Education:

2011.8 - present Associate Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University

2013.10 - 2014.10 university of british columbia visiting scholar

Assistant Professor, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University

2007.2 - 2009.6 Tianjin University School of Environment and Institute of Chemical Engineering joint training postdoctoral

2004.3 -2007.2 Tianjin University School of Chemical Engineering Chemical Technology Department of green chemistry doctoral students

2001.9 -2004.3 Master's degree in Chemical Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University

1997.9 -2001.7 School of Marine Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology

Principal Research Interests:
Heterogeneous catalysis, energy and chemical industry and environmental chemical industry

Selected Recent Publications:

1. (1) Yunhua Li#, *, Sijing Chen#, Xiaohu Cai, Jinqing Hong, Xuee Wu, Yuanze Xu, Ji-Jun Zou* , Bing Hui Chen*, Rational design and prepare of hierarchical monolith through 3D printing for syngas methanation, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 5695–5702

2. (2) Yunhua Li*, Yafei Zhao, Binghui Chen, Wenju Wang*, Synergetic catalysis of NiOx with oxygen vacancies and Ni2P for highly efficient hydrodeoxygenation of phenolic compounds, ChemCatChem 2018, 10, 1–9

3. (3) Yunhua Li*, Xiaohu Cai, Sijing Chen, Hua Zhang, Kelvin H. L. Zhang, Jinqing Hong, Binghui Chen, Dong-Hau Kuo, Wenju Wang*, Highly dispersed metal carbide over ZIF-derived pyridinic-N doped carbon for CO2 enrichment and selective hydrogenation, ChemSusChem 2018, 11, 1040– 1047

4. (4) Yunhua Li*, Juan Fu, Binghui Chen, Highly selective hydrodeoxygenation of anisole, phenol and guaiacol to benzene over nickel phosphide, RSC Advances, 2017,7: 15272–15277

5. (5) Yunhua Li*, Xing Zhang, Hua Zhang, Binghui Chen, Kevin J. Smith, Enhanced stability of Pd-Ni2P/SiO2 catalysts for phenol hydrodeoxygenation in the presence of H2O, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2017, 80: 215–221

6. (6) Wenju Wang,∗, Lili Fan, Guoping Wang, Yunhua Li,* CO2 and SO2 sorption on the alkali metals doped CaO(100)surface: A DFT-D study, Applied Surface Science,2017, 425: 972–977

7. (7) Yunhua Li,* Xing Zhang, Qi Zhang, JinBao Zheng, NuoWei Zhang, Bing H. Chen and K. J. Smith, Activity and kinetics of ruthenium supported catalysts for sodium borohydride hydrolysis to hydrogen,RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 29371–29377

8. (8) Kaiqiang Yan, Yunhua Li*, Xing Zhang, Xin Yang, Nuowei Zhang, Jinbao Zheng, Bing H Chen, K.J. Smith*, Effect of preparation method on Ni2P/SiO2 catalytic, International Journal of hydrogen energy, 2015, 40: 16137-16146

9. (9) Yunhua Li*, Xin Yang, Linhui Zhu, Hua Zhang, Binghui Chen, Hydrodeoxygenation of phenol as a bio-oil model compound on intimate contact noble metal-Ni2P/SiO2 catalyst, RSC Advances, 2015, 5: 80388-80396

10. (10) Rulong Xu, Yunhua Li*, Zhikai Cao，Jinbao Zheng, Nuowei Zhang, Binghui Chen, Wenju Wang*, Higher alcohol synthesis from syngas over KCoMoP catalysts, Catalysis Communications, 2014, 51: 63-67

11. (11) Yunhua Li#, *, Qi Zhang #, Nuowei Zhang, Lihua Zhu, Jinbao Zheng, Bing H. Chen*, Ru-RuO2/C as an efficient catalyst for the sodium borohydride hydrolysis to hydrogen，International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2013, 38(30): 13360-13367

12. (12) Yunhua Li*, Lihua Zhu, Kaiqiang Yan, Jinbao Zheng, Bing H. Chen, Wenjun Wang*, A novel modification method for nickel foam support and synthesis of a metal-supported hierarchical monolithic Ni@Pd catalyst for benzene hydrogenation, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2013, 226:166-170