Journal articles

Xin Yu, Xin Jin, Xuanyu Chen, Aizhu Wang^*, Jianming Zhang^*, Jian Zhang, Zhenhuan Zhao, Mingming Gao, Luca Razzari^*, and Hong Liu^*, A microorganism bred TiO₂/Au/TiO₂ heterostructure for whispering gallery mode resonance assisted plasmonic photocatalysis. ACS Nano, 14(10), 13876–13885. Link

Zhenni Wang^*#, Qiang Li^#, Zhenhuan Zhao^*, Xiaomei Tong, Synthesis of Octapod Cu-Au Bimetallic Nanocrystal with Concave Structure through Galvanic Replacement Reaction, Journal of Electronic Science and Technology, 2020, 18 (2), 100046. Link

Qiang Li^#, Xiaoxia Bai^#, Jingying Luo, Chunyuan Li, Zhenni Wang, Weiwei Wu, Yanping Liang, Zhenhuan Zhao*, Fe doped SrWO₄ with tunnable band structure for photocatalytic nitrogen fixation, Nanotechnology, 2020, 31 (37), 5402. Link

Xiaoxia Bai, Zhe Wang, Jingying Luo, Weiwei Wu, Yanping Liang, Xin Tong*, Zhenhuan Zhao*, Hierarchical porous carbon with interconnected ordered pores from biowaste for high performance supercapacitor electrodes, Nanoscale Research Letters, 2020, 15(1), 88. Link

Yingying Jian, Wenwen Hu, Zhenhuan Zhao, Pengfei Cheng, Hossam Haick*, Mingshui Yao*, Weiwei Wu*, Gas sensors based on chemi-resistive hybrid functional nanomaterials, Nano-Micro Letters, 2020, 12, 71. Link

Jingying Luo^#, Xiaoxia Bai^#, Qiang Li, Xin Yu, Chunyuan Li, Zhenni Wang, Weiwei Wu, Yanping Liang, Zhenhuan Zhao*, Hong Liu*, Band structure engineering of bioinspired Fe doped SrMoO4 for enhanced photocatalytic nitrogen reduction performance, Nano Energy, 2019, 66, 104187. Link

Ruiqi Yang, Yanchen Ji, Qiang Li, Zhenhuan Zhao, Ruitong Zhang, Linlin Liang, Fan Liu, Yuke Chen, Shuwei Han, Xin Yu*, Hong Liu*, Ultrofine Si nanowires/Sn₃O₄ nanosheets 3D hierarchical heterostructured array as a photoanode with high-efficient photoelectrocatalytic performance, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2019, 256, 117798. Link

Hao Mu, Xinhua Su, Zhenhuan Zhao, Chenxi Han, Zhenjun Wang, Peng Zhao, Facile synthesis of Ni_0.5Mn_0.5Co₂O₄ nanoflowers as high‐performance electrode material for supercapacitors, Journal of American Ceramic Society, 2019, 00, 1-11. Link

Xiaoning Wang, Wenqiang Gao, Zhenhuan Zhao, Lili Zhao, Jerome P. Claverie, Xiaofei Zhang, Jianjun Wang, Hong Liu*, Yuanhua Sang*. Efficient photo-electrochemical water splitting based on hematite nanorods doped with phosphorus, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 2019, 248, 388-393. Link

Xin Yu, Zhenhuan Zhao*, Na Ren, Jing Liu, Dehui Sun, Longhua Ding, Hong Liu*. Top or Bottom, Assembling Modules Determine the Photocatalytic Property of the Sheetlike Nanostructured Hybrid Photocatalyst Composed with Sn3O4 and rGO (GQD), ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6 (9), 11775-11782. Link

Xinhua Su, Jing Zhang, Hao Mu, Jianguo Zhao, Zhenjun Wang, Zhenhuan Zhao, Chenxi Han, Zimeng Ye. Effects of etching temperature and ball milling on the preparation and capacitance of Ti₃C₂ MXene. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2018, 752, 32-39. Link

Xin Yu, Zhenhuan Zhao*, Dehui Sun, Na Ren, Longhua Ding, Ruiqi Yang, Yanchen Ji, Linlin Li and Hong Liu*, TiO₂/TiN core/shell nanobelts for efficient solar hydrogen generation, Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 6056-6059. Link

Xin Yu, Zhenhuan Zhao, Dehui Sun*, Na Ren, Jinghua Yu, Ruiqi Yang & Hong Liu*. Microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of Sn₃O₄ nanosheet/rGO planar heterostructure for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen generation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2018, 5, 470-476. Link

Fan Qin, Zhenhuan Zhao, Md Kamrul Alam, Yizhou Ni, Francisco Carlos Robles Hernandez, Luo Yu, Shuo Chen, Zhifeng Ren, Zhiming Wang, and Jiming Bao*, Trimetallic NiFeMo for overall electrochemical water splitting with a low cell voltage, ACS Energy Letters, 2018, 3 (3), 546-554. Link

Desmond E. Schipper^#, Zhenhuan Zhao^#, Hari Thirumalai, Andrew P. Leitner, Samantha L. Donaldson, Arvind Kumar, Fan Qin, Zhiming Wang, Lars C. Grabow*, Jiming Bao*, and Kenton H. Whitmire*, Effects of Catalyst Phase on the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction of Water Splitting: Preparation of Phase-Pure Films of FeP, Fe₂P, and Fe₃P and Their Relative Catalytic Activities, Chemistry of Materials, 2018, 30 (10), 3588-3598. Link

Zhenhuan Zhao, Desmond E. Schipper, Andrew P. Leitner, Hari Thirumalai, Jing-Han Chen, Lixin Xie, Fan Qin, Md Kamrul Alam, Lars C. Grabow, Shuo Chen, Dezhi Wang, Zhifeng Ren, Zhiming Wang*, Kenton H. Whitmire* & Jiming Bao*. Bifunctional metal phosphide FeMnP films from single source metal organic chemical vapor deposition for efficient overall water splitting. Nano Energy, 2017, 39, 444-453. Link

Zhenhuan Zhao, Fan Qin, Sashank Kasiraju, Lixin Xie, Md Kamrul Alam, Shuo Chen, Dezhi Wang, Zhifeng Ren, Zhiming Wang*, Lars C. Grabow* & Jiming Bao*. Vertically Aligned MoS₂/Mo₂C hybrid Nanosheets Grown on Carbon Paper for Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7312-7318. Link

Desmond E. Schipper^#, Zhenhuan Zhao^#, Andrew P. Leitner, Lixin Xie, Fan Qin, Md Kamrul Alam, Shuo Chen, Dezhi Wang, Zhifeng Ren, Zhiming Wang, Jiming Bao* & Kenton H. Whitmire*. A TiO₂/FeMnP Core/Shell Nanorod Array Photoanode for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Oxygen Evolution. ACS nano, 2017, 11, 4051-4059. Link

Feng Lin, Zhuan Zhu, Xufeng Zhou, Wenlan Qiu, Chao Niu, Jonathan Hu, Keshab Dahal, Yanan Wang, Zhenhuan Zhao, Zhifeng Ren, Dimitri Litvinov, Zhaoping Liu, Zhiming M. Wang* & Jiming Bao*. Orientation Control of Graphene Flakes by Magnetic Field: Broad Device Applications of Macroscopically Aligned Graphene. Advanced Materials, 2017, 29, 1604453. Link

Lanchun Zhang, Chuancheng Jia*, Shuren He, Youtao Zhu, Yana Wang, Zhenhuan Zhao, Xiaochun Gao, Xiaomei Zhang, Yuanhua Sang, Dongju Zhang, Xiaohong Xu* & Hong Liu*. Hot Hole Enhanced Synergistic Catalytic Oxidation on Pt-Cu Alloy Clusters. Advanced Sciences, 2017, 4, 1600448. Link

Ze Yang, Jingying Sun, Yizhou Ni, Zhenhuan Zhao, Jiming Bao & Shuo Chen. Facile synthesis and in situ transmission electron microscopy investigation of a highly stable Sb2Te3/C nanocomposite for sodium-ion batteries. Energy Storage Materials, 2017, 9, 214-220. Link

Aixue Lia, Jian Zhang, Jichuan Qiu, Zhenhuan Zhao, Cheng Wang, Chunjiang Zhao & Hong Liu. A novel aptameric biosensor based on the self-assembled DNA-WS₂ nanosheet architecture. Talanta, 2017, 163, 78-84. Link

Zhenhuan Zhao^#, Jian Tian, Yuanhua Sang*, Andreu Cabot* & Hong Liu*. Structure, synthesis, and applications of  TiO₂ nanobelts. Advanced Materials, 2015, 27, 2557-2582. Link

Jian Tian^#, Zhenhuan Zhao^#, Anil Kumar, Robert I. Boughton & Hong Liu*. Recent progress in design, synthesis, and applications of one-dimensional TiO₂ nanostructured surface heterostructures: a review. Chemical Society Reviews, 2014, 43, 6920-6937. Link

Zhenhuan Zhao, Jian Tian, Dongzhou Wang, Xueliang Kang, Yuanhua Sang, Hong Liu*, Jiyang Wang, Shaowei Chen*, Robert I. Boughton & Huaidong Jiang. UV-visible-light-activated photocatalysts based on Bi₂O₃/Bi₄Ti₃O₁₂/TiO₂ double-heterostructured TiO₂ nanobelts. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 23395. Link

Zhenhuan Zhao, Shimeng Hao, Pin Hao, Yuanhua Sang, Ayyakkannu Manivannan, Nianqiang Wu* & Hong Liu*. Lignosulphonate-cellulose derived porous activated carbon for supercapacitor electrode. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 15049-15056. Link

Zhenhuan Zhao, Hong Liu* & Shaowei Chen*. Charge transport at the metal oxide and organic interface. Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 7301-7308. Link

Shaowei Chen*, Zhenhuan Zhao & Hong Liu*. Charge transport at the metal-organic interface. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 2013, 64, 221-245. Link

Pin Hao^#, Zhenhuan Zhao^#, Jian Tian, Haidong Li, Yuanhua Sang, Guangwei Yu, Huaqiang Cai, Hong Liu, C. P. Wong & Ahmad Umar. Hierarchical porous carbon aerogel derived from bagasse for high performance supercapacitor electrode. Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 12120-12129. Link

Xin Yu^#, Zhenhuan Zhao^#, Jian Zhang, Weibo Guo, Jichuan Qiu, Deshuai Li, Zhou Li, Xiaoning Mou, Linlin Li*, Aixue Li* & Hong Liu*. Rutile Nanorod/Anatase Nanowire Junction Array as Both Sensor and Power Supplier for High-Performance, Self-Powered, Wireless UV Photodetector. Small, 2016,12, 2759-2767. Link

Zhenhuan Zhao, Wenxia Liu*, Zongyin Liu, Pengxiang Ding & Haidong Li. Phase inversion of TiO₂ nanoparticle stabilized emulsions of alkenyl succinic anhydride. Chemical engineering science, 2013, 87, 246-257. Link

Xin Yu^#, Zhenhuan Zhao^#, Jian Zhang, Weibo Guo, Linlin Li, Hong Liu & Zhong Lin Wang. One-step synthesis of ultrathin nanobelts-assembled urchin-like anatase TiO₂ nanostructures for highly efficient photocatalysis. CrystEngComm, 2017, 19, 129-136. Link

Zhenhuan Zhao, Dongzhou Wang, Xueliang Kang, Yuanhua Sang & Hong Liu*. Hierarchically Assembled ZnO Nanorods on TiO₂ Nanobelts for High Performance Gas Sensor. Energy and Environment Focus, 2014, 3, 404-410. Link

Yuanhua Sang, Zhenhuan Zhao, Mingwen Zhao, Pin Hao, Yanhua Leng & Hong Liu*. From UV to near-infrared, WS₂ nanosheet: a novel photocatalyst for full solar light spectrum photodegradation. Advanced Materials, 2015, 27, 363-369. Link

Pin Hao, Zhenhuan Zhao, Yanhua Leng, Jian Tian, Yuanhua Sang, Robert I. Boughton, C. P. Wong*, Hong Liu* & Bin Yang*. Graphene-based nitrogen self-doped hierarchical porous carbon aerogels derived from chitosan for high performance supercapacitors. Nano Energy, 2015, 15, 9-23. Link

Yuanhua Sang, Zhenhuan Zhao, Jian Tian, Pin Hao, Huaidong Jiang, Hong Liu* & Jerome P. Claverie*. Enhanced photocatalytic property of reduced graphene oxide/TiO₂ nanobelt surface heterostructures constructed by an in situ photochemical reduction method. Small, 2014, 10, 3775-3782. Link

Pin Hao, Zhenhuan Zhao, Liyi Li, Chia-Chi Tuan, Haidong Li, Yuanhua Sang, Huaidong Jiang, C. P. Wong* & Hong Liu*. The hybrid nanostructure of MnCo₂O_4.5 nanoneedle/carbon aerogel for symmetric supercapacitors with high energy density. Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 14401-14412. Link

Pin Hao, Zhenhuan Zhao, Jian Tian, Yuanhua Sang, Guangwei Yu, Hong Liu*, Shaowei Chen* & Weijia Zhou. Bismuth titanate nanobelts through a low-temperature nanoscale solid-state reaction. Acta Materialia, 2014, 62, 258-266. Link

Jian Tian, Yanhua Leng, Zhenhuan Zhao, Yang Xia, Yuanhua Sang, Pin Hao, Jie Zhan, Meicheng Li* & Hong Liu*. Carbon quantum dots/hydrogenated TiO₂ nanobelt heterostructures and their broad spectrum photocatalytic properties under UV, visible, and near-infrared irradiation. Nano Energy, 2015, 11, 419-427. Link

Xin Yu, Xun Han, Zhenhuan Zhao, Jian Zhang, Weibo Guo, Caofeng Pan*, Aixue Li*, Hong Liu* & Zhong Lin Wang. Hierarchical TiO₂ nanowire/graphite fiber photoelectrocatalysis setup powered by a wind-driven nanogenerator: A highly efficient photoelectrocatalytic device entirely based on renewable energy. Nano Energy, 2015, 11, 19-27. Link

Xin Yu, Jian Zhang, Zhenhuan Zhao, Weibo Guo, Jichuan Qiu, Xiaoning Mou, Aixue Li*, Jerome P. Claverie* & Hong Liu*. NiO–TiO₂ p–n heterostructured nanocables bridged by zero-bandgap rGO for highly efficient photocatalytic water splitting. Nano Energy, 2015, 16, 207-217. Link

Jian Tian, Yuanhua Sang, Zhenhuan Zhao, Weijia Zhou, Dongzhou Wang, Xueliang Kang, Hong Liu*, Jiyang Wang, Shaowei Chen*, Huaqiang Cai & Hui Huang. Enhanced photocatalytic performances of CeO₂/TiO₂ nanobelt heterostructures. Small, 2013, 9, 3864-3872. Link

Pengxiang Ding, Wenxia Liu* & Zhenhuan Zhao. Roles of short amine in preparation and sizing performance of partly hydrolyzed ASA emulsion stabilized by Laponite particles. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2011, 384, 150-156. Link

Hao Hua, Chenguo Hu*, Zhenhuan Zhao, Hong Liu, Xiao Xie & Yi Xi. Pt nanoparticles supported on submicrometer-sized TiO2 spheres for effective methanol and ethanol oxidation. Electrochimica Acta, 2013, 105, 130-136. Link

Xin Yu, Longfei Wang, Jian Zhang, Weibo Guo, Zhenhuan Zhao, Yong Qin*, Xiaoning Mou, Aixue Li & Hong Liu*. Hierarchical hybrid nanostructures of Sn3O4 on N doped TiO2 nanotubes with enhanced photocatalytic performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015 3, 19129-19136. Link

Xingqi Wang, Wenxia Liu*, Jian Tian, Zhenhuan Zhao, Pin Hao, Xueliang Kang, Yuanhua Sang & Hong Liu*. Cr(vi), Pb(ii), Cd(ii) adsorption properties of nanostructured BiOBr microspheres and their application in a continuous filtering removal device for heavy metal ions. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2, 2599. Link

Weijia Zhou*, Xiaojun Liu, Yuanhua Sang, Zhenhuan Zhao, Kai Zhou, Hong Liu & Shaowei Chen*. Enhanced performance of layered titanate nanowire-based supercapacitor electrodes by nickel ion exchange. ACS Applied Material Interfaces, 2014, 6, 4578-4586. Link

Hao Hua, Yi Xi, Zhenhuan Zhao, Xiao Xie, Chenguo Hu* & Hong Liu. Gram-scale wet chemical synthesis of Ag₂O/TiO₂ aggregated sphere heterostructure with high photocatalytic activity. Materials Letters, 2013, 91, 81-83. Link

Donglin Guo, Chenguo Hu*, Zhenhuan Zhao, Yi Xi & Hong Liu. Defect-Induced Ferromagnetism in VO2(B) Nanobelts: Theoretical and Experimental Insights. Science of Advanced Materials, 2014, 6, 276-282. Link

Xiaoyan Li, Chenguo Hu*, Zhenhuan Zhao, Kaiyou Zhang & Hong Liu. Three-dimensional CdS nanostructure for photoelectrochemical sensor. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2013, 182, 461-466. Link

Aixue Li, Jian Zhang, Xin Yu, Jianhua Li, Jichuan Qiu, Zhenhuan Zhao, Weibo Guo, Jerome P. Claverie, Xiaoning Mou & Hong Liu. An Impedimetric-Fluorescence Double-Checking Biosensor with Enhanced Reliability Based on Graphene Oxide. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2015, 2, 1500279. Link

Jian Zhang, Aixue Li, Xin Yu, Weibo Guo, Zhenhuan Zhao, Jichuan Qiu, Xiaoning Mou, Jerome P. Claverie & Hong Liu*. Scaly Graphene Oxide/Graphite Fiber Hybrid Electrodes for DNA Biosensors. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2015, 2, 1500072. Link