Profile
Guangqin Li, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
General Information
E-mail：liguangqin@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Address: School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510006
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1233-5591
Education
2011-2014Ph.D.Kyoto University
2008-2011M.Sc.Zhengzhou University
2004-2008B.Sc.Heilongjiang University
Experience
2016–Present, Professor, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University
2015–2016, JSPS Research Fellow, Kyoto University, Supervisor: Prof. Hiroshi Kitagawa
2014–2015, Specific Researcher, Kyoto University, Supervisor: Prof. Hiroshi Kitagawa
Course Teaching
Undergraduate: Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering, College Chemistry, Chemistry Today, Progress in Chemistry
Graduate: Hydrogen Storage Materials
Academic Service and Editorial Roles
Editorial Roles
2021. —2025, Young Editorial Board Member, Chinese Chemical Letters (CCL)
2024.7 —now, Young Editorial Board Member, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (ICF)
2024.4 —now, Associate Editor, Energy & Environmental Materials (EEM)
2025.11 —now, Editorial Board Member, Carbon & Hydrogen
Awards & Honors
2012 Best Poster Award, International Conference on Metal Hydrogen Storage
2013 Young Scientist Award, The 63rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry
2014 Best Poster Award, The 4th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks
2015 JSPS Ikushi Prize (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
2015 Outstanding Thesis Award for International Students
2016 National High-Level Young Talents Program (Thousand Young Talents Program)
2016 Recruited as a Talent under the “100 Talents Plan” of Sun Yat-sen University
2018 Leader of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team, Pearl River Talent Program of Guangdong Province
2018 Sun Yat-sen University Fulan Teaching Award
2019 Sun Yat-sen University Fulan Teaching Award
2020 Outstanding Presentation Award, Silk Road International Symposium on Advanced Functional Films and Surface Coatings
2020 Outstanding Master’s and Doctoral Supervisor
2021 Sun Yat-sen University Physical Chemistry Teaching Award
2023 Outstanding Presentation Award, Division of Nano and Materials Electrochemistry, National Conference on Electrochemistry
2024 Outstanding Doctoral Supervisor
2025 Outstanding Presentation Award, China-Japan Symposium on Clusters
Research Interest
Our research interests focus on porous coordination materials (Such as MOF, COF) and their catalytic performance related to hydrogen production, storage and hydrogen utilization, especially such as NOx reduction into amino acid and other organic nitrogen-contained molecules by electrocatalysis.
Selected Publications
1. Selective Conversion NOx into Isoxazoles via Co-Zn Electrocatalyst Steering the Reaction Pathway, Tao You, Junyan Li, Shilin Bo, Wenyu Yang, Haixin Sun, Qinghua Liu, Guangqin Li*, Li-Zhu Wu*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, 65, e8486876.
2. Nanocrystalline Sn for Photoelectrocatalytic Synthesis of Stereocontrolled oxime, Zhenhua Liang, Peisen Liao, Sijia Zhan, Runan Xiang, Yong Shen, Guangqin Li*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, 65, e22489. (Hot paper)
3. Ni-Mediated High-Spin Iron(III) for Boosting Electrocatalytic NO to Oxime Conversion, Runan Xiang, Jiawei Kang, Lu Zhang, Xupeng Qin, Peisen Liao, Sijia Zhan, Qinghua Liu, Zheng Liu,* Song Gao, Guangqin Li*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2025, 64, e202515660.
4. Highly Efficient One-pot Electrosynthesis of Oxime Ethers from NOx over Ultrafine MgO Nanoparticles Derived from Mg-based Metal–Organic Frameworks, Shihan Wang, Runan Xiang, Peisen Liao, Jiawei Kang, Suisheng Li, Min Mao, Lingmei Liu, Guangqin Li*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2024, 63, e202405553.
5. Electrocatalytic Synthesis of Pyridine Oximes using in Situ Generated NH2OH from NO species on Nanofiber Membranes Derived from NH2-MIL-53(Al), Runan Xiang, Shihan Wang, Peisen Liao, Fangyan Xie, Jiawei Kang, Suisheng Li, Jiahui Xian, Lina Guo, Guangqin Li*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202312239.
6. Locking Effect in Metal@MOF with Superior Stability for Highly Chemoselective Catalysis, Yicheng Zhong, Peisen Liao, Jiawei Kang, Qinglin Liu, Shihan Wang, Suisheng Li, Xianlong Liu, Guangqin Li*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 8, 4659–4666.
7. Electrosynthesis of α-Amino Acids from NO and other NOx species over CoFe alloy-decorated Self-standing Carbon Fiber Membranes, Jiahui Xian, Suisheng Li, Hui Su, Peisen Liao, Shihan Wang, Runan Xiang, Yawei Zhang, Qinghua Liu*, Guangqin Li*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202306726. (VIP,ESI Highly Cited Paper)
8. Electrocatalytic Synthesis of Essential Amino Acids from Nitric Oxide Using Atomically Dispersed Fe on N-doped Carbon, Jiahui Xian, Suisheng Li, Hui Su, Peisen Liao, Shihan Wang, Yawei Zhang, Wenqian Yang, Jun Yang, Yamei Sun, Yaling Jia, Qinglin Liu, Qinghua Liu*, Guangqin Li*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202304007. (VIP, ESI Highly Cited Paper: First Achievement of NOx Electro-Conversion to Amino Acids in one-step)
9. Modulating Electronic Structure of Metal-Organic Frameworks by Introducing Atomically Dispersed Ru for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution, Yamei Sun, Ziqian Xue, Qinglin Liu, Yaling Jia, Yinle Li, Kang Liu, Yiyang Lin, Min Liu, Guangqin Li*, Cheng-Yong Su, Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 1369.（ESI Highly Cited Paper）
10. Hydrogen storage in Pd nanocrystals covered with a metal–organic framework, Guangqin Li, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Jared M. Taylor, Ryuichi Ikeda, Yoshiki Kubota, Kenichi Kato, Masaki Takata, Tomokazu Yamamoto, Shoichi Toh, Syo Matsumura, Hiroshi Kitagawa,Nature Materials, 2014, 13, 802. （ESI Highly Cited Paper）
