主要从事新型纳米催化催化剂的精准合成与结构调控驱动的能源与环境催化研究：
1、污染控制化学与资源化：发展基于环境友好的高级氧化技术用于污水处理
针对复杂水体，包括：含油废水、高盐废水、养殖废水、工业废水等污染水体，通过催化剂的研发、水处理工艺的构建，设计一体化水处理装备用于污水净化与回用，为复杂水体的治理提供了新范式。
(1) Yangyang Zhang#, Zhengkun Xie#, Shixuan Ge, Peiyang Li, Xiaotian Wang*, Zaiwang Zhao, Zhongyi Liu, Bin Liu*, Jun Li*, In-situ reconstruction of Ni-modulated BiO2-x for boosting electrocatalytic nitrite reduction to ammonia. Nano Research 2025, https://doi.org/10.26599/NR.2025.94908176.
(2) Hao Liu#, Bin Yang#,*, Guangfu Liao, Baoyu Huang, Jun Li*, Raul D. Rodriguezd, Xin Jia*, Facilitating carrier kinetic behaviors in ultrathin porous carbon nitride nanosheets through a shear-repair strategy for peroxymonosulfate-assisted solar water purification. Nature Communications 2025, 16, 5909.
(3) Xiaoke Zhang, Jin Liu*, Hongzhong Zhang, Zhen Wan, Jun Li*, Uncovering the pathway of peroxymonosulfate activation over Co0.5Zn0.5O nanosheets for singlet oxygen generation: Performance and membrane application. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2023, 327, 122429. (ESI高被引论文)
(4) Xiaoke Zhang#, Jianhui Liu#, Xiucheng Zheng*, Rong Chen, Meng Zhang*, Zhongyi Liu, Zhiyuan Wang, Jun Li*, Activation of oxalic acid via dual-pathway over single-atom Fe catalysts: mechanism and membrane application. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2023, 321, 122068.
(5) Jun Li#, Chun Xiao#, Kai Wang, Gaoke Zhang*, Enhanced generation of reactive oxygen species under visible light irradiation by adjusting the exposed facet of FeWO4 nanosheets to activate oxalic acid for organic pollutant removal and Cr(VI) reduction. Environmental Science & Technology 2019, 53, 11023-11030. (ESI高被引论文)
(6) Jun Li, Xiaoyong Wu, Wenfeng Pan, Gaoke Zhang,* and Hong Chen,* Vacancy-Rich Monolayer BiO2-x as a Highly Efficient UV, Visible, and Near-Infrared Responsive Photocatalyst. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57, 491-495. (ESI高被引论文、热点论文)
2、面向光热催化CO2还原催化材料的表界面活性位点设计与载流子分离强化
通过对光催化材料的表界面原子级调控，显著提升其在CO2、H2O等关键反应物的活化和转化能力。该策略成功构建了活性位点可控、电子结构可调的等离激元光催化平台，为实现双碳战略目标提供了理论技术支撑。
(1) Kai Wang,* Yanjun Hu, Xiufan Liu, Jun Li,* Bin Liu,* Visible-Light-Driven CO2 Photoreduction over Atomically Strained Indium Sites in Ambient Air. Nature Communications 2025, 16, 2094.
(2) Jiaqi Tian,# Yangyang Zhang,# Zuhao Shi,# Zhongyi Liu, Zaiwang Zhao, Jun Li,* Neng Li,* and Hongwei Huang,* Enabling Interfacial Lattice Matching by Selective Epitaxial Growth of CuS Crystals on Bi2WO6 Nanosheets for Efficient CO2 Photoreduction into Solar Fuels. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025, 64, e202418496.
(3) Jun Li, Xinglong Liu, Xi Wu, Zhongyi Liu,* Zaiwang Zhao, Yifeng Liu, Shixue Dou, and Yao Xiao*, Selective CO2 Photoreduction into CH4 Triggered by the Synergy between Oxygen Vacancy and Ru Substitution under Near-Infrared Light Irradiation. Advanced Science 2024, 11, 2405668.
(4) Xi Wu#, Wenlei Zhang#, Jun Li*, Quanjun Xiang*, Zhongyi Liu and Bin Liu*, Identification of the Active Sites on Metallic MoO2−x Nano‐Sea‐Urchin for Atmospheric CO2 Photoreduction Under UV, Visible, and Near‐Infrared Light Illumination. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023, 62, e202213124.
(5) Jun Li#, Wenfeng Pan#, Qiaoyun Liu,* Zhiquan Chen, Zhijie Chen, Xuezhen Feng, and Hong Chen*. Interfacial Engineering of Bi19Br3S27 Nanowires Promotes Metallic Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Activity under Near-Infrared Light Irradiation. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021, 143, 17, 6551-6559. (封面论文、ESI高被引论文)