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Licheng SUN, PhD
The Sun Laboratory on Solar Fuels & Solar Cells
Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels (CAP for Solar Fuels @Westlake)
Licheng SUN, PhD
The Sun Laboratory on Solar Fuels & Solar Cells
Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels (CAP for Solar Fuels @Westlake)
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Biography
Prof. Licheng Sunreceived his B.S. (1984), M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1990) degree from Dalian University of Technology (DUT). He performed postdoc research at Max-Planck-InstitutfürStrahlenchemie,Mülheim an der Ruhr,Germany, and FreieUniversität Berlin as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow. He joined KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden as an assistant professor in 1997, became an associate professor in 1999at Department of Organic Chemistry,Stockholm University and appointed as a full professor in 2004 atDepartment of Chemistry,KTH Royal Institute of Technology. He served asdirector of DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Center on Molecular Devices since 2006,Distinguished Professor of the Swedish Research Council (VR Rådsprofessor) since 2017.Prof. Sun joined Westlake University as a Chair Professor of Chemistry in April 2020, and serves as the Director ofCAP for Solar Fuels @Westlake.
Research Achievements
Prof. Sun’s research work mainly focuses on artificial photosynthesis, dye-sensitized solar cells, perovskite solar cells, bio-inspired catalysts for water oxidation and hydrogen generation, nano-materials and photoelectrochemical cells for water splitting, CO2reduction and N2fixation. Prof. Sun has made outstanding scientific contributions to the design and synthesis of molecular catalysts for water oxidation with catalytic efficiency comparable to the OEC (oxygen evolution complex) in Nature (Photosystem II), and deep insight studies on the reaction mechanisms of O-O bond formation. Prof. Sun serves as editorial board chairman ofChemSusChem, associate editor of J. Energy Chemistry, and International Advisory Board Member of several scientific journals. He is the recipient of Ulla och Stig Holmquist Prize in Organic Chemistry (2013), Arrhenius Medal (2014), Smart Energy Technology Award (2016) from International Association of Advanced Materials, and Wallmark Prize (2016) from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022. He was elected as Chemistry Europe Fellow, Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). Received International Science and Technology Cooperation Award of P.R. China 2018.
Representative Publications
1. “Intramolecular hydroxyl nucleophilic attack pathway by a polymeric water oxidation catalyst with single cobalt sites”
H. Yang, F. Li, S. Zhan, Y. Liu, W. Li, Q. Meng, A. Kravchenko, T. Liu, Y. Yang, Y. Fang, L. Wang, J. Guan, I. Furó, M. SG Ahlquist,L. Sun
Nat. Catal.2022,5, 414-429.
2. “Reversible Structural Isomerization of Nature’s Water Oxidation Catalyst Prior to O–O Bond Formation”
Y. Guo, J. Messinger, L. Kloo,L. Sun
J. Am. Chem. Soc.2022,144, 11736–11747.
3. “Aqueous CO2Reduction on Si Photocathodes Functionalized by Cobalt Molecular Catalysts/Carbon Nanotubes”
Z. Wen, S. Xu, Y. Zhu, G. Liu, H. Gao,L. Sun, F. Li
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2022,61, e202201086.
4. “Pyrene-Based Dopant-Free Hole-Transport Polymers with Fluorine-Induced Favorable Molecular Stacking Enable Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells”
Z. Yao, F. Zhang, L. He, X. Bi, Y. Guo, Y. Guo, L. Wang, X. Wan, Y. Chen,L. Sun
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2022,61, e202201847.
5. “From Ru-bda to Ru-bds: a step forward to highly efficient molecular water oxidation electrocatalysts under acidic and neutral conditions”
J. Yang, L. Wang, S. Zhan, H. Zou, H. Chen, M. S. G. Ahlquist, L. Duan,L. Sun
Nat. Commun.2021,12, 373.
6. “A Cobalt@Cucurbit[5]uril Complex as a Highly Efficient Supramolecular Catalyst for Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting”
F. Li, H. Yang, Q. Zhuo, D. Zhou, X. Wu, P. Zhang, Z. Yao,L. Sun
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2021,60, 1976-1985.
7. “Identification of M-NH2-NH2Intermediate and Rate Determining Step for Nitrogen Reduction with Bioinspired Sulfur-Bonded FeW Catalyst”
Y. Zhao, F. Li, W. Li, Y. Li, C. Liu, Z. Zhao, Y. Shan, Y. Ji,L. Sun
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2021,133, 20331-20341.
8. “Off-Set Interactions of Ruthenium–bda Type Catalysts for Promoting Water-Splitting Performance”
B. J. J. Timmer, O. Kravchenko, T. Liu, B. Zhang,L. Sun
Angew.Chem. Int. Ed.2021,60, 14504-14511.
9. “Conformational and Compositional Tuning of Phenanthrocarbazole-Based Dopant-Free Hole-Transport Polymers Boosting the Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells”
Z. Yao, F. Zhang, Y. Guo, H. Wu, L. He, Z. Liu, B. Cai, Y. Guo, C. Brett, Y. Li, C. V. Srambickal, X. Yang, G. Chen, J. Widengren, D. Liu, J. Gardner, L. Kloo,L. Sun
J. Am. Chem. Soc.2020,142,17681-17692.
10. “A Bio-inspired Coordination Polymer as Outstanding Water Oxidation Catalyst via Second Coordination Sphere Engineering”
W. Li, F. Li, H. Yang, X. Wu, P. Zhang, Y. Shan, L. Sun
Nature Commun. 2019, 10, 1-11.
11. “Ru-bda: Unique Molecular Water-Oxidation Catalysts with Distortion Induced Open Site and Negatively Charged Ligands”
B. Zhang,L. Sun
J. Am. Chem. Soc.2019, 141, 5565-5580.
12. “Polymeric, Cost-Effective, Dopant-Free Hole Transport Materials for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells”
F. Zhang, Z. Yao, Y. Guo, Y. Li, J. Begstrand, C. Brett, B. Cai, A. Hajian, Y. Guo, X. Yang, J. Gardner, J. Widengren, S. Roth, L. Kloo, L. Sun
J. Am. Chem. Soc.2019, 141, 19700-19707.
13. “Paired Electrocatalytic Oxygenation and Hydrogenation of Organic Substrates with Water as the Oxygen and Hydrogen Source”
P. Zhang, X. Sheng, X. Chen, Z. Fang, J. Jiang, M. Wang, F. Li, L. Fan, Y. Ren, B. Zhang, B. Timmer, M. Ahlquist, L. Sun
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 9155.
14. “Dendritic Core-Shell NiFeCu Metal/Metal Oxide Electrode for Efficient Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation”
P. Zhang, L. Li, D. Nordlund, H. Chen, L. Fan, B. Zhang, X. Sheng, Q. Daniel, L. Sun
Nature Commun.2018, 9, 381.
15. “Tailor-Making Low-Cost Spiro[fluorene-9,9'-xanthene]-Based 3D Oligomers for Perovskite Solar Cells”
B. Xu, J. Zhang, Y. Hua, P. Liu, L. Wang, C. Ruan, Y. Li, G. Boschloo, E. Johansson, L. Kloo, A. Hagfeldt, A. Jen, L. Sun
Chem. 2017, 2, 676-687.
16. “Nickel-Vanadium Monolayer Double Hydroxide for Efficient Electrochemical Water Oxidation”
K. Fan, H. Chen, Y. Ji, H. Huang, P. M. Claesson, Q. Daniel, B. Philippe, H. Rensmo, F. Li, Y. Luo, L. Sun
Nature Commun. 2016, 7, 11981.
17.“A Low-cost Spiro[fluorene-9,9’-xanthene]-based Hole Transport Material for Efficient Solid-state Dye-sensitized Solar Cells and Perovskite Solar Cells”
B. Xu, D. Bi, Y. Hua, P. Liu, M. Cheng, M. Graetzel, L. Kloo, A. Hagfeldt, L. Sun
Energy Environ. Sci. 2016, 9, 873-877.
18. “A closer mimic of the oxygen evolution complex of photosystem II”
L. Sun
Science2015, 348, 635-636.
19. “An Organic dye-sensitized tandem photoelectrochemical cell for light driven water splitting”
F. Li, K. Fan, B. Xu, E. Gabrielsson, Q. Daniel, L. Li, L. Sun
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 9153-9159.
20. “A Molecular Ruthenium Catalyst with the Water-Oxidation Activity Comparable to that of Photosystem II”
L. Duan, F. Bozoglian, S. Mandal, B. Stewart, T. Privalov, A. Llobet, L. Sun
Nature Chem.2012, 4, 418-423.
21. “Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells”
A. Hagfeldt, G. Boschloo, L. Sun, L. Kloo, H. Pettersson
Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 6595-6663.
Contact and Open Positions
Please contactsunlicheng@westlake.edu.cn, if you are interested in joining The Sun Laboratory on Solar Fuels & Solar Cells as postdoc, researcher or joining the Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels (CAP for Solar Fuels @Westlake) as PI.
