Jingyue Liu received his bachelor's degree in metal physics from the University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, and his PhD in condensed matter physics from Arizona State University under the guidance of Professor John M. Cowley. He was a postdoctoral research associate and research scientist in the LeRoy-Eyring Center for Solid State Science of ASU before he joined Monsanto Corporate Research as a research specialist and group leader in 1994. After a series of promotions, he was appointed as a Science Fellow of Monsanto in 2000 and a Senior Science Fellow in 2003 for sustained outstanding technical leadership and significant impacts on Monsanto's businesses. He received the prestigious 2001 Edgar M. Queeny Award for Science and Technology, the highest award within Monsanto for scientific achievement and business impact. In 2006, he joined the University of Missouri-St. Louis as the director of the Center for Molecular Electronics and Professor of Physics and Chemistry, and in 2007 became the founding director of the Center for Nanoscience. He joined Arizona State University in 2011 as professor of physics. He became a Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America in 2012.
Education
Ph.D. Condensed Matter Physics, Arizona State University
B.S. Metal Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
Our group focuses on the fundamental understanding of the synthesis-structure-performance relationships of nanostructures and nanostructured systems. We develop and utilize aberration-corrected electron microscopy techniques (imaging, diffraction and spectroscopy) to understand the synthesis processes of nanoscale materials, their unique properties and their applications in energy conversion and storage, heterogeneous catalysis, and sensing. For example, we are developing single-atom catalysts for production of energy or chemicals; synthesizing carbon and oxide nanostructures to improve the performance of supercapacitors and batteries; and exploring novel technologies for environmental remediation. One of our key research goals is to understand the formation processes of nanostructures so that we can develop scalable synthesis methodologies to manufacture better controlled nanostructures for desired applications. Another research goal is to understand the charge generation and transfer processes in nanostructures and nanoarchitectured systems.
Publications
Selected Publications (2011-present):
Stable and solubilized active Au atom clusters for selective epoxidation of cis-cyclooctene with molecular oxygen, Nature Communications8, #14881 (2017), DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14881
Remarkable effect of alkalis on the chemoselective hydrogenation of functionalized nitroarenes over high-loading Pt/FeOx catalysts, Chemical Sciences8, 5126-5131 (2017), DOI: 10.1039/C7SC00568G
CO oxidation on metal oxide supported single Pt atoms: the role of the support, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 56, 6916–6925 (2017), DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b01477
More active Ir subnanometer clusters than single-atoms for catalytic oxidation of CO at low temperature, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal, online (2017), DOI: 10.1002/aic.15756
High-indexed Pt3Ni alloy tetrahexahedral nanoframes evolved through preferential CO etching, Nano Letters17, 2204-2210 (2017), DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04731
Toward the design of a hierarchical perovskite support: ultra-sintering-resistant gold nanocatalysts for CO oxidation, ACS Catalysis7, 3388-3393 (2017), DOI: 10.1021/acsatal.7b00483
Observing the overgrowth of a second metal on silver cubic seeds in solution by surface-enhanced raman scattering, ACS Nano11, 5080-5086 (2017), DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b01924
Catalysis by supported single metal atoms, ACS Catalysis7, 34-59 (2017), DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b01534
Atomic scale observation of oxygen delivery during silver-oxygen nanoparticle catalyzed oxidation of carbon nanotubes, Nature Communications7, #12251 (2016)
Radially aligned porous carbon nanotube arrays on carbon fibers: A hierarchical 3D carbon nanostructure for high‐performance capacitive energy storage, Advanced Functional Materials26, 3012-3020 (2016)
Facet-selective epitaxial growth of δ-Bi2O3 on ZnO nanowires,Chemistry of Materials28, 8141-8148 (2016)
Strong metal–support interactions between gold nanoparticles and nonoxides, Journal of American Chemical Society138, 56-59 (2016)
Pt-based icosahedral nanocages: using a combination of {111} facets, twin defects, and ultrathin walls to greatly enhance their activity toward oxygen reduction, Nano letters16, 1467-1471 (2016)
Catalytically active Rh sub-nanoclusters on TiO2 for CO oxidation at cryogenic temperatures, Angewandte Chemie International Edition128, 2870-2874 (2016)
Ultrastable hydroxyapatite/titanium-dioxide-supported gold nanocatalyst with strong metal–support interaction for carbon monoxide oxidation, Angewandte Chemie International Edition55, 10606-10611 (2016)
Coating Pt-Ni octahedra with ultrathin Pt shells to enhance the durability without compromising the high activity toward oxygen reduction, ChemSusChem 9, 2209-2215 (2016)
Gold-based cubic nanoboxes with well-defined openings at the corners and ultrathin walls less than two nanometers thick, ACS Nano10, 8019-8025 (2016)
Core–shell nanostructured Au@ Nim Pt2 electrocatalysts with enhanced activity and durability for oxygen reduction reaction, ACS Catalysis6, 1680-1690 (2016)
Single atom gold catalysts for low-temperature CO oxidation, Chinese Journal of Catalysis37, 1580-1586 (2016
Synthesis of Ag/PANI@ MnO2 core–shell nanowires and their capacitance behavior, RSC Advances 6, 17415-17422 (2016)
Platinum-based nanocages with subnanometer-thick walls and well-defined, controllable facets, Science349, 412-416 (2015)
Palladium–platinum core-shell icosahedra with substantially enhanced activity and durability towards oxygen reduction, Nature Communications 6, # 7594 (2015)
Strong coupling between ZnO cxcitons and localized surface plasmons of silver nanoparticles studied by STEM-EELS, Nano Letters15, 5926-5931 (2015)
Use of reduction rate as a quantitative knob for controlling the twin structure and shape of palladium nanocrystals, Nano Letters15, 1445-1450 (2015)
Bifunctional Ag/Pd-Ag nanocubes for highly sensitive monitoring of catalytic reactions by surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy, Journal of the American Chemical Society137, 7039-7042 (2015)
Pd/Pt core–shell concave decahedra: A class of catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction with enhanced activity and durability, Journal of the American Chemical Society137, 15036-15042 (2015)
Self-assembly of atomically thin and unusual face-centered cubic Re nanowires within carbon nanotubes, Chemistry of Materials27, 1569-1573 (2015)
Photochemical deposition of highly dispersed Pt nanoparticles on porous CeO2 nanofibers for the water-gas shift reaction, Advanced Functional Materials 25, 4153–4162 (2015)
Facile synthesis of Ag nanorods with no plasmon resonance peak in the visible region by using Pd decahedra of 16 nm in size as seeds, ACS Nano9, 10523–10532 (2015)
Co–N–C catalyst for C–C coupling reactions: On the catalytic performance and active sites, ACS Catalysis5, 6563–6572 (2015)
Highly efficient catalysis of preferential oxidation of CO in H2-rich stream by gold single-atom catalysts, ACS Catalysis5, 6249–6254 (2015)
Ultrastable single-atom gold catalysts with strong covalent metal-support interaction (CMSI), Nano Research 8, 2913-2924 (2015)
Hetero-epitaxially anchoring Au nanoparticles onto ZnO nanowires for CO oxidation, Chemical Communications51, 15332-15335 (2015)
Little do more: a highly effective Pt1/FeOx single-atom catalyst for the reduction of NO by H2, Chemical Communications51, 7911-7914 (2015)
Five-fold twinned Pd nanorods and their use as templates for the synthesis of bimetallic or hollow nanostructures, ChemNanoMat 1, 246–252 (2015)
Ultrastable 3V-PPh3 polymers supported single Rh sites for fixed-bed hydroformylation of olefins, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 404/405, 211–217 (2015)
The shape effect of TiO2 in VOx/TiO2 catalysts for selective reduction of NO by NH3, Journal of Materials ChemistryA 3, 14409-14415 (2015)
Highly active Au1/Co3O4 single-atom catalyst for CO oxidation at room temperature, Chinese Journal of Catalysis36, 1505–1511 (2015)
Highly active small palladium clusters supported on ferric hydroxide for carbon monoxide-tolerant hydrogen oxidation, ChemCatChem6, 547-554 (2014)
Ferric oxide-supported Pt subnano clusters for preferential oxidation of CO in H2-rich gas at room temperature, ACS Catalysis 4, 2113–2117 (2014)
Polyol syntheses of palladium decahedra and icosahedra as pure samples by maneuvering the reaction kinetics with additives, ACS Nano 8, 7041–7050 (2014)
FeOx-supported platinum single-atom and pseudo-single-atom catalysts for chemoselective hydrogenation of functionalized nitroarenes, Nature Communications 5, #5634 (2014)
Theoretical and experimental investigations on single-atom catalysis: Ir1/FeOx for CO oxidation, Journal Physical Chemistry C118, 21945–21951 (2014)
HAuCl4: A dual agent for studying the chloride-assisted vertical growth of citrate-free Ag nanoplates with Au serving as a marker, Langmuir30, 15520–15530 (2014)
Supported single Pt1/Au1 atoms for methanol steam reforming, ACS Catalysis4,3886–3890 (2014)
Single-atom catalysis in mesoporous photovoltaics: The principle of utility maximization, Advanced Materials 26, 8147–8153 (2014)
Galvanic replacement-free deposition of Au on Ag for core–shell nanocubes with enhanced chemical stability and SERS activity, Journal of the American Chemical Society 136, 8153–8156 (2014)
Remarkable performance of Ir1/FeOx single-atom catalyst in water gas shift reaction, Journal of the American Chemical Society135, 15314–15317 (2013)
Single-atom catalysts: A new frontier in heterogeneous catalysis, Account Chemical Research46, 1740–1748 (2013)
Shape-controlled synthesis of palladium nanocrystals: A mechanistic understanding of the evolution from octahedrons to tetrahedrons, Nano Letters13, 2276–2281 (2013)
Facile synthesis of gold wavy nanowires and investigation of their growth mechanism, Journal of the American Chemical Society134, 20234–20237 (2012)
Design of a highly active Ir/Fe(OH)x catalyst: Versatile application of Pt-group metals for the preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide, Angewandte Chemie International Edition51, 2920–2924 (2012)
Stabilized gold nanoparticles on ceria nanorods by strong interfacial anchoring, Journal of the American Chemical Society134, 20585–20588 (2012)
Single-atom catalysis of CO oxidation using Pt1/FeOx, Nature Chemistry 3, 634–641 (2011)
Facile synthesis of Pd-Pt alloy nanocages and their enhanced performance for preferential oxidation of CO in excess hydrogen, ACS Nano5, 8212–8222 (2011)
