Education background

2009.09-2014.06, Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, Jilin University, China

2005.09-2009.06, B.S. in Optical Science and Technology, Jilin University, China

Experience

2020.08 – Present Assistant Professor, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, China

2017.07 – 2020.08 Post doctoral Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University, the United States

2016.10 – 2017.06 Post doctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the United States

2014.07 – 2016.09 Post doctoral Fellow, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, China

Concurrent Academic

Invited Reviewer for academic journals including ACS Catalysis, Environmental Science & Technology, Chemical Engineering Journal, etc.

Areas of Research Interests/ Research Projects

Air Pollution Chemistry and Control Technology

Research and Development of Novel Transition Metal Oxide Catalysts

Development and Application of VOCs Purification Technology

Indoor Air Pollution Purification Technology

Academic Achievement

Selected Publications (* corresponding author)

1. Wenzhe Si, Haiyan Liu, Tao Yan, Hui Wang, Chi Fan, Shangchao Xiong, Ziqi Zhao, Yue Peng, Jianjun Chen* and Junhua Li, Sn-doped Rutile TiO² for Vanadyl Catalysts: Improvements on Activity and Stability in SCR Reaction, Applied Catalysis B-Environmental, 2020, 269, 118797.

2. Wenzhe Si, Yu Wang, Yue Peng, Jianjun Chen* and Junhua Li, CeO² Facets Control: from Single (100) to Multiple, RSC Advances, 2020, 10(3), 1271-1274.

3. Wenzhe Si, Yu Wang, Shen Zhao, Fangyun Hu and Junhua Li*, A Facile Method for in Situ Preparation of the MnO²/LaMnO³ Catalyst for the Removal of Toluene, Environmental Science & Technology, 2016, 50(8), 4572-4578.

4. Wenzhe Si, Yu Wang, Yue Peng, and Junhua Li*, Selective Dissolution of A-Site Cations in ABO³ Perovskites: A New Path to High-Performance Catalysts, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54(27), 7954-7957.

5. Wenzhe Si, Yu Wang, Yue Peng, Xiang Li, Kezhi Li, and Junhua Li*, A High-efficiency γ-MnO²-like Catalyst in Toluene Combustion, Chemical Communications, 2015, 51(81), 14977-14980.

6. Wenzhe Si, Keke Huang, Xiaofeng Wu, and Shouhua Feng*, Epitaxial Thin Film of SmFeO³ Ferroelectric Heterostructures, Science China-Chemistry, 2014, 57(6), 803-806.

7. Wenhao Yang, Yue Peng, Ya Wang, Yun Wang, Hao Liu, Zi’ang Su, Weinan Yang, Jianjun Chen,Wenzhe Si*, and Junhua Li*, Controllable Redox-induced in-situ Growth of MnO² over Mn²O³ for Toluene Oxidation: Active Heterostructure Interfaces, Applied Catalysis B-Environmental, 2020, 278, 119279.

8. Ziang Su, Wenhao Yang, Chizhong Wang, Shangchao Xiong, Xingzhong Cao, Yue Peng*,Wenzhe Si*, Yibin Weng, Ming Xue, and Junhua Li, Roles of Oxygen Vacancies in the Bulk and Surface of CeO² for Toluene Catalytic Combustion, Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54(19), 12684-12692.

9. Yu Wang, Wenzhe Si*, Yue Peng, and Junhua Li*, Investigation on Removal of NO and Hg0 with Different Cu Species in Cu-SAPO-34 Zeolites, Catalysis Communications, 2019, 119, 91-95.

10. Yu Wang, Wenzhe Si*, Yue Peng, Dong Wang, and Junhua Li*, A Dual-functional MnO²/La^0.6Sr^0.4MnO³ Composite Catalyst: High-efficiency for Elemental Mercury Oxidation in Flue Gas, Catalysis Communications, 2018, 112, 43-48.

11. Yue Peng, Wenzhe Si, Jinming Luo, Wenkang Su, Huazhen Chang, Junhua Li*, Jiming Hao, and John Crittenden*, Surface Tuning of La^0.5Sr^0.5CoO³Perovskite Catalysts by Acetic Acid for NO^x Storage and Reduction, Environmental Science & Technology, 2016, 50(12), 6442-6448.

12. Yue Peng, Wenzhe Si, Xiang Li, Jinmin Luo, Junhua Li*, John Crittenden* and Jiming Hao, Comparison of MoO³ and WO³ on Arsenic Poisoning V²O⁵/TiO² Catalyst: DRIFTS and DFT Study, Applied Catalysis B-Environmental, 2016,181, 692-698.

13. Yue Peng, Wenzhe Si, Xiang Li, Jianjun Chen, Junhua Li*, John Crittenden*, and JimingHao, Investigation of the Poisoning Mechanism of Lead on the CeO²-WO³ Catalyst for the NH³–SCR Reaction via in Situ IR and Raman Spectroscopy Measurement, Environmental Science & Technology, 2016, 50(17), 9576–9582.

14. Yue Peng, Wenzhe Si, Junhua Li*, John Crittenden*, and Jiming Hao, Experimental and DFT Studies on Sr-doped LaMnO³ Catalysts for NO^x Storage and Reduction, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2015, 5(4), 2478-2485.