教育经历

1994–1998 内蒙古师范大学，化学系，理学学士

1998–2001 中科院长春应化所，稀土化学与物理开放实验室，理学硕士

2003–2006 南开大学，化学学院，理学博士

研究工作经历

2001–2003 中科院长春应化所，稀土化学与物理开放实验室，实验员

2006–2008 南开大学化学院，讲师

2009–至今 南开大学化学院，副教授，硕士生导师

2017.10-2018.10 多伦多大学化学系， Ozin教授组，访问学者

荣获天津市工程专业学位优秀指导教师（2020-2021）；南开大学优秀硕士学位论文指导教师（2020）

研究方向聚焦于能源小分子（二氧化碳、氮氧化物等）高值催化氢化、有色金属回收关键技术开发。研究内容主要为能源催化材料的设计及其催化转化、催化机制解析；开发高效低成本固体吸附剂及其适配工业化提纯路线，实现废弃催化剂或电极材料中有色金属的回收与高纯再生。在ACS Nano，Adv. Funct. Mater.，Appl. Catal. B: Environ，Chem. Catal.，ACS Catal., Chem. Eng. J.，Small等期刊上以通讯或共通讯发表SCI收录论文30余篇，授权发明专利1项；参与编写了《仪器分析实验》教材1部；主持/参与国家级、省部级项目近10项。

部分代表作：

(1) Runlin Xia, Wenjing Wang, Yuxuan Zhou, Qingxin Guan, Yuping Liu* and Wei Li*. Heterostructure-derived heterovalent Fe(OH)₂/Fe pair sites: tuning adsorption of intermediates and enhancing utilization of atomic *H for efficient nitrate reduction to ammonia, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2025, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202501079.

(2) Cai Wang, Bairong Chen, Houan Ren, Xiaoyu Wang, Wenjiong Li, Hanchi Hu, Xinyu Chen, Yuping Liu*, Qingxin Guan*, Wei Li*. Stabilizing Ni single-atom sites through introducing low-valence Ni Species for durably efficient electrochemical CO₂ reduction, Appl. Catal. B Environ., 2025, 368: 125151.

(3) Xiaoyu Wang, Cai Wang, Houan Ren, Jiaxin Lu, Bairong Chen, Yuping Liu*, Qingxin Guan*, Wei Li*. Accelerating proton and electron transfer enables highly active Fe-N-C catalyst for electrochemical CO₂ reduction, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2023, 2311818: 1-8.

(4) Xianyin Dai, Lu Tian, Zhixue Liu, Wenshi Xu, Yuping Liu*, Yu Liu*. Nanoreactor based on cyclodextrin for direct electrocatalyzed ammonia synthesis, ACS Nano, 2022, 16(11): 18398-18407.

(5) Cai Wang, Houan Ren, Zihao Wang, Qingxin Guan, Ran Hao, Yuping Liu*, Wei Li*. A promising single-atom Co-N-C catalyst for efficient CO₂ electroreduction and high-current solar conversion of CO₂ to CO, Appl. Catal. B Environ., 2022, 304: 12958.

(6) Ran Hao, Lu Tian, Cai Wang, Lu Wang*, Yuping Liu*, Guichang Wang, Wei Li*, Geoffery A. Ozin*. Pollution to solution: A universal electrocatalyst for reduction of all NO_x-based species to NH₃, Chem Catalysis, 2022, 2(3): 622-638.

(7) Cai Wang, Xin Hu, Xiaosong Hu, Xinyu Liu, Qingxin Guan, Ran Hao, Yuping Liu*, Wei Li*. Typical transition metal single-atom catalysts with a metal-pyridine N structure for efficient CO₂ electroreduction, Appl. Catal. B Environ., 2021, 296: 120331.