George Barth Geller Professor of Chemistry '96-'99,Postdoctoral Fellow, Rice University; Ph.D. '96 Harvard University; B.S. '87, Shandong University;

1. Plasmonic photocatalysis a. Synthesis of monometallic and multimetallic plasmonic nanoparticles. b. Mechanistic study of plasmonic photocatalysis. 2. Machinable Carbon X-Aerogels for Batteries and Electrochemical Capacitors 3. Controlled Growth of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs) for Nanoelectronics a. Growth of High-Density Parallel Arrays of Long SWNTs on Quartz Substrates. b. Selective Growth of High-Density, Well Aligned Semiconducting SWNT Arrays. c. Devices and Sensors of aligned SWNTs. 4. Synthesis, Purification and Applications of Few Walled Carbon Nanotubes (FWNTs). a. Synthesis b. Purification c. Separation d. Applications

Additive Engineering for High-Performance Room-TemperatureProcessed Perovskite Absorbers with Micron-Size Grains and Microsecond-Range Carrier Lifetimes Qiwei Han, et al. Energy & Environmental Science, 2017. Product selectivity in plasmonic photocatalysis for carbon dioxide hydrogenation Zhang, X., Li, X., Zhang, D., Su, N. Q., Yang, W., Everitt, H. O., & Liu, J. Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 14542. Highly Efficient Retention of Polysulfides in "Sea Urchin"-Like Carbon Nanotube/Nanopolyhedra Superstructures as Cathode Material for Ultralong-Life Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Chen Tao, et al. Nano Letter, 2017. Pine needle-derived microporous nitrogen-doped carbon frameworks exhibit high performances in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction and supercapacitors Guoyin Zhu, et al. Nanoscale, 2017, 9(3), 1237-1243. MoS2-Based All-Purpose Fibrous Electrode and Self-Powering Energy Fiber for Efficient Energy Harvesting and Storage Jia Liang, et al. Advanced Energy Materials, 7.3 (2017). Versatile Electronic Skins for Motion Detection of Joints Enabled by Aligned Few-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Flexible Polymer Composites Hongfei Zhu, et al. Advanced Functional Materials, 27.21 (2017). A single wire as all-inclusive fully functional supercapacitor Qi Kang, et al. Nano Energy, 32 (2017): 201-208. Two-Dimensional Lead(II) Halide-Based Hybrid Perovskites Templated by Acene Alkylamines: Crystal Structures, Optical Properties, and Piezoelectricity Kezhao Du, et al. Inorganic Chemistry, (2017). Phytotoxicity of soluble graphitic nanofibers to model plant species DE Gorka, JL Jeger, H Zhang, Y Ma, BP Colman, ES Bernhardt, J Liu. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2016 All-Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells Liang, Jia, et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138(49), 15829-15832. Silver nanoparticle toxicity is related to coating materials and disruption of sodium concentration regulation Kwok, Kevin WH, et al. Nanotoxicology, 2016, 10(9), 1306-1317. MoS2-Based All-Purpose Fibrous Electrode and Self-Powering Energy Fiber for Efficient Energy Harvesting and Storage Liang, Jia, et al. Advanced Energy Materials, 2016. Hierarchical Ternary Carbide Nanoparticle/Carbon Nanotube-Inserted N-Doped Carbon Concave-Polyhedrons for Efficient Lithium and Sodium Storage Chen, Tao, et al. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016, 8(40), 26834-26841. Effect of Direct Contact on the Phytotoxicity of Silver Nanomaterials Gorka, D.E. and Liu, J. Environmental Science & Technology, 2016, 50(19), 10370-10376. A remotely driven and controlled micro-gripper fabricated from light-induced deformation smart materialHuang, Chaolei, et al. Smart Materials and Structures, 2016, 25(9), 095009. In Situ Thermal Synthesis of Inlaid Ultrathin MoS2/Graphene Nanosheets as Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Ma, Lianbo, et al. Chemistry of Materials, 2016, 28(16), 5733-5742. Emerging non-lithium ion batteries Wang, Yanrong, et al. Energy Storage Materials, 2016, 4, 103-129. Subatomic deformation driven by vertical piezoelectricity from CdS ultrathin films Wang, Xuewen, et al. Science Advances, 2016, 2(7), e1600209. Strong, Machinable Carbon Aerogels for High Performance Supercapacitors CHJ Kim, D Zhao, G Lee, J Liu. Advanced Functional Materials, 2016, 26 (27), 4976-4983. Self-assembled ultrathin NiCo2S4 nanoflakes grown on Ni foam as high-performance flexible electrodes for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline solution Ma, Lianbo, et al. Nano Energy, 2016, 24, 139-147.