l   Ion exchange membrane for new energy

l   Polymers of intrinsic microporosity for gas separation

07/2009   Ph.D (Organic Chemistry)                                    

Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

07/2004   B.Sc. (Chemistry)                                           

Northeast Normal University, China

2015.01-present    Professor, Institute of Coal Chemistry, CAS, China

2014.01-2014.12   Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

2012.04-2013.12   Postdoctoral Fellow, Pennsylvania State University, USA

 2011.08-2012.03   Research Associate, National Research Council, Canada

  2010.08-2011.07   Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany

                                2009.09-2010.07   Postdoctoral Fellow, Hanyang University, South Korea

1. Xu Hu, Bin Hu, Chengyuan Niu, Jin Yao, Min Liu, Huabing Tao, Yingda Huang, Shuanyan Kang, Kang Geng, Nanwen Li*, An operationally broadened alkaline water electrolyser enabled by highly stable poly(oxindole biphenylene) ion-solvating membranes, Nature Energy, 2024, xx, xxx.
2. Hongying Tang, Kang Geng, David Aili, Qing Ju, Ji Pan, Ge Chao, Xi Yin, Xiang Guo, Qingfeng Li, Nanwen Li*, Low Pt loading for high-performance fuel cell electrodes enabled by hydrogen-bonding microporous polymer binders, Nature Commun. 2021, 13, 7577.
3.  Hongying Tang, Kang Geng, Lei Wu, Junjie Liu, Zhiquan Chen, Wei You, Feng Yan, Michael D. Guiver, Nanwen Li*, Phosphoric acid-doped proton exchange membrane fuel cells with an operational range of –20 °C to 200 °C enabled by intrinsically ultramicroporous membranes, Nature Energy, 2022, 7,153.
4. Xiuling Chen, Lei Wu, Huiming Yang, Xiaohua Ma, Yong Qin, Nanwen Li*, Tailoring the microporosity of PIM-1 for advanced gas separation by atomic layer deposition, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 17875.
5. Xiuling Chen, Yanfang Fan, Lei Wu, Linzhou Zhang, Dong Guan, Canghai Ma, Nanwen Li,* Ultra-selective molecular-sieving gas separation membranes enabled by multi-covalent-crosslinking of microporous polymer blends, Nature Commun. 2021, 12, 6140.
6.  Lei Liu, Xiaomeng Chu, Jiayou Liao, Yingda Huang, Ying Li, Ziyi Ge, Michael A. Hickner and Nanwen Li*, Tuning the properties of poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) anion exchange membranes and their performance in H₂/O₂ fuel cells, Energy Environ. Sci. 2018, 11, 435.
7. Gongping Liu*, Nanwen Li*, Stephen J. Miller, Danny Kim, Shouliang Yi, Ying Labreche, William J. Koros*, Molecularly Designed Nanoscale Stabilized Asymmetric Hollow Fiber Membranes for Aggressive Natural Gas Separation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 13754.
8. Nanwen Li, Yongjun Leng, Michael A. Hickner, Chaoyang Wang, Highly stable, anion conductive comb-shaped copolymers for alkaline fuel cells, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 10124.
9. Nanwen Li, Chenyi Wang, Soo Young Lee, Chi Hoon Park, Young Moo Lee, Michael D. Guiver, Enhancement of proton transport by nanochannels in comb copoly(arylene ether sulfone)s, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 123, 9324.
10. Nanwen Li*, Tingzi Yan, Zheng Li, Wolfgang H. Binder, Comb-shaped to enhance hydroxide transport in anion exchange membranes, Energy Environ. Sci. 2012, 5, 7888.
11. ​Nanwen Li, Soo Young Lee, Young Moo Lee, Michael D. Guiver, Ying-Ling Liu, A novel class highly-conductive polymer electrolyte membrane: aromatic ABA triblock copolymer, Energy Environ. Sci. 2012, 5, 5346.