Faculty Profiles

Jie Liu
Jie Liu
George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
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

Wang, J., et al. “A flexible, electrochromic, rechargeable Zn//PPy battery with a short circuit chromatic warning function.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 6, no. 24, Jan. 2018, pp. 11113–18. Scopus, doi:10.1039/c8ta03143f. 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

Liu, J., et al. “A high-volumetric-capacity and high-areal-capacity ZnCo2O4 anode for Li-ion batteries enabled by a robust biopolymer binder.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 6, no. 40, Jan. 2018, pp. 19455–62. Scopus, doi:10.1039/c8ta07840h. Full Text

Ma, L., et al. “Highly efficient overall water splitting driven by all-inorganic perovskite solar cells and promoted by bifunctional bimetallic phosphide nanowire arrays.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 6, no. 41, Jan. 2018, pp. 20076–82. Scopus, doi:10.1039/c8ta08116f. Full Text

Liu, S., et al. “Hollow nanoporous red phosphorus as an advanced anode for sodium-ion batteries.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 6, no. 27, Jan. 2018, pp. 12992–98. Scopus, doi:10.1039/c8ta03301c. Full Text

Zhang, L., et al. “Study on the preparation and characterization of cross-linked film of human hair keratin and cellulose.” Ferroelectrics, vol. 521, no. 1, Dec. 2017, pp. 77–85. Scopus, doi:10.1080/00150193.2017.1390964. Full Text

Ma, Lianbo, et al. “Porous-Shell Vanadium Nitride Nanobubbles with Ultrahigh Areal Sulfur Loading for High-Capacity and Long-Life Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.” Nano Letters, vol. 17, no. 12, Dec. 2017, pp. 7839–46. Epmc, doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04084. Full Text

Liu, X., et al. “High coulombic efficiency and high-rate capability lithium sulfur batteries with low-solubility lithium polysulfides by using alkylene radicals to covalently connect sulfur.” Nano Energy, vol. 41, Nov. 2017, pp. 758–64. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.10.032. Full Text

Tong, Hao, et al. “A binder-free NiCo2O4 nanosheet/3D elastic N-doped hollow carbon nanotube sponge electrode with high volumetric and gravimetric capacitances for asymmetric supercapacitors.” Nanoscale, vol. 9, no. 43, Nov. 2017, pp. 16826–35. Epmc, doi:10.1039/c7nr02498c. Full Text

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