In 2007, he received his doctoral degree from Beijing Institute of Technology, and in the same year, he stayed to work in the university. In 2017, he was named professor and doctoral supervisor. He is mainly engaged in the structural design and catalytic performance of polymetallic oxygen clusters. A series of progress has been made in catalytic degradation of pollutants by polymetallic oxygen clusters, electrocatalytic conversion of small organic molecules with high added value, and construction of niobium vanadium oxygen clusters. He has hosted 4 projects under the National Natural Science Foundation and 1 project under the Youth Foundation. His representative research results have been published in journals such as Angew.chem.in.ed., J. Catal., J. Mater. Chem.

The research work mainly focuses on the key words polyoxometalates (POMs), which mainly includes: 1) Polymetallic oxygen cluster structure design, synthesis and self-assembly research, 2) Polymetallic oxygen cluster electrocatalytic organic small molecule transformation, 3) Polymetallic oxygen cluster materials catalyze high value-added organic small molecule transformation, 4) Polymetallic oxygen cluster catalytic molecular degradation of pollutants

2004.09-2007.08 Beijing Institute of Technology, Inorganic major, Doctor of Science
2001.09-2004.07 Northeast Normal University, Organic major, Master of Science
1997.09-2001.07 Northeast Normal University, Chemistry major, Bachelor of Science

2017.07-present School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Professor/Doctoral Supervisor
2014.06-2015.06 Emory University, USA, Visiting Scholar
2010.07-2017.7 Associate Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
2007.09-2010.07 School of Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Lecturer

He has published 44 SCI papers as the first author or corresponding author, authorized 8 national invention patents, and conducted 2 projects under the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Design and assembly of polymetallic oxygen clusters and Covalent triazine frame hybrid structures and photocatalytic performance, 2020.1-2023.12, 680,000; Synthesis and oxidation catalysis of novel caged polyvanadium oxygen clusters based on {Nb(V5)} pentagram elements, 20231-202612, 540,000). Representative papers are as follows:
1. Li Z. Zhang J. H., Jing X. T., Dong J., Liu H. F., Lv H. J.*, Chi Y. N.*, Hu C. W., Polyoxometalate@covalent triazine framework as robust electrocatalyst for selective benzyl alcohol oxidation coupled hydrogen production. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 6152-6159 (Back Cover).
2. Jing X. T., Li Z., Geng W. J., Lv H. J.*, Chi Y. N.*, Hu C. W. Polyoxometalate-modified reduced graphene oxide foam as monolith reactor for efficient flow catalysis of epoxide ring-opening reactions, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 8480-8488.
3. Dong J., Sun X. R., Zhen N., Li Z., Liu D., Zou B., Dai Q. P., Chi Y. N.*, Chen S. L*, Poblet J. M., Hu C. W. *, Oxidative detoxification of nerve agent VX simulant by polyoxoniobate: Experimental and theoretical insights. J. Catal., 2021, 394, 83-93.
4. Liu D., Chen B. K.*, Li J., Li P. H., Zhen N., Chi Y. N.*, Hu C. W. *, Imidazole-functionalized polyoxometalate catalysts for the oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5‑diformylfuran using atmospheric O2, Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 3909-3916 (Cover Paper).
5. Li Z., Liu C. P., Geng W. J., Dong J., Chi Y. N.*, Hu C. W., Electrocatalytic ethylbenzene valorization using a polyoxometalate@covalent triazine framework with water as the oxygen source. Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 7430-7433