Dr. Wei Liu  (刘伟) Professor State Key Laboratory of Catalysis Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China Tel.: +86-411-84379317 E-mail: weiliu@dicp.ac.cn

 

Education Background

2007 – 2012  Ph. D. in Condensed Matter Physics, Beihang University

2011 – 2012  Visiting student, University of Michigan, U. S.

2001 – 2005  B.S. in Applied Physics, Beihang University

Working Experiences

2020 – Present   Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, China

2017 – 2020        Associate Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, China

2013 – 2017        Associate Professor, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

2015 – 2016        CSC Fellow, University of Michigan, U. S.

2012 – 2013        Assistant Professor, Sichuan University

Research Interests

1. Surface atomic structure evolution in solid-gas reaction via in situ electron microscopy.

2. Electron microscopy data quantification through AI-assisted image analysis.

3. Methodology and instrument development for operando electron microscopy on catalysis.

4. Reaction-driven atomic structure dynamics of 2D catalysts.

Publications (#: equal contribution)

29. Xiaoben Zhang, Chuanchuan Jin, Shaobo Han, Peiyao Guo, Yan Zhou*, Wei Liu*, Wenjie Shen*

Atomic Structure of the Fe₃O₄/Fe₂O₃ Interface During Phase Transition from Hematite to Magnetite

Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 12111

DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01653

28. Shuhui Liu, Ronghe Lin, Wei Liu*, Yunjie Ding*

Full Metal Species Quantification of Supported Catalysts: Beyond Metal Dispersion

Chempluschem 2023, 88, 202300111

DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300111

27. Wenqing Zhang^#, Xiaoben Zhang^#, Jianyang Wang, Arnab Ghosh, Jie Zhu, J. Nickole LiBretto, Guanghui Zhang*, K. Abhaya Datye, Wei Liu*, T. Jeffrey Miller*

Bismuth-Modulated Surface Structural Evolution of Pd3Bi Intermetallic Alloy Catalysts for Selective Propane Dehydrogenation and Acetylene Semihydrogenation

ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 10531

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c00642

26. Fan Zhang, Xiaoben Zhang, Zhenghao Jia, Wei Liu*

Precise Drift Tracking for In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy via a Thon-Ring Based Sample Position Measurement

Microsc. Microanal. 2022, 28, 1945

DOI: 10.1017/S1431927622000691

25. Fan Zhang, Merjin Pen, Ronald Spruit, Perez H. Garza, Wei Liu*, Dan Zhou*

Data Synchronization in Operando Gas and Heating TEM

Ultramicroscopy 2022, 238, 113549

DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2022.113549

24. Ji Yang^#, Haifeng Qi^#, Anqi Li^#, Xiaoyan Liu, Xiaofeng Yang*, Shengxin Zhang, Qiao Zhao, Qike Jiang, Yang Su, Leilei Zhang, Jianfeng Li*, Zhongqun Tian, Wei Liu*, Aiqin Wang*, Tao Zhang

Potential-Driven Restructuring of Cu Single Atoms to Nanoparticles for Boosting the Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 12062

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c02262

23. Yi Wang^#, Fan Zhang^#, Mengru Wang^#, Xiao Ling Mou*, Shuhui Liu, Zheng Jiang, Wei Liu*, Ronghe Lin*, Yunjie Ding*

Discerning the Contributions of Gold Species in Butadiene Hydrogenation: From Single Atoms to Nanoparticles

Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2022, 61, e202214166

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202214166

22. Yiqiang Lv, Peng Wang, Dongdong Liu, Fan Zhang, P. Thomas Senftle*, Guanghui Zhang, Zhenyu Zhang*, Jianmei Wang, Wei Liu*

Tracing the Active Phase and Dynamics for Carbon Nanofiber Growth on Nickel Catalyst Using Environmental Transmission Electron Microscopy

Small Methods 2022, 6, 2270036

DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202200235

21. Shuhui Liu, Fan Zhang, Ronghe Lin*, Wei Liu*

Full Metal Species Quantification of Metal Supported Catalysts Through Massive TEM Images Recognition

Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 2022, 38, 1263

DOI: 10.1007/s40242-022-2218-3

20. Ming Hao^#, Hao Li^#, Wei Liu*, Tianyi Ma, Jinsheng Liang, Kai Sun*, Hiroaki Matsumoto, Fei Wang*

Tracking the redox reaction-induced reconstruction of NiAu nanoparticles via environmental scanning transmission electron microscopy

Nanoscale 2022, 14, 4089

DOI: 10.1039/d1nr07188b

19. Linhai Wang, Dongdong Liu, Fan Zhang, Zhenyu Zhang*, Junfeng Cui, Zhenghao Jia, Zhibin Yu, Yiqiang Lv, Wei Liu*

Dynamics of the charging-induced imaging instability in transmission electron microscopy

Nanoscale Adv. 2021, 3, 3035

DOI: 10.1039/d1na00140j

18. Shuhui Liu^#, Hua Xu^#, Dongdong Liu, Hao Yu, Fan Zhang, Peng Zhang, Ruolin Zhang, Wei Liu*

Identify the Activity Origin of Pt Single-Atom Catalyst via Atom-by-Atom Counting

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 15243

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06381

17. Shuhui Liu*, Changcheng Xu, Zhongyuan Zhang, Qiao Zhao, Liying Yao, Wei Liu*

Precisely identify the geometry of catalyst particles from S/TEM images via a boundary attention deep learning network

Mater. Today Commun. 2021, 28, 102728

DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2021.102728

16. Ming Hao^#, Hao Li^#, Li Cui, Wei Liu*, Baizeng Fang*, Jinsheng Liang*, Xinlei Xie, Dongxu Wang, Fei Wang*

Higher photocatalytic removal of organic pollutants using pangolin-like composites made of 3-4 atomic layers of MoS₂ nanosheets deposited on tourmaline

Environ. Chem. Lett. 2021, 19, 3573

DOI: 10.1007/s10311-021-01235-6

15. Xiaoben Zhang^#, Shaobo Han^#, Beien Zhu^#, Guanghui Zhang^#, Xiaoyan Li, Yi Gao*, Zhaoxuan Wu, Bing Yang*, Yuefeng Liu, Walid Baaziz, Ovidiu Ersen, Meng Gu*, T. Jeffrey Miller, Wei Liu*

Reversible loss of core-shell structure for Ni-Au bimetallic nanoparticles during CO₂ hydrogenation

Nat. Catal. 2020, 3, 411

DOI: 10.1038/s41929-020-0440-2

14. Nan Qiu, Zhaoming Yang, Yuan Wang*, Yingming Zhu*, Wei Liu*

A high-power and long-life aqueous rechargeable Zn-ion battery based on hierarchically porous sodium vanadate

Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 9174

DOI: 10.1039/d0cc02375b

13. Nan Qiu*, Hong Chen, Zhaoming Yang, Yingming Zhu*, Wei Liu*, Yuan Wang

Porous hydrated ammonium vanadate as a novel cathode for aqueous rechargeable Zn-ion batteries.

Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 3785

DOI: 10.1039/C9CC09914J

12. Yuang Piao^#, Qian Jiang^#, Hao Li, Hiroaki Matsumoto, Jinsheng Liang, Wei Liu*, Phamhuu Cuong, Yuefeng Liu*, Fei Wang*

Identify Zr Promotion Effects in Atomic Scale for Co-Based Catalysts in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 7894

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01874

11. Ming Zhou, Xiaotao Zu*, Kai Sun, Wei Liu*, Xia Xiang

Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen generation of nano-sized mesoporous InNbO₄ crystals synthesized via a polyacrylamide gel route

Chem. Eng. J. 2017, 313, 99

DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.12.025

10. Juwei Wu, Wei Liu*, Xia Xiang*, Kai Sun, Fenghua Liu, Chao Cai, Shaobo Han, Yongyong Xie, Sean Li, Xiaotao Zu

From Ni(OH)₂/Graphene composite to Ni@Graphene core-shell: A self-catalyzed epitaxial growth and enhanced activity for nitrophenol reduction

Carbon 2017, 117, 192

DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.02.047

9. Zhonghua Yan, Chuanchao Zhang, Wei Liu*, Jin Shan Li, Ming Huang, Xuming Wang, Guorui Zhou, Bi Sheng Tan, Zongwei Yang, Zhijie Li, Li Li, Hongwei Yan, Xiaodong Yuan*, Xiaotao Zu

Ultraviolet Laser-induced ignition of RDX single crystal

Sci. Rep. 2016, 6, 20251

DOI: 10.1038/srep20251

8. Zhonghua Yan, Wei Liu*, Chuanchao Zhang, Xuming Wang, Jinshan Li, Zongwei Yang, Xia Xiang, Ming Huang, Bisheng Tan, Guorui Zhou, Wei Liao, Zhijie Li, Li Li, Hongwei Yan, Xiaodong Yuan*, Xiaotao Zu*

Quantitative correlation between facets defects of RDX crystals and their laser sensitivity

J. Hazard. Mater. 2016, 313, 103

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.03.071

7. Zhonghua Yan, Wei Liu*, Chuanchao Zhang, Jinshan Li, Xia Xiang, Ming Huang, Wei Liao, Zongwei Yang, Bisheng Tan, Zhijie Li, Li Li, Hongwei Yan, Xiaodong Yuan*, Xiaotao Zu*

Scratch defects modulated hot spots generation in laser irradiated RDX crystals: a 3D FDTD simulation.

J. Mater. Sci. 2016, 51, 8812

DOI: 10.1007/s10853-016-0086-2

6. Shaobo Han, Wei Liu*, Kai Sun, Xiaotao Zu*

Experimental evidence of ZnS precursor anisotropy activated by ethylenediamine for constructing nanowires and single-atomic layered hybrid structures

Crystengcomm 2016, 18, 2626

DOI: 10.1039/c5ce02325d

5. Xia Xiang, Jinlan Nie, Kai Sun, Li Zhang, Wei Liu*, Johannes Schwank, Shifa Wang, Mian Zhong, Fei Gao, Xiaotao Zu*

Structural evolution of NiAu nanoparticles under ambient conditions directly revealed by atom-resolved imaging combined with DFT simulation

Nanoscale 2014, 6, 12898

DOI: 10.1039/C4NR03559C

4. Wei Liu, Kai Sun, Rongming Wang*

In-situ Atom-resolved Tracing of Element Diffusion in NiAu Nanospindles

Nanoscale 2013, 5, 5067

DOI: 10.1039/C3NR00829K

3. Yuanpeng Zhang^#, Wei Liu^#, Rongming Wang*

From ZnS nanoparticles, nanobelts, to nanotetrapods: the ethylenediamine modulated anisotropic growth of ZnS nanostructures

Nanoscale 2012, 4, 2394

DOI: 10.1039/C2NR11985D

2. Wei Liu^#, Ning Wang^#, Rongming Wang*, Shishir Kumar, S. Georg Duesberg, Hongzhou Zhang*, Kai Sun

Atom-Resolved Evidence of Anisotropic Growth in ZnS Nanotetrapods

Nano Lett. 2011, 11, 2983

DOI: 10.1021/nl2015747

1. Wei Liu, Rongming Wang*, Ning Wang*

From ZnS nanobelts to ZnO/ZnS heterostructures: Microscopy analysis and their tunable optical property

Appl. Phys. Lett. 2010, 97, 041916

DOI: 10.1063/1.3474609