Liu Wen

Liu Wen (PhD), Professor at the School of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, was selected into the National Young Talent Program in 2021, Elsevier China Highly Cited Scholar (Chemical Engineering and Technology) in 2021-2024, and Stanford released the list of the world's top 2% Top scientists in 2024

Dr. Wen Liu has been engaged in inorganic material synthesis and energy chemistry applications (electrochemical energy storage, electrochemical hydrogen production, fuel cells, etc.) for many years. During his doctoral and postdoctoral studies, he successively studied lithium-ion battery and lithium-sulfur battery, synthesis, characterization and electrocatalytic mechanism analysis in School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Peking University, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology of Korea and Yale University of the United States. Starting from the three key factors involved in electrochemical energy storage and conversion - material structure, surface state, and interface interactions, the research work has made the following progress in the field of energy electrochemistry such as rechargeable batteries and electrochemical catalysts (metal ion (Li\Na\Zn) batteries, lithium sulfur batteries, electrolytic water, and fuel cells) : (1) New methods of battery material synthesis and surface modification have been developed, and the energy density and stability of metal ion batteries have been synchronously improved; (2) Construct a multi-component composite Li-S battery cathode material, and develop novel and efficient sulfur fixation strategies; (3) Develop new electrocatalytic materials that are cheap, easy to obtain, efficient and stable, and develop electrocatalytic material design and surface interface regulation strategies based on multiple collaborative mechanisms.

By March 2024, as the first (co-one) or corresponding author in Nat.Commun. (3 articles), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. (1 article), Adv. Mater. (5 articles), Energ.envion.sci. (2 articles), More than 60 SCI papers have been published or received in mainstream academic journals such as Angew.chem.in.ed. (3 papers), 12 of which are ESI highly cited papers, with a total of more than 17,000 citations (Google Scholar), with a maximum of 1700 citations per paper, and an H index of 58; 10 authorized invention patents and one PCT patent. He has hosted or participated in many National Natural Foundation projects, international cooperation projects, Beijing Natural Foundation projects, major research and development projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and horizontal cooperation projects of enterprises.

Research Interests:

1. Material design and synthesis, performance evaluation, mechanism research, and device optimization of high-energy-density secondary batteries, including lithium-ion batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries, metal-air batteries, etc.
2. Interface regulation between metal anodes and electrolytes, electrolyte design, and protection strategies for metal anodes.
3. Rational design and synthesis of high-performance electrocatalysts, identification and regulation of catalytic centers, and development of novel electrochemical devices.

Interested students are welcome to join our research group for scientific research training and degree pursuit. Post - doctors and research assistants are being recruited... Backgrounds in polymer chemistry, inorganic chemistry, material chemistry, electrochemistry, etc. are all acceptable. Those with the following project experiences will be given priority:
1) Organic and inorganic solid electrolytes and solid - state batteries;
2) New organic and non - organic electrolytes, extreme - environment electrolytes;
3) Development of new battery systems (multivalent ion batteries, flow batteries, etc.);
4) High - throughput material calculation or AI + material design.

Undergraduate Courses：

1）Physical Chemistry

2) Energy Chemistry

3) Applied Electrochemistry

Graduate Courses:

1) Advanced Inorganic Synthesis

2) Chemistry of Nanomaterials