Feng Li currently is a full professor in Institute of Metal Research (IMR), CAS. He got his bachelor degree in Application Chemistry from Nanjing University of Technology in 1995, received master, PhD degrees in Physics and Chemistry of Materials, Materials Science from IMR in 1998 and 2001 respectively. After that he joined IMR as research associate, he was promoted to associate professor in 2004, was promoted to Professor in 2008.
His current research interests are centered on Novel carbon based materials for lithium ion batteries, lithium sulfur battery and supercapacitors. He has published about 140 papers on peer-reviewed journals such as Angew. Chemie, Energy & Environmental Science, Adv. Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., ACS Nano, etc. His work has been cited by over 5500 times, current h-index stands at 35. In addition, he has about 20 Chinese patents.