Education

B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering (1983), Changchun Institute of Technology

M.S. in Electrochemistry (1987), Yokohama National University

Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry (1990), University of Tokyo

Professional and Research Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow (04/1990-09/1991), University of Tokyo, Japan

Postdoctoral Fellow (09/1991-06/1993), Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Japan

Associate Professor (06/1993-07/1993), College of Chemistry, Peking University

Full Professor (08/1993- ), College of Chemistry, Peking University

Director (1995-2003), Center for Modern Physical Chemistry, Peking University

Deputy Director (1997-2006), Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Peking University

Changjiang Scholar (1999- ), Peking University

Director (2006-2014), Institute of Physical Chemistry, Peking University

Director (2006- ), Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Peking University

Director (2008- ), Center for Nanochemistry, Peking University

Director (2013-2017), Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Low Dimensional Carbon Materials

Director (2016- ), Beijing Graphene Institute

Activities in Academic Societies

• International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), China Representative (2010-2012)
• Deputy Secretary General (2003-2010), The Chinese Chemical Society
• Chairman (2007-2011), Electrochemical Commission at the Chinese Chemical Society
• Chairman (2013- ), Nanochemistry Commission at the Chinese Chemical Society
• Editor-in-Chief: Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica
• Associate editor: Chinese Science Bulletin
• Advisory/Editorial Board Member: Adv. Mater., Nano Res., Small, NPG Asia Mater., Natural Science Review, ChemNanoMat, J. Photochem. Photobiol. C Photochem. Rev., Nanotechnology (IOP, Section Editor, 2002-2008),Chinese Electrochemistry, Chinese Science_Chemistry, etc.

Academic Awards and Honors

• Ariyama Kanetaka Memorial Prize for excellent academic achievements, The Japan-China Science and Technology Exchange Association (1992)
• Cross-Century Talented Scientist Fund, State Education Commission of China (1993)
• National Excellent Young Fund, Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (1994)
• Outstanding Young Scientist Award, Hong Kong Qiushi Foundation (1997)
• Chinese Analysis & Instrumentation Association Science & Technology Award (1^st class, 2005)
• MOE Science and Technology Award (1^st class, 2007)
• National Natural Science Award (2^nd class, 2008)
• Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011)
• Chinese Chemical Society-AkzoNobel Chemical Science Award (2012)
• Baogang Outstanding Teacher Award (2012)
• Outstanding Scientist selected by Ten-Thousand-Talents Program (Six in total), 2013
• Fellow, Institute of Physics (UK, 2004)
• Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK, 2014)
• TWAS Fellow (2015)
• Founder Special Prize (2016)
• the Lectureship Award of 2016 Colloid and Surface Chemistry Annual Meeting of Chemical Society of Japan (2016)
• Beijing Municipal Excellent Teacher (2017)
• ACS Nano Lectureship Award (2018)

Research Interests and Publications

low dimensional carbon materials, including the CVD growth of graphene and single-walled carbon nanotubes and their unique applications.

Over 570 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals have been published, including Nature and its sister journals, JACS, Angew Chem. Int. Ed, Nano Lett., Adv. Mater., etc together with 37 authorized Chinese patents. The selected recent papers are listed below.

1. F Yi, HY Ren, JY Shan, X Sun, D Wei*, ZF Liu*, Wearable energy sources based on 2D materials, Chem. Soc. Rev. 47(9)(2018), 3152-3188.
2. K Chen, LR Shi, YF Zhang*, ZF Liu*, Scalable chemical-vapour-deposition growth of three-dimensional graphene materials towards energy-related applications, Chem. Soc. Rev. 47(2018), 3018-3036.
3. L Lin, B Deng, JY Sun, HL Peng*, ZF Liu*, Bridging the gap between reality and ideal in chemical vapor deposition growth of graphene, Chem. Rev. 118(18)2018, 9281-9343.
4. Y Qi, YY Wang, ZQ Pang, ZP Dou, TB Wei*, P Gao*, SS Zhang, XZ Xu, ZH Chang, B Deng, SL Chen, ZL Chen, HN Ci, RY Wang, FZ Zhao, JCYan, XY Yi, KH Liu, HL Peng, ZQ Liu, LM Tong, J Zhang, YJ Wei*, JM Li*, ZF Liu*, Fast growth of strain-free AlN on graphene-buffered sapphire, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140(38)(2018), 11935-11941.
5. Y Qi, B Deng, X Guo, SL Chen, J Gao, TR Li, ZP Dou, HN Ci, JY Sun, ZL Chen, RY Wang, LZ Cui, XD Chen, K Chen, HH Wang, S Wang, P Gao, MH Rümmeli, HL Peng, YF Zhang*, ZF Liu*, Switching vertical to horizontal graphene growth using faraday cage-assisted PECVD approach for high-performance transparent heating device, Adv. Mater. 30(8)(2018), 1704839.
6. ZL Chen, X Zhang, ZP Dou, TB Wei*, ZQ Liu, Y Qi, HN Ci, YY Wang, Y Li, HL Chang, JC Yan, SY Yang, YF Zhang, JX Wang, P Gao*, JM Li*, ZF Liu*, High-brightness blue light-emitting diodes enabled by a directly grown graphene buffer layer, Adv. Mater. 30(2018), 1801608.
7. B Deng, ZF Liu*, HL Peng*, Toward mass production of CVD graphene films, Adv. Mater. (2018), 1800996.
8. ZL Chen, Y Qi, XD Chen, YF Zhang, ZF Liu*, Direct CVD growth of graphene on traditional glass: methods and mechanisms, Adv. Mater. (2018), 1803639.
9. JC Zhang, YC Huang, ZJ Tan, TR Li, YC Zhang, KC Jia, L Lin, LZ Sun, XW Chen, ZZ Li, CW Tan, JX Zhang, LM Zheng, Y Wu, B Deng, ZL Chen, ZF Liu*, HL Peng*, Low-temperature heteroepitaxy of 2D PbI₂-graphene for large-area flexible photodetectors, Adv. Mater. 30(2018), 1803194.
10. JQ Li, J Xu, ZQ Xie, X Gao, JY Zhou, Y Xiong, CG Chen*, J Zhang*, ZF Liu*, Diatomite-templated synthesis of freestanding 3D graphdiyne for energy storage and catalysis application, Adv. Mater. 30(20)(2018), 1800548.
11. JX Wu, HT Yuan, MM Meng, C Chen, Y Sun, ZY Chen, WH Dang, CW Tan, JY Liu, JB Yin, YB Zhou, SY Huang, HQ Xu, Y Cui, HY Hwang, ZF Liu, YL Chen, BH Yan, HL Peng*, High electron mobility and quantum oscillations in non-encapsulated ultrathin semiconducting Bi₂O₂Se, Nature Nanotechnol. 12(6)(2017), 530-534.
12. JP Shi, XN Wang, S Zhang, LF Xiao, YH Huan, Y Gong, ZP Zhang, YC Li, XB Zhou, M Hong, QY Fang, Q Zhang, XF Liu, L Gu, ZF Liu, YF Zhang*, Extra high electrocatalytic performance in two-dimensional metallic tantalum disulfide, Nature Commun. (2017), DOI:10.1038/s41467-017-01089-z.
13. Y Qi, ZP Zhang, B Deng, XB Zhou, QC Li, M Hong, YC Li*, ZF Liu*, YF Zhang*, Irreparable defects produced by the patching of h-BN frontiers on strongly interacting Re(0001) and their electronic properties, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139(16)(2017), 5849-5856.
14. Y Qi, CX Meng, XZ Xu, B Deng, NN Han, MX Liu, M Hong, YX Ning, KH Liu, JJ Zhao, Q Fu, YC Li*,YF Zhang*, ZF Liu*, Unique transformation from graphene to carbide on Re(0001) induced by strong carbon-metal interaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139(48)(2017), 17574-17581.
15. L Lin, ZF Liu*, Graphene synthesis: on-the-spot growth, Nature Mater. 15(1)(2016), 9-10.
16. JB Yin, H Wang, H Peng, ZJ Tan, L Liao, L Lin, X Sun, AL Koh, YL Chen*, HL Peng*, ZF Liu*, Selectively enhanced photocurrent generation in twisted bilayer graphene with van Hove singularity, Nature Commun. 7(2016), 10699.
17. K Chen, C Li, LR Shi, T Gao, XJ Song, A Bachmatiuk, ZY Zou, B Deng, QQ Ji, DL Ma, HL Peng, ZL Du, MH Rümmeli, YF Zhang*, ZF Liu*, Growing three-dimensional biomorphic graphene powders using naturally abundant diatomite templates towards high solution processability, Nature Commun. 7(2016), 13440.
18. LR Shi, K Chen, R Du, A Bachmatiuk, MH Rümmeli, KW Xie, YY Huang, YF Zhang*, ZF Liu*, Scalable seashell-based chemical vapor deposition growth of three-dimensional graphene foams for oil-water separation, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138(20)(2016), 6360-6363.
19. ZJ Tan, Y Wu, H Hong, JB Yin, JC Zhang, L Lin, MZ Wang, X Sun, LZ Sun, YC Huang, KH Liu, ZF Liu*, HL Peng*, Two-dimensional (C₄H₉NH₃)₂PbBr₄ perovskite crystals for high-performance photodetector, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138(51)(2016), 16612-16615.
20. CH Zhang, SL Zhao, CH Jin, AL Koh, Y Zhou, WG Xu, QC Li, QH Xiong, HL Peng*, ZF Liu*, Direct growth of large-area graphene and boron nitride heterostructures by a co-segregation method, Nature Commun. 6(2015), 6519.
21. T Gao, XJ Song, HW Du, YF Nie, YB Chen, QQ Ji, JY Sun, YL Yang, YF Zhang*, ZF Liu*, Temperature-triggered chemical switching growth of in-plane and vertically stacked graphene-boron nitride heterostructures, Nature Commun. 6(2015), 6835.
22. QQ Ji, Y Zhang, YF Zhang, ZF Liu*, Chemical vapour deposition of group-VIB metal dichalcogenide monolayers: engineered substrates from amorphous to single crystalline, Chem. Soc. Rev. 44(9)(2015), 2587-2602.
23. JY Zhou, X Gao, R Liu, ZQ Xie, J Yang, SQ Zhang, GM Zhang, HB Liu, YL Li, J Zhang*, ZF Liu*, Synthesis of graphdiyne nanowalls using acetylenic coupling reaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137(24)(2015), 7596-7599.
24. CH Zhang, SL Zhao, CH Jin, AL Koh, Y Zhou, WG Xu, QC Li, QH Xiong, HL Peng*, ZF Liu*, Direct growth of large-area graphene and boron nitride heterostructures by a co-segregation method, Nature Commun. 6(2015), 6519.
25. T Gao, XJ Song, HW Du, YF Nie, YB Chen, QQ Ji, JY Sun, YL Yang, YF Zhang*, ZF Liu*, Temperature-triggered chemical switching growth of in-plane and vertically stacked graphene-boron nitride heterostructures, Nature Commun. 6(2015), 6835.
26. QQ Ji, Y Zhang, YF Zhang, ZF Liu*, Chemical vapour deposition of group-VIB metal dichalcogenide monolayers: engineered substrates from amorphous to single crystalline, Chem. Soc. Rev. 44(9)(2015), 2587-2602.
27. JY Zhou, X Gao, R Liu, ZQ Xie, J Yang, SQ Zhang, GM Zhang, HB Liu, YL Li, J Zhang*, ZF Liu*, Synthesis of graphdiyne nanowalls using acetylenic coupling reaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137(24)(2015), 7596-7599.
28. QQ Ji, M Kan, Y Zhang, Y Guo, DL Ma, JP Shi, Q Sun, Q Chen, YF Zhang*, ZF Liu*, Unravelling orientation distribution and merging behavior of monolayer MoS₂ domains on sapphire, Nano Lett. 15(1)(2015), 198-205.
29. B Deng, PC Hsu, GC Chen, BN Chandrashekar, L Liao, ZW Ayitimuda, JX Wu, YF Guo, L Lin, Y Zhou, M Aisijiang, Q Xie, Y Cui*, ZF Liu*, HL Peng*, Roll-to-roll encapsulation of metal nanowires between graphene and plastic substrate for high-performance flexible transparent electrodes, Nano Lett. 15(6)(2015), 4206-4213.
30. L Liao, HL Peng, JB Yin, AL Koh, YL Chen, Q Xie, HL Peng*, ZF Liu*, van Hove singularity enhanced photochemical reactivity of twisted bilayer graphene, Nano Lett. 15(8)(2015), 5585-5589.
31. QC Li, XL Zou, MX Liu, JY Sun, YB Gao, Y Qi, XB Zhou, BI Yakobson*, YF Zhang*, ZF Liu*, Grain boundary structures and electronic properties of hexagonal boron nitride on Cu (111), Nano Lett. 15(9)(2015), 5804-5810.
32. JY Sun, YB Chen, M Priydarshi, Z Chen, A Bachmatiuk, ZY Zou, ZL Chen, XJ Song, YF Gao, MH Rümmeli, YF Zhang*, ZF Liu*，Direct CVD-derived graphene glasses targeting wide ranged applications, Nano Lett. 15(9)(2015), 5846-5854.
33. JY Sun, T Gao, XJ Song, YF Zhao, YW Lin, HC Wang, DL Ma, YB Chen, WF Xiang, J Wang, YF Zhang*, ZF Liu*, Direct growth of high-quality graphene on high-κ dielectric SrTiO₃ substrates, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136(18)(2014), 6574-6577.
34. L Liao, HL Peng*, ZF Liu*, Chemistry makes graphene beyond graphene, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136(35)(2014), 12194-12200.
35. MX Liu, YC Li, PC Chen, JY Sun, DL Ma, QC Li, T Gao, YB Gao, ZH Cheng, XH Qiu, Y Fang, YF Zhang*, ZF Liu*, Quasi-freestanding monolayer heterostructure of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride on Ir(111) with a zigzag boundary, Nano Lett. 14(11)(2014), 6342-6347.
36. ZY Zou, L Fu, XJ Song, YF Zhang*, ZF Liu*, Carbide-forming groups IVB-VIB metals: a new territory in the periodic table for CVD growth of graphene, Nano Lett. 14(7)(2014), 3832-3839.