Education Background

2009.09 – 2013.06  B.S. in Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

2013.09 – 2016.06  M.S. in China-EU Institute of Clean and Renewable Energy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

2016.10 – 2019.12  Ph.D. in Centre Procédés, Énergies Renouvelables, Systèmes Énergétiques(PERSEE), MINES ParisTech-PSL

Working Experiences

2026.05 – Present  Assistant Researcher, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian

2020.05 – 2026.05  Postdoctor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian

Research Interests

1. Plasma-catalytical & thermochemical conversion of CH₄, CO₂, H₂ etc.

Publications

4. Hao Zhang#, Ziming Liu#, Di Li#, Chenxin Wu, Lei Hua, Haiyang Li, Yanhui Yi, Rui Huang*, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*

Direct Plasma Synthesis of High-value C-N-O Compound with Inert N2 and CH4

Nature Synthesis, 2026, 5, 1394-1401

DOI: 10.1038/s44160-026-01055-y

3. Di Li, Ziming Liu, Chenxin Wu, Tao Sha, Li Yi, Chengyuan Liu, Yanting Liu, Lei Hua, Haiyang Li, Xuhui Geng, Chunlei Xiao, Yang Pan, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*

Direct conversion of N₂ and CH₄ to valuable N-containing compounds via a plasma-activated catalytic process

Chem, 2026, 12, 103136

DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2026.103136

2. Di Li#, Lingxing Zan#, Shiming Chen, Zhang-Jie Shi, Ping Chen, Zhenfeng Xi, Dehui Deng*

Direct conversion of N₂ and O₂: status, challenge, and perspective

National Science Review, 2022, 9, nwac042

DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwac042

1. Di Li, Vandad Rohani*, Frédéric Fabry, Aravind Parakkulam Ramaswamy, Mohamed Sennour, Laurent Fulcheri

Direct conversion of CO₂ and CH₄ into liquid chemicals by plasma-catalysis

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2020, 261, 118228

DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118228