General
   

Research Areas

Energy Materials; Nanoreactor; Nanoporous Materials; Physical Chemistry; Nanocatalysis

Education

2005-05~2008-12  Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences  Ph.D

2002-09~2005-04  Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Harbin Engineering University joint training  M.E.

1998-09~2002-07  Inner Mongolia University of Technology  B.E.

Experience

   
Work Experience

2017-07~                Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences  Professor

2017-04               University of  Surrey  Invitation Fellowship

2014-10~2014-11   Université Lille1 Sciences et Technologies   FASIC program Early Career Fellowships

2013-12~2014-02  National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS)   JSPS Invitation Fellowship

2013-04~2017-06    Curtin University    Senior Lecturer/Lecturer

2011-05~2011-08   University of Washington    Visiting Scholar

2009-02~2013-04    Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), University of Queensland  Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellowship/UQ Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Teaching Experience

Process Principles
Advanced Particle Processes
Engineering Materials


Book

BOOK
1.    Jian Liu and San Ping Jiang, Mesoporous Materials for Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies, March 29, 2017, by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-149-8747-99-8, 149874799X, 326 pages.
 
BOOK CHAPTERS
1.    Fangfang Chang, Lingyan Jing, Yash Boyjoo, Jian Liu*, and Qihua Yang*, "Chapter 23, Yolk-Shell Structured Functional Nanoreactors for Organic Transformations" , In :Core-Shell and Yolk-Shell Nanocatalysts, 2021: In press, edited by Hiromi Yamashita and Hexing Li (Eds): Springer Nature. ISBN: 978-981-16-0463-8
2.    Cameron-Alexander Hurd Price, Laura Pastor Pérez, Tomas Ramirez Reina and Jian Liu*, “Chapter 15, Yolk@Shell Materials for CO2 Conversion: Chemical and Photochemical Applications”, In: Engineering Solutions for CO2 Conversion, 2020: 1–50, edited by Tomas Ramirez Reina, Jose A. Odriozola and Harvey Arellano-Garcia (Eds.), John Wiley & Sons, Limited. ISBN 978-352-7346-39-4. 2020, p. 800
3.    Hao Tian, Shaomin Liu, San Ping Jiang and Jian Liu*, “Chapter 1, Functional mesoporous carbons from template methods for energy storage and conversion”, In: Mesoporous Materials for Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies, 2017: 1–50, edited by Jian Liu and Sanping Jiang (Eds.), CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-149-8747-99-8.
4.    Hitham Hassan Mahmoud, Jing Tang, Dessi A. Koleva, Jian Liu, Yusuke Yamauchi, Moses O. Tade, “Chapter 6, The Effect of Nitrogen-Doped Mesoporous Carbon Spheres (NMCSs) on the Electrochemical Behavior of Carbon Steel in Simulated Concrete Pore Water” In: Concrete Durability, Cementitious Materials and Reinforced Concrete Properties, Behaviour and Corrosion Resistance, 2017: 109-137, edited by Luis Emilio Rendon Diaz Miron, Dessi A. Koleva, (Eds.), Springer Nature. ISBN: 978-3-319-55461-7 (Print), 978-3-319-55463-1 (Online).
5.    Shi Zhang Qiao, Jian Liu and Gao Qing (Max) Lu, “Chapter 21, Synthetic Chemistry of Nanomaterials” In: Modern Inorganic Synthetic Chemistry, Second Edition, 2017: 613–640, edited by Ruren Xu and Yan Xu (Eds), Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-444-63591-4.
6.    Tianyu Yang, Jian Liu and Michael J. Monteiro, “Chapter 2, Yolk–Shell-Structured Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Surface Functionalization, and Their Applications in Nanomedicine”, In: Nanomaterials: Science and Applications, 2016: 61–106, edited by Deborah M. Kane, Adam Micolich, Peter Roger (Eds.), Pan Stanford Publishing Pt Ltd. ISBN: 978-981-4669-72-6, eBook ISBN: 978-981-4669-73-3; DOI: 10.1201/b20041-3 (Book Cover)
7.    Sheng Chen, Jian Liu and Shi Zhang Qiao, “Chapter 3, Heteroatom-Doped Nanoporous Carbon for Electrocatalysis” In: Nanocarbons for Advanced Energy Conversion: Volume 2, 2015: 43–73, edited by Xinliang Feng. Wiley-VCH in Weinheim, Germany. ISBN 978-3-527-33666-1. (Sheng Chen and Jian Liu are contributed equally to this work)
8.    Jian Liu*, Shi Zhang Qiao and Gao Qing (Max) Lu, “Chapter 7, Synthesis and Application of Hollow Nanostructured Silica”, In: Nanotechnology in Australia: Showcase of Early Career Research, 2011: 219–258, edited by Deborah M. Kane, Adam P. Micolich, and James R. Rabeau, (Eds.), Pan Stanford Publishing Pt Ltd. ISBN: 978-981-4310-02-4.
9.    Shi Zhang Qiao, Jian Liu and Gao Qing (Max) Lu, “Chapter 21, Synthetic Chemistry of Nanomaterials” In: Modern Inorganic Synthetic Chemistry, 2011: 479–506, edited by Ruren Xu, Wenqin Pang, Qisheng Huo (Eds), Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-444-53599-3.
10. Qihua Yang and Jian Liu, “Chapter 10, Synthesis of Mesoporous Silicas and Organosilicas under Mild Reaction Medium”, In: Bio-Inspired Materials Synthesis, 2010: 225–248, Yanfeng Gao (Eds.), Research Signpost, Kerala, India, ISBN: 978-81-308-0401-9.

Papers

SELECTED KEY PUBLICATIONS:
1.    Jian Liu, Nilantha P. Wickramaratne, Shi Zhang Qiao and Mietek Jaroniec*, “Molecular-based Design and Emerging Applications of Nanoporous Carbon Spheres” Nature Materials, 2015, 14, 763–774. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)
2.    Hao Tian#, Huajun Tian#, Shijian Wang, Shuangming Chen, Fan Zhang, Li Song*, Hao Liu*, Jian Liu* and Guoxiu Wang* “High-power Lithium-selenium Batteries Enabled by Atomic Cobalt Electrocatalyst Incorporated in Hollow Carbon Cathode” Nature Communications, 2020, 11, 5025. (Corresponding author)
3.    Jian Liu*, Tianyu Yang, Da-Wei Wang, Gao Qing (Max) Lu, Dongyuan Zhao and Shi Zhang Qiao*, “A Facile Soft-template Synthesis of Mesoporous Polymeric and Carbonaceous Nanospheres” Nature Communications, 2013, 4, 2798; doi: 10.1038/ncomms3798, Published 17 Dec 2013 (Corresponding author, Nature Communications is ranked #3 in the multidisciplinary sciences category behind Nature and Science, highlighted in Chemistry in Australia, 2014, March, 12; Chemical Engineering in Australia, 2014, 39, 1; Energising WA, 2014, March, 8(ESI Highly Cited Paper)
4.    Panpan Su, Wei Pei, Xiaowei Wang, Yanfu Ma, Qike Jiang, Ji Liang, * Si Zhou,* Jijun Zhao, Jian Liu* and Gao Qing (Max) Lu “Exceptional electrochemical HER performance with enhanced electron transfer between Ru nanoparticles and single atoms dispersed on carbon substrate” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 16044–16050 (Corresponding author)
5.    Chao Dong#, Qun Yu#, Run-Ping Ye, Panpan Su, Jian Liu* and Guang-Hui Wang* “Hollow Carbon Sphere Nanoreactors Loaded with PdCu Nanoparticles: Void-Confinement Effects in Liquid-Phase Hydrogenations” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 18374–18379. (Cover Paper, Corresponding author)
6.    Tianyu Yang#, Lijuan Wei#, Lingyan Jing, Jifen Liang, Xiaoming Zhang, Min Tang, Michael J. Monteiro, Ying (Ian) Chen, Yong Wang, Sai Gu, Dongyuan Zhao, Hengquan Yang*, Jian Liu* and G. Q. Max Lu. “Dumbbell-shaped Bi-component Mesoporous Janus Solid Nanoparticles for Biphasic Interface Catalysis” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 8459–8463. (Corresponding author)
7.    Yueyu Tong, Haipeng Guo, Daolan Liu, Xiao Yan, Panpan Su, Ji Liang*, Si Zhou*, Jian Liu*, Gao Qing (Max) Lu and Shi Xue Dou, “Vacancy Engineering of Fe-doped W18O49 Nanoreactors for Low-barrier Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 7356–7361. (Cover Paper, Corresponding author)
8.    Xiaomin Ren#, Miao Guo#, He Li, Chengbin Li, Liang Yu,* Jian Liu* and Qihua Yang*, “Microenvironment Engineering of Ru Nanoparticles Incorporated in Silica Nanoreactors for Enhanced Hydrogenations” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 14483–14488. (VIP Paper, Cover Paper, Corresponding author)
9.    Wei Zhang, Yanyi Zhao, Victor Malgras, Qingmin Ji, Dongmei Jiang, Ruijuan Qi, Katsuhiko Ariga, Yusuke Yamauchi, Jian Liu*, Ji-Sen Jiang* and Ming Hu*, “Synthesis of Monocrystalline Nanoframes of Prussian Blue Analogues by Controlled Preferential Etching” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, 55, 8228–8234. (Frontispiece, Corresponding author)
10. Jing Tang, Jian Liu*, Cuiling Li, Yunqi Li, Moses O. Tade, Sheng Dai* and Yusuke Yamauchi*, “Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Mesoporous Carbon Spheres with Extra-Large Pores through Assembly of Diblock Copolymer Micelles” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 588–593. (Corresponding author, highlighted in Chemistry in Australia) (ESI Highly Cited Paper)
11. Yan Yang, Xiao Liu, Xiaobo Li, Jiao Zhao, Shiyang Bai, Jian Liu* and Qihua Yang*, “Yolk-Shell Nanoreactor with Basic Core and Acidic Shell for Cascade Reactions” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 9164–9168. (Corresponding author, Hot Paper, Highlighted in Materials views China)
12. Jian Liu, Shi Zhang Qiao*, Hao Liu, Jun Chen, Ajay Orpe, Dongyuan Zhao and Gao Qing (Max) Lu*, “Extension of Stöber Method for the Preparation of Monodisperse Resorcinol Formaldehyde Resin Polymer and Carbon Spheres” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 50, 5947–5951. (VIP Paper, Cover Paper, highlighted in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 50, 9023–9025; and Chemistry in Australia, 2011, 78(7), 10.) (ESI Highly Cited Paper)
13. Jian Liu, Shi Zhang Qiao*, Sandy Budi Hartono and Gao Qing (Max) Lu*, “Monodisperse Yolk-Shell Nano-Particles with Hierarchical Porous Structure as Delivery Vehicles and Nanoreactors” Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2010, 49, 4981–4985. (Cover Paper, highlighted in Chemistry World, 2010, 7(7) 30; Nature Materials, 2010, 9, 534; and Chemistry in Australia, 2010, 77(9), 9, one of 25 the most frequently cited papers among those published in 2010 or 2011, the 25 papers including the papers published from Prof. Michael Gratzel, Prof. Klaus Mullen, Prof. Jurgen Caro, Prof. Shuit-Tong Lee, Prof. C. N. R. Rao) (ESI Highly Cited Paper)
14. Yanping Chen*, Jiatong Wei, Melis S. Duyar, Vitaly V. Ordomsky*, Andrei Y. Khodakov and Jian Liu* “Carbon-based catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis” Chemical Society Reviews, 2021, 50, 6013–6047. (Cover Paper, Corresponding author) (Review)
15. Yash Boyjoo, Meiwen Wang, Vishnu K. Pareek, Jian Liu* and Mietek Jaroniec*, “Synthesis and Applications of Porous Non-silica Metal Oxide Submicrospheres” Chemical Society Reviews, 2016, 45, 6013–6047. (Corresponding author) (Review)
16. Hao Tian, Jinhui Zhao, Xinyao Wang, Lizhuo Wang, Hao Liu, Guoxiu Wang, Jun Huang*, Jian Liu* and G. Q. (Max) Lu, “Construction of Hollow Mesoporous Silica Nanoreactors for Enhanced Photo-oxidations over Au-Pt Catalysts” National Science Review, 2020, 7, 14483–14488. (Corresponding author).
17. Xiaowei Wang, Siyao Qiu, Jianmin Feng, Yueyu Tong, Fengling Zhou, Qinye Li, Li Song, Shuangming Chen, Kuang-Hsu Wu, Panpan Su, Sheng Ye, Feng Hou, Shi Xue Dou, Hua Kun Liu, Gao Qing (Max) Lu, Chenghua Sun*, Jian Liu* and Ji Liang* “Confined Fe-Cu Clusters as Subnanometer Reactors for Efficiently Regulating Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction” Advanced Materials, 2020, 32, 2004382. (Cover Paper, Corresponding author)
18. Hao Tian, Ji Liang and Jian Liu*, "Nanoengineering Carbon Spheres as Nanoreactors for Sustainable Energy Applications" Advanced Materials, 2019, 31, 1903886.
19. Yash Boyjoo#, Haodong Shi#, Qiang Tian, Shaomin Liu, Ji Liang* Zhong-Shuai Wu* Mietek Jaroniec and Jian Liu*, “Engineering Nanoreactors for Metal-Chalcogen Batteries” Energy & Environmental Science, 2021, 14, 540–575. (Cover Paper, Corresponding author) (Review)
20. Yao Zheng#, Jian Liu#, Ji Liang, Mietek Jaroniec and Shi Zhang Qiao*, “Graphitic carbon nitride materials: Controllable Synthesis and Applications in Fuel Cells and Photocatalysis” Energy & Environmental Science, 2012, 5, 6717–6731. (Yao Zheng and Jian Liu are contributed equally to this work) (Invited Perspective) (ESI Highly Cited Paper)
21. Yash Boyjoo#, Haodong Shi#, Emilia Olsson, Qiong Cai, Zhong-Shuai Wu*, Jian Liu* and Gao Qing (Max) Lu, “Molecular-Level Design of Pyrrhotite Electrocatalyst Decorated Hierarchical Porous Carbon Spheres as Nanoreactors for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries” Advanced Energy Materials, 2020, 10, 2000651. (Corresponding author)
22. Zhengbin Tian, Chao Dong, Qun Yu, Run-Ping Ye, Melis S. Duyar, Jian Liu*, Heqing Jiang* and Guang-Hui Wang* “A Universal Nanoreactor Strategy for Scalable Supported Ultrafine Bimetallic Nanoparticles Synthesis” Materials Today, 2020, 37, 200246. (Cover Paper, Corresponding author)
23. Lin Huang#, Deepanjali D. Gurav#, Shu Wu, Wei Xu, Vadanasundari Vedarethinam, Jing Yang, Haiyang Su, Xinze Wan, Yuan Fang, Baiyong Shen, Cameron-Alexander Hurd Price, Eirini Velliou, Jian Liu* and Kun Qian*, “A Multifunctional Platinum Nanoreactor for Point-of-care Metabolic Analysis” Matter, 2019, 1, 1669–1680. (Corresponding author)
24. Haiyang Su, Qiang Tian, Cameron-Alexander Hurd Price, Lin Xu, Kun Qian* and Jian Liu*, “Nanoporous Core@Shell Particles: Design, Preparation, Applications in Bioadsorption and Biocatalysis” Nano Today, 2020, 31, 100834. (Corresponding author)
25. Jing Tang, Jian Liu*, Nagy L. Torad, Tatsuo Kimura*, and Yusuke Yamauchi*, “Tailored design of functional nanoporous carbon materials toward fuel cell applications” Nano Today, 2014, 9, 305–323. (Corresponding author, Invited Review) (ESI Highly Cited Paper)
26. Yi Cheng, Jinyang Zhang, Xing Wu, Chongjian Tang, Shi-ze Yang, Panpan Su, Lars Thomsen, Feiping Zhao, Shanfu Lu*, Jian Liu* and San Ping Jiang* “A Template-free Method to Synthesis High Density Iron Single Atoms Anchored on Carbon Nanotubes for High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells” Nano Energy, 2021, 80, 105534. (Corresponding author)
27. Feilong Gong#, Sheng Ye#, Mengmeng Liu, Jiangwei Zhang, Lihua Gong, Guang Zeng, Erchao Meng, Panpan Su, Kefeng Xie, Yonghui Zhang* and Jian Liu*, “Boosting electrochemical oxygen evolution over yolk-shell structured O-MoS2 nanoreactors with sulfur vacancy and decorated Pt nanoparticles” Nano Energy, 2020, 78, 105284. (Corresponding author)
28. Hao Tian, Xiaoyan Liu, Liubing Dong, Xiaomin Ren, Hao Liu, Cameron Alexander Hurd Price, Ying Li, Guoxiu Wang, Qihua Yang and Jian Liu*, “Enhanced Hydrogenation Performance over Hollow Structured Co-CoOx@N-C Capsules” Advanced Science, 2019, 6, 1900807. (Cover Paper, Corresponding author)
29. Liqiu Zhang, Kun Qian, Xupeng Wang, Fan Zhang, Xin Shi,* Yijiao Jiang, Shaomin Liu, Mietek Jaroniec and Jian Liu*, “Yolk-Shell Structured Aluminum Phenylphosphonate Microspheres with Anionic Core and Cationic Shell” Advanced Science, 2016, 3, 1500363; DOI: 10.1002/advs.201500363; published online 25th February 2016. (Cover Paper, Highlighted in MaterialsViewsChina, Corresponding author)
30. Feilong Gong, Mengmeng Liu, Sheng Ye,* Lihua Gong, Guang Zeng, Lin Xu, Xiaoli Zhang, Yonghui Zhang, Liming Zhou, Shaoming Fang* and Jian Liu* “All-pH stable sandwich-structured MoO2/MoS2/C hollow nanoreactors for enhanced electrochemical hydrogen evolution” Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 31, 2101715. (Corresponding author)
31. Hao Tian, Fei Huang, Yihan Zhu, Shaomin Liu, Yu Han, Mietek Jaroniec, Qihua Yang, Hongyang Liu*, G. Q. Max Lu and Jian Liu*, “The Development of Yolk-shell Structured Pd&ZnO@carbon Submicroreactors with High Selectivity and Stability” Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, 28, 1801737. (Cover Paper, Corresponding author)
32. Jian Liu, Heng Quan Yang, Freddy Kleitz, Zhi Gang Chen, Tianyu Yang, Ekaterina Strounina, Gao Qing (Max) Lu* and Shi Zhang Qiao*, “Yolk-Shell Hybrid Materials with Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas (PMO) Shell: Ideal Nanoreactors for Selective Alcohol Oxidation” Advanced Functional Materials, 2012, 22, 591–599. (Cover Paper) (ESI Highly Cited Paper)
33. Panpan Su, Shuangshuang Ma, Wenjuan Huang, Yash Boyjoo, Shiyang Bai* and Jian Liu*, “Ca2+ doped ultrathin cobalt hydroxyloxides from coordination polymers as efficient electrocatalysts for water oxidations” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7, 19415–19422. (Corresponding author)
34. Hao Tian, Songcan Wang, Chi Zhang, Jean-Pierre Veder, Jian Pan, Mietek Jaroniec, Lianzhou Wang and Jian Liu*, “Design and Synthesis of Porous ZnTiO3/TiO2 Nanocages with Heterojunctions for Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Production” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 11615–11622. (Cover Paper, Corresponding author)
35. Xiaoyan Liu, Guojun Lan, Yash Boyjoo, Lihua Qian, Sai Gu, Cameron Alexander Hurd Price, Liang Wang, Ying Li* and Jian Liu*, “N-doped carbon spheres impregnated with highly monodispersed ruthenium nanoparticles as a hydrogenation catalyst” Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019, 374, 895–903. (Corresponding author)
36. Tianyu Yang, Huajuan Ling, Jean-François Lamonier, Mietek Jaroniec, Jun Huang,* Michael J. Monteiro* and Jian Liu*, “A Synthetic Strategy for Carbon Nanospheres Impregnated with Highly Monodispersed Metal Nanoparticles” NPG Asia Materials, 2016, 8, e240; doi:10.1038/am.2015.145; published online 5th February 2016. (Corresponding author)
37. Qiang Tian, Lingyan Jing, Sheng Ye, Junxue Liu, Ruotian Chen, Cameron-Alexander Hurd Price, Fengtao Fan and Jian Liu* “Nanospatial Charge Modulation of Monodispersed Polymeric Microsphere Photocatalysts for Exceptional Hydrogen Peroxide Production” Small, 2021, 17, 2103224. (Corresponding author)
38. Jiatong Wei#, Yanping Chen#, Yanfu Ma, Xin Shi*, Xiaoli Zhang, Chunjing Shi, Ming Hu, and Jian Liu* “Precisely Engineering Architectures of Co/C Submicroreactors for Selective Syngas Conversion” Small, 2021, 17, 2100082. (Cover Paper, Corresponding author)
39. Xiaoyan Liu, Sheng Ye, Guojun Lan, Panpan Su, Xiaoli Zhang, Cameron Alexander Hurd Price, Ying Li* and Jian Liu* “Atomic Pyridinic Nitrogen Sites Promoting Levulinic Acid Hydrogenations over Double-Shelled Hollow Ru/C Nanoreactors” Small, 2021, 17, 2101271. (Corresponding author)
40. Run-Ping Ye#, Xinyao Wang#, Cameron-Alexander Hurd Price, Xiaoyan Liu, Qihua Yang, Mietek Jaroniec and Jian Liu*, “Engineering of Yolk/Core–Shell Structured Nanoreactors for Thermal Hydrogenations” Small, 2021, 17, 1906250. (Invited Review, Corresponding author)
41. Lingyan Jing#, Cheng Tang#, Qiang Tian, Tianyi Liu, Sheng Ye, Panpan Su, Yao Zheng, Jian Liu*, “Mesoscale Diffusion Enhancement of Carbon-Bowl-Shaped Nanoreactor toward High-Performance Electrochemical H2O2 Production” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 39763–39771. (Corresponding author)


Patents

1.    Jian Liu, Lihong Liu, Shaomin Liu, Hao Tian, Xinyao Wang, Shaokun Zhang, Yanping Chen and Hong Wu, “A Nanoreactor: Preparation Method and Its Applications” Chinese patent application number: ZL 2019 1 1165856.3

2.    Qihua Yang, Jian Liu and Jie Yang, “An Adsorbent for Heavy Metal Ions” Chinese patent number: ZL 2004 1 0070107 X.

3.    Qihua Yang, Jian Liu Lei Zhang and Can Li, “A Novel Synthesis Method for Hybrid Hollow Nanospheres” ZL 2007 1 0012158.0

4.    Qihua Yang, Congming Li and Jian Liu, “A Novel Sulfonic Functionalized Hybrid Materials with Unique Structure” Chinese patent application number: 200710012712.5.

5.    Qihua Yang, Jinsuo Gao and Jian Liu, “Synthesis and Application of L-proline Functionalized Mesoporous Silicas” ZL 2008 1 0013568.1

6.    Jian Liu, Qiang Tian, Lingyan Jin and Yanping Chen, “A Novel Synthesis Method for Mesoporous Carbon Spheres and Its Applications” Chinese patent application number: 201911067630.X

7.    Jian Liu, Lingyan Jin, Qiang Tian and Yanping Chen, “A One Pot Low Temperature Strategy for the Preparation Nanoporous Nestle-like Polymer and Carbon Bowls” Chinese patent application number: 201911066739.1

8.    Jian Liu, Yanping Chen, Kun Qian, Jing Zhang, Xinyao Wang, Xiaolu Tang and Wenlong Gao, “A Novel Synthesis Method for Ceria Oxides and Its Applications” Chinese patent application number: 201911243695.5

9.    Jian Liu, Lu, Yin, Yanping Chen, Xin Shi and Panpan Su, “A Preparation Method for Spherical Particles and Its Applications” Chinese patent application number:  201911285209.6

10. Jian Liu, Qinglong Liu, Runping Ye, Qihua Yang, Xiaolu Tang and Xinyao Wang “A Preparation Method for Phenolic Resins and Its Applications” Chinese patent application number: 201911303342.X

11. Jian Liu, Lin Liao, Runping Ye, Xiao Yan, Lidong Chen, Xiaolu Tang “A Preparation Method for Carbon Spheres Supported Bimetallic Catalysts and Its Applications” Chinese patent application number: 202011459327.7

12. Jian Liu, Lingyan Jing, Qiang Tian, Panpan Su, “Preparation and application of mesoporous carbon nanomaterials” _ Chinese patent application number: 202110936509.7

13. Jian Liu, Jiancheng Wang, Rui Huang, “A method of preparing carbon nanosphere based on low-medium   temperature coal tar and its properties” Chinese patent application number: 202110946300.9

14. Jian Liu, Qiang Tian, Lingyan Jing, Panpan Su “One-pot method for preparing hollow carbon sphere and its application” Chinese patent application number: 202111021246.3

15. Jian Liu, Qiang Tian, Lingyan Jing, Sheng Ye, “Application of a kind of phenolic resin in photocatalytic water oxidation reaction” Chinese patent application number: 202111022201.8

16. Jian Liu, Xinyao Wang, Hao Tian, Runping Ye, Yanping Chen “Preparation and application of dual-metal doped silica nanocomposites” Chinese patent application number: 202111178826.3

17. Jian Liu, Yutong Pi, Xinyao Wang, Yanping Chen, Yanfu Ma “A micro-nano phenolic resin and carbon materials, its preparation method and application thereof” Chinese patent application number: 202210241103.1

18. Jian Liu, Fangfang Chang, Panpan Su, Yanfu Ma “one- step synthesis of N, F co-doped carbon nanocage materials” Chinese patent application number: 202210356797.3

19. Jian Liu, Yutong Pi, Yanfu Ma, Yanping Chen, Liwei Wang “A preparation method and application of three-dimensionally macroporous oxides” Chinese patent application number: 202210636248.1

20. Runping Ye, Jian Liu, Yanping Chen, Zezhong Cao “Preparation and application of a bifunctional catalyst for methanol synthesis and its reforming to hydrogen product” Chinese patent application number: 202110540957.5


Research Interests

Design of nanoreactors with core-shell, yolk-shell and Janus structures; Development of high efficient CO2 conversion catalysts including electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, photo electrocatalysis process; Development of new synthetic strategies for functional energy nanomaterials and their applications in energy storage and conversion. 


Conferences

Keynote
1. The 11th National Catalyst Preparation science and Technology Symposium, in November 5-8, 2021, Nanchang, China. (Keynote speaker)
2. The 20th National Catalysis Conference, in October 15-20, 2021. Wuhan, China. (Keynote speaker)
3. The 11th International Mesostructured Materials Symposium, in September 5-8, 2021, Dalian, China. (Keynote speaker)
4.  Webinar on Nanomedicine, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, in August 27-30, 2021, Singapore (Keynote speaker)
5.  2021 Midwest Seminar on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, in July 30- August 2, 2021, Lanzhou, China. (Keynote speaker)
6. The 18th National Youth Catalysis Conference, in July 9-12, 2021, TaiyuanChina (Keynote speaker)
7. International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2020 (ICONN2020), in 9th-13th February 2020, Brisbane, Australia (Keynote speaker)
8. Energy and Environmental Materials 2020 (EEM2020), in 6th-8th February 2020, Gold Coast, Australia (Keynote speaker)
9. International Conference on Energy and Healthcare Materials 2020 (ICEHM2020), in 2nd-5th February 2020, Sydney, Australia (Keynote speaker)
10.   International Conference on Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Oceania 2019, September 16-18, 2019, Melbourne, Australia (Keynote speaker)
11.   1st International Conference on Clean Technologies for Blue Planet, 3-6 August.2019, Gold Coast, Australia (keynote speaker)
12.   3rd Green & Sustainable Conference, May 13-16, 2018 in Berlin, Germany (Keynote Speaker)
13.   AEM2017, September 11-13, 2017, University of Surrey, Guildford, England (Keynote Speaker)
14.   The Catalyst and Catalysis Forum, 4-5 August, 2017, Gold Coast, Australia (Keynote Speaker)
15.   1st International Conference on BioNano Innovation (ICBNI), 18-20 July, 2012 in Brisbane, Australia (keynote speaker)
 
Invited Talk
   1.    The 21st Chinese Chemical Society Chinese Zeolite Conference, in September 27-20, 2021, Qingdao, China. (Invited speaker) 
   2.    2021 CIESC Annual Meeting Liaoning Advanced Chemical Industry Development Summit, in September 24-26, 2021, Shenyang, China. (Invited speaker)
   3.    Advanced Materials Lecture Series, in July 28, 2021, Swedish (Online meeting) (Invited speaker)
   4.    2021 Chinese Chemistry Letters Young Chemists Forum Conference Series,in July 24-28, 2021, Linzhi, China. (Invited speaker)
   5.    Cell Symposia: Advancing Catalysis for C1 Chemistry,in July 23-25, 2021, Dalian, China. (Invited speaker)
   6.    The 6th Donghua Shangshi Forum for International Young Scholars, in July 12-14, 2021, Shanghai, China. (Invited speaker)
   7.    The 34th International Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition (EVS34) , in June 25-28, 2021, Nanjing, China. (Invited speaker)
   8.    2021 International Forum on Nanomaterials and energy, in in June 25-27, 2021, Nanjing, China. (Invited speaker)
   9.    2021 National C1 Chemical Technology Seminar, in June 16-19, 2021, Chengdu, China. (Invited speaker)
 10.    The 1st China Nanoenzyme Conference, in May 25-27, 2021, Changchun, China. (Invited speaker)
 11.    2021RSC-Xiamen University Emerging Investigator Forum-Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry and Materials Science, in May 21-23, 2021, Xiamen, China. (Invited speaker)
 12.    The 7th National Conference on Carbon Catalysis, in May 14-17, 2021, Changsha, China. (Invited speaker)
 13.    The 32nd CCS Congress, in April 19-22, 2021,Zhuhai, China (Invited speaker)
 14.    2021 International Symposium on Electrocatalysis and Electrosynthesis, in April 9-11, 2021, Fuzhou, China (Invited speaker)
 15.    Fifth China Symposium on Energy Materials Chemistry, in April 2-4, 2021, Hefei, China (Invited speaker)
 16.    The 7th National Conference on Energy Storage Science and Technology, in December 11-13, 2020, Zibo, China (Invited speaker)
 17.    The 3rd Elite Youth Forum of Chinese Chemical Society, in November 20-23, 2020, Dalian, China (Invited speaker)
 18.    The 5th International Carbon Materials Conference & Exposition, in November 17-20, 2020, Shanghai, China (Invited speaker)
 19.    The 3rd Energy and Environmental Catalysis Conference, in November 12-15, 2020, Fuzhou, China (Invited speaker)
 20.    5th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference, in November 10-11, 2020, Germany (Online meeting) (Invited speaker)
 21.    3rd Inorganic Synthetic Chemistry Symposium, in 10-12 January 2020, Harbin, China (Invited speaker)
 22.    2019 International Conference on Advanced Functional Materials, in December 29-31, 2019, Hangzhou, China (Invited speaker)
 23.    EnergyChem’ 2019, in December 25-28, 2019, Nanking, China (Invited speaker)
 24.    10th Zhuhai Scientific Forum: Materials Chemistry Symposium, in December 22-25, 2019, Zhuhai, China (Invited speaker)
 25.    2019 Wiley-Guangdong University of Technology International Conference on Energy Chemistry, in December 20-22, 2019, Guangzhou, China (Invited speaker)
 26.    International Conference on Polymer Energy Materials and Nanocomposites, in 4-6 December, 2019, in Perth, Australia (Plenary speaker)
 27.    EnSM2019, in 28 November-1 December, 2019 in Shenzhen, China (Invited speaker)
 28.    WILEY-WZU 2019 International Symposium on Functional Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion, in 15-18 November, 2019 in Wenzhou, China (Invited speaker)
 29.    GreenChina2019, 1st International Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference (IGSCC), 17-19 October, 2019, Beijing, China (Invited speaker)
 30.    International Conference on Nanospace Materials (ICNM-2019), October 1-4, 2019  in Brisbane, Australia(Invited speaker)
 31.    The 8th International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ChinaNANO 2019), in 17-19 August 2019, in Beijing, China (Invited speaker)
 32.    2019 International Conference on Electrochemical Energy, August 04-08, 2019. in Sydney, Australia (Invited speaker)
 33.    2019 International Symposium on Energy Conversion and Storage Materials (2019-ISECSM), 30 July-2 August 2019, Brisbane, Australia (Invited speaker)
 34.    2019 International Symposium on Energy Conversion and Storage Materials (ISECSM 2019), 30 July–2 August 2019, Brisbane, Australia (Invited speaker)
 35.    WILEY-Yellow Crane Tower Summit on Advanced Nanomaterials, in 9-11 May 2019, in Wuhan, China (Invited speaker)
 36.    4th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2019, May 5-8, 2019, Hilton Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Invited speaker)
 37.    Nature Conference on Emergent Materials and Devices: Electronic Structures and Properties, Chengdu, April 12-14, in Chengdu, China (Invited speaker)
 38.    International Symposium on Inorganic Materials and Energy Chemistry 2019 (ISIMEC-2019),January 18- 21,2019 in Auckland, New Zealand (Invited speaker)
 39.    2nd Inorganic Synthetic Chemistry Symposium, in 11-13 January 2019, Changchun, China (Invited speaker)
 40.    the 9th Asian Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, October 18-21, 2018 in  Qingdao,  China  (Invited speaker)
 41.    International Conference on Energy and Environmental Materials (ICEEM), 30th July – 2nd August 2018, Hefei, China (Invited speaker)
 42.    2018 International Symposium on Advancement and Prospect of Catalysis Science & Technology, July 25-27, 2018,  Australia (Invited speaker)
 43.    2018 International Symposium on Advanced Materials & Sustainable Technologies, July 22-25, 2018 Australia (Invited speaker)
 44.    2018 International Conference on Energy Storage and Conversion, 16-18 July, 2018, Sydney, Australia (Invited speaker)
 45.    2018 1st International Golden Symposium on Energy and Environmental Materials, May 23-25, 2018 in Yichang, China (Invited speaker)
 46.    The 31st Chinese Chemical Society Congress (31st CCS), May 5-8, 2018 in Hangzhou, China (Invited speaker)
 47.    2018 International Symposium on Nano Energy Materials, April 27-29, 2018 in Tianjin, China (Invited speaker)
 48.    Nature Conference on Emergent Materials and Devices: Electronic Structures and Properties,Chengdu, April 12-14, 2018 in Chengdu, China  (Invited speaker)
 49.    2018 International Symposium on Electrocatalysis and Electrosynthesis (ISEE2018), March 30-April 1, 2018 in Changsha, China (Invited speaker)
 50.    2017 International Symposium on Functional Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion, October 26-29, 2017, in Shanghai, China (Invited speaker)
 51.    The 19th Chinese Zeolite Conference (19th CZC), October 24-28, 2017 in Shanghai, China (Oral presentation)
 52.    2017 Catalytic Materials and Catalysts Workshop, October 11-13, 2017 in Fuzhou, China (Invited speaker)
 53.    The 7th International Conference on Nanoscience & Technology, China( ChinaNANO) 2017. August 29-31, 2017, Beijing, China (Invited speaker)
 54.    The Catalyst and Catalysis Forum, 4-5 August, 2017, Gold Coast, Australia (Keynote Speaker)
 55.    2017 International Symposium on Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, 31 July 2017 – 3rd Aug 2017, Brisbane, Australia (Invited speaker)
 56.    the 8th International Conference on Hydrogen Production (ICH2P 2017), July 28-31, 2017 in Brisbane Australia (Invited speaker)
 57.    NANOPOROUS MATERIALS-8, 9 -12 July, 2017 University of Ottawa, Canada (Invited speaker)
 58.    2017 1ST Australia – China Conference on Science, Technology & Innovation, 2-5 February, 2017, UniClub, Perth, Australia (Invited speaker)
 59.    The 2nd International Symposium on Renewable Energy Technologies, 30 November – 04 December 2016, Sydney, Australia (Invited speaker)
 60.    2016 Australia – China Science, Technology, Commercialisation & Innovation Forum, 27-30 November, 2016, Sofitel Central, Brisbane, Australia (Invited speaker)
 61.    IUMRS-ICA 2016, 17th International Conference in Asia, 20-24 October, 2016, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China (Invited speaker)
 62.    AEM2016, September 12-14, 2016, University of Surrey, Guildford, England (Invited speaker)
 63.    First International Energy & Environmental Materials Forum (1st IEEMF) and Third Inorganic and Nanomaterials Forum (3rd INF), 2–6 February, 2016, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (Invited speaker)
 64.    6th China-Aus Joint Symposium on Energy and Biomedical Materials, 7-9 January, 2016, Suzhou China (Invited speaker)
 65.    2015 International Conference on Nanospace Materials (ICNM2015), June 23-25, 2015 in Taiwan (Invited speaker)
 66.    International Symposium on Energy Conversion and Storage, 31 May–1 June, 2015, in Beijing, China (Invited speaker)
 67.    Advanced materials and nanotechnology (AMN-7), February 8-12, 2015 in Nelson, New Zealand (Invited speaker)
 68.    Third biennial conference of the Combined Australian Materials Societies (CAMS2014), November 26–28, 2014 in Sydney, Australia (Invited speaker)
 69.    Zing Conference Nanocrystals, July 13–16 2014, Dominican Republic, (Invited speaker)
 70.    7th World Congress on Particle Technology (WCPT7), May 18-22, 2014 in Beijing, China (Invited speaker)
 71.    EMN (Energy Material Nanotechnology) East Meeting 2014, May 12-15, 2014 in Beijing, China (Invited speaker)
 72.    1st International Conference on Emerging Advanced Nanomaterials (ICEAN), 22-25 October, 2012 in Brisbane, Australia (Invited speaker)
 73.    OzCarbon2012, 1-3 July, 2012 in Adelaide, Australia (Invited speaker)
 74.    The NanoThailand 2012 Conference, April 9-11, 2012 in Khon Kaen, Thailand (Invited speaker)




 



Collaboration

Our group has long-term and substantial cooperation with research institutions such as The University of Adelaide, The University of Sydney, Curtin University, The University of Queensland, Griffith University, The University of New South Wales, University of Wollongong,Queensland University of Technology in Australia, University of Surrey in England, University of Vienna in Austria, Université Lille 1 in France, Kent State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Washington in the United States, National Institute for Material Science in Japan, Max Planck Institute in Germany, etc. Students have the opportunity to visit these research institutions for 6 – 18 months during their study period. Furthermore,we have long-term cooperation with scientific research teams in Tsinghua University, Institute of metal research, Soochow University, University of Science and Technology of China , Dalian University of Technology, Shanxi University, Inner Mongolia University, etc.


Students

现指导学生

杜鸿楠  硕士研究生  070304-物理化学

王昕尧  博士研究生  070304-物理化学  

王莉巍  博士研究生  070304-物理化学

邳雨桐  博士研究生  070304-物理化学  

常芳芳  博士研究生  070304-物理化学 

赵   陈  博士研究生  080501-材料物理与化学

Honors & Distinctions


  1. IESC Science and Technology Award (Second prize of Basic research Achievement Award) (2021)

  2. 2021 Highly Cited Researchers from the Web of Science Group in Cross-Field (Clarivate Analytics, 2021)

  3. VEBLEO Fellow Award (2021)

  4. IAAM Medal (2021)

  5. 2020 Highly Cited Researchers from the Web of Science Group in Cross-Field (Clarivate Analytics, 2020)

  6. Outstanding Young Scholars Program of Liaoning (2020) 

  7. 2019 Highly Cited Researchers from the Web of Science Group in Cross-Field (Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

  8. "Talent Project of Revitalizing Liaoning"-Young Top-notch Talent (2018)

  9. Liaoning "BaiQianWan Talents Program" - Qian Talents Level (2018)

  10. Distinguished Expert of Provincial Federation Returned Overseas Chinese of Liaoning (2018)

  11. 2018 Highly Cited Researchers from the Web of Science Group in Cross-Field (Clarivate Analytics, 2018)  

  12. Zhang Dayu Youth Scholar, Dalian institute of chemical physics (2017)

  13. 2017 Emerging Investigator - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Chemistry Society (RSC) (2017)

  14. France-Australia Science Innovation Collaboration (FASIC) program Early Career Fellowships, and 2014 Rod Rickards Fellowship Australian Academy of Science (2014)

  15. Pro Vice-Chancellor Awards for Research Excellence (Early Career Research Award), Curtin University (2013)

  16. JSPS Invitation Fellowships, Australian Academy of Science and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2013)

  17. UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award, University of Queensland (2011)

  18. Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (APD), Australian Research Council (ARC) (2010)

  19. UQ Trans-Pacific Fellowship Award, University of Queensland, (2010)

  20. Chinese Academy of Sciences Excellent PhD Thesis Nomination Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2010)

  21. UQ Early Career Researcher Award, University of Queensland (2009)

  22. UQ Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of Queensland (2009)

  23. Dean Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2008)

  24. Excellent Graduate Student Award of Jiaxi LU (2008)

  25. Young Scientists Award of the 14th International Congress on Catalysis (2008)