研究方向
电化学，能源电催化，电解水/海水制绿色氢气，燃料电池，二氧化碳电化学转化利用，电化学工程，环保电化学技术，低碳能源化学和化工，纳米材料和技术，谱学电化学，量子电化学，电化学绿色合成。
学习和工作经历
曾担任英国拉夫堡大学校长东亚特使、化学工程系研究主任、化学工程终身讲席教授、英国皇家化学会会士、国际先进材料学会会士和英国理事，英国工程和物理研究基金会首席研究员，也在英国女王大学化学和化工学院、英国纽卡斯尔大学化学工程和材料学院工作过。林文锋教授也在德国马普学会弗里茨哈伯研究所和诺贝尔化学奖得主Ertl教授合作并获得洪堡基金会和马普学会基金资助，共同发表多篇高水平高引用原创研究论文。他本硕博都在厦门大学，在攻读博士期间，在田昭武、孙世刚和田中群三位院士指导下出色地作出了探索性的谱学电化学和量子电化学相结合的开创性研究，在能源电催化和燃料电池领域取得一系列创新成果，在国际电化学会志上发表系列前沿原创论文，获国家教育委员会科技进步二等奖。他博士毕业后留校工作并被快速提拔为年轻的副教授，之后他在美国、德国和英国多所重点高校和顶级研究中心（包括德国马普所）从事能源化学化工教学和科研二十多年，主持多项能源材料基础研究和技术应用国际合作重大课题，获得超过一亿元的科研经费资助，建立广泛国际合作关系，积累了丰富的跨学科国际工作经验，并取得了一系列国际前沿研究成果，在国际有影响力权威刊物（Nature Energy等）上发表了大量原创性论文，特别是其研究出的一种新的电化学合成技术在纳米能源电催化剂的制备方面处于国际领先。
主要科研项目/成果
Recent External Funded Projects:
“Sustainable Hydrogen Production from Seawater Electrolysis”, 2022.08 - 2024.08, The UK Research and Innovation/Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, PI (Principal Investigator). “Sustainable Hydrogen Centre for Doctoral Training”, 2019-2024, The UK EPSRC, Co-I.
“Engineering efficient and stable electrocatalysts for seawater splitting to green H2 and O2”, 2022-2023, The UK Catalysis Hub - the Theme 2 - Catalysis at the Water and Energy Nexus, PI.
“Development of next generation fit-for-purpose high performance low-cost alkaline direct fuel cells”, 2019-2023, The Royal Society and Newton Fund, PI.
“Catalyst development for low-cost large-scale sustainable hydrogen production from seawater and renewable ocean energy”, 2019-2023, UKRI/EPSRC PhD studentship project award, PI.
“Catalysis at the Water-Energy Nexus - UK Catalysis Hub Phase II”, 2018-2023, The UK EPSRC, PI for the sub-project of “Engineering efficient and stable electrocatalysts for seawater splitting to green H2 and O2”.
“Low-Cost High Performance Novel Catalysts for Direct Alcohol Alkaline Fuel Cells using anion exchange membrane and biofuels”, 2011-2014, The UK EPSRC, PI.
“High Performance Low Temperature Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells”, 2010-2013, £505,000; The UK EPSRC, Co-PI.
代表性论文
1-Quantum confinement-induced anti-electrooxidation of metallic nickel electro-catalysts for hydrogen oxidation, Y. Zhou, W. Yuan, M. Li, Z. Xie, X. Song, Y. Yang, J. Wang, L. Li, W. Ding*, Wen-Feng Lin*, Z. Wei*, Nature Energy, 2024, 9,1297-1309. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01604-9
2-Layered double hydroxide-based electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction: identification and tailoring of active sites, and superaerophobic nanoarray electrode assembly, D. Zhou, P. Li, X. Lin, A. McKinley, Y. Kuang*, W. Liu, Wen-Feng Lin*, X. Sun*, X. Duan, Chemical Society Reviews, 2021, 50, 8790-8817. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/cs/d1cs00186h
Cited by 420. (received “Certificate of appreciation Highly cited article” from Royal Society of Chemistry For publishing research in the top 5% of highly cited works from the Royal Society of Chemistry Journals).
3-A general route via formamide condensation to prepare atomically dispersed metal–nitrogen–carbon electrocatalysts for energy technologies, G. Zhang, Y. Jia, C. Zhang, X. Xiong, K. Sun, R. Chen, W. Chen, Y. Kuang, L. Zheng, H. Tang, W. Liu*, J. Liu*, X. Sun*, Wen-Feng Lin, H. Dai, Energy & Environmental Science, 2019, 12, 1317-1325. (Cited by 325). https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/ee/c9ee00162j. This article is part of the themed collection: 2019 Energy and Environmental Science HOT Articles
4-High-index-facet and high-surface-energy nanocrystals of metals and metal oxides as highly efficient catalysts, Chi Xiao, Bang-An Lu, Peng Xue, Na Tian*, Zhi-You Zhou, Xiao Lin, Wen-Feng Lin*, Shi-Gang Sun*, Joule, 2020, 4, 2562-2598. (Cited by 174).
5-Synthesis and Characterization of Craig-type Antiaromatic Species with [4n + 2] π Electrons, Lina Chen, Lu Lin, Amit Ranjan Nath, Qin Zhu, Zhixin Chen, Jingjing Wu, Hongjian Wang, Qian Li, Wen-Feng Lin, Jun Zhu* and Haiping Xia*, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2023, 120 (6) e2215900120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2215900120
6-High CO-tolerant Ru-based catalysts by constructing an oxide blocking layer, T. Wang, L. Li, L. Chen, T. Sheng, L. Chen, Y. Wang, Zhang, Y. Hong, J. Ye, Wen-Feng Lin, Q. Zhang, P. Zhang, G. Fu, N. Tian, S. Sun, Z. Zhou*, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144, 9292-9301. (Cited by 52).
7-Probing the enhanced methanol electrooxidation mechanism on platinum-metal oxide catalyst, Ya-Wei Zhou, Ya-Feng Chen, Kun Jiang, Zhen Liu, Zi-Jie Mao, Wei-Yi Zhang, Wen-Feng Lin*, Wen-Bin Cai*, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021, 280, 119393. (Cited by 86). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119393
8-Origin of low CO2 selectivity on platinum in the direct ethanol fuel cell, R. Kavanagh, X. Cao, Wen‐Feng Lin*, C. Hardacre, P. Hu*, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2012, 51,1572-1575. (Cited by 174).
9-Methanol oxidation on PtRu electrodes. Influence of surface structure and Pt− Ru atom distribution, T. Iwasita*, H Hoster, A John-Anacker, Wen-Feng Lin, W. Vielstich, Langmuir 2000, 16, 522-529. (Cited by 538).
10. Electrocatalytic activity of Ru-modified Pt (111) electrodes toward CO oxidation, Wen-Feng Lin*, M. Zei, M. Eiswirth, Gerhard Ertl, T. Iwasita, W. Vielstich, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 1999, 103, 6968-6977. (Cited by 278, this is one of my 4 papers co-authored with the 2007 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, G Ertl).
荣誉奖励
国家级高层次领军创新人才
Science and Technology Advance Prize of State Educational Commission, China. 1993 (on the project of “Spectro-electrochemistry”).
Outstanding Scientific Research Prize of Xiamen University, China. 1994.
Science and Technology Advance Prize of State Educational Commission, China. 1997 (on the project of “Surface Electrochemistry of Metal Single Crystals”).
Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. 1997-1998.
Research Fellowship, Max-Planck-Society, Germany. 1998-1999.
Research Fellowship, “Chemistry to Chemical Engineering mobility scheme”, EPSRC, UK. 2002-2003.
Major Research Grants awards: UK EPSRC, 2022-2024, 2019-2023, 2017-2021, 2016-2019, 2011-2014, 2011-2012, 2010-2013; UK Royal Society and Newton Fund, 2019-2023.
授权专利
Patents
1-2. P. A. Christensen and W. F. Lin.
Electrode, method of manufacture and use thereof.
UK patent: 0612094.3, 2006.
International patent: PCT/GB2007/002299, 2007.
3-5. C. A. Ma, Z. Y. Chen, W. F. Lin, Y. Q. Chu.
WC/CNT, WC/CNT/Pt Composite Material and Preparation Process Therefor and Use Thereof.
China patent: CN103357408 A, 2013.
International patent: PCT/CN2012/086627, 2013.
US patent: US-2015-0018199-A1, 2015.
社会服务
英国皇家化学会（RSC）会士(Fellow)、国际先进材料学会会士和英国理事。
Science Board member of UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research Hub
Board member of the British Council of the International Association of Advanced Materials
“Energy Materials” Editorial Board Member - (https://energymaterj.com/editorsChief/index )
“Nano Materials Science” Editorial Board - Energy Materials (since 2019, https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/nano-materials-science/about/editorial-board )
“International Journal of Green Energy” Editorial Board (since 2019, https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=ljge20 )
Symposium Organizer and Chairman (e.g., 243rd American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry, Symposium on Materials and Catalysis in Fuel Cells, March 2012; International Clean Energy Technology congress 2017)
Section Chair for international conferences (e.g., annual meetings of the International Society of Electrochemistry, UK Catalysis annual meetings, World Fuel Cell conferences, etc.)
Regular reviewer for research proposals for the UK EPSRC, EU, Leverhulme Trust, Department of Energy (DOE)/USA, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Singapore and Canada.
Regular referee for leading journals (e.g., Nature, Nature Energy, Nature synthesis, Science, Science Advances, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, JACS, ACS Catalysis, EES, Nano Energy, Chem. Eng. J., Adv. Materials, and specialised areas in Electrochemistry, Catalysis, Surface Sciences)
Membership of professional bodies:
Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry; Member of International Society of Electrochemistry; Member of American Chemical Society, Fellow and a board member of the International Association of Advanced Materials (FIAAM, Sweden).
