Wei Li

1 week ago | nature.com | Wei Li |Shujun Li |Zhijun CHEN

AbstractLignin represents the most abundant biomass resource, which contains aromatic units. Lignin refinery is a promising, sustainable alternative for the production of aromatic chemicals. However, depolymerization and transformation of lignin into aryl halides, which are indispensable chemicals in both the academic and industrial communities, remain challenging.

1 week ago | pubs.rsc.org | Wei Li |Haoshen Zhou |Ping He

A highly stable LiNO3/N-methylacetamide deep eutectic electrolyte for rechargeable Li-O2 batteries A deep eutectic electrolyte (DEE) based on LiNO₃-N-methylacetamide (NMA) was developed for Li-O₂ batteries. The strong hydrogen bonding interactions within the electrolyte enable a high LiNO₃ concentration of 3.2 M, which not only enhances the compatibility with the lithium anode but also serves as an efficient oxidation mediator.

1 week ago | nature.com | Yujie Wen |Lei Nie |Meng Wang |Wei Li |Weiping Ding |Junchao Chen

AbstractSingle-atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted significant interest due to their exceptional and tunable performance, enabled by diverse coordination environments achieved through innovative synthetic strategies. However, various local structures of active sites pose significant challenges for precise characterization, a prerequisite for developing structure-activity relationships.

2 weeks ago | nature.com | Wei Li

Solanum is a diverse genus that includes crops such as tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), potato (Solanum tuberosum), eggplant (Solanum melongena) and African eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum), a crop that is indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa. Benoit et al. constructed a pan-genome of the Solanum genus from chromosome-scale genome assemblies for 22 species, capturing the rich phenotypic and genomic diversity, and investigated paralog evolutionary dynamics.

2 weeks ago | pubs.rsc.org | Zhaoju Yu |Yaohao Zhang |Chuanmu Tian |Tianshu Jiang |Wei Li

Single-source-precursor synthesis of porous Ni2Si/SiOC composites as oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalyst In this study, a novel carbon-rich Ni2Si/SiOC ceramic composite was successfully synthesized by polymer-derived ceramic approach, which is found to be catalytically active in the field of oxygen evolution reaction (OER).