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Associate Professor

Head of Research Office

Contact details

Email: cyvli@thei.edu.hk

Phone: +852 3890 8089

Dr. Chi-Ying Vanessa Li has more than 20 years of experience in research and development of nanomaterials for environmental application, electrochemical technologies, and catalysis. She is a Fellow of Institute of Engineers Australia (FIEAust); Chartered Professional Engineer, National Engineer Registered (CPEng NER); APEC and IPEA Registered Engineer (IntPE(Aus)). She is also a Fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3) (FIMMM), as well as Chartered Engineering (CEng) and Chartered Scientist (CSci) in the U.K. Dr. Li has been the project coordinator, principal investigator, and co-investigator in research projects funded by ITC, RGC, NSFC and The University of Hong Kong, on topics of advanced battery systems including Li and Na ion batteries; metal-air and metal-sulfur batteries, fuel cells, as well as novel catalysts for alcohol, CO and soot oxidation. She is an expert in designing battery materials for lithium-ion and beyond Li-ion batteries, functionalization of metal organic frameworks for electrochemical applications and hydrogen storage, and theoretical modeling. Furthermore, she is experienced in cross-disciplinary research involving electrochemistry, power electronics and sport science. Her contributions in materials research includes various publications in top-tier SCI international journals such as ACS Energy Lett., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Nano Energy, Nano Lett., Chem. Mater., Carbon, Chem Comm., Electrochim. Acta., Appl. Energy Mater, with patented inventions on innovative technologies for environmental applications.

  • Doctor of Philosophy, School of Materials Science & Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Science), The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
2024 – Present

Head of Research Office; Associate Professor,
Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong

2016 – 2024Research Assistant Professor / Senior Research Officer,
Department of Chemistry, University of Hong Kong
2020 – 2024

Hong Kong Quantum AI Lab Limited (Spin-off from University of Hong Kong)

2017 – Present

Honorary Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry, University of Hong Kong

2010 – 2015

Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Chemistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  • FIEAust CPEng NER APEC Engineer IntPE(Aus)- Fellow, Institute of Engineers Australia; Chartered Professional Engineer, National Engineer Registered; APEC and IPEA registers
  • FIMMM CEng CSci – Fellow, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3), UK; Chartered Engineer, Chartered Scientist
  • K. Y. Chan, A.A. Voskanyan, and C.Y.V. Li, Method to Deposit a Precious Metal Film, U.S. Patent Application, No. 16/111,127, Filed 23rd August 2018
  • K. Y. Chan, A.A. Voskanyan, and C.Y.V. Li, Method of Producing a Porous Crystalline Material with a Highly Uniform Structure, Patent No.: WO2017143978A1, Filed 31st August, 2017
  1. J.K. Pulleri, K.-Y. Chan*, C.Y.V. Li*, D.Y.C. Leung, Clean Hydrogen from Aqueous Water−Gas Shift Reaction at Near-Ambient Temperature, J. Chem. Eng. Data 2024, 69, 12, 4377–4383.
  2. B. Qin, L. Wang, C.K.J. Tsui, C.-K. Ho ‡, W.Y.A. Lam‡, F. Li, Y.V. Li*, G.H. Chen, K.-Y. Chan* Impacts of Carbon Mesopores on Superoxide Degradation in Cathode of a Na-O2 Battery, Energy Fuels, 2024, 38, 6, 5522–5533.
  3. K.M. Leung, C.K.J. Tsui, Y.Y. Tay, C.Z. Liao, C.K. Ho, H.T. Yau, T. Salim, C.Y.V. Li*, and K.Y. Chan, Highly Durable Vanandium-free Catalyst for Low-Temperature Ammonia-assisted NOx Reduction, ACS Omega 2023, 8, 13, 12362–12371.
  4. C.K. Ho, C.Y.V. Li*, Y.Y. Tay, C.Z. Liao, K.M. Leung, C.K.J. Tsui, G.H. Chen, and K.Y. Chan Li4Ti5O12 Coating on TiO2(B) Nanofibers as Durable Anode for Lithium-Ion Battery Energy Storage, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2023, 6, 22, 11433–11441.
  5. L. Xie, K.-Y. Chan*, and V.C.Y. Li, Molecular dynamics simulation of hydration and free energy of ions in nanochannels of polyelectrolyte threaded metal organic framework and the impacts on selective ion transport, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022, 367, Part B, 120553.
  6. L. Xie, K.-Y. Chan*, and V.C.Y. Li*, Counter-ion Distribution around a Polyelectrolyte Confined in a Metal Organic Framework, Molecular Simulation, 2022, 48, 926-934.
  7. C.K.J. Tsui, K.M. Leung, Y.Y. Tay, C.Z. Liao, C.K. Ho, H.T. Yau, T. Salim, C.Y.V. Li*, and K.Y. Chan, Highly Durable Pt–Ru-Doped Ce0.9Zr0.1O2 as an Effective Dual Catalyst for Low-Temperature Simultaneous Propane and Carbon Monoxide Oxidation, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2022, 126, 9334-9351.
  8. C.-K. Ho+, C.Y.V. Li+*, L. Gao, K.-Y. Chan*, J.W. Chen, J.Y. Tang, J.F. Olorunyomi, C.Z. Liao, and T.S. Zhao, Protonated Emeraldine Polyaniline Threaded MIL-101 as a Conductive High-Surface Area NanoPorous Electrode, ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6, 3769-3779.
  9. B. Qin, K.Y. Chan*, and C.Y.V. Li*, Studies of Superoxide Degradation Kinetics and Electrolyte Management for a Reversible NaO2 Battery, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8, 11, 4317–4324.
  10. L. Gao, K.Y. Chan*, C.Y.V. Li*, L. Xie and J.F. Olorunyomi, “Highly Selective Transport of Alkali Metal Ions by Nano-channels of Polyelectrolyte Threaded MIL-53 Metal Organic Framework”, Nano Letters, 2019, 19, 4990-4996.
  11. S. Zhao, B. Qin, K.Y. Chan, C.Y.V. Li, and F. Li*, “Recent Development of Aprotic Na‐O2 Batteries”, Batteries and SuperCap, 2019, 2, 725-742.
  12. C.K. Ho, C.Y.V. Li*, Z. Deng, K.Y. Chan*, H. Yung and C. Yang, Hierarchical Macropore-Mesoporous Shell Carbon Dispersed with Li4Ti5O12 for Excellent High Rate Sub-Freezing Li-ion Battery Performance, Carbon, 2019, 145, 614-621.
  13. G. Weng, C.Y.V. Li* and K.Y. Chan, Hydrogen battery using neutralization energy, Nano Energy, 2018, 53, 240-244.
  14. L. Gao, C.Y.V. Li* and K.Y. Chan*, Polyelectrolyte Threaded in Metal-Organic Framework: Cation Exchange Polystyrene Sulfonate in MIL-101Cr(III), Chemistry of Materials, 2015, 27, 3601-3608.
  15. L. Gao, C.Y.V. Li*, K.Y. Chan* and Z.N. Chen, Metal−Organic Framework Threaded with Aminated Polymer Formed in Situ for Fast and Reversible Ion Exchange, Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2014, 136, 7209−7212.

Edited Book:

  1. Electrochemically Enabled Sustainability – Devices, Materials and Mechanisms for Energy Conversion edited by K.Y. Chan* and Y.V. Li*, CRC Press, Apr 2014. 328 pp (ISBN: 978-1-4665-7543-1)

Book Chapter:

  1. H. Li, C.Y.V. Li*, G.M. Weng and K.Y. Chan*: “Chapter XI: pH Differential Power Sources with Electrochemical Neutralization” in Electrochemically Enabled Sustainability – Devices, Materials and Mechanisms for Energy Conversion edited by K.Y. Chan and C.Y.V. Li, CRC Press, Apr 2014. (ISBN: 978-1-4665-7543-1)
  2. C.Y.V. Li, Z.M. Wang and S.L.I. Chan, “Hydrogen Storage in Carbon Nanotubes”, in Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes edited by V.A. Basiuk and E.V. Basiuk, American Scientific Publishers, 2008, 187-216. (ISBN: 978-1-58883-128-0)