2014-2018: Ph.D. Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia
Supervisor: Prof. Curtis P. Berlinguette
Dissertation: “Driving Chemistry at Photoelectrodes and Electrodes”
2010-2014: B.Sc. Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University
2021-2022: Banting Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge (College Affiliation: Churchill College)
Supervisor: Prof. Erwin Reisner
2019-2021: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Supervisor: Prof. Erwin Reisner
Advanced Instrumental Analysis;
Advanced Green Chemistry
Electron-Spectroscopy and Imaging Techniques for Surface Analysis
Dr. Tengfei Li is working on driving novel and value-added reactions by electrocatalysis and photocatalysis, including CO2 reduction, water splitting, organic transformation and polymer degradation. His research aims to convert waste plastic and CO2 into valuable organic products powerd by sunlight and renewable electricity.
J. Sharp, A. Ciotti, H. Andrews, SR. Udayasurian, M. García-Melchor, et al. T. Li. (2024). Sustainable Electrosynthesis of Cyclohexanone Oxime through Nitrate Reduction on a Zn-Cu Alloy Catalyst. ACS Catal. 14(5), pp.3287-3297.
CP. Berlinguette, T. Li, EW. Lees, M. Goldman, DA. Salvatore, et al. DM. Weekes. (2020). Electrolytic Reduction of Bicarbonate into CO. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2020-02(61), pp.3143-3143.
T. Li, EW. Lees, Z. Zhang, CP. Berlinguette (2020). Conversion of Bicarbonate to Formate in an Electrochemical Flow Reactor. ACS Energy Letters. 5(8), pp.2624-2630.
T. Li, JY. Mo, DM. Weekes, KE. Dettelbach, RP. Jansonius, et al. GM. Sammis, CP. Berlinguette. (2020). Photoelectrochemical Decomposition of Lignin Model Compound on a BiVO4 Photoanode. CHEMSUSCHEM. 13(14), pp.3622-3626.
T. Li (2020). Is More CO2 Beneficial for Making Multi-carbon Products?. JOULE. 4(5), pp.980-982.
T. Li, EW. Lees, M. Goldman, DA. Salvatore, DM. Weekes, et al. CP. Berlinguette. (2019). Electrolytic Conversion of Bicarbonate into CO in a Flow Cell. JOULE. 3(6), pp.1487-1497.
LPE. Yunker, Z. Ahmadi, JR. Logan, W. Wu, T. Li, et al. A. Martindale, AG. Oliver, JS. McIndoe. (2018). Real-Time Mass Spectrometric Investigations into the Mechanism of the Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction. ORGANOMETALLICS. 37(22), pp.4297-4308.
LM. Reid, T. Li, Y. Cao, CP. Berlinguette (2018). Organic chemistry at anodes and photoanodes. SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & FUELS. 2(9), pp.1905-1927.
J. He, DM. Weekes, W. Cheng, KE. Dettelbach, A. Huang, et al. T. Li, CP. Berlinguette. (2017). Photodecomposition of Metal Nitrate and Chloride Compounds Yields Amorphous Metal Oxide Films. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 139(50), pp.18174-18177.
T. Li, T. Kasahara, J. He, KE. Dettelbach, GM. Sammis, et al. CP. Berlinguette. (2017). Photoelectrochemical oxidation of organic substrates in organic media. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 8,
T. Li, Y. Cao, J. He, CP. Berlinguette (2017). Electrolytic CO2 Reduction in Tandem with Oxidative Organic Chemistry. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE. 3(7), pp.778-783.
J. He, KE. Dettelbach, DA. Salvatore, T. Li, CP. Berlinguette (2017). High-Throughput Synthesis of Mixed-Metal Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 56(22), pp.6068-6072.
T. Li, J. He, B. Pena, CP. Berlinguette (2016). Exposure of WO3 Photoanodes to Ultraviolet Light Enhances Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES. 8(38), pp.25010-25013.
T. Li, J. He, B. Peña, CP. Berlinguette (2016). Curing BiVO4 Photoanodes with Ultraviolet Light Enhances Photoelectrocatalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 55(5), pp.1769-1772.
T. Li, J. He, B. Peña, CP. Berlinguette (2016). Curing BiVO4 Photoanodes with Ultraviolet Light Enhances Photoelectrocatalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 128(5), pp.1801-1804.
M. Goldman, EW. Lees, PL. Prieto, BAW. Mowbray, DM. Weekes, et al. A. Reyes, T. Li, DA. Salvatore, WA. Smith, CP. Berlinguette. (2020). Chapter 10. Electrochemical Reactors. In: Carbon Dioxide Electrochemistry. Royal Society of Chemistry, pp.408-432.