Professor Liu Dong, born in August, 1992, obtained his bachelor’s and Ph.D degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2012 and 2017 respectively under the supervision of Professor Xiong Yujie. After graduating from his Ph.D., he went to Nanyang Technological University in Singapore to conduct post-doctoral research supervised by Prof. Liu Bin and Prof. Xue Can. He joined the Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research and School of Chemistry and Materials Science in May 2021. Up to now, he has published 22 papers in important academic journals at home and abroad, and has been cited more than 1,100 times, with a Google Scholar h-factor of 18. As the first author and co-first author, he published 1 paper in Nature Communications, 3 papers in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 1 in Advanced Materials, 1 in Nano Today, 1 in Nano Research.

Email: dongliu@ustc.edu.cn; liudong_ustc@163.com

Address: 503-7 Sixian Building, USTC Suzhou Institute

Research fields

1. Controllable synthesis of inorganic solid materials and precise regulation of surface and interface structures;

2. Photocatalytic/photoelectrochemical small molecule activation and its application in the production of high value-added chemicals.

Awards

1. 2018 Nano Research Top Papers Award

2. 2017 CAS Dean's Scholarship

3. 2017 Excellent Graduate of Anhui Province

4. 2016 National Scholarship for Doctoral Candidates

5. 2015 Oxford Instruments Rising Star China Scholarship

6. 2014 USTC Excellent Communist Youth League Cadre

7. 2013 National Scholarship for Postgraduates

8. 2012 Excellent Graduate of Anhui Province

Publications
1. D. Liu,  J.-C. Liu, W. Cai, H. B. Yang, H. Xiao*, J. Li, Y. Xiong*, Y. Huang, B.  Liu*, “Selective Photoelectrochemical Oxidation of Glycerol to High  Value-Added Dihydroxyacetone”, Nature Communications 2019, 10, 1779. SCI-1(Top), IF=12.121.

2. D. Liu+, L. Li+, Y. Gao, J. Jiang, Y. Xiong*, “The Nature of Photocatalytic ‘Water Splitting’ on Silicon Nanowires”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015, 54, 2980-2985. SCI-1(Top), IF=12.959. (Selected as a Hot Paper)

3. D. Liu+, D. Yang+,  Y. Gao, J. Ma, R. Long, C. M. Wang, Y. Xiong*, “Fexible Near-Infrared  Photovoltaic Devices Based on Plasmonic Hot-Electron Injection into  Silicon Nanowire Arrays”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016, 55, 4577-4581. SCI-1(Top), IF=12.959 (Selected as a VIP Paper).

4. Q. Yuan+, D. Liu+(Equal  Contribution), N. Zhang, W. Ye, H. Ju, L. Shi, R. Long, J. Zhu, Y.  Xiong*, “Noble Metal-free Janus-like Structures via Cation Exchange for  Broadband Z-Scheme Photocatalytic Water Splitting”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2017, 56, 4206. SCI-1(Top), IF=12.959.

5. D. Liu, C. Xue*, “Plasmonic Coupling Architectures for Enhanced Photocatalysis”, Advanced Materials 2021, 33, 2005738. SCI-1(Top), IF=27.398.

6. J. Deng, Y. Su, D. Liu, P. Yang*, B. Liu*, C. Liu*, “Nanowire Photoelectrochemistry”, Chemical Reviews 2019, 119, 9221-9259. SCI-1(Top), IF=52.758.

7. D. Liu, J. Ma, R. Long, C. Gao*, Y. Xiong*, “Silicon Nanostructures for Solar-driven Catalytic Applications”, Nano Today 2017, 17, 96-116. SCI-1(Top), IF=16.907.

8. D. Liu+, M. Xie+,  C. Wang*, L. W. Liao, L. Qiu, J. Ma, H. Huang, R. Long, J. Jiang*, Y.  Xiong*, “Pd-Ag Alloy Hollow Nanostructures with Interatomic Charge  Polarization for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Formic Acid Oxidation”, Nano Research 2016, 9, 1590-1599. SCI-1(Top), IF=8.183 (Nano Research Top Papers Award 2018).

9. D. Liu, B. Liu*, “Novel Design of Photoelectrochemical Device by Dual BiVO4 Photoelectrode with Abundant Oxygen Vacancy”, Science Bulletin 2018, 63, 1027-1028. SCI-1(Top), IF=9.511.

10. I. Tamiolakis, D. Liu, F. X. Xiao, J. Xie, I. T. Papadas, T. Salim, B. Liu, Q. Zhang, S. A. Choulis, G. S. Armatas*, “Mesoporous Implantable Pt/SrTiO3:C,N Nanocuboids Delivering Enhanced Photocatalytic H2-Production Activity via Plasmon-Induced Interfacial Electron Transfer”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2018, 226, 338-347. SCI-1(Top), IF=16.683.

11. H. Song, D. Liu, J. Yang, L. Wang, H. Xu*, Y. Xiong*, “Highly Crystalline Mesoporous Silicon Spheres for Efficient Visible Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution”, ChemNanoMat 2017, 3, 22-26. SCI-2区, IF=3.384 (Cover).

12. J. G. Piao, D. Liu, K. Hu, L. Wang, F. Gao, Y. Xiong*, L. Yang*, “Cooperative Nanoparticle System for Photothermal Tumor Treatment without Skin Damage”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016, 8, 2847-2856. SCI-1(Top), IF=8.758.

13. X. Wang, R. Long, D. Liu, D. Yang, C. Wang, Y. Xiong*, “Enhanced Full-Spectrum Water Splitting by Confining Plasmonic Au Nanoparticles in N-doped TiO2 Bowl Nanoarrays”, Nano Energy 2016, 24, 87-93. SCI-1(Top), IF=16.602.

14. X. Zhao, R. Long, D. Liu, B. Luo, Y. Xiong*, “Pd-Ag Alloy Nanocages: Integration of Ag Plasmonic Properties with Pd Active Sites for Light-Driven Catalytic Hydrogenation”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2015, 3, 9390-9394. SCI-1(Top), IF=11.301.

15. J. Huang, L. Yang, D. Liu, J. Chen, Q. Fu, Y. Xiong, F. Lin, B. Xiang*, “Large-area Synthesis of Monolayer WSe2 on SiO2/Si Substrate and its Device Applications”, Nanoscale 2015, 7, 4193-4198. SCI-1(Top), IF=6.895.

16. Y. Xiong,* R. Long, D. Liu,  X. Zhong, C. Wang, Z.-Y. Li, Y. Xie, “Solar Energy Conversion with  Tunable Plasmonic Nanostructures for Thermoelectric Devices”, Nanoscale 2012, 4, 4416-4420. SCI-1(Top), IF=6.895.

17. J. Ma+, C. Gao+, J. Low+, D. Liu,  X. Lian, H. Zhang, H. Jin, X. Zheng, C. Wang, R. Long*, H. Ji, J. Zhu,  Y. Xiong*, “Fundamental Insights into Surface Modification of Silicon  Material towards Improved Activity and Durability in Photocatalytic  Hydrogen Production: A Case Study of Pre-Lithiation”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2021, 125, 5542-5548. SCI-2区(Top), IF=4.189.