Prof. Tianfu Liu is interested in the design, syntheses, and properties of porous periodic frameworks including Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks (HOFs) and Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs). With the guidance of structural chemistry, we seek to explore new stable porous frameworks, achieve increased understanding of HOFs and MOFs chemistry, and explore their potential applications. The research activities span the area of heterogeneous catalysis, bio-related application, and gas/liquid phase adsorption. 

2016.08 - Current, Professor, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, China.

2015.04 - 2016.04  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States.

2011.10 - 2015.04  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States.

2006.09 - 2011.07  Ph.D. Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, China.

2022

39. Rui Wang, Bai-Tong Liu, Shuo Zhang, Xin-Song Huang, Lei Xie, Tian-Fu Liu*, Rong Cao*, Design of a Metal-Organic Framework with Preset Binding Sites for Crystallographic Visualized Metalation, Small Struct. 2022, doi: 10.1002/sstr.202200148

38. Qian-Qian Huang, Zhi-Bin Fang, Kuan Pang, Wei-Kang Qin, Tian-Fu Liu*, Rong Cao*, The Impact of Secondary Building Units in Metal–Organic Frameworks on Plasmonic Gold-Sensitized Photocatalysis, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, doi:10.1002/adfm.202205147

37. Zhao Xuan†, Yin Qi†, Mao Xinnan†, Cheng Chen, Zhang Liang, Wang Lu*, Liu Tian-Fu*, Li Youyong, Li Yanguang*. “Theory-Guided Design of Hydrogen-Bonded Cobaltoporphyrin Frameworks for Highly Selective Electrochemical H2O2 Production  in Acids. Nature Commun. 2022, 13, 2721 doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30523-0

36. Wei-Kang Qin, Duan-Hui Si, Qi Yin, Xiang-Yu Gao, Qian-Qian Huang, Ya-Nan Feng, Lei Xie, Shuo Zhang, Xin-Song Huang, Tian-Fu Liu,* and Rong Cao,* Reticular Synthesis of Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks and Their Derivative via Mechanochemistry, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61 (27) , e202202089.

35. An-An Zhang, Duanhui Si, Haibo Huang, Lei Xie, Zhi-Bin Fang, Tian-Fu Liu*, Rong Cao*, Partial Metalation of Porphyrin Moieties in Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks Provides Enhanced CO2 Photoreduction Activity, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202203955.

34. An-An Zhang; Yu-Lin Li, Zhi-Bin Fang, Lei Xie, Rong Cao, Yangyang Liu,* Tian-Fu Liu,* Facile Preparation of Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework/Cu2O Heterostructure Films via Electrophoretic Deposition for Efficient CO2 Photoreduction, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2022, doi:10.1021/acsami.2c02917.

33. Hai–Bo Huang, Zhi–Bin Fang, Rui Wang, Lan Li, Mojtaba Khanpour, Tian-Fu Liu*, Rong Cao*, Engineering Hierarchical Architecture of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Highly Efficient Overall CO2 Photoreduction, Small, 2022, doi: 10.1002 smll.202200407

32. Qi Yin, Eugeny V. Alexandrov, Duan-Hui Si, Qian-Qian Huang, Zhi-Bin Fang, Yuan Zhang, An-An Zhang, Wei-Kang Qin, Yu-Lin Li, Tian-Fu Liu*, and Davide M. Proserpio, Metallization-Prompted Robust Porphyrin-Based Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 134  (6) , e202115854.

31. Yantong Lu, Kuangli Yu, Qi Yin, Jingwen Liu, Xue Han, Dian Zhao, Tian-Fu Liu, Chunxia Li*, Embedding red-emitting dyes in robust hydrogen-bonded organic framework for application in warm white light-emitting diodes. Micropor. Mesopor. Mat. 2022, 331, 111673.

2021

30. An-An Zhang, Xiyue Cheng, Xu He, Wei Liu, Shuiquan Deng, Rong Cao* and Tian-Fu Liu*, Harnessing Electrostatic Interactions for Enhanced Conductivity in Metal-Organic Frameworks, Research, 2021, 2021, 9874273.  

29. Bai-Tong Liu, Xiao-Hong Pan, Ding-Yang Zhang, Rui Wang, Jun-Yu Chen, Han-Ru Fang, Tian-Fu Liu*，Construction of Function-Orientated Core-Shell Nanostructure in Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework for Near-infrared Responsive Bacterial Inhibition, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60 (49) , 25701-25707.  

28. Lan Li†, Zhi-Bin Fang† (equal contribution), Wenzhuo Deng, Jun-Dong Yi, Rui Wang, and Tian-Fu Liu,* Precise Construction of Stable Bimetallic Metal-Organic Frameworks with Single-Site Ti(IV) Incorporation in Nodes for Efficient Photocatalytic Oxygen Evolution, CCS. Chem. 2021, 3, 2839-2849.   

27. Mojtaba Khanpour, Wen-Zhou Deng, Zhi-Bin Fang, Yu-Lin Li, Qi Yin, An-An Zhang, Farzaneh Rouhani, Ali Morsali,* Tian-Fu Liu,* Radiochromic Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks for X-ray Detection, Chem. - Eur. J.  2021, 27 (42) , 10957-10965.

26. Nan Zhang, Qi Yin, Song Guo,* Kai-Kai Chen, Tian-Fu Liu,* Ping Wang, Zhi-Ming Zhang,* Tong-Bu Lu, Hot-electron leading-out strategy for constructing photostable HOF catalysts with outstanding H2 evolution activity, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021, 296, 120337.

25. Jing Sun, Xuan Zhang, Dong Zhang, Ying-Pin Chen, Fei Wang, Lan Li, Tian-Fu Liu, Huanghao Yang, Jibin Song,* and Rong Cao* Building Block Symmetry Relegation Brings Mesopore and Abundant Open Metal Sites in Metal-Organic Frameworks for Cancer Therapy, CCS. Chem. 2021, 3, 1048-1058.

24. Tao Li, Bai-Tong Liu, Zhi-Bin Fang, Qi Yin, Rui Wang, and Tian-Fu Liu*, Integrating Active C3N4 Moieties in Hydrogen-bonded Organic Frameworks for Efficient Photocatalysis, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 4687-4691.

2020

23. Jun-Dong Yi, Ruikuan Xie, Zai-Lai Xie, Guo-Liang Chai,* Tian-Fu Liu, Rui-Ping Chen, Yuan-Biao Huang,* Rong Cao,* Highly Selective CO2 Electroreduction to CH4 by in situ Generated Cu2O Single-Type Sites on Conductive MOF: Stabilizing Key Intermediates with Hydrogen Bond, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59 (52) , 23641.

22. Lan Li, Xu‐Sheng Wang, Tian‐Fu Liu*, and Jinhua Ye*, Titanium‐Based MOF Materials: From Crystal Engineering to Photocatalysis, Small Methods, 2020, 4 (12), 2000486.

21. Bai-Tong Liu, Xiao-Hong Pan, Dan-Yue Nie, Xiao-Jing Hu, En-Ping Liu, and Tian-Fu Liu* Ionic Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks for Ion-Responsive Antimicrobial Membrane, Adv. Mater. 2020, 32 (48) , 2005912.

20. Ji-Fei Feng, Tian-Fu Liu* and Rong Cao*, An Electrochromic Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework Film, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59 (50) , 22392.

19. Zhi-Bin Fang, Ting-Ting Liu, Junxue Liu, Shengye Jin, Xin-Ping Wu, Xue-Qing Gong, Kecheng Wang, Qi Yin, Tian-Fu Liu, Rong Cao*, and Hong-Cai Zhou, Boosting Interfacial Charge-Transfer Kinetics for Efficient Overall CO2 Photoreduction via Rational Design of Coordination Spheres on Metal−Organic Frameworks. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (28), 12515-12523.

18. Hai-Xiong Liu, Ting-Ting Liu, Tao Huang, Zhi-Bin Fang, Lan Li, Qi Yin, Rong Cao, Xue-Qing Gong*, Tian-Fu Liu*, Drastic Change of Electronic Band Structure with Preserved Topology and Porosity, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 12370-12377

17. Bai-tong Liu, En-ping Liu, Rong-Jian Sa,* Tian-fu Liu*, Crystalline Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Chains Achieving Ultralong Phosphorescence via Triplet–Triplet Energy Transfer, Adv. Optical Mater. 2020, 8 (12) , 2000281.

16. Ge Huang, Li Yang, Qi Yin, Zhi-Bin Fang, Xiao-Jing Hu, An-An Zhang, Jun Jiang, Tian-Fu Liu*, and Rong Cao*. “A Comparison of Two Isoreticular Metal-Organic Frameworks with Cationic and Neutral Skeletons: Stability, Mechanism, and Functionality”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59 (11) , 4385.

15. Li Yu-Lin, Eugeny V. Alexandrov, Yin Qi, Li Lan, Fang Zhi-Bin, Yuan Wenbing*, Davide M. Proserpio* and Liu Tian-Fu*, “Record Complexity in the Polycatenation of Three Porous Hydrogen-bonded Organic Frameworks with Stepwise Adsorption Behaviors". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (15), 7218.

2019

14. Xiao-Jing Hu, Zi-Xuan Li, Huan Xue, Xinsong Huang, Rong Cao, Tian-Fu Liu*, Designing a bifunctional Brønsted acid-base heterogeneous catalyst through precise installation of ligands on metal-organic frameworks,  CCS Chem. 2019, 1 (2), 616–622.

13. Qi Yin, Yu-Lin Li, Lan Li, Jian Lü, Tian-Fu Liu*, Rong Cao*, “Novel Hierarchical Meso-Microporous Hydrogen-bonded Organic Framework for Selective Separation of Acetylene and Ethylene versus Methane,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11 (19) , 17823–17827.

12. Yue Xie, Zhibin Fang, Lan Li, Hongxun Yang*, and Tian-Fu Liu*, “Creating Chemisorption Sites for Enhanced CO2 Photoreduction Activity through Alkylamine Modification of MIL-101-Cr,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11 (30) , 27017−27023.

11. Qi Yin, Jian Lü, Hong-Fang Li, Tian-Fu Liu*, Rong Cao*, “A Robust Microporous Porphyrin-based Hydrogen-bonded Organic Framework for Highly Selective Separation of C2 Hydrocarbons versus Methane,” Cryst. Growth Des. 2019, 19 (7) , 4157-4161.

10. Lan Li, Jun-Dong Yi, Zhi-Bin Fang, Xu-Sheng Wang, Nan Liu, Ya-Nan Chen, Tian-Fu Liu* and Rong Cao, “Creating Giant Secondary Building Layers via Alkali-Etching Exfoliation for Precise Synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks Chemistry of Materials,” Chem. Mater. 2019, 31 (18) , 7584−7589.

2018

9. Qi Yin, Peng Zhao, Rong-Jian Sa, Guang-Cun Chen, Jian Lü, Tian-Fu Liu*, Rong Cao*, “An Ultra-Robust and Crystalline Redeemable Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework for Synergistic Chemo-Photodynamic Therapy,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57 (26) , 7691-7696.

8. Lan Li, Qi Yin, Hong-Fang Li, Tian-Fu Liu* and Rong Cao*, “Rational design of phosphonocarboxylate metal–organic frameworks for light hydrocarbon separations,” Mater. Chem. Front. 2018, 2, 1436-1440.

Before 2017

7. Tian-Fu Liu, Nicolaas A. Vermeulen, Ashlee J. Howarth, Peng Li, Amy A. Sarjeant, Joseph T. Hupp, Omar K. Farha*, “Adding to the Arsenal of Zirconium-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks: the Topology as a Platform for Solvent-Assisted Metal Incorporation,” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 27, 4349-4352.

6. Shuai Yuan†, Tian-Fu Liu† (equal contribution), Dawei Feng, Jian Tian, Kecheng Wang, Junsheng Qin, Qiang Zhang, Yingpin Chen, Mathieu Bosch, Lanfang Zou, Scott J. Dalgarno, Hong-Cai Zhou*, “A Single Crystalline Porphyrinic Titanium Metal−Organic Framework,” Chem. Sci. 2015, 6 (7), 3926-3930.

5. Dahuan Liu†, Tian-Fu Liu† (equal contribution), Ying-Pin Chen, Lanfang Zou, Dawei Feng, Kecheng Wang, Qiang Zhang, Shuai Yuan, Chongli Zhong, and Hong-Cai Zhou*, “A Reversible Crystallinity-Preserving Phase Transition in Metal-Organic Frameworks: Discovery, Mechanistic Studies, and Potential Applications,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137 (24), 7740-7746.

4. Tian-Fu Liu†, Dawei Feng† (equal contribution), Ying-Pin Chen, Lanfang Zou, Mathieu Bosch, Shuai Yuan, Zhangwen Wei, Stephen Fordham, Kecheng Wang, and Hong-Cai Zhou*, “Topology Guided Design and Syntheses of Highly Stable Mesoporous Porphyrinic Zirconium MOFs with High Surface Area,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137 (1), 413-419.

3. Tian-Fu Liu, Lanfang Zou, Dawei Feng, Ying-Pin Chen, Stephen Fordham, Xuan Wang, Yangyang Liu, Hong-Cai Zhou*, “Stepwise Synthesis of Robust Metal-Organic Frameworks via Post-Synthetic Metathesis and Oxidation of Metal Nodes in a Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Transformation,” J Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (22), 7813–7816.

2. Dawei Feng†, Tian-Fu Liu† (equal contribution), Jie Su, Mathieu Bosch, Zhangwen Wei, Wei Wan, Ying-Pin Chen, Xuan Wang, Kecheng Wang, Xizhen Lian, Zhi-Yuan Gu, Jihye Park, Daqiang Yuan, Xiaodong Zou, Hong-Cai Zhou*, “Stable Metal-Organic Frameworks Containing Single-Molecule Traps for Enzyme Encapsulation,” Nature Comm. 2014. 6, 5979.

1. Tian-Fu Liu, Ying-Pin Chen, Andrey A Yakovenko, Hongcai Zhou*, “An Interconversion between Discrete and a Chain of Nanocages: Self-Assembly via a Solvent-Driven, Dimension-Augmentation Strategy,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134 (42), 17358- 17361.

1.曹荣，刘天赋，尹琦；基于稠环配体构筑的氢键有机框架材料、其制备方法及应用；申请号：201810220893.9；公布号：108727605 A；公布日期：2018年11月2日。

2. 刘天赋，黄阁；基于杂芳基官能团配体的金属有机框架材料及其制备方法和应用；申请号：202010023346．9；公布日期：2021年1月9日。

3. Hong-Cai Zhou, Tian-Fu Liu, Dawei Feng, Chromium metal organic frameworks and syntheses of metal organic frameworks, 发明, 2015, 美国发明专利: PCT/GB2015/05182

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