Education and Work Experiences:

2019-，Associate professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS. 

2016-2019，Assistant professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS. 

2011-2016，PhD in Physical Chemistry (Supervisor: Prof. Can Li), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS.

2008-2011，Master degree, Liaoning Shihua University. 

2004-2011，Bachelor of Science, Lanzhou University of Technology.

Research Interests:

Develop the new concept of “natural-atificial” hybrid approach for photosynthetic solar fuel. 

The project lies in synergistically combining the strengths of the artificial materials with natural enzymes and mimicking nature’s light and dark reaction framework to construct efficient biohybrid approaches for understanding the fundamental process of photocatalysis, enzymatic catalysis and synthetic biology. The hybrid systems aim to drive conversion of CO2 or/and N2 into advanced chemicals (e.g., glucose, amino) in dark reaction using the reducing power (e-/H+,H2) from light reaction.

Awards and Honor:

Member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS (2019)

Representative Publications:

1. Zhen Li#, Wangyin Wang#, Shichao Liao, Mingyao Liu, Yu Qi, Chunmei Ding, Can Li*, Integrating a redox flow battery into a z-scheme water splitting system for enhancing the solar energy conversion efficiency. Energy Environ. Sci. 2019, 12, 631-639. 

2. Wangyin Wang, Zhen Li, Jun Chen, Can Li*, Crucial roles of electron–proton transport relay in the photosystem II-photocatalytic hybrid system for overall water splitting. J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 2605-2612. 

3. Wangyin Wang#, Hong Wang#, Qingjun Zhu, Wei Qin, Guangye Han, Jian-Ren Shen, Xu Zong*, Can Li*, Spatially separated photosystem ii and a silicon photoelectrochemical cell for overall water splitting: A natural–artificial photosynthetic hybrid. Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2016, 55, 9229-9233. 

4. Wangyin Wang#, Zhiliang Wang#, Qingjun Zhu, Guangye Han, Chunmei Ding, Jun Chen, Jian-Ren Shen, Can Li*, Direct electron transfer from photosystem II to hematite in a hybrid photoelectrochemical cell. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 16952-16955. 

5. Wangyin Wang; Jun Chen; Can Li*; Wenming Tian, Achieving solar overall water splitting with hybrid photosystems of photosystem II and artificial photocatalysts. Nat. Commun. 2014, 5, 4647.