Biography

• Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (1993-)

• Postdoc., Institute for Molecular Science, Japan (1991-1993)

• Postdoc., The University of Tokyo, Japan (1990-1991)

• Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Japan (1990)

• M.Eng., Yokohama National University (1987)

• B.Eng., Changchun Institute of Technology (1983)

Research Interests

• Chemical vapor deposition growth for universal graphene films and super graphene-skinned materials

• Research and development of scalable production processes and equipment for graphene materials

• Killer applications for graphene materials

Awards

• National Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars in 1994

• Chang Jiang Scholar Professor, Ministry of Education in 1999

• National Natural Science Award (Second grade) in 2008 and 2017

• Chinese Chemical Society - AkzoNobel Chemical Award in 2012

• Baosteel Excellent Teacher Special Award in 2012

• Ten Thousand Talents Program, Central Organization Department in 2013

• Outstanding Teacher of Beijing in 2017

• ACS NANO Lectureship Award in 2018

• Guohua Outstanding Scholar Award by Peking University in 2020

• 8th Nanotechnology Research Award in 2021

• IGA Lifetime Achievement Award in the graphene industry in 2022

• Chinese Chemical Society's Jingbo Technology Excellence Award in 2022

• China Graphene Industry Pioneer Award in 2023

• MOE Outstanding Research Award, Ministry of Education in 2025

Selected Publications

1. JH Liao, YX Zhao, XH Chen, ZN Hu, SY Bu, YQ Zhu, Q Lu, MP Shang, HT Wu, FF Li, ZF Shi, Q Zhao, KC Jia, JY Hu, ZY Han, Q Xie, XX Zhao, JB Yin, WD Wang, HL Peng, XH Qiu, YF Zhang*, L Lin*, ZF Liu*, Dielectric assisted transfer using single-crystal antimony oxide for two-dimensional material devices, Nat. Electron. 8(2025), 309–321.

2. YX Zhao, JH Liao, SY Bu, ZN Hu, JY Hu, Q Lu, MP Shang, BB Guo, G Chen, Q Zhao, KC Jia, GR Wang, E Errington, Q Xie, YF Zhang, M Guo, BY Mao*, Li Lin*, ZF Liu*, Automated processing and transfer of two-dimensional materials with robotics, Nat. Chem. Eng. 2(2025), 296–308.

3. K Wang#, XC Sun#, ST Cheng#, Y Cheng, KW Huang, FS Liang, YY Yang, F Yang, KY Zheng, ZW Liang, C Tu, MX Liu, MY Ma, YS Ge, MQ Jian, WJ Yin, Y Qi*, ZF Liu*, Multispecies-coadsorption-induced rapid preparation of graphene glass fiber fabric and applications in flexible pressure sensor, Nat. Commun. 15(2024), 5040.

4. WJ Li, FS Liang, XC Sun, KY Zheng, RJ Liu, H Yuan, ST Cheng, JN Wang, Y Cheng, KW Huang, K Wang, YY Yang, F Yang, C Tu, XY Mao, WJ Yin, AL Cai, XB Wang, Y Qi*, and ZF Liu*, Graphene-skinned alumina fiber fabricated through metalloid-catalytic graphene CVD growth on nonmetallic substrate and its mass production,Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 6825.

5. YY Yang#, H Yuan#, Y Cheng, F Yang, MX Liu, KW Huang, K Wang, ST Cheng, RJ liu, WJ Li, FS Liang, KY Zheng, LF Liu, C Tu, XB Wang, Y Qi*, ZF Liu*, Fluid-Dynamics-Rectified Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Preparing Graphene-Skinned Glass Fiber Fabric and Its Application in Natural Energy Harvest, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146(2024), 25035–25046.

6. JC Zhang, XT Liu, MQ Zhang, R Zhang, H Ta, JB Sun, WD Wang, WQ Zhu, TT Fang, KC Jia, XC Sun, XT Zhang, YS Zhu, JX Shao, YC Liu, X Gao, Q Yang, LZ Sun, Q Li, FS Liang, H Chen, LM Zheng, FY Wang, WJ Yin, XD WEi, JB Yin, T Gemming, M Rummeli, HH Liu*, HL Peng*, L Lin*, ZF Liu*, Fast synthesis of large-area bilayer graphene film on Cu,Nat. Commun. 14(2023), 3199.

7. Y Cheng, ST Cheng, BB Chen, J Jiang, C Tu, WJ Li, YY Yang, KW Huang, K Wang, H Yuan, JL Li, Y Qi*, ZF Liu*, Graphene infrared radiation management targeting photothermal conversion for electric-energy-free crude-oil collection, J Am. Chem. Soc. 144(34)(2022), 15562-15568.

8. LZ Sun, ZH Wang, YC Wang, L Zhao, YL Li, BH Chen, SH Huang, SS Zhang, WD Wang, D Pei, HW Fang, S Zhong, HY Liu, JC Zhang, LM Tong, YL Chen, ZY Li, MH Rummeli, KS Novoselov, HL Peng*, L Lin*, ZF Liu*, Hetero-site nucleation for growing twisted bilayer graphene with a wide range of twist angles, Nat. Commun. 12(2021), 2391

9. LZ Sun, GW Yuan, LB Gao*, J Yang, M Chhowalla*, MH Gharahcheshmeh, KK Gleason*, YS Choi, BH Hong*, ZF Liu*, Chemical Vapour Deposition, Nat. Rev. Methods Primers 1(2021), 5.

10. YG Zuo, WT Yu, C Liu, X Cheng, RX Qiao, J Liang, X Zhou, JH Wang, MH Wu, Y Zhao, P Gao, SW Wu, ZP Sun, KH Liu*, XD Bai*, ZF Liu*, Optical fibres with embedded two-dimensional materials for ultrahigh nonlinearity, Nature Nanotechnology 15(2020), 987-991.