Dr. Yuan LIU, graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology, is now the professor of Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His researches mainly focus on electrochemical fundamentals and technologies for wastewater treatment, resource recovery from wastewater, and environmental electrochemistry. Until now, he has published 26 SCI papers, in which 16 papers mark the applicant as the first and/or corresponding author. These papers have been cited by SCI for more than 700 times, in which the highest citation for single paper is 82. And 5 national invention patents are granted. He has been taking charge of 8 national and provisional scientific research projects.
Education and work experience
Ø Jan. 2020~Present, Professor, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ø Jul. 2013~Dec. 2019, Associate Professor, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ø Jul. 2011~Jun. 2013, Assistant Professor, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ø May 2010~Jul. 2011, Assistant Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ø Sept. 2009~Mar. 2010, Research assistant, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ø Sept. 2005~Apr. 2010, Ph.D in Environmental Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
Ø Sept. 2001~Jul. 2005, B.S. in Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
Research interests
Ø Electrochemical fundamentals and technologies for wastewater treatment
Ø Resource recovery from wastewater
Ø Environmental electrochemistry
Honors and awards
Ø 2016, member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Projects
Ø National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21103163, 51578526, 51978641)
Ø Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing (No. cstc2012jjA20004, cstc2018jcyjAX0327)
Ø Chongqing Research Program of Basic Research and Frontier Technology (No. cstc2015jcyjBX0063)
Ø Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. 2016341)
Ø West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Representative publications
[1] Meiling Liao, Yuan Liu⁎, Enling Tian, Weiqi Ma, Hong Liu. Phosphorous removal and high-purity struvite recovery from hydrolyzed urine with spontaneous electricity production in Mg-air fuel cell. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2020, 391, 123517.
[2] Yuan Liu*, Yi-Song Fan, Zhi-Mei Liu. Pyrolysis of iron phthalocyanine on activated carbon as highly efficient non-noble metal oxygen reduction catalyst in microbial fuel cells. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2019, 361: 416–427.
[3] Yuan Liu*, Zhimei Liu, Hong Liu, Meiling Liao. Novel porous nitrogen doped graphene/carbon black composites as efficient oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalyst for power generation in microbial fuel cell. Nanomaterials 2019, 9: 836.
[4] Yuan Liu, Ai-Xue Tuo, Xiao-Jun Jin, Xiang-Zhong Li, Hong Liu*. Quantifying biodegradable organic matter in polluted water on the basis of coulombic yield. Talanta. 2018, 176, 485–491.
[5] Yuan Liu, Xiao-Jun Jin, Ai-Xue Tuo, Hong Liu*. Improved oxygen reduction reaction activity of three-dimensional porous N-doped graphene from a soft-template synthesis strategy in microbial fuel cells. RSC Advances. 2016, 6, 105211-105221.
[6] Yuan Liu, Xiao-Jun Jin, Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Hong Liu*, Yu-Ming Huang*. Homogeneous deposition-assisted synthesis of iron-nitrogen composites on graphene as highly efficient non-precious metal electrocatalysts for microbial fuel cell power generation. Journal of Power Sources. 2015, 278: 773-781.
[7] Yuan Liu, Hong Liu*, Chuan Wang, Shuang-Xia Hou, Nuan Yang. Sustainable Energy Recovery in Wastewater Treatment by Microbial Fuel Cells: Stable Power Generation with Nitrogen-doped Graphene Cathode. Environmental Science & Technology. 2013, 47: 13889-13895.
[8] Yuan Liu*, Huiling Liu*, Jun Ma, Junjing Li. Preparation and electrochemical properties of Ce-Ru-SnO2 ternary oxide anode and electrochemical oxidation of nitrophenols. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2012, 30(213-214): 222-229.
[9] Yuan Liu*, Huiling Liu*, Jun Ma, Junjing Li. Investigation on electrochemical properties of cerium doped lead dioxide anode and application for elimination of nitrophenol. Electrochimica Acta. 2011, 56(3): 1352-1360.
[10]Yuan Liu*, Zhi-Mei Liu. Promoted activity of nitrogen-doped activated carbon as a highly efficient oxygen reduction catalyst in microbial fuel cells. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 2019, 49: 119-133.
