1.Inorganic chemistry with an emphasis on photoactive, cationic metal halide building units.

2.Materials chemistry with an emphasis on modification and functionalization of metal-organic frameworks for CO₂ conversion.

1. Recruitment of Global Youth Experts by China (Thousand Youth Talent Program), MOE, China

2. Shanghai Rising Star, Shanghai, China

3. Awardee for Hundred Youth Talent Project, Tongji University

4. Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship, International Centre for Diffraction Data

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (21971197)

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (51772217)

3. National Natural Science Foundation of China (21501136)

4. Shanghai Rising Star Program (No.20QA1409500)

5. The Recruitment of Global Youth Experts by China start-up funding

6. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

2020:

25. Xueling Song, Guangfeng Wei, Jiao Sun, Chengdong Peng, Jinlin Yin, Xu Zhang, Yilin Jiang,Honghan Fei*“Overall Photocatalytic Water Splitting by an Organolead Iodide Crystalline Material”Nat. Catal.,2020, accepted in press.

24. Xueling Song, Chengdong Peng, Xiaoxiang Xu, Jinlin Yin,Honghan Fei*Efficient, Broadband Self-Trapped White-Light Emission from Haloplumbate-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks”Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 10078-10081.

23. Guiyang Zhang, Jinlin Yin, Xueling Song,Honghan Fei*“A Moisture-Stable Organosulfonate-Based Metal-Organic Framework with Intrinsic Self-Trapped White-Light Emission”Chem. Commun.,2020, 56, 1325-1328. (Selected as Front Cover) (HOT article)

22. Yilin Jiang, Xu Zhang,Honghan Fei*“N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Functionalized Metal-Organic Frameworks for Chemical Fixation of CO₂”Dalton Trans,2020, 49, 6458-6552.(Invited Review)

21. Xiaoxiang Xu*, Yinghao Xie,Honghan Fei,Shu Jin, Yinlin Shao“Ge-Modified GaN-ZnO Wurtzite Solid Solutions with High Zn Content for Efficient Photocatalytic H₂ Evolution from Water under Visible Light Illumination”Inorg. Chem. Front.,2020, 7, 3443-3447.

2019:

20. Chengdong Peng, Xueling Song, Jinlin Yin, Guiyang Zhang, Honghan Fei*“Intrinsic White-Light-Emitting Metal-Organic Frameworks with Structurally Deformable Secondary Building Units” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 7818-7822.

19. Xu Zhang, Jiao Sun, Guangfeng Wei*, Zhipan Liu, Huimin Yang, Kaimin Wang,Honghan Fei*“In-situ Generation of AnN-Heterocyclic Carbene-Functionalized Metal-Organic Framework via Postsynthetic Ligand Exchange for Efficient and Selective Hydrosilylation of CO₂”Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 2844-2849.

18. Jinlin Yin, Huimin Yang,Honghan Fei*“Robust, Cationic Lead Halide Layered Materials with Efficient Broadband White-Light Emission”Chem. Mater.,2019, 31, 3909-3916.

17. Jinlin Yin, Guiyang Zhang, Chengdong Peng,Honghan Fei*“An Ultrastable Metal-Organic Material Emits Efficient and Broadband Bluish White-Light Emission for Luminescent Thermometers”Chem. Commun.,2019, 55, 1702-1705. (Selected as Front Cover)

16. Xu Zhang, Yilin Jiang,Honghan Fei*“UiO-Type Metal-Organic Frameworks with NHC or Metal-NHC Functionalities for N-Methylation Using CO2 as the Carbon Source”Chem. Commun.,2019, 55, 11928-11931.

15. Huimin Yang, Jinlin Yin, Xiaoxiang Xu*,Honghan Fei*“Enhanced Intrinsic White-Light Emission Upon Near-UV Excitation by Crystal Engineering of Cationic Lead Bromide Layered Materials”J. Mater. Chem. C,2019, 7, accepted in press.

14. Guiyang Zhang,Honghan Fei*“Synthesis and Applications of Porous Organosulfonate-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks”Topics in Current Chemistry,2019,accepted in press. (Invited Review)

13. Ana R. K. Chatenever, Louis R. Warne, Joe E. Matsuoka, Stanley J. Wang, Eric W. Reinheimer, Pierre LeMagueres,Honghan Fei,Xueling Song, Scott R. J. Oliver, “Isomorphous Lanthanide Metal-Organic Frameworks Based on Biphenyldicarboxylate: Synthesis, Structure, and Photoluminescent Properties”Cryst. Growth Des.,2019, 19, 4854-4859.

2018:

12. Jina Hao, Xiaoyu Xu,Honghan Fei*, Liangchun Li*, Bing Yan* “Functionalization of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Photoactive Materials.”Adv. Mater.,2018, 30, 1705634. (Invited Review)

11. Chengdong Peng, Zewen Zhuang, Huimin Yang, Guiyang Zhang,Honghan Fei*“Ultrastable, Cationic Three-Dimensional Lead Bromide Frameworks that Intrinsically Emits Broadband White-Light.”Chem. Sci.,2018, 9, 1627-1633.

10. Guiyang Zhang, Huimin Yang,Honghan Fei*“Unusual Missing Linkers in an Organosulfonate-Based Primitive-Cubic(pcu)-Type Metal-Organic Framework for CO₂Capture and Conversion Under Ambient Condition.”ACS Catal.,2018, 8, 2519-2525.

9. Ben Johnson, Asamanjoy Bhunia,Honghan Fei, Seth M. Cohen, Sascha Ott* “Development of a UiO-type Thin Film Electrocatalysis Platform with Redox Active Linkers.”J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2018, 140, 2985-2994.

8. Huimin Yang, Xu Zhang, Guiyang Zhang,Honghan Fei*“An Alkaline-Resistant Ag(I)-Anchored Pyrazolate-Based Metal-Organic Framework for Chemical CO₂Fixation”Chem. Commun.,2018, 54, 4469-4472.

7. Xueling Song, Chengdong Peng,Honghan Fei*“Enhanced Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution by Exfoliation of a Metal-Organic Framework Containing Cationic One-Dimensional [Co₄(OH)₂]⁶⁺ Chains”ACS Appl. Energy Mater.,2018, 1, 2446-2451.

6. Jinlin Yin,Honghan Fei*“Cationic Two-Dimensional Inorganic Network of Antimony Oxide Hydroxide for Lewis Acid Catalysis.”Dalton Trans.,2018, 47, 4054-4058.

2017:

5. Zewen Zhuang, Chengdong Peng, Guiyang Zhang, Huimin Yang, Jinlin Yin,Honghan Fei*“Intrinsic Broadband White-Light Emission from Ultrastable, Cationic Lead Halide Layered Materials.”Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,2017, 56, 14411-14416.

4. Huimin Yang,Honghan Fei*“Exfoliation of a Two-Dimensional Cationic Inorganic Network as a New Paradigm for High-Capacity Cr(VI)-Anion Capture.”Chem. Commun.,2017,53, 7064-7067.

3. Guiyang Zhang,Honghan Fei*“Missing Metal-Linker Connectivities in a Robust 3-D Sulfonate-Based Metal-Organic Framework for Enhanced Proton Conductivity.”Chem. Commun.,2017,53, 4156-4159.

2. Huimin Yang,Honghan Fei*“A Generic and Facile Strategy to Fabricate Metal-Organic Framework Films on TiO₂ Substrates for Photocatalysis.”Dalton Trans.,2017,46, 2751-2755.

2016:

1. Guiyang Zhang, Guangfeng Wei, Zhipan Liu, Scott R. J. Oliver*,Honghan Fei^*“A Robust Sulfonate-Based Metal-Organic Framework with Permanent Porosity for Effcient CO₂ Capture and Conversion.” Chem. Mater., 2016, 28, 6276-6281.

Before Tongji (Ph.D. and PostDocs)

Honghan Fei, Seth M. Cohen* “Metalation of a Thiocatechol-Functionalized Zr(IV)-based Metal-Organic Framework for Selective C-H Functionalization.”J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2015,137, 2191-2194.

Honghan Fei, JaeWook Shin, Ying S. Meng, Mario Adelhardt, Jorg Sutter, Karsten Meyer, Seth M. Cohen* “Reusable Oxidation Catalysis Using Metal-Monocatecholato Species in a Robust Metal-Organic Framework.”J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2014,136, 4965-4973.

Sonja Pullen‡,Honghan Fei‡, Andreas Orthaber, Seth M. Cohen*, Sascha Ott* “Enhanced Photochemical Hydrogen Production by a Molecular Diiron Catalyst Incorporated into a Metal-Organic Framework.”J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2013,135, 16997-17003(‡equal contribution).

Honghan Fei, Catherine H. Pham, Scott R. J. Oliver* “Anion Exchange of the Cationic Layered Material [Pb₂F₂]²⁺.”J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2012,134, 10729-10732.

Honghan Fei, Marc R. Bresler, Scott R. J. Oliver* “A New Paradigm for Anion Trapping in High Capacity and Selectivity: Crystal-to-Crystal Transformation of Cationic Materials.”J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2011,133, 11110-11113.

Honghan Fei, David L. Rogow, Scott R. J. Oliver* “Reversible Anion Exchange and Catalytic Properties of Two Cationic Metal-Organic Frameworks Based on Cu(I) and Ag(I)” J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2010, 132, 7202-7209.

Honghan Fei, Scott R. J. Oliver* “Copper Hydroxide Ethanedisulfonate: A Cationic Inorganic Layered Material for High-Capacity Anion Exchange.”Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,2011,50, 9066-9070.

Honghan Fei, Matthew D. Sampson, Yeob Lee; Clifford P. Kubiak*; Seth M. Cohen* “Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction to Formate Using a Mn(I) Molecular Catalyst in a Robust Metal-Organic Framework.”Inorg. Chem.,2015,54, 6821-6828.

Honghan Fei, Sonja Pullen, Andreas Wagner, Sascha Ott*; Seth M. Cohen* “Functionalization of Robust Zr(IV)-based Metal-Organic Framework Films via a Postsynthetic Ligand Exchange.”Chem. Commun.,2015,51, 66-69.

Honghan Fei, Seth M. Cohen* “Robust, Catalytic Metal-Organic Framework with Open 2,2'-Bipyridine Sites.”Chem. Commun.,2014, 50, 4810-4812.

Honghan Fei, John F. Cahill, Kimberly A. Prather, Seth M. Cohen* “Tandem Postsynthetic Metal Ion and Ligand Exchange in Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks.”Inorg. Chem.,2013,52, 4011-4016.

Honghan Fei, Cari S. Han, Jeremy, C. Robins, Scott R. J. Oliver* “A Cationic Metal-Organic Solid Solution Based on Co(II) and Zn(II) for Chromate Trapping”Chem. Mater.,2013,25, 647-652.

Honghan Fei, Cari S. Han, Scott R. J. Oliver* “A Cationic Antimonite Chain Tempalted by Sulfate [Sb₆O₇⁴⁺][(SO₄^2-)₂].” Inorg. Chem.,2012,51, 8655-8657.

Honghan Fei, Yuchen Yang, David L. Rogow, Xiaojuan Fan, Scott R. J. Oliver* “Polymer-Templated Nanospider TiO₂ Thin Films for Effcient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting.” ACS Appl. Mater. Interface,2010,2, 974-979.

Honghan Fei, Latisha Paw U, David L. Rogow, Marc R. Bresler, Yashar A. Abdollahian, Scott R. J. Oliver* “Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Application of a Cationic Metal-Organic Framework: Ag₂(4,4'-bipy)₂(O₃SCH₂CH₂SO₃)”Chem. Mater.,2010,22, 2027-2032.