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

2025

54.Qing-Ping Huang, Chao Yang, Qi Yin, An-An Zhang, Hai-Xiong Liu, Lan Li, Mei-Mei Liu, Zhi-Bin Fang*, Tian-Fu Liu*, Building Ultrathin MOL/MOL S-Scheme Heterostructures toward Boosted Photocatalytic Charge Kinetics for Efficient H2 Evolution, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202502009

 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202502009

53.Yu-Lin Li‡, Jiang-Feng Lu‡, Qi Yin, Lei Cai, Hui-Jie Jiang, Chen Liu, Gang Xu*, Tian-Fu Liu*, Constructing Biomimetic Channels in Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework via Post-Synthesis for Enhanced Proton Conductivity, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202504396

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202504396

52.Yu-Lin Li, An-An Zhang, Qi Yin, Zhi-Bin Fang, Chen Liu, Tian-Fu Liu*, Light-Modulated Electronic States of Pd Nanoclusters Stabilized in Ionic Hydrogen-Bonded Frameworks for Enhanced CO2 Photoreduction, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, 2505195

https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202505195

51.Yuhang Li‡, Hui Yuan‡, Yi-Lun Cheng‡, Qiu-Xia Li, Rong Cao, Jin-Lin Li, Qi Yin, Can-Zhong Lu*, Tian-Fu Liu*, Hydrogen-bonded organic framework for regulating pathogenic autoantigen and oxidative stress in psoriasis treatment, Natl. Sci. Rev. 2025, 12(6), nwaf132

https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaf132

50.Bai-Tong Liu‡, Tao Li‡, Sheng-Hao Gong‡, Jia-Chuan Liu, Ze-Yu Ruan, Han Han, Timothy Y.-Z. Li, Yuanning Feng, Rui Wang, Li Gong, Xieming Xu, Rong Cao, Ming-Liang Tong*, J. Fraser Stoddart, Tian-Fu Liu*, Air-stable radical polycyclic aromatic hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks, Chem. 2025, 102445

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102445

2024

49.Lei Cai, Mojtaba Khanpour, Qi Yin, Zi-Yu Wang, Zhi-Bin Fang, Hai-Xiong Liu, Ying Hou, Chen Liu, Wenzhuo Deng, Tian-Fu Liu*, Well-Defined Microenvironment in Metal-Organic Frameworks Enable Green, Benign, and Isolation-Free Catalytic Oxidation Reaction, CCS. Chem. 2024

https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.024.202404630

48.Lingling Wu, Xue Yang*, Haonan Jia, Lvyao Xiao, Chang Gao, Zhiqi Hu, Jiao Wang, Yanan Guo, Xusheng Wang, Tianfu Liu*, Rong Cao*, Robert Chunhua Zhao*, Freestanding Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework Membrane for Efficient Wound Healing. Adv. Mater. 2024, 36(47), 2411229

https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202411229

47.An-An Zhang, Zi-Xiang Wang,  Zhi-Bin Fang,  Jin-Lin Li, Tian-Fu Liu*，Long-Range π-π Stacking Brings High Electron Delocalization for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity in Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework，Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024，63(46) e202412777.

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202412777

46.Hai-Xiong Liu‡, Zi-Jian Zhou‡, Lei Xie‡, Chen Liu, Lei Cai, Xin-Ping Wu*, Tian-Fu Liu*，Delocalized Orbitals Over Metal Clusters and Organic Linkers Enable Boosted Charge Transfer in Metal-Organic Framework for Overall CO2 Photoreduction，Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63(47) e202411508.

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202411508

45.Ying Zou‡, Hai-Xiong Liu‡, Lei Cai, Yu-Hang Li. Jiang-Shan Hu, Chen Liu, Tian-Fu Liu*，Strategy to Efficient Photodynamic Therapy for Antibacterium：Donor-Acceptor Structure in Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework，Adv. Mater.  2024, 36(35).

https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202406026

44.Ying Hou, Xin-Song Huang, Sheng-Hao Gong, Chen Liu, Yangyang Liu*, and Tian-Fu Liu*, Stable hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks and their photo- and electro-responses, Nano Res. 2024, 17,7675-7699.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-024-6665-7

43.Zi-Yu Wang‡, Rui Wang‡, Hannah M. Johnson, Lei Cai, An-An Zhang, Qiang Zhang* and Tian-Fu Liu*, Cationic Radical Metal–Organic Framework Enabling Low Water Evaporation Enthalpy and High Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Solar-Driven Water Purification, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12, 12015-12025.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TA01126K

42.Rui Wang, Zi-Yu Wang,Yuan Zhang, A. R. Mahammed Shaheer, Tian-Fu Liu*, Rong Cao*,Bridging Atom Engineering for Low-Temperature Oxygen Activation in a Robust Metal-Organic Framework, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63，e202400160.

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202400160

41.Qi Yin, Kuan Pang, Ya-Nan Feng, Lili Han, Ali Morsali, Xi-Ya Li, and Tian-Fu Liu*,Hydrogen bonded Organic Frameworks in Solution: Toward Continuous and High-crystalline Membranes for Gas Separation, Nature Commun. 2024, 15, 634.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44921-z

40.Jian Xiao, A.R. Mahammed Shaheer, Chen Liu, Tian-Fu Liu*, Rong Cao*,Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework Core-Shell Composite for Synergistic Antimicrobial Therapy, Aggregate. 2024, 5, e481. 

https://doi.org/10.1002/agt2.481

2023

39.Hai-Xiong Liu, Duan-Hui Si, Mallory F. Smith, Ren-Fu Li, Xi-Ya Li, Lan Li, Hai-Bo Huang,Zhi-Bin Fang, Hong-Cai Zhou, Tian-Fu Liu*. Effificient CO2 photoreduction enabled by the energy transfer pathway in metal-organic framework，Aggregate. 2023，4(6).

https://doi.org/10.1002/agt2.383

38.Bai-Tong Liu, Sheng-Hao Gong , Xiao-Tian Jiang, Yuan Zhang, Rui Wang, Zhi-Jie Chen, Shuo Zhang, Kent O. Kirlikovali, Tian-Fu Liu*, Omar K. Farha*, and Rong Cao*，A Solution Processible Single-Crystal Porous Organic Polymer, Nat Synth. 2023，2，873-879.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-023-00316-4

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2022

37.Zu-Jin Lin, Shaheer A. R. Mahammed, Tian-Fu Liu,* and Rong Cao*,Multifunctional Porous Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks: Current Status and Future Perspectives, ACS Cent. Sci. 2022, 8 (12), 1589-1608.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.2c01196

36.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, 3 (10), 2200148.

https://doi.org/10.1002/sstr.202200148

35.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, 32 (39), 2205147.

https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202205147

34.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 Acid. Nature Commun. 2022, 13, 2721.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30523-0

33. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202202089

32. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202203955

31. 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, 14(18), 21050-21058.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c02917

30. 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, 18(16), 2200407.

https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202200407

29. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202115854

2021

28. 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, 9874273. 

https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/2021/9874273 

27. 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.  

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202114168

26. 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.   

https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.021.202101241

25. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202101061

24. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120337

23. 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.

https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.021.202000634

22. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA00100K

2020

21. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202000486

20. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202202280

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

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202006926

18. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c05530

17. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D0TA03905E

16. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202000281

15. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201916649

14. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c02406

2019

13. 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.

https://doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.019.201900040

12. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b03696

11. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b09436

10. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.9b00628

9. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b02375

2018

8. 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.

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201800354

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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