Faculty Profiles

Jie Liu
George Barth Geller Professor of Chemistry in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
Office: 
2105 French Science Center, Durham, NC 27708
Phone: 
(919) 660-1549
Fax: 
(919) 660-1605
j.liu@duke.edu
Liu Research Group
Research Interests: 

Dr. Liu’s research interests are focusing on the chemistry and material science of nanoscale materials. Specific topics in his current research program include: Self-assembly of nanostructures; Preparation and chemical functionalization of single walled carbon nanotubes; Developing carbon nanotube based chemical and biological sensors; SPM based fabrication and modification of functional nanostructures.

Overview

Education:

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department Of Chemistry, Rice University 1996 - 1999

Ph.D., Harvard University 1996

M.S., Shandong University (China) 1990

B.S., Shandong University (China) 1987

Research Areas:
Inorganic, Nanoscience and Materials

Liang, J, Wang, C, Zhao, P, Lu, Z, Ma, Y, Xu, Z, Wang, Y, Zhu, H, Hu, Y, Zhu, G, Ma, L, Chen, T, Tie, Z, Liu, J, and Jin, Z. "Solution synthesis and phase control of inorganic perovskites for high-performance optoelectronic devices." Nanoscale 9.33 (August 9, 2017): 11841-11845. Full Text

Lv, H, Chen, R, Wang, X, Hu, Y, Wang, Y, Chen, T, Ma, L, Zhu, G, Liang, J, Tie, Z, Liu, J, and Jin, Z. "High-Performance Li-Se Batteries Enabled by Selenium Storage in Bottom-Up Synthesized Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Scaffolds." ACS applied materials & interfaces 9.30 (August 2017): 25232-25238. Full Text

Chen, T, Ma, L, Cheng, B, Chen, R, Hu, Y, Zhu, G, Wang, Y, Liang, J, Tie, Z, Liu, J, and Jin, Z. "Metallic and polar Co 9 S 8 inlaid carbon hollow nanopolyhedra as efficient polysulfide mediator for lithium−sulfur batteries." Nano Energy 38 (August 2017): 239-248. Full Text

Ma, L, Chen, R, Zhu, G, Hu, Y, Wang, Y, Chen, T, Liu, J, and Jin, Z. "Cerium Oxide Nanocrystal Embedded Bimodal Micromesoporous Nitrogen-Rich Carbon Nanospheres as Effective Sulfur Host for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries." ACS nano 11.7 (July 6, 2017): 7274-7283. Full Text

Zhu, H, Wang, X, Liang, J, Lv, H, Tong, H, Ma, L, Hu, Y, Zhu, G, Zhang, T, Tie, Z, Liu, Z, Li, Q, Chen, L, Liu, J, and Jin, Z. "Versatile Electronic Skins for Motion Detection of Joints Enabled by Aligned Few-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Flexible Polymer Composites." Advanced Functional Materials 27.21 (June 2017): 1606604-1606604. Full Text

Liu, H, Wang, Y, Lu, X, Hu, Y, Zhu, G, Chen, R, Ma, L, Zhu, H, Tie, Z, Liu, J, and Jin, Z. "The effects of Al substitution and partial dissolution on ultrathin NiFeAl trinary layered double hydroxide nanosheets for oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline solution." Nano Energy 35 (May 2017): 350-357. Full Text

Zhu, G, Chen, T, Hu, Y, Ma, L, Chen, R, Lv, H, Wang, Y, Liang, J, Li, X, Yan, C, Zhu, H, Liu, H, Tie, Z, Jin, Z, and Liu, J. "Recycling PM 2.5 carbon nanoparticles generated by diesel vehicles for supercapacitors and oxygen reduction reaction." Nano Energy 33 (March 2017): 229-237. Full Text

Zhang, X, Li, X, Zhang, D, Su, NQ, Yang, W, Everitt, HO, and Liu, J. "Product selectivity in plasmonic photocatalysis for carbon dioxide hydrogenation." Nature communications 8 (February 23, 2017): 14542-. Full Text Open Access Copy

Kang, Q, Zhao, J, Li, X, Zhu, G, Feng, X, Ma, Y, Huang, W, and Liu, J. "A single wire as all-inclusive fully functional supercapacitor." Nano Energy 32 (February 2017): 201-208. Full Text

Liang, J, Zhu, G, Wang, C, Wang, Y, Zhu, H, Hu, Y, Lv, H, Chen, R, Ma, L, Chen, T, Jin, Z, and Liu, J. "MoS 2 -Based All-Purpose Fibrous Electrode and Self-Powering Energy Fiber for Efficient Energy Harvesting and Storage." Advanced Energy Materials 7.3 (February 2017): 1601208-1601208. Full Text

Pages

Gorka, DE, Jeger, JL, Zhang, H, Ma, Y, Colman, BP, Bernhardt, ES, and Liu, J. "Phytotoxicity of soluble graphitic nanofibers to model plant species." December 2016. Full Text

Peng, Q, Kalanyan, B, Hoertz, P, Miller, A, Kim, DH, Hanson, K, Alibabaei, L, Liu, J, Meyer, T, Parsons, GN, and Glass, JT. "Core-shell photoelectrochemical electrodes for water splitting." January 1, 2014.