Kuo Li (李阔）
Center of High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research Position: Associate Staff Scientist; acting director of Beijing center
10 Dongbeiwang W. Rd. Haidian, Beijing, China. Work Phone: 86-10-56981753
Email: likuo@hpstar.ac.cn
Bio
Research Interest:
Polymerization mechanism of unsaturated organic molecules and inorganic salts under high pressure and the properties of the recovered polymerized material.
High pressure chemistry and high pressure neutron crystallography.
Search for new transition metal oxideswith various synthetic methods and determine their crystal structures ab-initio and investigate theirproperties.
Synthesizing the Li ion battery material by high pressure method
Education:
College of Chemistry and MolecularEngineering, Peking University (2006 – 2011),Ph. D. Inorganic Chemistry,Supervisor: Dr. Jian-HuaLin, Dr.Ying-Xia Wang.
Stockholm University (2009), Visiting student
College of Chemistry, Beijing NormalUniversity, (2002-2006), B.S. Chemistry
Work Experience:
2014 - present : Associate Staff Scientist; acting director of Beijing center， Center for high pressure science and technology advanced research (HPSTAR), Beijing, China
2011 - 2014: Postdoctoral Associate, Geophysical Lab, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC, United States, worked in HP-SynC (APS, Argonne National Laboratory), SNAP (SNS, Oak Ridge National Laboratory), NIST Center for Neutron Research and NSLS (Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Supervisor: Dr. Ho-kwang Mao, Dr. Malcolm Guthrie; Collaborator: Dr. Christopher A. Tulk (SNS, ORNL), Dr. Wenge Yang (APS, ANL)
Selected Publications:
1. Haiyan Zheng,Kuo Li*,George Cody, Christopher A. Tulk,Xiao Dong,GuoyingGao,Jamie J. Molaison, ZhenxianLiu,Mikhail Feygenson,Wenge Yang, Ilia N. Ivanov,LeonardoBasile,Juan-Carlos Idrobo, Malcolm Guthrie, Ho-kwang Mao: Polymerization ofAcetonitrile via a Hydrogen Transfer Reaction from CH3 to CN underExtreme Conditions. Angewandte Chemie InternationalEdition DOI: 10.1002/anie.201606198
2. HaiyanZheng, Lijuan Wang, Kuo Li*, Youyou Yang, Yajie Wang, Jiajia Wu, XiaoDong, Chun-Hai Wang, Christopher A. Tulk, Jamie J. Molaison, Ilia N. Ivanov,Mikhail Feygenson, Wenge Yang, Malcolm Guthrie, Yusheng Zhao, Ho-Kwang Mao,Changqing Jin: Pressure inducedpolymerization of acetylide anions in CaC2 and 107 foldsenhancement of electrical conductivity. Chemical ScienceDOI:10.1039/C6SC02830F
3. KuoLi*, Haiyan Zheng,Takanori Hattori, Asami Sano-Furukawa, Christopher A. Tulk, Jamie Molaison,Mikhail Feygenson, Ilia N. Ivanov, Wenge Yang, Ho-kwang Mao: Synthesis, Structure, and Pressure-InducedPolymerization of Li3Fe(CN)6 Accompanied with EnhancedConductivity. Inorganic Chemistry. 2015, 54, 11276−11282
4. Kuo Li*, Haiyan Zheng, Lijuan Wang, Christopher A. Tulk, Jamie J. Molaison, Mikhail Feygenson, Wenge Yang, Malcolm Guthrie, Hokwang Mao:K3Fe(CN)6 under External Pressure: Dimerization ofCN– Coupled with Electron Transfer to Fe(III). The Journal of PhysicalChemistry C, 2015, 119 (39), pp 22351–22356
5. KuoLi, Yufei Hu, YingxiaWang, Takashi Kamiyama, Bingwu Wang, Zhaofei Li, Jianhua Lin: Syntheses and properties of a family of newcompounds RE3Sb3Co2O14 (RE=La, Pr,Nd, Sm–Ho) with an ordered pyrochlore structure. Journal of Solid StateChemistry. 01/2014; 217:80–86.
6. KuoLi*, Ilia N. Ivanov,Yuming Xiao, Chris A. Tulk, Yusheng Zhao, Ho-kwang Mao, Haiyan Zheng, MalcolmGuthrie, Wenge Yang: K3Fe(CN)6:Pressure-Induced Polymerization and Enhanced Conductivity. The Journal ofPhysical Chemistry C 10/2013; 117(46):24174.
7. MalcolmGuthrie, Reinhard Boehler, Christopher A Tulk, Jamie J Molaison, António M DosSantos, Kuo Li, Russell J Hemley: Neutrondiffraction observations of interstitial protons in dense ice.. Proceedingsof the National Academy of Sciences 06/2013;
8. HuiWang, Chengxu Yang, Jun Lu, Meimei Wu, Jie Su, Kuo Li, Junrong Zhang,Guobao Li, Tounan Jin, Takashi Kamiyama, Fuhui Liao, Jianhua Lin, Yicheng Wu: On the Structure of α-BiFeO3.Inorganic Chemistry 03/2013; 52(5):2388-92.
9. YonggangWang, Jie Liang, Ting Wen, Kuo Li, Yingxia Wang, Guobao Li, Fuhui Liao,Jianhua Lin: Syntheses and properties ofa series of chromium vanadates ACrV2O7 (A=Na, K, Rb, Cs)with layered structure. Journal of Solid State Chemistry 08/2012; 192:1–6.
10. QingxiaYao, Junliang Sun, Kuo Li, Jie Su, Maxim V Peskov, Xiaodong Zou: A series of isostructural mesoporousmetal-organic frameworks obtained by ion-exchange induced single-crystal tosingle-crystal transformation. Dalton Transactions 02/2012; 41(14):3953-5.
11.GanghuaZhang, Guobao Li, Fuqiang Huang, Fuhui Liao, Kuo Li, Yinxia Wang,Jianhua Lin: Hydrothermal synthesis ofsuperconductors Ba1−xKxBiO3 and doubleperovskites Ba1−xKxBi1−yNayO3.Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 10/2011; 509(41):9804–9808.
12.ShiliangHuang, Kirsten Christensen, Maxim V Peskov, Sihai Yang, Kuo Li, XiaodongZou, Junliang Sun: Two open-frameworkgermanates with nickel complexes incorporated into the framework. InorganicChemistry 09/2011; 50(20):9921-3.