Academic Career:
Professor, 2004, College of Chemistry, Peking University
Associate Professor, 2000-2004, College of Chemistry, Peking University
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1998-2000, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany
B.Sc., 1990, Peking Univ.; M.Sc., 1993, Peking Univ.; Ph.D., 1998, Peking Univ.

Awards & Honors:
Second Class Prize of Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education of China (2021)
Supervisor of Nominee for National Excellent Doctoral Dissertations of China (2012)
Beijing "May 4th" Medal (2006)
First Rank Award for Excellent Young Teachers in Universities by Fok Ying Tong Education Foundation (2004)
National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2003)
Outstanding Young Chemist Award of Chinese Chemical Society (2003)
Award for National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of China (2000)

Professional Activities:
Associated Editor of Applied Nano Materials (2018-)
Associated Editor of Science Bulletin (2014-2017)
Editorial Board Member of Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica (2020-2023)
Editorial Board Member of Chinese Science Bulletin (2005-2022)
Advisory Board Member of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2011-2017)
Advisory Board Member of Advanced Functional Materials (2005-2018)

Teaching Courses:
Physical Chemistry (II), Colloid Chemistry.

Research Interests：
Our research work is focused on the controlled synthesis and hierarchical assembly of inorganic micro- and nanostructures by colloidal chemical methods as well as bio-inspired routes, which is aimed to explore facile, effective, and environmentally benign routes to novel functional materials with specific size, morphology, and architectures. Particular efforts are devoted to their applications in energy conversion and storage, optoelectronic devices, sensing, and catalysis. Current research topics include:
1. Colloidal chemical approaches to morphology-controlled inorganic micro- and nanostructures.
2. Controlled self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles and properties/applications of nanoparticle assemblies.
3. Applications of inorganic micro- and nanomaterials in energy conversion and storage.

Selected Publications:

1. Jiayi Zhou, Yuzhe Gao, Deyi Zhang, Kexin Ren, Mengqi Dai, Huan Wang, Limin Qi,* Concavity-enhanced chiral self-assembly of anisotropic nanoparticles toward strong chiroptical activity. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 6897.
2. Mengqi Dai, Cheng Chen, Yujia Lu, Peijian Wang, Limin Qi,* Interfacial self-assembly of gold nanoarrows into macroscopic monolayer films with tunable orientations and reversible color switching. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, e18223.
3. Haotian Zhang, Haoran Guo,* Fuhui Zhang, Jinyang Zhang, Yizhuo Cheng, Yanqing Ma, Lei Ma, Limin Qi,* Cascade electrocatalysis via integration of ruthenium clusters and yttrium single atoms for a boosted alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction. Energy Environ. Sci. 2025, 18, 6141.
4. Zihao Wu, Kexin Ren, Jiayi Zhou, Yujing Zhang, Limin Qi,* Orientation engineering of nanoporous BiVO₄ photoanodes towards boosted glycerol valorization and hydrogen generation. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, 35, 2418294.
5. Yujing Zhang, Ruihu Lu, Cheng Wang, Yan Zhao,* Limin Qi,* Electronic and vacancy engineering of Mo-RuCoO_x nanoarrays for high-efficiency water splitting. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2303073.
6. Cheng Wang, Limin Qi,* Heterostructured inter-doped ruthenium-cobalt oxide hollow nanosheet arrays for highly efficient overall water splitting. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 17219.
7. Chang Liu, Zihao Ou, Fucheng Guo, Binbin Luo, Wenxiang Chen, Limin Qi,* Qian Chen,* “Colloid–atom duality” in the assembly dynamics of concave gold nanoarrows. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 11669.
8. Wenhui Wang, Limin Qi,* Light management with patterned micro- and nanostructure arrays for photocatalysis, photovoltaics, and optoelectronic and optical devices. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019, 29, 1807275.
9. Qian Wang, Zongpeng Wang, Zhe Li, Junyan Xiao, Hangyong Shan, Zheyu Fang, Limin Qi,* Controlled growth and shape-directed self-assembly of gold nanoarrows. Sci. Adv. 2017, 3, e1701183.
10. Wenhui Wang, Yurong Ma, Limin Qi,* High-performance photodetectors based on organometal halide perovskite nanonets. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2017, 27, 1603653.