EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC CAREER:
Professor, Sichuan University, 2021-present
Professor, Nanjing Normal University, 2017-2021
Postdoctoral Research, University of Connecticut, 2014-2017
Postdoctoral Research, University of Maryland, College Park, 2013-2014
Ph.D., Chemistry, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2009-2013
M.Sc., Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2007-2009
B. Eng., Chemistry, Hefei University of Technology, 2003-2007
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2019 Outstanding Faculty Award at Nanjing Normal University
2017 Jiangsu Specially Appointed Professor Plan
2015 The Best Doctoral Thesis at Shanghai
2014 SKLMMC Scholarship for outstanding graduated students
2013 The Best Poster in IMMS 2013 Conference
2013 National Scholarship of China
2012 SKLMMC Scholarship for outstanding graduated students
2012 The Best Oral Presentation in 4th Symposium on Molecular Chirality
2012 Qiushi Scholarship for Outstanding Graduated Students at SJTU
EDITORIAL BOARDS:
The Associate Editor of Frontiers in Catalysis
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
28. Lizhi Sun, and Ben Liu*. Mesoporous PdN Alloy Nanocubes for Efficient Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia. Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2207305.
27. Huanyu Qin, and Ben Liu*. Transfer Hydrogenation in Mesoporous Palladium: Polar Hydrogen Engineering to Realize High Selectivity of Alkyne Semi-Hydrogenation. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2210976.
26. Hao Lv, Lizhi Sun, Yanzhi Wang, Shaohua Liu, and Ben Liu*. Highly Curved, Quasi-Single-Crystalline Mesoporous Metal Nanoplates Promote C-C Bond Cleavage in Ethanol Oxidation Electrocatalysis. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2203612.
25. Lizhi Sun, Hao Lv, Ji Feng, Olga Guselnikova, Yanzhi Wang, Yusuke Yamauchi*, and Ben Liu*. Noble-Metal-Based Hollow Mesoporous Nanoparticles: Synthesis Strategies and Applications. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2201954.
24. Xiaowen Min, Hao Lv, Yusuke Yamauchi, and Ben Liu*. Porous Metal Nanocrystals Catalysts: Can Crystalline Porosity Enable Catalytic Selectivity? CCS Chem. 2022, 4, 1829−1842.
23. Hao Lv, Huaiyu Qin, Katsuhiko Ariga, Yusuke Yamauchi*, and Ben Liu*. A General Concurrent Template Strategy for Ordered Mesoporous Intermetallic Nanoparticles with Controllable Catalytic Performance. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202116179.
22. Hao Lv+, Huaiyu Qin+, Mingzi Sun, Fengrui Jia, Bolong Huang*, and Ben Liu*. Mesoporosity-Enabled Selectivity of Mesoporous Palladium-Based Nanocrystals Catalysts in Semihydrogenation of Alkynes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202114539
21. Yanzhi Wang, Hao Lv, Lizhi Sun, Fengrui Jia, and Ben Liu*. Ordered Mesoporous Intermetallic Trimetals for Efficient and pH-Universal Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis. Adv. Energy Mater. 2022, 12, 2201478.
20. Hao Lv, Lizhi Sun, Dongdong Xu, Wei Li,* Bolong Huang,* Ben Liu*. Precise Synthesis of Hollow Mesoporous Palladium-Sulfur Alloy Nanoparticles for Selective Catalytic Hydrogenation. CCS Chem. 2022, 4, 2854–2863.
19. Hao Lv, Fang Lv, Huaiyu Qin, Xiaowen Min, Lizhi Sun, Na Han, Dongdong Xu, Yanguang Li* and Ben Liu*. Single-Crystalline Mesoporous Palladium and Palladium-Copper Nanocubes for Highly Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. CCS Chem. 2022, 4, 1376–1385.
18. Yanzhi Wang, Hao Lv, Lizhi Sun, and Ben Liu*. Mesoporous Noble Metal-Metalloid/Nonmetal Alloy Nanomaterials: Designing Highly Efficient Catalysts. ACS Nano 2021, 15, 18661–18670
17. Yang Wang, Hao Lv, Erik Svensson Grape, Carlo Alberto Gaggioli, Akhil Tayal, Aditya Dharanipragada, Tom Willhammar, A. Ken Inge, Xiaodong Zou, Ben Liu* and Zhehao Huang*. A Tunable Multivariate Metal−Organic Framework as a Platform for Designing Photocatalysts. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 6333−6338.
16. Hao Lv, Dongdong Xu, Chuncai Kong, Zuozhong Liang, Haoquan Zheng, Zhehao Huang*, and Ben Liu*. Synthesis and Crystal-Phase Engineering of Mesoporous Palladium–Boron Alloy Nanoparticles. ACS Cent. Sci. 2020, 6, 2347-2353.
15. Hao Lv,+ Lizhi Sun,+ Dongdong Xu, and Ben Liu*. Ternary Metal-Metalloid-Nonmetal Alloy Nanowires: A Novel Electrocatalyst for Highly Efficient Ethanol Oxidation Electrocatalysis. Sci. Bull. 2020, 65, 1823-1831.
14. Mingzhen Hu,+ Wenjuan Yang,+ Haiyan Tan, Lei Jin, Lei Zhang, Peter Kerns, Yanliu Dang, Shanka Dissanayake, Samuel Schaefer, Ben Liu*, Yuanyuan Zhu*, Steven L. Suib*, and Jie He*. Template-Free Synthesis of Mesoporous and Crystalline Transition Metal Oxide Nanoplates with Abundant Surface Defects. Matter 2020, 2, 1244-1259.
13. Hao Lv, Dongdong Xu, Lizhi Sun, Joel Henzie, Steven Suib, Susuke Yamauchi, and Ben Liu*. Ternary palladium-boron-phosphorus alloy mesoporous nanospheres for highly efficient electrocatalysis. ACS Nano 2019, 13, 12052-12061.
12. Lei Zhang, Zichao Wei, Srinivas Thanneeru, Mechiel Meng, Megan Kruzyk, Gael Ung, Ben Liu*, and Jie He*. A polymer solution to prevent nanoclustering and improve the selectivity of metal nanoparticles for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 15834-15840.
11. Hao Lv+, Dongdong Xu+, Ji Feng, Joel Henzie, Aaron Lopes, Yusuke Yamauchi*, and Ben Liu*. Mesoporous gold nanospheres via thiolate-Au(I) intermediates. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 6423-6430.
10. Hao Lv+, Dongdong Xu+, Lizhi Sun, Joel Henzie, Aaron Lopes, Qingyu Gu, Yusuke Yamauchi, and Ben Liu*. Asymmetric multimetallic mesoporous nanospheres. Nano Lett. 2019, 19, 3379-3385.
9. Hao Lv, Lizhi Sun, Lu Zou, Dongdong Xu*, Huiqin Yao, and Ben Liu*. Size-dependent synthesis and catalytic activities of trimetallic PdAgCu mesoporous nanospheres in ethanol electrooxidation. Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 1986-1993.
8. Hao Lv, Aaron Lopes, Dongdong Xu*, and Ben Liu*. Multimetallic Hollow Mesoporous Nanospheres with Synergistically Structural and Compositional Effects for Highly Efficient Ethanol Electrooxidation. ACS Cent. Sci. 2018, 4, 1412-1419.
7. Dongdong Xu, Xiaoli Liu, Hao Lv, Ying Liu, Shulin Zhao, Min Han, Jianchun Bao*, Jie He*, and Ben Liu*. Ultrathin Palladium Nanosheets with Selectively Controlled Surface Facets. Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 4451-4455.
6. Ben Liu, Pu Wang, Aaron Lopes, Lei Jin, Wei Zhong, Yong Pei*, Steven Suib*, and Jie He*. Metal-carbon electronic interaction mediated selective oxidation of styrene. ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 3483-3488.
5. Ben Liu, Huiqin Yao, Wenqiao Song, Lei Jin, Islam Mosa, James Rusling*, Steven Suib*, and Jie He*. Ligand-Free Noble Metal Nanocluster Catalysts on Carbon Supports via “Soft” Nitriding. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 4718-4721.
4. Ben Liu, Chung-Hao Kuo, Jiejie Chen, Zhu Luo, Srinivas Thanneeru, Weikun Li, Wenqiao Song, Sourav Biswas, Steven Suib*, Jie He*. Ligand-Assisted Co-Assembly Approach toward Mesoporous Hybrid Catalysts of Transition-Metal Oxides and Noble Metals: Photochemical Water Splitting. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 31, 9061-9065.
3. Ben Liu,+ Yuanyuan Cao,+ Yingying Duan, Zhehao Huang, Shunai Che*. Silica Biominerilization of Self-Assembly of Helical Biomolecules. Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 479-497. (+Equal contribution)
2. Ben Liu, Yuan Yao, Shunai Che*. Template-assisted self-assembly: alignment, placement and arrangement of two-dimensional mesostructured DNA-silica platelets. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 14436-14440.
1. Ben Liu,+ Lu Han,+ Shunai Che*. Formation of Enantiomeric Impeller-Like Helical Architectures by DNA Self-Assembly and Silica Mineralization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 923-927.
