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

Liu, Shuai, et al. “Nanoporous Red Phosphorus on Reduced Graphene Oxide as Superior Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries..” Acs Nano, vol. 12, no. 7, July 2018, pp. 7380–87. Epmc, doi:10.1021/acsnano.8b04075. Full Text

Zhu, G., et al. “Walnut-Like Multicore–Shell MnO Encapsulated Nitrogen-Rich Carbon Nanocapsules as Anode Material for Long-Cycling and Soft-Packed Lithium-Ion Batteries.” Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 28, no. 18, May 2018. Scopus, doi:10.1002/adfm.201800003. Full Text

Ma, Lianbo, et al. “Strong Capillarity, Chemisorption, and Electrocatalytic Capability of Crisscrossed Nanostraws Enabled Flexible, High-Rate, and Long-Cycling Lithium-Sulfur Batteries..” Acs Nano, vol. 12, no. 5, May 2018, pp. 4868–76. Epmc, doi:10.1021/acsnano.8b01763. Full Text

Zhang, Xiao, et al. “Plasmon-Enhanced Catalysis: Distinguishing Thermal and Nonthermal Effects..” Nano Letters, vol. 18, no. 3, Mar. 2018, pp. 1714–23. Epmc, doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04776. Full Text

Liang, Jia, et al. “Interface Engineering of Anchored Ultrathin TiO2/MoS2 Heterolayers for Highly-Efficient Electrochemical Hydrogen Production..” Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 10, no. 7, Feb. 2018, pp. 6084–89. Epmc, doi:10.1021/acsami.7b19009. Full Text

Kim, Christine H. J., et al. “Synergy of polypyrrole and carbon x-aerogel in lithium-oxygen batteries..” Nanoscale, vol. 10, no. 8, Feb. 2018, pp. 3753–58. Epmc, doi:10.1039/c7nr08494c. Full Text

Chen, Tao, et al. “Correction to Highly Efficient Retention of Polysulfides in "Sea-Urchin"-Like Carbon Nanotube/Nanopolyhedra Superstructures as Cathode Material for Ultralong-Life Lithium-Sulfur Batteries..” Nano Letters, vol. 18, no. 2, Feb. 2018. Epmc, doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00102. Full Text

Thostenson, J. O., et al. “Integrated flexible conversion circuit between a flexible photovoltaic and supercapacitors for powering wearable sensors.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, vol. 165, no. 8, Jan. 2018, pp. B3122–29. Scopus, doi:10.1149/2.0141808jes. Full Text

Kumar, R., et al. “Recent research trends in Li-S batteries.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 6, no. 25, Jan. 2018, pp. 11582–605. Scopus, doi:10.1039/c8ta01483c. Full Text

Liu, J., et al. “A robust network binder with dual functions of Cu2+ ions as ionic crosslinking and chemical binding agents for highly stable Li-S batteries.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 6, no. 17, Jan. 2018, pp. 7382–88. Scopus, doi:10.1039/c8ta01138a. Full Text

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