Qi Li received his M.S. degree (2019) from Nanjing Normal University and his Engineering Ph.D. degree (2024) from Southeast University under the supervision of Prof. Zeng-Mei Wang and in collaboration with Prof. Ya-Qian Lan. Since 2024, he has been conducting postdoctoral research at South China Normal University with Prof. Yifa Chen. His current research focuses on the syntheses of COF-based crystalline porous materials and their applications in energy storage and conversion

Minqiao Liang was born in 2004 in Guangdong, China. She is now a chemistry undergraduate at South China Normal University under the supervision of Prof. Ya-Qian Lan and Prof. Yifa Chen. Her research interest focuses on the syntheses of crystalline porous materials (COF-based composites) and their applications in energy storage and conversion

Xiaofei Chen received her Ph.D. degree in polymer chemistry and physics from Jilin University under the supervision of Prof. Lixin Wu in 2021. Currently, she works at the Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials of the Ministry of Education, Henan University, China. Her current research focuses on the syntheses of polyoxometalate based supramolecular complexes as well as COF and their applications in photocatalysis and photothermal catalysischenxf22@henu.edu.cn

Yifa Chen received his B.S. degree from School of Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology. He subsequently obtained his Ph.D. degree from School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology under the supervision of Prof. Bo Wang. In 2022, he joined South China Normal University (SCNU, China) as a professor of chemistry. His research interest focuses on the fabrication of porous crystalline material based devices like membranes, foams and fibers that can be applicable in photo-/electro-catalysis, energy storage or environment treatmentchenyf927821@163.com

Ya-Qian Lan received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees (2009) from Northeast Normal University under the supervision of Prof. Zhong-Min Su. In 2010, he joined the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Japan) as a JSPS postdoctoral fellow. In 2012, he became a professor of chemistry at Nanjing Normal University (NNU, China). In 2021, he joined South China Normal University (SCNU, China) as a professor of chemistry. His current research interest focuses on the synthesis of new crystalline materials and catalytic research related to clean energy applicationsyqlan@m.scnu.edu.cn