Dr Tengfei Li
Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
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Biography
Dr. Tengfei Li joined Manchester Metropolitan University in 2022 as a Lecturer in Chemistry. Before joining MMU, he was a Banting Postdoc Fellow at University of Cambridge. His research interests include organic electrosynthesis, electrochemical nitrate reduction, CO2 reduction and plastic degradation.
Interests and expertise
1. Electrochemical nitrate reduction.
2. Organic electrosynthesis.
3. Photocatalytic plastic degradation.
4. Electrochemical CO2 reduction.
Research outputs
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Chapters in books
Goldman, M., Lees, E.W., Prieto, P.L., Mowbray, B.A.W., Weekes, D.M., Reyes, A., Li, T., Salvatore, D.A., Smith, W.A., Berlinguette, C.P. (2021) 'Chapter 10: Electrochemical Reactors.' RSC Energy and Environment Series. pp. 408-432.
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Journal articles
Sharp, J., Ciotti, A., Andrews, H., Udayasurian, S.R., García-Melchor, M., Li, T. (2024) 'Sustainable Electrosynthesis of Cyclohexanone Oxime through Nitrate Reduction on a Zn-Cu Alloy Catalyst.' ACS Catalysis, 14(5) pp. 3287-3297.
Udayasurian, S.R., Li, T. (2024) 'Recent research progress on building C–N bonds via electrochemical NOx reduction.' Nanoscale, 16(6) pp. 2805-2819.
Li, T., Vijeta, A., Casadevall, C., Gentleman, A.S., Euser, T., Reisner, E. (2022) 'Bridging Plastic Recycling and Organic Catalysis: Photocatalytic Deconstruction of Polystyrene via a C–H Oxidation Pathway.' ACS Catalysis, 12pp. 8155-8163.
Berlinguette, C.P., Li, T., Lees, E.W., Goldman, M., Salvatore, D.A., Weekes, D.M. (2020) 'Electrolytic Reduction of Bicarbonate into CO.' ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2020-02(61) pp. 3143-3143.
Li, T., Lees, E.W., Zhang, Z., Berlinguette, C.P. (2020) 'Conversion of Bicarbonate to Formate in an Electrochemical Flow Reactor.' ACS Energy Letters, 5(8) pp. 2624-2630.
Li, T., Mo, J.Y., Weekes, D.M., Dettelbach, K.E., Jansonius, R.P., Sammis, G.M., Berlinguette, C.P. (2020) 'Photoelectrochemical Decomposition of Lignin Model Compound on a BiVO4 Photoanode.' CHEMSUSCHEM, 13(14) pp. 3622-3626.
Li, T. (2020) 'Is More CO2 Beneficial for Making Multi-carbon Products?.' JOULE, 4(5) pp. 980-982.
Li, T., Lees, E.W., Goldman, M., Salvatore, D.A., Weekes, D.M., Berlinguette, C.P. (2019) 'Electrolytic Conversion of Bicarbonate into CO in a Flow Cell.' JOULE, 3(6) pp. 1487-1497.
Yunker, L.P.E., Ahmadi, Z., Logan, J.R., Wu, W., Li, T., Martindale, A., Oliver, A.G., McIndoe, J.S. (2018) 'Real-Time Mass Spectrometric Investigations into the Mechanism of the Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction.' ORGANOMETALLICS, 37(22) pp. 4297-4308.
Reid, L.M., Li, T., Cao, Y., Berlinguette, C.P. (2018) 'Organic chemistry at anodes and photoanodes.' SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & FUELS, 2(9) pp. 1905-1927.
He, J., Weekes, D.M., Cheng, W., Dettelbach, K.E., Huang, A., Li, T., Berlinguette, C.P. (2017) 'Photodecomposition of Metal Nitrate and Chloride Compounds Yields Amorphous Metal Oxide Films.' JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 139(50) pp. 18174-18177.
Li, T., Kasahara, T., He, J., Dettelbach, K.E., Sammis, G.M., Berlinguette, C.P. (2017) 'Photoelectrochemical oxidation of organic substrates in organic media.' NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 8
Li, T., Cao, Y., He, J., Berlinguette, C.P. (2017) 'Electrolytic CO2 Reduction in Tandem with Oxidative Organic Chemistry.' ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE, 3(7) pp. 778-783.
He, J., Dettelbach, K.E., Salvatore, D.A., Li, T., Berlinguette, C.P. (2017) 'High-Throughput Synthesis of Mixed-Metal Electrocatalysts for CO
2 Reduction.' Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 56(22) pp. 6068-6072.Li, T., He, J., Pena, B., Berlinguette, C.P. (2016) 'Exposure of WO3 Photoanodes to Ultraviolet Light Enhances Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation.' ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 8(38) pp. 25010-25013.
Li, T., He, J., Peña, B., Berlinguette, C.P. (2016) 'Curing BiVO
4 Photoanodes with Ultraviolet Light Enhances Photoelectrocatalysis.' Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 55(5) pp. 1769-1772.Li, T., He, J., Peña, B., Berlinguette, C.P. (2016) 'Curing BiVO4 Photoanodes with Ultraviolet Light Enhances Photoelectrocatalysis.' Angewandte Chemie, 128(5) pp. 1801-1804.
Career history
2019-2022
Banting Postdoc Fellow at University of Cambridge, UK.
Supervisor: Prof. Erwin Reisner
College affiliation: Churchill College
2014-2018
PhD in chemistry at University of British Columbia, Canada.
Supervisor: Prof. Curtis Berlinguette