Faculty Profiles

Jie Liu
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

Zhang, W., et al. “Liquid-phase exfoliated ultrathin Bi nanosheets: Uncovering the origins of enhanced electrocatalytic CO2 reduction on two-dimensional metal nanostructure.” Nano Energy, vol. 53, Nov. 2018, pp. 808–16. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.09.053. Full Text

Xue, Xiaolan, et al. “Oxygen Vacancy Engineering Promoted Photocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis on Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Bismuth Oxybromide Nanosheets..” Nano Letters, vol. 18, no. 11, Nov. 2018, pp. 7372–77. Epmc, doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03655. Full Text

Wang, C., et al. “High-Performance Alkaline Organic Redox Flow Batteries Based on 2-Hydroxy-3-carboxy-1,4-naphthoquinone.” Acs Energy Letters, vol. 3, no. 10, Oct. 2018, pp. 2404–09. Scopus, doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.8b01296. Full Text

Han, Q., et al. “Carrier Dynamics Engineering for High-Performance Electron-Transport-Layer-free Perovskite Photovoltaics.” Chem, vol. 4, no. 10, Oct. 2018, pp. 2405–17. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.chempr.2018.08.004. Full Text Open Access Copy

Liang, J., et al. “An all-inorganic perovskite solar capacitor for efficient and stable spontaneous photocharging.” Nano Energy, vol. 52, Oct. 2018, pp. 239–45. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.07.060. Full Text

He, S., et al. “Partial Surface Oxidation of Manganese Oxides as an Effective Treatment to Improve Their Activity in Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Reaction.” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 122, no. 37, Sept. 2018, pp. 21366–74. Scopus, doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b04977. Full Text

Ma, L., et al. “Nanoporous and lyophilic battery separator from regenerated eggshell membrane with effective suppression of dendritic lithium growth.” Energy Storage Materials, vol. 14, Sept. 2018, pp. 258–66. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.ensm.2018.04.016. Full Text

Zhu, G., et al. “High energy density hybrid lithium-ion capacitor enabled by Co3ZnC@N-doped carbon nanopolyhedra anode and microporous carbon cathode.” Energy Storage Materials, vol. 14, Sept. 2018, pp. 246–52. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.ensm.2018.04.009. Full Text

Liu, X., et al. “Greatly Improved Conductivity of Double-Chain Polymer Network Binder for High Sulfur Loading Lithium–Sulfur Batteries with a Low Electrolyte/Sulfur Ratio.” Small, vol. 14, no. 33, Aug. 2018. Scopus, doi:10.1002/smll.201801536. Full Text

Wang, Yanrong, et al. “Highly Branched VS4 Nanodendrites with 1D Atomic-Chain Structure as a Promising Cathode Material for Long-Cycling Magnesium Batteries..” Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), vol. 30, no. 32, Aug. 2018. Epmc, doi:10.1002/adma.201802563. Full Text

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