1986 – 1989          Jilin University, PhD
1983 – 1986          Sun Yat-sen University, MSc
1979 – 1983          Sun Yat-sen University, BSc  

2008 – present        Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
1995 – 2007              Deputy Director, State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis & Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, China
1994 – 2008              Professor, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, China
1990 – 1994              Postdoctor, Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory, the Royal Institution of Great  Britain, UK

One of our research interests is inorganic synthesis and preparative chemistry. Through use of various techniques such as solid state reaction, vacuum deposition, arc-discharge, light-driven induction, chemical vapor transportation, hydrothermal and solvothermal reactions, we synthesized a series of solid compounds with unique structures and/or chemical and physical properties. We also focus on the application of the obtained solid materials in catalysis and energy storage.

The research projects of our group in the past decades include the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, NSFC Key Project, NSFC International Cooperation Key Project, National Basic Research Program of China (973) Fund, and Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project.

01. Hui Zong, Shang-Qi Li, Xiaoyang Zheng, Xue-Yan Wu, Se-Si Li, Qian-Qian Hao, Xing-He Zhao, Yao-Wen Zhang, Kai-Xue Wang, Xiaowei Song, Jie-Sheng Chen, Synergistic Engineering of Electronic Structure and Interfacial Field via a 3D Heterostructure for Stable Sodium Metal Batteries, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 29779.

02. Xiaojun Lu, Jiazhen Wu, Xinyi He, Zichuang Li, Yangfan Lu, Wenqian Li, Jiang Li, Miao Xu, Yanpeng Qi, Qing Zhang, Yijia Liu, Meng Du, Toshio Kamiya, Hideo Hosono, Fusheng Pan, Jie-Sheng Chen, Tian-Nan Ye, Ordered Single Active Sites for Cascade Hydrogenation and Hydroformylation Reactions, Nature Catal., 2025, 8, 536. 

03. Shang-Qi Li, Zhenzhen Wang, Xiaoyang Zheng, Mao-Lin Guo, Jia-Ning Yang, Yong Li, Zhefei Sun, Xue-Yan Wu, Chaofei Guo, Han Tian, Hui Zong, Liang Gao,Yao-Wen Zhag, Jing-Zhe Wan, Jia-Xi Xu, Qiaobao Zhang, Kai-Xue Wang, Jie-Sheng Chen, Biomimetic Sandwich-Structured Tubular Ion Pump Arrays for Lithium Metal Batteries, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 25883.

04. Qian-Qian Hao, Zhi-Peng Cai, Xing-He Zhao, Liang-Yu Wang, Kai-Xue Wang, Jie-Sheng Chen, Boosting the Efficiency and Stability of Li–CO₂ Batteries via a Ruthenium-Based Olefin-Metathesis Catalyst, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 40, 27802.

05. Shang-Qi Li, Jia-Ning Yang, Kai-Xue Wang, Jie-Sheng Chen, Optimization Strategies for Cathode Materials in Lithium−Oxygen Batteries, Acc. Mater. Res., 2024, 5, 1496.

06. Wen-Qian Li, Miao Xu, Jie-Sheng Chen, Tian-Nan Ye, Enabling Sustainable Ammonia Synthesis: From Nitrogen Activation Strategies to Emerging Materials, Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 2408434.

07. Dong Xu, Shi-Nan Zhang, Jie-Sheng Chen, and Xin-Hao Li, Design of the Synergistic Rectifying Interfaces in Mott−Schottky Catalysts, Chem. Rev., 2023, 123, 1.

08. Qi Sun, Xin-Hao Li, Kai-Xue Wang, Tian-Nan Ye, Jie-Sheng Chen, Inorganic Non-carbon Supported Pt Catalysts and Synergetic Effects for Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Energy Environ. Sci., 2023, 16, 1838.

09. Xiu Lin, Zhaoyu Zhou, Qi-Yuan Li, Dong Xu, Si-Yuan Xia, Bing-Liang Leng, Guang-Yao Zhai, Shi-Nan Zhang, Lu-Han Sun, Guohua Zhao, Jie-Sheng Chen, and Xin-Hao Li, Direct Oxygen Transfer from H₂ to Cyclooctene over Electron-Rich RuO₂ Nanocrystals for Epoxidation and Hydrogen Evolution, Angew. Chem., 2022, 61, e202207108.

10. Yun-Xiao Lin, Hua-Yi Kuang, Shi-Nan Zhang, Xiao-Le Zhang, Guang-Yao Zhai, Xiu Lin, Dong Xu, Jinping Jia, Xin-Hao Li and Jie-Sheng Chen, A Polyimide-Based Photocatalyst for Continuous Hydrogen Peroxide Production Using Air and Water under Solar Light, CCS Chem., 2022, 4, 3482.

11. Lu-Han Sun, Qi-Yuan Li, Shi-Nan Zhang, Dong Xu, Zhong-Hua Xue, Hui Su, Xiu Lin, Guang-Yao Zhai, Peng Gao, Shin-Ichi Hirano, Jie-Sheng Chen, Xin-Hao Li, Heterojunction-Based Electron Donators to Stabilize and Activate Ultrafine Pt Nanoparticles for Efficient Hydrogen Atom Dissociation and Gas Evolution, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 25766.

12. Zhen Zhang, Wen-Long Bai, Zhi-Peng Cai, Jin-Huan Cheng, Hua-Yi Kuang, Bo-Xu Dong, Yu-Bo Wang, Kai-Xue Wang, and Jie-Sheng Chen, Enhanced Electrochemical Performance of Aprotic Li-CO₂ Batteries with a Ruthenium-Complex-Based Mobile Catalyst, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 16404.

13. Shuai Bi, Palani Thiruvengadam, Shice Wei, Wenbei Zhang, Fan Zhang, Lusha Gao, Junsong Xu, Dongqing Wu, Jie-Sheng Chen, Fan Zhang, Vinylene-Bridged Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks via Knoevenagel Condensation of Tricyanomesitylene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 11893.

14. Zhen Zhang, Wen-Long Bai, Kai-Xue Wang, Jie-Sheng Chen, Electrocatalyst design for aprotic Li–CO₂ batteries, Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13, 4717.

15. Yun-Xiao Lin, Shi-Nan Zhang, Zhong-Hua Xue, Jun-Jun Zhang, Hui Su, Tian-Jian Zhao, Guang-Yao Zhai, Xin-Hao Li, Markus Antonietti, Jie-Sheng Chen, Boosting Selective Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia on Electron-Deficient Copper Nanoparticles, Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 4380.

16.  Yong-Xing Liu, Hong-Hui Wang, Tian-Jian Zhao, Bing Zhang, Hui Su, Zhong-Hua Xue, Xin-Hao Li, Jie-Sheng Chen, Schottky Barrier Induced Coupled Interface of Electron-Rich N-Doped Carbon and Electron-Deficient Cu: In-Built Lewis Acid–Base Pairs for Highly Efficient CO2 Fixation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 38.

17.  Hui Su, Peng Gao, Meng-Ying Wang, Guang-Yao Zhai, Jun-Jun Zhang, Tian-Jian Zhao, Juan Su, Xin-Hao Li, Markus Antonietti, Jie-Sheng Chen, Grouping Effect of Single Nickel−N4 Sites in Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Boosts Hydrogen Transfer Coupling of Alcohols and Amines, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 15194.

18.  Zhong-Hua Xue, Jing-Tan Han, Wei-Jie Feng, Qiu-Ying Yu, Xin-Hao Li, Markus Antonietti, Jie-Sheng Chen, Tuning the Adsorption Energy of Methanol Molecules Along Ni-N-Doped Carbon Phase Boundaries by the Mott–Schottky Effect for Gas-Phase Methanol Dehydrogenation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 2697.

19.  Hui Su, Ke-Xin Zhang, Bing Zhang, Hong-Hui Wang, Qiu-Ying Yu, Xin-Hao Li*, Markus Antonietti, Jie-Sheng Chen, Activating Cobalt Nanoparticles via The Mott-Schottky Effect in Nitrogen-rich Carbon Shells for Base-free Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols to Esters, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 811.

20.  Tian-Lu Cui, Wen-Yu Ke, Wen-Bei Zhang, Hong-Hui Wang, Xin-Hao Li, Jie-Sheng Chen, Encapsulating Palladium Nanoparticles Inside Mesoporous MFI Zeolite Nanocrystals for Shape-Selective Catalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 9178.

21.  Shu-Mao Xu, Qian-Cheng Zhu, Michelle Harris, Tong-Heng Chen, Chao Ma, Xiao Wei, Hua-Sheng Xu, Yong-Xian Zhou, Yu-Cai Cao, Kai-Xue Wang, Jie-Sheng Chen,  Toward Lower Overpotential through Improved electron Transport Property: Hierarchically Porous CoN Nanorods Prepared by Nitridation for Lithium-Oxygen Batteries, Nano Lett., 2016, 16, 5902.  

22.  Kai-Xue Wang, Xin-Hao Li, Jie-Sheng Chen*, Surface and Interface Engineering of Electrode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Adv. Mater., 2015, 27, 527.

23.  Li-Bing Lv, Tian-Lu Cui, Bing Zhang, Hong-Hui Wang, Xin-Hao Li, Jie-Sheng Chen, Wrinkled Graphene Monoliths as Superabsorbing Building Blocks for Superhydrophobic and Superhydrophilic Surfaces,  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 15165.

24.  Fei-Hu Du, Bo Li, Wei Fu, Yi-Jun Xiong, Kai-Xue Wang, Jie-Sheng Chen, Surface Binding of Polypyrrole on Porous Silicon Hollow Nanospheres for Li-Ion Battery Anodes with High Structure Stability, Adv. Mater., 2014, 26, 6145.

25.  Tian-Nan Ye, Li-Bing Lv, Xin-Hao Li, Miao Xu, Jie-Sheng Chen, Strongly-veined Carbon “Nanoleaves” as Highly Efficient Metal-free Electrocatalyst, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 6905.

26.  Yi-Yu Cai, Xin-Hao Li, Ya-Nan Zhang, Xiao Wei, Kai-Xue Wang, Jie-Sheng Chen, Highly Efficient Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid over a Palladium-nanoparticle-based Mott–Schottky Photocatalyst, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 12038.

27.  Lu Li, Yi-Yu Cai, Guo-Dong Li, Xiao-Yue Mu, Kai-Xue Wang, Jie-Sheng Chen, Synergistic Effect on Photoactivation of Methane C-H Bond over Ga3+-Modified ETS-10, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 4702.

28.  Kai-Xue Wang, Jie-Sheng Chen, Extended Structures and Physicochemical Properties of Uranyl-Organic Compounds, Acc. Chem. Res., 2011, 44, 531.

29.  Lu Li, Guo-Dong Li, Chang Yan, Xiao-Yue Mu, Xiao-Liang Pan, Xiao-Xin Zou, Kai-Xue Wang, Jie-Sheng Chen, Efficient Sunlight-Driven Dehydrogenative Coupling of Methane to Ethane over a Zn+-Modified Zeolite, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 8299.

30.  Lu Li, Xue-Song Zhou, Guo-Dong Li, Xiao-Liang Pan,  Jie-Sheng Chen, Unambiguous Observation of Electron Transfer from a Zeolite Framework to Organic Molecules, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 6678.

31.  Da-Peng Liu, Guo-Dong Li, Yan Su, Jie-Sheng Chen, Highly Luminescent ZnO Nanocrystals Stabilized by Ionic Liquid Components, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45, 7370.

32.  Xin-Hao Li, Dong-Hui Zhang, Jie-Sheng Chen, Synthesis of Amphiphilic Superparamagnetic Ferrite/Block Copolymer Hollow Submicrospheres, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 8382.

33.  Wei Chen, Hong-Ming Yuan, Jia-Yu Wang, Zhao-Yue Liu, Jin-Jie Xu, Miao Yang, Jie-Sheng Chen, Synthesis, Structure and Photoelectronic Effects of a Uranium-zinc-organic Coordination Polymer Containing Infinite Metal Oxide Sheets, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 9266.

34.  Ye Tian, Guo-Dong Li, Jie-Sheng Chen, Chemical Formation of Mononuclear Univalent Zinc in a Microporous Crystalline Silicoaluminophosphate, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 6622.

35.  Ning Wang, Zi-Kang Tang , Guo-Dong Li, Jie-Sheng Chen, Single-walled 4Å Carbon Nanotube Arrays, Nature, 2000, 408, 50.

36.  Jie-Sheng Chen, Qing-Hua Li, Ru-Ren Xu, Feng-Shou Xiao, Distinguishing the Silanol Groups in the Mesoporous Molecular Sieve MCM-41, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 1995, 34, 2694.

37.  Jie-Sheng Chen, Richard-H Jones, Srinivasan Natarajan, Michael-B Hursthouse, John-M Thomas, A Novel Open-framework Cobalt Phosphate Containing a Tetrahedrally Coordinated Cobalt(II) Center - CoPO₄•0.5C₂H₁₀N₂,  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 1994, 33, 639.

Inorganic Materials

Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry（FRSC）
Advisory Board Member, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 

First prize of Shanghai Science and Technology (Natural Science) for 2015;

First prize of Education Ministry Science and Technology (Natural Science) for 2011;

Changjiang distinguished professor