Liu Xiao

Academic Degrees

2009.09-2013.06, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Bachelor of Engineering

2013.09-2018.01, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Doctor of Engineering

Professional Experience

2018.01-2020.04, State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Post-doctor

2020-Now, State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Lecturer

Selected Publications

[1] Yun Lang, Chun Du, Yuanting Tang, Yongjie Chen, Yunkun Zhao, Rong Chen, Xiao Liu* and Bin Shan*, Highly efficient copper-manganese oxide catalysts with abundant surface vacancies for low-temperature water-gas shift reaction, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2020, 45(15), 8629-8639.

[2] Annai Liu^#, Xiao Liu^# , Lichen Liu, Yu Pu, Kai Guo, Wei Tan, Song Gao, Yidan Luo, Shuohan Yu, Rui Si, Bin Shan, Fei Gao* and Lin Dong, Getting insights into the temperature-specific active sites on platinum nanoparticles for CO oxidation: a combined in situ spectroscopic and ab initio density functional theory study, ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9, 7759-7768. ^#Contributed equally

[3] Xiao Liu, Jiaqiang Yang, Gurong Shen, Meiqing Shen, Yunkun Zhao, Kyeongjae Cho, Bin Shan* and Rong Chen*, Tuning the structure of bifunctional Pt/SmMn₂O₅ interface for promoted low-temperature CO oxidation activity, Nanoscale, 2019, 11(17), 8150-8159. (Inside front cover)

[4]Rong Chen*, Kai Qu, Jiawei Li, Penghui Zhu, Chenlong Duan, Jing Zhang, Xiwen Li, Xiao Liu* and Zhijian Yang, Ultrathin zirconia passivation and stabilization of aluminum nanoparticles for energetic nanomaterials via atomic layer deposition, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2018, 1(10), 5500-5506.

[5] Xiao Liu, Yuanting Tang, Meiqing Shen, Wei Li, Shengqi Chu, Bin Shan* and Rong Chen*, Bifunctional CO oxidation over Mn-mullite anchored Pt sub-nanoclusters via atomic layer deposition, Chemical Science, 2018, 9(9), 2469-2473.

[6] Xiao Liu, Yanwei Wen, Yuanting Tang, Yun Lang, Bin Shan* and Rong Chen*, Effect of exposed facets and oxygen vacancy on the catalytic activity of Pd_xCe_1-xO_2-δ catalysts: a combined experimental and theoretical study, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2017, 7(19), 4462-4469.

[7] Xiao Liu, Qianqian Zhu, Yun Lang, Kun Cao, Shengqi Chu, Bin Shan* and Rong Chen*, Oxide nanotraps-anchored Pt nanoparticles with high activity and sintering resistance via area-selective atomic layer deposition, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56(6), 1648-1652.

[8] Zhengzheng Chen^#, Xiao Liu^#, Kyeongjae Cho, Rong Chen* and Bin Shan*, Density functional theory study of the oxygen chemistry and NO oxidation mechanism on low-index surfaces of SmMn₂O₅ mullite, ACS Catalysis, 2015, 5(8), 4913-4926. ^#Contributed equally

[9] Xiao Liu, Yanwei Wen*, Zhengzheng Chen, Bin Shan and Rong Chen*, A first-principles study of sodium adsorption and diffusion on phosphorene, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015, 17(25), 16398-16404.

[10] Xiao Liu, Yanwei Wen, Bin Shan, Kyeongjae Cho, Z. Chen* and Rong Chen*, Combined effects of defects and hydroxyl groups on the electronic transport properties of reduced graphene oxide, Applied Physics A, 2015, 118(3), 885-892.

[11] Xiao Liu, Zhengzheng Chen, Yanwei Wen, Rong Chen* and Bin Shan*, Surface stabilities and NO oxidation kinetics on hexagonal-phase LaCoO3 facets: a first-principles study, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2014, 4(10), 3687-3696.

[12] Chen Zhou#, Xiao Liu#, Chunzheng Wu, Yanwei Wen, Yejian Xue, Rong Chen, Zhaoliang Zhang, Bin Shan*, Hongfeng Yin* and Wei Guo Wang, NO oxidation catalysis on copper doped hexagonal phase LaCoO3: a combined experimental and theoretical study, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014, 16(11), 5106-5112. #Contributed equally

[13] Xiao Liu, Yanwei Wen*, Zhengzheng Chen, Hao Lin, Rong Chen, Kyeongjae Cho and Bin Shan*, Modulation of Dirac points and band-gaps in graphene via periodic fullerene adsorption, AIP Advances, 2013, 3(5), 052126.

Awards and Honors

2018  First Prize of Technical Inventions (Hubei 2018)

2018  Postdoctoral Innovation Talents Support Program

2017  National Scholarship for Postgraduates

2016  Gold Medal of 44th Salon International Inventions Geneva

2015  National Scholarship for Postgraduates

Courses Taught

 Undergraduate-Level Courses: Nanotechnology in Daily Life

Centers/Programs

1. Project Principal, Controllable and stabilization study of gold-based confined nanocatalysts via atomic layer deposition, Project number: 51801067, National Natural Science Fund of China

2. Project Principal, Controllable and stabilization study of Noble metal-based confined nanocatalysts via atomic layer deposition, Project number: BX20180104, Postdoctoral Innovation Talents Support Program

3. Project Principal, Interface design and catalytic mechanism study of Mn-based mullite supported Pt clusters, Project number: 2018M630856, China Postdoctoral Science Fund (1st Class Funding)