Faculty Profiles

Jie Liu
Jie Liu
George Barth Geller Distinguished 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

Lv, Hongling, et al. “High-Performance Li-Se Batteries Enabled by Selenium Storage in Bottom-Up Synthesized Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Scaffolds.” Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 9, no. 30, Aug. 2017, pp. 25232–38. Epmc, doi:10.1021/acsami.7b04321. Full Text

Ma, Lianbo, et al. “Cerium Oxide Nanocrystal Embedded Bimodal Micromesoporous Nitrogen-Rich Carbon Nanospheres as Effective Sulfur Host for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.” Acs Nano, vol. 11, no. 7, July 2017, pp. 7274–83. Epmc, doi:10.1021/acsnano.7b03227. Full Text

Dong, C., et al. “Flammability and thermal properties of cotton fabrics modified with a novel flame retardant containing triazine and phosphorus components.” Textile Research Journal, vol. 87, no. 11, July 2017, pp. 1367–76. Scopus, doi:10.1177/0040517516652349. Full Text

Miao, D., et al. “Fabrication of copper and titanium coated textiles for sunlight management.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, vol. 28, no. 13, July 2017, pp. 9852–58. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s10854-017-6739-3. Full Text

Zhu, H., et al. “Versatile Electronic Skins for Motion Detection of Joints Enabled by Aligned Few-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Flexible Polymer Composites.” Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 27, no. 21, June 2017. Scopus, doi:10.1002/adfm.201606604. Full Text

Liu, H., et al. “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, vol. 35, May 2017, pp. 350–57. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.04.011. Full Text

Hu, Y., et al. “Controlled growth and photoconductive properties of hexagonal SnS2 nanoflakes with mesa-shaped atomic steps.” Nano Research, vol. 10, no. 4, Apr. 2017, pp. 1434–47. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s12274-017-1525-3. Full Text

Chen, Wei, et al. “A New Type of Multifunctional Polar Binder: Toward Practical Application of High Energy Lithium Sulfur Batteries.” Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), vol. 29, no. 12, Mar. 2017. Epmc, doi:10.1002/adma.201605160. Full Text

Zhu, G., et al. “Recycling PM2.5 carbon nanoparticles generated by diesel vehicles for supercapacitors and oxygen reduction reaction.” Nano Energy, vol. 33, Mar. 2017, pp. 229–37. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.01.038. Full Text

Liu, J., et al. “Exploiting a robust biopolymer network binder for an ultrahigh-areal-capacity Li-S battery.” Energy and Environmental Science, vol. 10, no. 3, Mar. 2017, pp. 750–55. Scopus, doi:10.1039/c6ee03033e. Full Text

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