Education & Working Experience

2024.7-present, Associate Professor, University of Science and Technology Beijing

2022.12-2023.7, Visiting Scholar, Singapore University of Technology and Design

2021.3-2024.6, Lecturer, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing

2018.10-2021.2, Postdoctoral fellow, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology

2010.9-2018.6, Master and Doctor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing

Research projects

1. General Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, Structural regulation of high-entropy functional primitives and potassium storage mechanism for manganese-based layered oxides, 2026/01/01-2029/12/31, Hosted.

2. Youth Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, Regulation of Manganese oxide domain structure and potassium storage mechanism, 2023/01/01-2025/12/31, Hosted.

3. National Foreign Experts Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Regulation and storage mechanism of silicon-based oxide layer structure, 2023/01/01-2024/12/31, Hosted.

4. Basic Research Expenses of Central Universities, Local structure design of copper-manganese oxide and study on sodium storage mechanism, 2022-11-2024-10, Hosted.

5. Hebei Key Laboratory of Hazardous Chemical Safety and Control Technology, Open Project, Research on 3D carbon fiber sponge modified with iron sulfide as anode material for potassium ion battery, 2021/12-2022/12, Hosted.

6. Key Project of National Key Research and Development Plan, Comprehensive oxygen supply technology research on complex and harsh construction environment of high altitude ultra-long and deep buried tunnels, 2021/12/01-2024/11/30, participated.

7. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Crystal growth kinetics and complex rheological behavior of multi-silicate systems with crystal-melt Coexistence, 2023/01/01-2026/12/31, participated.

8. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Research on modification of AlCl3/ acetamide electrolyte for aluminum-sulfur batteries, 2021/01/01-2024/12/31, participated.

Academic Achievements

Main journal publications：

1. Z. W. Liu; P. Li; G. Q. Suo; S. Gong; W. A. Wang; C. Y. Lao; Y. J. Xie; H. Guo; Q. Y. Yu; W. Zhao; K. Han; Q. Wang; M. L. Qin; K. Xi; X. H. Qu. Zero-strain K0.6Mn1F2.7hollow nanocubes for ultrastable potassium ion storage. Energy & Environmental Science, 2018, 11(10): 3033-3042.

2. Z. W. Liu; K. Han; P. Li; W. Wang; D. L. He; Q. W. Tan; L. Y. Wang; Y. Li; M. L. Qin; X. H. Qu. Tuning metallic Co0.85Se quantum dots/carbon hollow polyhedrons with tertiary hierarchical structure for high-performance potassium ion batteries. Nano-Micro Letters, 2019,11: 96.

3. Z. W. Liu; H. Su; Y. B. Yang; T. H. Wu; S. H. Sun; H. J. Yu. Advances and Perspectives on Transitional Metal Layered Oxides for Potassium-Ion Battery. Energy Storage Materials, 2021, 34: 211-228.

4. Z. W. Liu; X. T. Huo; K. Xi; P. Li; L. N. Yue; M. Huang; G. Q. Suo; L. Xu; W. Wang; X. H. Qu. Thickness controllable and mass produced WC@C@Pt hybrid for efficient hydrogen production. Energy Storage Materials, 2018, 10: 268-274.

5. K. Han†; Z. W. Liu†; P. Li; Q. Y. Yu; W. A. Wang; C. Y. Lao; D. L. He; W. Zhao; G. Q. Suo; H. Guo; L. Song; M. L. Qin; X. H. Qu. High-throughput fabrication of 3D N-doped graphenic framework coupled with Fe3C@ porous graphite carbon for ultrastable potassium ion storage. Energy Storage Materials, 2019, 22: 185-193. (†equal contribution)

6. N. Han, S. H. Feng, W. Guo, O. M. Mora, X. L. Zhao*, W. Zhang, S. J. Xie, Z. Y. Zhou, Z. W. Liu*, Q. Liu, K. Wan, X. Zhang*, J. Fransaer*. Rational design of Ruddlesden-Popper perovskite electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide." SusMat, 2022, 2(4): 456-465. (hot paper)

7. Z. W. Liu; D. He; B. Y. Wang; T. H. Wu; S. M. He; Y. L; S. H. Sun; H. J. Yu. A low voltage Na2TiGeO5 anode for ultrastable lithium ion batteries. Small, 2022, 18(14): 2107608.

8. J. Zhao, D. D. Xiao, Q. Wan, X. J. Wei, G. Tao, Y. Liu, Y. F. Xiang, K. Davey, Z. W. Liu*, Zaiping Guo*, Yingze Song*. Molybdenum Atom Engineered Vanadium Disulfide for Boosted High-Capacity Li-Ion Storage. Small, 2023, 2301738.

9. Q. H. Shu, Y. C. Pang, Q. Q. Li, Y. Z. Gu, Z. W. Liu*, B. G. Liu, J. M. Li*, Y. Li*. Flexible Resistive Tactile Pressure Sensors. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024.

10. Y. Li; P. P. Ding; Y. Z. Gu; L. L. Wang; Y. C. Pang; J. Y. Feng; B. G. Liu; Q. Wan; P. Li; Z. W. Liu*. Self-healable Gels in Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices. Nano Research. 2023, 1-22.