个人简介：2013年于太原理工大学材料物理专业获理学学士学位，2016年于天津大学材料学专业获工学硕士学位，2020年于天津大学材料学专业获工学博士学位。2021-2023年于复旦大学从事博士后研究工作，并入选2021年博士后创新人才支持计划（博新计划）。2023年8月加入天津大学分子+研究院，任“北洋学者英才计划”副教授。目前以第一作者和通讯作者在Nature Catalysis, Advanced Materials, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Applied Catalysis B-Environmental, ACS Energy letters等期刊上发表论文20余篇，先后主持博新人才支持计划、中国博士后科学基金一等面上资助和上海市超级博士后等科研基金项目。

研究方向：研究致力于高性能电催化剂（产氢-HER、产氧-OER、氧还原-ORR、二氧化碳电还原-CRR及氮还原产氨-NRR等）的设计与制备，利用多种物理方法（激光液相烧蚀、等离子喷涂、机械加工等）在催化剂中创造晶体缺陷对催化活性进行改性，并通过实验与理论计算相结合对催化反应机制开展深入研究。

近期代表性成果如下（#:共同一作, *:通讯作者）：

1. Z Li, JY Fu, Y Feng, CK Dong, H Liu*, XW Du*. A silver catalyst activated by stacking faults for the hydrogen evolution reaction, Nature Catalysis, 2, 1107-1114 (2019).

2. Z Li, Y Feng, YL Liang, CQ Cheng, CK Dong*, H Liu*, XW Du*. Stable rhodium (IV) oxide for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction, Advanced Materials, 1908521 (2020).

3. Z Li#, Y Zhang#, Y Feng#, CQ Cheng, KW Qiu, CK Dong*, H Liu*, XW Du*. Co₃O₄ Nanoparticles with ultrasmall size and abundant oxygen vacancies for boosting oxygen involved reactions. Advanced Functional Materials, 29, 1903444 (2019).

4. Z Li, WJ Kang, H Liu*, XW Du, F Wang, Y Song, Y Liu, DL Sun, F Fang*. Ag anchored atomically around nanopores of porous Co(OH)₂ for efficient bifunctional oxygen catalysis. Advanced Functional Materials, 33, 2301947 (2023).

5. Z Li#, Y Feng#, XY Lang, WJ Kang, J Mao, GR Shen, H Liu, CK Dong*, WC Wang*, XW Du*. Fine regulation of electron transfer in Ag@Co₃O₄ nanoparticles for boosting the oxygen evolution reaction, Chemical Communications, 55, 3121-3123 (2021).

6. Y Feng, CQ Cheng, CQ Zou, XL Zheng, J Mao, H Liu, Z Li*, CK Dong*, XW Du*. Electroreduction of carbon dioxide in metallic nanopores through a pincer mechanism. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 19297-19303 (2021).

7. YZ Jin, Z Li*, JQ Wang, R Li, ZQ Li, H Liu, J Mao, CK Dong, J Yang*, SZ Qiao, XW Du*. Tuning spin state of rock-salt-based oxides by manipulation of crystallinity for efficient oxygen electrocatalysis. Advanced Energy Materials, 8, 1703469 (2018).

8. WJ Kang, Y Feng, Z Li*, WQ Yang, CQ Cheng, ZZ Shi, PF Yin, GR Shen, J Yang, CK Dong, H Liu*, FX Ye*, XW Du*. Strain-activated copper catalyst for pH-universal hydrogen evolution reaction. Advanced Functional Materials, 32, 2112367 (2022).

9. Y Feng, Z Li*, CQ Cheng, WJ Kang, J Mao, GR Shen, J Yang, CK Dong*, H Liu*, XW Du*. Strawberry-like Co₃O₄-Ag bifunctional catalyst for overall water splitting. Applied Catalysis B-Environmental, 299, 120658 (2021).

10. WJ Kang, Y Feng, Z Li*, ZN Chen, CK Dong, J Yang, PF Yin, H Liu*, XW Du*. Engineering dense stacking faults in silver nanoparticles for boosting oxygen reduction reaction. ACS Energy Letters, 8, 3512-3519 (2023).