1.         Silica based aerogel and its application, Advanced ceramics material, Functional mineral material

2.         catalytic materials, Solar heat storage materials

3.         Utilization of solid waste resources

2020.10 – Present   Xi'an Jiaotong University, China   Associate Professor

2017.7 – 2020.10   Xi'an Jiaotong University, China     Lecturer

2019.10 – 2020.9   National Institute for Materials Science, Japan     Visiting scholar

2014.9 – 2017.6   Central South University,  Ph.D.

2011.9 – 2014.6   Central South University,  Master.

2007.9 – 2011.6   Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Bachelor.

2016   Doctoral national scholarship

2016   CSU outstanding doctoral principal scholarship

2016   Hunan province excellent master's degree thesis

2015   CSU excellent master's degree thesis

2013   Master national scholarship

2011   Hubei province excellent bachelor's degree thesis

1. Kang Peng, Pengfei Wan, Hongjie Wang*, Linjie Zuo, Min Niu, Lei Su, Lei Zhuang, Xiaoyu Li*, Unraveling the morphology effect of kandite supporting MoS2 nanosheets for enhancing electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution, Applied Clay Science, 2021, 212: 106211.

2. Kang Peng, Hongjie Wang*, Hongfei Gao, Pengfei Wan, Mingbo Ma, Xiaoyu Li*; Emerging hierarchical ternary 2D nanocomposites constructed from montmorillonite, graphene and MoS2 for enhanced electrochemical hydrogen evolution, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 393: 124704.

3. Kang Peng, Jingxuan Zhou, Hongfei Gao, Jianwei Wang, Hongjie Wang*, Lei Su, Pengfei Wan. Emerging one-/two-dimensional heteronanostructure integrating SiC nanowires with MoS2 nanosheets for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12: 19519-19529.

4. Kang Peng, Hongjie Wang*, Pengfei Wan, Jianwei Wang, Hua Luo, Senhai Zhou, Xiaoyu Li* and Jun Yang. Graphene modified montmorillonite based phase change material for thermal energy storage with enhanced interfacial thermal transfer, ChemistrySelect, 2020, 5: 6040-6047.

5. Kang Peng, Hongjie Wang*, Xiaoyu Li, Jianwei Wang, Liang Xu, Hongfei Gao, Min Niu, Mingbo Ma and Jun Yang*; One-step hydrothermal growth of MoS2 nanosheets/CdS nanoparticles heterostructures on montmorillonite for enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity, Applied Clay Science, 2019, 175: 86-93.

6. Kang Peng, Jianwei Wang, Hongjie Wang*, Xiaoyu Li, Pengfei Wan, Hanyi Zhang, Longqi Bai. MoS2 nanosheets supported on carbon hybridized montmorillonite as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst in aqueous phase, Applied Clay Science, 2019, 183: 105346.

7. Kang Peng, Hongjie Wang*, Xiaoyu Li, Jianwei Wang, Zhixin Cai, Lei Su, Xingyu Fan. Emerging WS2/montmorillonite composite nanosheets as an efficient hydrophilic photocatalyst for aqueous phase reactions, Scientific Reports, 2019, 9: 16325.

8. Xiaoyu Li, Ruihong Li, Kang Peng*, Liangjie Fu, Keping Zhao, Haoran Li, Jiahui Peng, Luxue Wang. Interlayer functionalization of vermiculite derived silica with hierarchical layered porous structure for stable CO2 adsorption, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 435:134875.

9. Xiaoyu Li, Kang Peng*. Hydrothermal synthesis of MoS2 nanosheet/palygorskite nanofiber hybrid nanostructures for enhanced catalytic activity, Applied Clay Science, 2018, 162: 175-181.

10. Xiaoyu Li, Kang Peng*. MoSe2/montmorillonite composite nanosheets: Hydrothermal synthesis, structural characteristics and enhanced photocatalytic activity, Minerals, 2018, 8: 268.

11. Xiaoyu Li*, Kang Peng*. Synthesis of 3D mesoporous alumina from natural clays for confining CdS nanoparticles and enhanced photocatalytic performances, Applied Clay Science, 2018, 165: 188-196.

12. Xiaoyu Li*, Kang Peng*, Huaxin Chen, Zhenjun Wang. TiO2 nanoparticles assembled on kaolinites with different morphologies for efficient photocatalytic performance, Scientific Reports, 2018, 8: 11663.

13. Xiaoyu Li*, Kang Peng*, Yewei Dou, Jiasheng Chen, Yue Zhang and Gai An. Facile synthesis of wormhole-like mesoporous tin oxide via evaporation-induced self-assembly and the enhanced gas-sensing properties, Nanoscale Research Letters, 2018, 13: 14.