Dr. Xiao Feng, Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology

E-mail：fengxiao86@dijiaba.com

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3212-3051

http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-5429-2015

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1. Introduction

Dr. Xiao Feng received his B.S. degree in material chemistry in 2008 and Ph.D. degree in material science in 2013 from Beijing Institute of Technology. He carried out a joint Ph.D. research program supported by CSC at Institute for Molecular Science, Japan (2009-2012). Now he is an professor at Beijing Institute of Technology. His work mainly focuses on the structure-function relationship of crystalline porous materials (i.e. covalent organic frameworks and metal-organic frameworks) and membrane separation. As first or corresponding author, he has published 51 papers in highly acknowledged journal, including Science. (2), Nat. Mater. (1), Adv. Mater. (2)., J. Am. Chem. Soc. (11), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (15) and Nat. Commun. (2) . Up to now, he has published papers with about 14 000 times non-self-citations, and has a H-index of 56.

2. Education Experience

2004-2008, Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Materials and Engineering, B.S.

2008-2013, Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Materials and Engineering, Ph.D.

2009-2012, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Institute for Molecular Science, Japan, Joint Student Program

3. Professional Experience

2013-2015, Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry, Assistant Professor

2015-2016, Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry, Associate Professor

2016-present, Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Professor

4. Selected Publications

64 Dafei Sheng, Xinlin Li, Xin Huang, Dou Ma, Chao Sun, Yuhao Zhu, Xiaoqi Wang, Zhipeng Wang, Xiao Feng*, Shuang Zhao* and Bo Wang*, High-flux and anti-fouling membrane distillation membrane with VOC capture ability enabled by ZIF-8, Nat. Commun., 2025, 16, 8021.

63 Dafei Sheng,^a Xinlin Li,^a Shuang Zhao, Chao Sun, Qianli Ma, Xiao Feng,* and Bo Wang,* Covalent Organic Framework Membranes for Enhanced Gas Dissolution in Oxygenation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, DOI: 24838−24846.

62 Jianwei Yang, Bo Wang, Xiao Feng*, Mass Transport Based on Covalent Organic Frameworks, Acc. Chem. Res., 2025, 58, 9, 1447–1460.

61 Zhenjie Mu, Kaixin Li, Yuanyuan Yin, Xiangyang Li, Hong Li, Yongxin Cheng, Xiao Feng*, Bo Wang, Zhonghua Xiang*, Thiazolium-Linked Crystalline Porous Covalent Organic Frameworks for Mixed Electronic-Ionic Transport, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, e202501472.

60  Pengpeng Shao,^a Zhixin Ren,^a Bo Zhao, Xiao Wang, Jie Li, Jing Xie,* Bo Wang, and Xiao Feng*, Theory-Guided Design of N-Confused Porphyrinic Covalent Organic Frameworks for Oxygen Reduction Reaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 8769–8777.

59 Jianwei Yang, Hengyu Xu, Jie Li, Ke Gong, Feiyu Yue, Xianghao Han, Ke Wu, Pengpeng Shao, Qingling Fu, Yuhao Zhu, Wenli Xu, Xin Huang, Jing Xie, Fengchao Wang, Wenxiu Yang, Teng Zhang, Zengshi Xu, Xiao Feng*, and Bo Wang*, Oxygen- and proton-transporting open framework ionomer for medium-temperature fuel cells, Science, 2024, 385, 1115–1120.

58 Zhejiaji Zhu,^a Yuhao Zhu,^a Zhixin Ren,^a Di Liu, Feiyu Yue, Dafei Sheng, Pengpeng Shao, Xiuying Huang, Xiao Feng,* An-Xiang Yin,* Jing Xie,* and Bo Wang*, Covalent Organic Framework Ionomer Steering the CO2 Electroreduction Pathway on Cu at Industrial-Grade Current Density, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 1572–1579.

57 Xiao Wang, Zhenjie Mu, Pengpeng Shao*, and Xiao Feng*. Hierarchically Porous Covalent Organic Frameworks: Synthesis Methods and Applications, Chem. Eur. J., 2024, 30, e202303601 

56 Yarong Liu, Shuai·Yuan, Caiting Sun, Changli Wang, Xiangjian Liu, Zunhang Lv, Rui Liu, Yazi Meng, Wenxiu Yang*, Xiao Feng*, and Bo Wang*. Optimizing Fe-3d Electron Delocalization by Asymmetric Fe-Cu Diatomic Configurations for Efficient Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Adv. Energy Mater., 2023, 13, 2302719.

55 Xuechun Jing, Mengxi Zhang, Zhenjie Mu, Pengpeng Shao, Yuhao Zhu, Jie Li, Bo Wang, and Xiao Feng*, Gradient Channel Segmentation in Covalent Organic Framework Membranes with Highly Oriented Nanochannels, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 21077.

54 Xin Huang, Shuyi Jiang, Dou Ma, Jing Xie,* Xiao Feng,* and Bo Wang*, Molecular Exclusion Separation of 1-Butene Isomers by a Robust Metal–Organic Framework under Humid Conditions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202303671.

53 Chao Sun, Dafei Sheng, Bo Wang, Xiao Feng*, Covalent Organic Frameworks for Extracting Water from Air, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202303378.

52 Shuyi Jiang, Hao Sun, Ke Gong, Xin Huang, Yuhao Zhu, Xiao Feng*, Jing Xie*, Jingyao Liu*, and Bo Wang*, Metal-Organic Frameworks for Breakthrough Separation of 2-Butene Isomers with High Dynamic Selectivity and Capacity, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202302036.

51 Zhenjie Mu, Yuhao Zhu, Yufeng Zhang, Anwang Dong, Chunyan Xing, Ziru Niu, Bo Wang, and Xiao Feng*, Hierarchical Microtubular Covalent Organic Frameworks Achieved by COF-to-COF Transformation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202300373.

50 Chao Sun, Yuhao Zhu, Pengpeng Shao, Liwei Chen, Xin Huang, Shuang Zhao, Dou Ma, Xuechun Jing, Bo Wang, and Xiao Feng*, 2D Covalent Organic Framework for Water Harvesting with Fast Kinetics and Low Regeneration Temperature, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202217103. Frontispiece

49 Qingnuan Zhang, Shuda Dong, Pengpeng Shao, Yuhao Zhu, Zhenjie Mu, Dafei Sheng, Teng Zhang, Xin Jiang, Ruiwen Shao, Zhixin Ren, Jing Xie, Xiao Feng*, Bo Wang*, Covalent organic framework-based porous ionomers for high-performance fuel cells, Science, 2022, 378, 181.

48 Xiang-Hao Han, Ke Gong, Xin Huang, Jian-Wei Yang, Xiao Feng,* Jing Xie,* and Bo Wang*, Syntheses of Covalent Organic Frameworks via a One-Pot Suzuki Coupling and Schiff’s Base Reaction for C₂H₄/C₃H₆ Separation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202202912.

47 Jie Li†, Shuang Zhao†, Bo Wang and Xiao Feng*, Strategies in constructing covalent organic framework membranes for molecular sieving, Sci. China. Chem., 2022, 65, 836.

46 Zhenjie Mu, Yuhao Zhu, Bixiao Li, Anwang Dong, Bo Wang, Xiao Feng*, Covalent Organic Frameworks with Record Pore Apertures, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 5145.

45 张蒙茜，冯霄*，共轭微孔聚合物膜的制备策略及其分离应用，化学学报（Acta Chim. Sinica），2022, 80, 168–179

44 Yuhao Zhu, Shuyi Jiang, Xuechun Jiang, Xiao Feng*, Electrically conductive 2D covalent organic frameworks, Trends Chem., 2022, 4, 128–141

43 Shuai Yuan, Jinwei Zhang, Linyu Hu, Jiani Li, Siwu Li, Yanan Gao, Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu, Wenxiu Yang*, Xiao Feng*, and Bo Wang*, Decarboxylation-Induced Defects in MOF-Derived Single Co Atom@Carbon Electrocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 21685.

42 Shuang Zhao,^a Chenghao Jiang,^a Jingcun Fan,^a Shanshan Hong, Pei Mei, Ruxin Yao, Yilin Liu, Sule Zhang, Hui Li, Huaqian Zhang, Chao Sun, Zhenbin Guo, Pengpeng Shao, Yuhao Zhu, Jinwei Zhang, Linshuo Guo, Yanhang Ma, Jianqi Zhang, Xiao Feng*, Fengchao Wang*, Hengan Wu, Bo Wang*, Hydrophilicity Gradient in Covalent Organic Frameworks for Membrane Distillation, Nat. Mater., 2021, 20, 1551–1558.

41 Mengxi Zhang, Anke Yu, Xiangyu Wu, Pengpeng Shao, Xin Huang, Dou Ma, Xianghao Han, Jing Xie, Xiao Feng,* Bo Wang,* Sealing Functional Ionic Liquids in Conjugated Microporous Polymer Membrane by Solvent-Assisted Micropore Tightening, Nano Research, 2022, 15, 2552. 

40 Jie Li, Jiaming Wang, Qingqing Li, Mengxi Zhang, Jiani Li, Chao Sun, Shuai Yuan, Xiao Feng,* and Bo Wang,* Coordination Polymer Glasses with Lava and Healing Ability for High-Performance Gas Sieving, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 21304-21309. Highlighted by ChemistryViews

39 Yuhao Zhu, Pengpeng Shao, Linyu Hu, Chao Sun, Jie Li, Xiao Feng,* and Bo Wang, Construction of Interlayer Conjugated Links in 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks via Topological Polymerization, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 7897.

38 Sule Zhang, Shuang Zhao, Xuechun Jing, Ziru Niu, Xiao Feng,* Covalent organic framework-based membranes for liquid separation, Org. Chem. Front., 2021, 8, 3943. (综述)

37 Xin Huang, Chao Sun, Xiao Feng,* Crystallinity and stability of covalent organic frameworks, Sci. China. Chem., 2020, 63, 1367-1390. （综述）

36 蒋成浩，冯霄*，王博，共价有机框架膜的制备及其在海水淡化和水处理领域的研究进展，化学学报，2020，466-477。（综述）

35 梅佩，张媛媛*，冯霄*，氨基酸功能化晶态多孔聚合物的研究进展，化学学报，2020，78，1041. （综述）

34 Jie Li, Xuechun Jing, Qingqing Li, Siwu Li, Xing Gao, Xiao Feng*, Bo Wang*. Bulk COFs and COF nanosheets for electrochemical energy storage and conversion, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020, 49, 3565-3604. （综述）

33 Pengpeng Shao,^a Ruxin Yao,^a Ge Li, Mengxi Zhang, Shuai Yuan, Xiaoqi Wang, Yuhao Zhu, Xianming Zhang, Lin Zhang, Xiao Feng,* and Bo Wang*, Molecular-sieving membrane by partitioning the channels in ultrafiltration membrane by in-situ polymerization, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 4401–4405.

32 Hang Wang,^a Shuang Zhao,^a Yi Liu,^a Ruxin Yao, Xiaoqi Wang, Yuhua Cao, Dou Ma, Mingchu Zou, Anyuan Cao, Xiao Feng*, Bo Wang*, Membrane adsorbers with ultrahigh metal-organic framework loading for high flux separations, Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 4204.

31 Mengxi Zhang, Xuechun Jing, Shuang Zhao, Pengpeng Shao, Yuanyuan Zhang, Shuai Yuan, Yanshuo Li, Cheng Gu, Xiaoqi Wang, Yanchun Ye, Xiao Feng,* Bo Wang, Electropolymerization of molecular‐sieving polythiophene membranes for H₂ separation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 8768–8772.

30 Li Ma, Yilin Liu, Yi Liu, Shuyi Jiang, Ping Li, Yuchen Hao, Pengpeng Shao, Anxiang Yin, Xiao Feng,* Bo Wang,* Ferrocene-Linkage-Facilitated Charge Separation in Conjugated Microporous Polymers, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 4221–4226.

29 Zhenbin Guo,^a Yuanyuan Zhang,^a Yu Dong, Jie Li, Siwu Li, Pengpeng Shao, Xiao Feng,* Bo Wang,* Fast Ion Transport Pathway Provided by Polyethylene Glycol Confined in Covalent Organic Frameworks, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 1923–1927. (ESI高被引)

28 Pengpeng Shao,^a Jie Li,^a Fan Chen, Li Ma, Qingbin Li, Mengxi Zhang, Junwen Zhou, Anxiang Yin, Xiao Feng,* Bo Wang,* Flexible Films of Covalent Organic Frameworks with Ultralow Dielectric Constants under High Humidity, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 16501–16505.

27 王珊，冯霄^*，王博，共价有机框架材料的设计与制备，科学通报，2018，63，2229–2245. （综述）

26 Shan Wang,^a Li Ma,^a Qianyou Wang, Pengpeng Shao, Dou Ma, Shuai Yuan, Peng Lei, Pengfei Li, Xiao Feng,* Bo Wang, Covalent organic frameworks: a platform for the experimental establishment of the influence of intermolecular distance on phosphorescence, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018, 6, 5369–5374.

25 Haiwei Li, Xiao Feng,* Dou Ma, Mengxi Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yi Liu, Jinwei Zhang, Bo Wang,* Stable Aluminum Metal–Organic Frameworks (Al-MOFs) for Balanced CO₂ and Water Selectivity, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 3160–3163.

24 Yuanyuan Zhang, Jiyun Duan, Dou Ma, Pengfei Li, Siwu Li, Haiwei Li, Junwen Zhou, Xiaojie Ma, Xiao Feng,* Bo Wang, Three-Dimensional Anionic Cyclodextrin-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 16313–16317.

23 Qianyou Wang, Shan Wang, Xiao Feng,* Le Wu, Guoying Zhang, Mingrui Zhou, Bo Wang*, Li Yang*, A Heat-Resistant and Energetic Metal−Organic Framework Assembled by Chelating Ligand, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 37542–37547. 

22 Qian-You Wang, Shan Wang, Xiao Feng,* Le Wu, Sheng-Han Zhang, Nan Ding, Wen-Chao Tong, Ming-Rui Zhou, Bo Wang, Li Yang*, A facile method to prepare energetic materials (EMs), RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 48161–48165.

21 Li Ma, Xiao Feng,* Shan Wang, Bo Wang, Recent advances in AIEgen-based luminescent metal-organic frameworks and covalent organic frameworks, Mater. Chem. Front., 2017, 1, 2474–2486.

20 Shan Wang,^a Qianyou Wang,^a Xiao Feng,* Bo Wang*, Li Yang, Explosives in the Cage: Metal-Organic Frameworks for High-Energy Materials Sensing and Desensitization, Adv. Mater., 2017, 29: 1701898, DOI: 10.1002/adma.201701898. （综述）

19 Shan Wang, Qianyou Wang, Pengpeng Shao, Yuzhen Han, Xing Gao, Li Ma, Shuai Yuan, Xiaojie Ma, Junwen Zhou, Xiao Feng,* Bo Wang,* Exfoliation of Covalent Organic Frameworks into Few-Layer Redox-Active Nanosheets as Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 4258–4261. (ESI高被引)

18 Nan Ding,^a Haiwei Li,^a Xiao Feng,* Qianyou Wang, Shan Wang, Li Ma, Junwen Zhou, Bo Wang,* Partitioning MOF-5 into Confined and Hydrophobic Compartments for Carbon Capture under Humid Conditions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 10100–10103.

17 Xiao Feng,^a Xuesong Ding,^a Long Chen,^a Yang Wu, Lili Liu, Matthew Addicoat, Stephan Irle, Yuping Dong, Donglin Jiang,* Two-dimensional artificial light-harvesting antennae with predesigned high-order structure and robust photosensitising activity, Sci. Rep., 2016, 6: 32944, DOI: 10.1038/srep32944.

16 Li Ma, Shan Wang, Xiao Feng,* Bo Wang, Recent advances of covalent organic frameworks in electronic and optical applications, Chinese Chem. Lett., 2016, 27, 1383–1394. （综述）

15 Lu Wang,^a Xiao Feng,^a Lantian Ren, Qiuhan Piao, Jieqiang Zhong, Yuanbo Wang, Haiwei Li, Yifa Chen, Bo Wang,* Flexible Solid-State Supercapacitor Based on a Metal–Organic Framework Interwoven by Electrochemically-Deposited PANI, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 4920–4923. (equal contribution)(ESI高被引)

14 Yuanyuan Zhang, Xiao Feng,* Haiwei Li, Yifa Chen, Jingshu Zhao, Shan Wang, Lu Wang, Bo Wang,* Photoinduced Postsynthetic Polymerization of a Metal-Organic Framework toward a Flexible Stand-Alone Membrane, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 4259–4263. (Highlighted by Nat. Mater.)

13 Jingshu Zhao, Haiwei Li, Yuzhen Han, Rui Li, Xuesong Ding, Xiao Feng,* Bo Wang,* Chirality from substitution: enantiomer separation via a modified metal-organic framework, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 12145–12148.

12 Yifa Chen,^a Xiao Feng,^a Xianqiang Huang, Zhengguo Lin, Xiaokun Pei, Siqing Li, Jikun Li, Shan Wang, Rui Li, Bo Wang,* A Tale of Copper Coordination Frameworks: Controlled Single- Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformations and Their Catalytic C-H Bond Activation Properties, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 13894–13899. (equal contribution)

11 Yuexin Guo, Xiao Feng,* Tianyu Han, Shan Wang, Zhengguo Lin, Yuping Dong, Bo Wang,* Tuning the luminescence of metal-organic frameworks for detection of energetic heterocyclic compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 15485–15488. (Highlighted by ACS Noteworthy Chemistry, ESI高被引)

10 Yuexin Guo,^a Shangzhi Gu,^a Xiao Feng,* Jiani Wang, Haiwei Li, Tianyu Han, Yuping Dong, Xin Jiang, Tony D. James, Bo Wang,* 3D Cross-Correlative Matrix Temperature Detection and Non-Invasive Thermal Mapping based on a Molecular Probe, Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 4388–4393.

9 Yijia Zhang,^a Ting Han,^a Shangzhi Gu, Tianye Zhou, Chuanzhen Zhao, Yuexin Guo, Xiao Feng,* Bin Tong, Jianbing Shi, Junge Zhi, Yuping Dong,* Mechanochromic Behavior of Aryl-Substituted Buta-1,3-Diene Derivatives with Aggregation Enhanced Emission, Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 8856–8861.

8 Haiwei Li, Xiao Feng,* Yuexin Guo, Didi Chen, Rui Li, Xiaoqian Ren, Xin Jiang, Yuping Dong, Bo Wang,* A malonitrile-functionalized metal-organic framework for hydrogen sulfide detection and selective amino acid molecular recognition, Sci. Rep. 2014, 4: 4366, DOI: 10.1038/srep04366.

7 Ting Han,^a Yijia Zhang,^a Xiao Feng,* Zhengguo Lin, Bin Tong, Jianbing Shi, Junge Zhi, Yuping Dong,* Reversible and Hydrogen Bonding-Assisted Piezochromic Luminescence for Solid-State Tetraaryl-buta-1,3-diene, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 7049–7051.

6 Xiao Feng, Yuping Dong, Donglin Jiang,* Star-Shaped Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks, CrystEngComm, 2013, 15, 1508–1511.

5. Xiao Feng, Xuesong Ding, Donglin Jiang,* Covalent Organic Frameworks, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 6010–6022. (ESI高被引)

4. Xiao Feng, Lili Liu, Yoshihito Honsho, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Stephan Irle,* Yuping Dong, Atsushi Nagai, Donglin Jiang,* High-Rate Charge-Carrier Transport in Porphyrin Covalent Organic Frameworks: Switching from Hole to Electron to Ambipolar Conduction, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 2618–2622.

3. Xiao Feng,^a Long Chen,^a Yoshihito Honsho, Oraphan Saengsawang, Lili Liu, Lu Wang, Akinori Saeki, Stephan Irle, Shu Seki, Yuping Dong, Donglin Jiang,* An Ambipolar Conducting Covalent Organic Framework with Self-Sorted and Periodic Electron Donor-Acceptor Ordering, Adv. Mater., 2012, 24, 3026–3031. (Highlighted by 日刊工业新闻、日经产业、科学新闻、日经产业新闻)

2. Xiao Feng, Long Chen, Yuping Dong, Donglin Jiang,* Porphyrin-Based Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks: Synchronized Synthetic Control of Macroscopic Structures and Pore Parameters, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 1979–1981.

1. Xiao Feng, Bin Tong,* Jinbo Shen, Jianbing Shi, Tianyu Han, Long Chen, Junge Zhi, Ping Lu, Yuguang Ma, Yuping Dong,* Aggregation-Induced Emission Enhancement of Aryl-Substituted Pyrrole Derivatives, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2010, 114, 16731–16736.