Feng, K.; Xu, A. B.; Tang, S.; Tavasoli, A.; Peng, M.; Liu, W.; Helmy, A. S.; He, L.*; Ozin, G.*; Zhang, X.*, Greenhouse Inspired Supra-Photothermal CO2 Catalysis, Nat. Energy 2021, 6,  807-814. (†equal contribution)

3. Wu, Z.; Li, C.*; Li, Z.; Feng, K.; Cai, M.; Zhang, D.; Wang, S.; Chu, M.; Zhang, C.; Shen, J.; Huang, Z.; Xiao, Y.; Ozin, G.*; Zhang, X.*; He, L.*, Niobium and Titanium Carbides (MXenes) as Superior Photothermal Supports for CO2 Photocatalysis, ACS Nano 2021, 15, 5696-5705.

4. Feng, K.†; Wang, S.†; Zhang, D.†; Wang, L.; Yu, Y.; Feng, K.; Li, Z.; Zhu, Z.; Li, C.; Cai, M.; Wu, Z.; Kong, N.; Yan, B.; Zhong, J.*; Zhang, X.*; Ozin, G.*; He, L.*, Cobalt Plasmonic Superstructures Enable Almost 100% Broadband Photon Efficient CO2 Photocatalysis, Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 2000014. (†equal contribution)

5. Fang, Y.†; Lv, K.†; Li, Z.; Kong, N.; Wang, S.; Xu, A.B.; Wu, Z.; Jiang, F.; Li, C.*; Ozin, G.*; He, L.*, Solution-Liquid-Solid Growth and Catalytic Applications of Silica Nanorod Arrays, Adv. Sci. 2020, 7, 2000310.

6.  Li, C.†; Zhang, J.†; Wang, S.; Zhu, Z.; Li, H.*; Xu, A. B.; Yu, Y.; Wang, X.; Yao, J.; Wang, L.*; Solovev, A. A.; He, L.*, Silica Nanocapsules with Unusual Shapes Accessed by Simultaneous Growth of the Template and Silica Nanostructure, Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 575-581. (†equal contribution)

7. Li, H.†; Li, C.†; Sun, W.; Wang, Y.; Hua, W.; Liu, J.; Zhang, S.; Chen, Z.; Wang, S.; Wu, Z.; Zhu, Q.; Tang, R.; Yu, J.; He, L.*; Ozin, A. G.*; Zhang, X.*, Single-Stimulus-Induced Modulation of Multiple Optical Properties, Adv. Mater. 2019, 31, 1900388. (†equal contribution)

8.  Li, C.†; Yao, J.†; Huang, Y.; Xu, C.; Lou, D.; Wu, Z.; Sun, W.; Zhang, S.; Li, Y.; He, L.*; Zhang, X.*, Salt-Templated Growth of Monodisperse Hollow Nanostructures, J. Mater. Chem. A 2019, 7, 1404-1409. (†equal contribution)

9. Wang, L.†; Ghoussoub, M.†; Wang, H.; Dong, Y.; Shao, Y.; Tountas, A.; Wood, T.; Li, H.; Sun, W.; Xia, M.; Li, Y.; Wang, S.; Jia, J.; Qiu, C.; Qian, C.; He, L.*; Zhang, X.*; Ozin, G.*, Photocatalytic Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide with High Selectivity to Methanol at Atmospheric Pressure, Joule 2018,2, 1369-1381. (†equal contribution)

10. Li, C.; Zhang, S.; Zhang, B.; Liu, J.; Zhou, H.; Solovev, A.; Tang, R.; Bao, F.; Yu, J.; Zhang, Q.; Lifshitz, Y.*; He, L.*; Zhang, X.*, Local-Curvature-Controlled Non-Epitaxial Growth of Hierarchical Nanostructures, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 3772-3776.