Hydrogen Production and Storage, CO2 Capture and Conversion, Gas Separation Membranes, Electrocatalysis

2022-present: Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Deputy Director
2022-present: Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Advanced Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers Technology, Director
2007-present: Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Associate Professor/Professor/Principal Investigator
2006-2007: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Postdoc
2001-2006: University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D.
1997-2001: Nanjing University, B.S.

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) (2022);
Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics) (2022)

1. Wang, S.; Lin, Y.; Li, Y.; Tian, Z.; Wang, Y.; Lu, Z.; Ni, B.; Jiang, K.; Yu, H.; Wang, S.; Yin, H.; Chen, L. Nanoscale High-Entropy Surface Engineering Promotes Selective Glycerol Electro-Oxidation to Glycerate at High Current Density. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2025, 20 (5), 646–655.
2. Su, D.; Wang, Y.; Sheng, H.; Yang, Q.; Pan, D.; Liu, H.; Zhang, Q.; Dai, S.; Tian, Z.; Lu, Z.; Chen, L. Efficient Amine-Assisted CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol Co-Catalyzed by Metallic and Oxidized Sites within Ruthenium Clusters. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16 (1), 590.
3. Zhu, Y.; Wu, F.; Zhang, X.; Lin, Y.; Zhang, L.; Chan, T.; Zhang, Q.; Chen, L. Engineering Lattice Distortion in Ruthenium Oxide Enables Robust Acidic Water Oxidation via Direct O-O Coupling. Adv. Mater. 2025, 37 (24), 2500449.
4. Yang, Q.; Liu, H.; Lin, Y.; Su, D.; Tang, Y.; Chen, L. Atomically Dispersed Metal Catalysts for the Conversion of CO2 into High-Value C2+ Chemicals. Adv. Mater. 2024, 36 (37), 2310912.
5. Lin, Y.; Dong, Y.; Wang, X.; Chen, L. Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Acidic Media. Adv. Mater. 2023, 35 (22), 2210565.
6. Wu, B.; Gong, S.; Lin, Y.; Li, T.; Chen, A.; Zhao, M.; Zhang, Q.; Chen, L. A Unique NiOOH@FeOOH Heteroarchitecture for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution in Saline Water. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34 (43), 2108619.
7. Ma, T.; Xu, W.; Li, B.; Chen, X.; Zhao, J.; Wan, S.; Jiang, K.; Zhang, S.; Wang, Z.; Tian, Z.; Lu, Z.; Chen, L. The Critical Role of Additive Sulfate for Stable Alkaline Seawater Oxidation on Nickel-Based Electrodes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60 (42), 22740–22744.
8. Yang, Q.; Peng, H.; Zhang, Q.; Qian, X.; Chen, X.; Tang, X.; Dai, S.; Zhao, J.; Jiang, K.; Yang, Q.; Sun, J.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, N.; Gao, H.; Lu, Z.; Chen, L. Atomically Dispersed High-Density Al-N4 Sites in Porous Carbon for Efficient Photodriven CO2 Cycloaddition. Adv. Mater. 2021, 33 (45), 2103186.
9. Yang, Q.; Xu, W.; Gong, S.; Zheng, G.; Tian, Z.; Wen, Y.; Peng, L.; Zhang, L.; Lu, Z.; Chen, L. Atomically Dispersed Lewis Acid Sites Boost 2-Electron Oxygen Reduction Activity of Carbon-Based Catalysts. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11 (1), 5478.
10. Dong, Y.; Zhang, Q.; Tian, Z.; Li, B.; Yan, W.; Wang, S.; Jiang, K.; Su, J.; Oloman, C. W.; Gyenge, E. L.; Ge, R.; Lu, Z.; Ji, X.; Chen, L. Ammonia Thermal Treatment toward Topological Defects in Porous Carbon for Enhanced Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction. Adv. Mater. 2020, 32 (28), 2001300.