Biography

• 2010/08-present Associate Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University

• 2006/11-2010/08 Lecturer, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University

• 2001/10-2006/10 Ph. D., Yokohama national university, Japan (Advisor: Kenichiro Ota)

• 2001/04-2001/09 Researcher,Yokohama national university, Japan (Advisor: Nobuyuki Kamiya)

• 2000/06-2001/03  International student, Asuka Japanese Language Institute

• 1996/08-2000/05 Deputy director, Changfeng Technology, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited

• 1992/08-1996/07 B. S., Beihang University (Advisor: Huibin Xu)

Research Interests

My research interests have centered on developing high performance nanocomposite catalysts for energy storage and conversion, with a particular focus on hydrogen generation and application.

• Development and application of novel catalysts with high activity and high durability for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells and PEM water electrolysis(PEMWE).

• Design and synthesis of novel supports with high conductivity, high corrosion-resistance, high oxidation-resistance under operational conditions in PEMFCs and PEMWE systems.

• Study on the catalytic enhancement mechanism of the novel catalytic systems.

Teaching

• Structural Chemistry

• Advanced Electrochemistry

• Physical Chemistry Laboratory

Awards

• Excellence Award for Undergraduate Teaching，Peking University，2022

• Excellence Award for Moral Education，Peking University，2022

• Excellent Teaching Team Award，Structural Chemistry，Peking University，2019

Selected Publications

1. T. Cheng,; X. Tan, L.F. Chen, X.S. Zhao, F. Kotegawa, J. Huang, Y. Liu*, H. Jiang*, M. Harada, Y. Wang*, A Robust Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction Assembled with Pt Nanoclusters and a Melem-Modified Carbon Support,  Energy Technol.  2022, 10, 2200680.

2. Yunlv Cheng, Xinshu Zhao, Yulv Yu, Lifang Chen, Tao Cheng, Jin Huang, Yan Liu*, Masafumi Harada, Akimitsu Ishihara, Yuan Wang*, Indium oxide supported Pt–In alloy nanocluster catalysts with enhanced catalytic performance toward oxygen reduction reaction,  J. Power Sources, 2020, 446, 227332.

3. Chao Lian*, Yunlv Cheng, Lifang Chen, Xiao Han, Xiaojuan Lei, Yan Liu*, Yuan Wang*, Synthesis and electrocatalytic properties for oxygen reduction of Pd₄Fe nanoflowers, Chem. Commun.  2018, 54:7058-7061.

4. Yan Liu, Lifang Chen, Tao Cheng, Hongyu Guo, Bin Sun, Yuan Wang*, Preparation and application in assembling high-performance fuel cell catalysts of colloidal PtCu alloy nanoclusters,  J. Power Sources, 2018, 395, 66-76.

5. Chunmei Zhu, Ang Gao, Yuan Wang*, Yan Liu*, Pt–Cu bimetallic electrocatalysts with enhanced catalytic properties for oxygen reduction, Chem. Commun.  2014, 50: 13889-13892.

6. Linwei Zhang, Ning Zheng, Ang Gao, Chunmei Zhu, Zhiyong Wang, Zujin Shi*, Yuan Wang*, Yan Liu*, A Robust Fuel Cell Anode Catalyst Assembled with Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanohorn and Platium Nanoclusters,  J. Power Sources, 2012, 220, 449-454.

7. Yan Liu, N. Zheng, W. Chao, H.Q Liu, Y. Wang*, A Novel nanocomposite catalytic cathode for DMFCs,  Electrochimica Acta , 2010, 55, 5617-5623.

8. Yan Liu*, A. Ishihara, S. Mitsushima, K. Ota, Influence of sputtering power on oxygen reduction reaction activity of zirconium oxides prepared by radio frequency reactive sputtering,  Electrochimica Acta , 2010, 55,1239-1244.

9. Yan Liu*, S. Mitsushima, K. Ota, N. Kamiya, M. Muraoka, S. Mitsushima, K. Ota, N. Kamiya, Electrochemical and ATR-FTIR study of dimethyl ether and methanol electro-oxidation on sputtered Pt electrode”,  Electrochimica Acta , 2007, 52, 5781-5788.

10. Yan Liu, A. Ishihara, S. Mitsushima, K. Ota*, N. Kamiya, Zirconium Oxide for PEFCs Cathode,  Electrochem. Solid-State Lett . 2005, 8, A400-A402.