Sheng-Li Chen （陈胜利）

Second-level Professor, Doctoral Supervisor

College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University

E-mail: slchen@whu.edu.cn

Phone: +86 027-68754693

Education

Ph.D., 1996, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

B.S., 1991, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Academic experiences

2013.01-Present: Luojia Professor, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University

2004.04-Present: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, China

2000.10-2004.03: Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, UK.

1998.07-2000.09: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA.

1996.07-1998.07: Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, China.

Research Interests

Theoretical and computational electrochemistry; Fundamental electrocatalysis; Porous electrodes

Representative Publications

1. P. Li#, Y. L. Jiang#, Y. C. Hu, Y. N. Men, Y. W. Liu, W. B. Cai, S. L. Chen*. Hydrogen bond network connectivity in the electric double layer dominates the kinetic pH effect in hydrogen electrocatalysis on Pt. Nature Catalysis, 2022, 5: 1-12.

2. Y. Gao, J. Huang*, Y. W. Liu, S. L. Chen*. Unexpected role of electronic coupling between host redox centers in transport kinetics of lithium ions in olivine phosphate materials. Chemical Science, 2022, 13(1): 257-262.

3. M. H. Tang, S. M. Zhang, S. L. Chen*. Pt utilization in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: structure impacting factors and mechanistic insights. Chemical Society Reviews, 2022, 51(4): 1529-1546.

4. Y. N. Men#, X. Z. Su#, P. Li#, Y. Tan, C. X. Ge, S. F. Jia, L. Li, J. B. Wang, G. Z. Cheng, L. Zhuang, S. L. Chen*, W. Luo*. Oxygen-inserted top-surface layers of Ni for boosting alkaline hydrogen oxidation electrocatalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144(28): 12661-12672.

5. J. X. Zhang#, L. H. Zhang#, J. M. Liu, C. Z. Zhong, Y. H. Tu, P. Li, L. Du, S. L. Chen*, Z. M. Cui*. OH spectator at IrMo intermetallic narrowing activity gap between alkaline and acidic hydrogen evolution reaction. Nature Communications, 2022, 13(1): 1-9.

6. P. Li, Y. W. Liu, S. L. Chen*. Microscopic EDL structures and charge–potential relation on stepped platinum surface: Insights from the ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022, 156(10): 104701.

7. Y. T. Chen, J. X. Chen, S. L. Chen*. Electrocatalytic volcano relations: surface occupation effects and rational kinetic models. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2022, 43(1): 2-10.

8. P. Li, J. Huang, Y. C. Hu, S. L. Chen*. Establishment of the potential of zero charge of metals in aqueous solutions: Different faces of water revealed by ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021, 125(7): 3972-3979.

9. W. Wang#, M. H. Tang#, Z. Y. Zheng, S. L. Chen*. Alkaline polymer membrane-based ultrathin, flexible, and high-performance solid-state Zn-air battery. Advanced Energy Materials, 2019, 9(14): 1803628.

10. Y. Gao, J. Huang*, Y. W. Liu, J. W. Yan, B. W. Mao, S. L. Chen*. Ion-vacancy coupled charge transfer model for ion transport in concentrated solutions. Science China Chemistry, 2019, 62(4): 515-520.

11. Y. Gao, J. Huang*, Y. W. Liu, S. L. Chen*. Charge transport and transfer in confined concentrated solutions: A minireview. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2019, 13: 107-111. (Invited Review)

12. M. L. Xiao#, Y. T. Chen#, J. B. Zhu#, H. Zhang, X. Zhao, L. Q. Gao, X. Wang, J. Zhao, J. J. Ge*, Z. Jiang*, S. L. Chen*. C. P. Liu, W. Xing*, Climbing the apex of the ORR volcano plot via binuclear site construction: Electronic and geometric engineering. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141(44): 17763-17770.

13. T. Liu#, P. Li#, N. Yao, T. Kong, G. Z. Cheng, S. L. Chen*, W. Luo*. Self-sacrificial template-directed vapor-phase growth of MOF assemblies and surface vulcanization for efficient water splitting. Advanced Materials, 2019, 31(21): 1806672.

14. J. X. Chen, Y. T. Chen, PL Li, Z. H. Wen*, S. L. Chen*. Energetic span as a rate-determining term for electrocatalytic volcanos. ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8(11): 10590-10598.

15. J. Huang*, S. L. Chen*. Interplay between covalent and noncovalent interactions in electrocatalysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, 122(47): 26910−26921.

16. J. X. Chen, L. W. Fang, S. W. Luo, Y. W. Liu, S. L. Chen*. Electrocatalytic O2 reduction on Pt: Multiple roles of oxygenated adsorbates, nature of active sites, and origin of overpotential. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017, 121(11): 6209−6217.

17. J. Li, J. X. Chen, Q. Wang, W. B. Cai*, S. L. Chen*. Controllable increase of boron content in B-Pd interstitial nanoalloy to boost the oxygen reduction activity of palladium. Chemical Materials, 2017, 12(29): 10060-10067.

18. W. Wang, W. H. Chen, P. Y. Miao, J. Luo, Z. D. Wei*, S. L. Chen*. NaCl crystallites as dual-functional and water-removable templates to synthesize a three-dimensional graphene-like macroporous Fe-NC catalyst. ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7(9): 6144−6149.

19. J. X. Chen, S. W. Luo, Y. W. Liu, S. L. Chen*. Theoretical analysis of electrochemical formation and phase transition of oxygenated adsorbates on Pt(111). ACS Applied Material & Interfaces, 2016, 8(31): 20448-20458.

20. Y. Gao, Y. W. Liu, S. L. Chen*. A theoretical consideration of ion size effects on the electric double layer and voltammetry of nanometer-sized disk electrodes. Faraday Discuss, 2016, 193: 251-263.

21. H. B. Tao#, L. W. Fang#, J. Z. Chen, H. B. Yang, J. J. Gao, J. W. Miao, S. L. Chen*, B Liu*. Identification of surface reactivity descriptor for transition metal oxides in oxygen evolution reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138(31): 9978-9985.

22. S. L. Chen*, Y. W. Liu, J. X. Chen. Heterogeneous electron transfer at nanoscopic electrodes: importance of electronic structures and electric double layers. Chemical Society Reviews, 2014, 43(15): 5372-5386.

23. L. X. Fan, Y. W. Liu, J. W. Xiong, H. S. White*, S. L. Chen*. Electron-transfer kinetics and electric double layer effects in nanometer-wide thin-layer cells. ACS Nano, 2014, 8(10): 10426-10436.

24. S. L. Chen*, Y. W. Liu. Electrochemistry at nanometer-sized electrodes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014, 16(2): 635-652.

25. B. Zhang, L. X. Fan, H. W. Zhong, Y. W. Liu, S. L. Chen*. Graphene nanoelectrodes: fabrication and size-dependent electrochemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013, 135(27): 10073-10080.

Projects

1. 国家自然科学基金重点项目：“氢/金属-氧电池体系中电催化界面结构解析及功能调控”

2. 国家自然科学基金重点项目：“氧电催化体系表界面结构及过程的动态谱学与理论模拟解析”

3. 国家自然科学基金项目：“基于离子-电子耦合转移的离子嵌脱动力学理论与模拟研究”

4. 国家自然科学基金项目：“磷酸铁锂等材料中锂离子嵌脱机理和动力学的微纳电极和理论计算研究”

5. 国家自然科学基金重点项目（合作）：“多组分协同团簇基新型PEMFC催化剂研究”

6. 国家自然科学基金项目：“氧电极反应的密度泛函理论计算研究”

7. 国家自然科学基金项目：“贵金属单层核壳结构纳米电催化剂研究”