Le He

Professor

B. Sc. in Chemistry, Nanjing University (China), 2008

Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of California Riverside (USA), 2013

Postdoctoral research, University of Toronto, 2013-2015

Professor, Soochow University, since 2015  

TEL: 0512-65882214

Email: lehe@suda.edu.cn

Research interests:

Our research focuses on the assembly, property and application of functional nanostructured optical/photonic materials. Through various self-assembly strategies, we aim to fabricate novel functional nanostructures and nanodevices with tunable properties for various demanding applications, especially solar energy conversion fields. Specifically, our research topics include：

1. Smart Nanoscale Optical Materials

2. Solar Light Driven Carbon Dioxide Reduction

Selected publications:

1. Zhang, S.^†; Li, C.^†; Zhang, J.; Yu, Y.; Zhou, H.; Tang, R.; Li, Y.; Yu, J.; Du, X.; He, L.*; Zhang, X.* A General Strategy for the Morphology-Preserved Conversion of Nanostructures under Mild Conditions, J. Mater. Chem. C 2018, 6, 5528-5535.

2. Wang, L.; Ghoussoub, M.; Wang, H.; Dong, Y.; Shao, Y.; Tountas, A.; Wood, T.; Li, H.; Sun, W.; Xia, M.; Li, Y.; Wang, S.; Jia, J.; Qiu, C.; Qian, C.; He, L.*; Zhang, X.*; Ozin, G.* Photocatalytic Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide with High Selectivity to Methanol at Atmospheric Pressure, Joule 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2018.03.007.

3. Li, C.; Zhang, S.; Zhang, B.; Liu, J.; Zhou, H.; Solovev, A.; Tang, R.; Bao, F.; Yu, J.; Zhang, Q.; Lifshitz, Y.*; He, L.*; Zhang, X.* Local-Curvature-Controlled Non-Epitaxial Growth of Hierarchical Nanostructures, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2018, 57, 3772-3776.

4. Wang, L.; Cai, M.; Sun, W.*; He, L.*; Zhang, X.* Promoting Charge Separation in Semiconductor Nanocrystal Superstructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity, Adv. Mater. Interfaces.2018, DOI: 10.1002/admi.201701694.

5. Zhu, Z.^†; Zhang, S.^†; Li, C.; Zhang, J.; Yu, J.; Du, X.; He, L.*; Zhang, X.* A Mechanistic Study of Silica-Etching by Hot Water, PCCP 2018, 20, 1440-1446. (^†equal contribution)

6. Cao, M.; Liu, Q.; Chen, M.; Yang, P.; Xu, Y.; Wu, H.; Yu, J.; He, L.*; Zhang, X.*; Zhang, Q.* Dispersing Hydrophilic Nanoparticles in Nonaqueous Solvents with Superior Long-Term Stability, RSC Adv.2017, 7, 25535-25541

7. Yang, P.; Li, H.; Zhang, S.; Chen, L.; Zhou, H.; Tang, R.; Zhou, T.; Bao, F.; Zhang, Q.*; He, L.*; Zhang, X.* Gram-Scale Synthesis of Superparamagnetic Fe₃O₄ Nanocrystal Clusters with Long-Term Charge Stability for Highly Stable Magnetically Responsive Photonic Crystals, Nanoscale 2016, 8, 19036-19042.

8. Sun, W.; Qian, C.; He, L.*; Ghuman, K.; Wong, A.; Jia, J.; O'Brien, P.; Reyes, L.; Wood, T.; Helmy, A.; Mims, C.; Singh, C.; Ozin, G.* Heterogeneous Reduction of Carbon Dioxide by Hydride-Terminated Silicon Nanocrystals, Nat. Commun.2016, 7, 12553

9. He, L.*; Wood, T.; Wu, B.; Dong, Y.; Hoch, L.; Reyes, L.; Wang, D.; Kübel, C.; Qian, C.; Jia, J.; Liao, K.; O'Brien, P.; Sandhel, A.; Loh, J.; Szymanski, P.; Kherani, N.; Sum, T.; Mims, C.; and Ozin, G.* Spatial Separation of Charge Carriers in In₂O_3-x(OH)_y Nanocrystal Superstructures for Enhanced Gas Phase Photocatalytic Activity, ACS Nano 2016, 10, 5578-5586.