研究兴趣为电催化产氢、二氧化碳电还原等，以第一作者和共同作者身份已在Nature Catalysis, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Advanced Energy Materials, Angewandte Chemie International, Small, Chemical Communications, Langmuir, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ChemcatChem上发表多篇论文，曾获师昌绪特等奖学金。
发表论文：
1. Zhe Li, Jian-Yu Fu, Yi Feng, Cun-Ku Dong, Hui Liu* and Xi-Wen Du*. A Silver Catalyst Activated by Stacking Faults for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Nature Catalysis, 2019, 2, 1107-1114.
2. Zhe Li, Yi Feng, Yu-Lin Liang, Chuan-Qi Cheng, Cun-Ku Dong*, Hui Liu* and Xi-Wen Du*. Stable Rhodium (IV) Oxide for Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Advanced Materials, 2020, 1908521.
3. Zhe Li, Yan Zhang, Yi Feng, Chuan-Qi Cheng, Kang-Wen Qiu, Cun-Ku Dong, Hui Liu* and Xi-Wen Du*. Co3O4 Nanoparticles with Ultrasmall Size and Abundant Oxygen Vacancies for Boosting Oxygen Involved Reactions. Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 29, 1903444.
4. Zhe Li, Cun-Ku Dong*, Jing Yang, Shi-Zhang Qiao and Xi-Wen Du*. Laser Synthesis of Clean Mesocrystal of Cupric Oxide for Efficient Gas Sensing. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4, 2699-2704.
5. Zhe Li, Yi Feng, Chuan-Qi Cheng, Wen-Jing Kang, Rui Zhang, Cun-Ku Dong, Hui Liu and Xi-Wen Du. Laser Synthesis of Ag-Cu-O Composite Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Submitted.
6. Zhe Li, Yi Feng, Xiu-Yao Lang, Yan Zhang, Chuan-Qi Cheng, Wen-Jing Kang, Rui Zhang, Cun-Ku Dong, Hui Liu, Wei-Chao Wang and Xi-Wen Du. Volcano Curve Relationship between Valence State of Co and Catalytic Activity of Spinel Cobalt Oxide in Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Submitted.
7. Ye-Qing Zhang#, Zhe Li#, Tao Ling, Sergei A. Kulinich and Xi-Wen Du. Superior Gas-Sensing Performance of Amorphous CdO Nanoflake Arrays Prepared at Room Temperature. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4, 8700-8706.
8. Yong-Zhen Jin, Zhe Li*, Jia-Qi Wang, Ran Li, Zhi-Qing Li, Hui Liu, Jing Mao, Cun-Ku Dong, Jing Yang*, Shi-Zhang Qiao and Xi-Wen Du*. Tuning Spin State of Rock-Salt-Based Oxides by Manipulation of Crystallinity for Efficient Oxygen Electrocatalysis. Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 8, 1703469.
9. Yi Feng, Chuan-Qi Cheng, Cheng-Qin Zou, Xue-Li Zheng, Jing Mao, Hui Liu, Zhe Li*,Cun-Ku Dong*, Xi-Wen Du*. Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide in Metallic Nanopores through a Pincer Mechanism. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020. (IF:12.959)
10. Xiao Wang, Zhe Li, De-Yao Wu, Gu-Rong Shen, Cheng-Qin Zou, Yi Feng, Hui Liu*, Cun-Ku Dong* and Xi-Wen Du*. Porous Cobalt-Nickel Hydroxide Nanosheets with Active Cobalt Ions for Overall Water Splitting. Small, 2019, 15, 1804832.
11. Jia-Qi Wang, Zhe Li, Cun-Ku Dong*, Yi Feng, Jing Yang, Hui Liu* and Xi-Wen Du*. Silver/Copper Interface for Relay Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide to Ethylene. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 2763-2767.
12. Yi Feng, Zhe Li, Hui Liu, Cun-Ku Dong, Jia-Qi Wang, Sergei A. Kulinich* and Xi-Wen Du*. Laser-Prepared CuZn Alloy Catalyst for Selective Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Ethylene. Langmuir, 2018, 34, 13544-13549.
13. Cui-Hong Chen, De-Yao Wu, Zhe Li, Rui Zhang, Chun-Guang Kuai, Xue-Ru Zhao, Cun-Ku Dong, Shi-Zhang Qiao, Hui Liu* and Xi-Wen Du*. Ruthenium-Based Single-Atom Alloy with High Electrocatalytic Activity for Hydrogen Evolution. Advanced Energy Materials, 2019, 9, 1803913.
14. Jing-Yang Lin, Cong Xi, Zhe Li, Yi Feng, De-Yao Wu, Cun-Ku Dong, Pei Yao, Hui Liu* and Xi-Wen Du*. Lattice-Strained Palladium Nanoparticles as Active Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Chemical Communications, 2019, 55, 3121-3123.
15. Wen-Jing Kang, Chuan-Qi Cheng, Zhe Li, Yi Feng, Gu-Rong Shen* and Xi-Wen Du*. Ultrafine Ag Nanoparticles as Active Catalyst for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production. ChemCatChem, 2019, 11, 5976-5981.