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Tianbiao Liu (Leo) 刘天骠（湖北恩施人） Associate Professor Email: leo.liu@usu.edu Office: Maeser 361 Office Phone: 435-7972267 Fax: 435-7973390 0300 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT, 84322 Google Scholar (click for details) Research ID (click for details) Chemtree (click for details) |
Professional Experience
Education
Honors and Awards
Professional Activities and Services
Selected Publications
14. Luo, L.; Hu, B.; Wu, W.; Hu, M.; Liu, T. L.* "Ni-Catalyzed Electrochemical C(sp2)−C(sp3) Cross-Coupling Reactions of Benzyl Trifluoroborate and Organic Halide", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 2-12. [Link]
13. Hu, Bo., Hu. M., Seefeldt L.; Liu, T. L.*; "Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia by Mo2N: Catalysis or Decomposition?" ACS Energy Letters, 2019, 4, 1053-1054. [Link]
12. Luo, J. (co-1st author); Bi, Y. (co-1st author); Zhang, L.; Zhang, X.; Liu, T. L.* "A Stable, Non-corrosive Perfluorinated Pinacolatoborate Mg Electrolyte for Rechargeable Mg Batteries", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 6967-6971. [Link]
11. Luo, J. (co-1st author); Hu, B. (co-1st author); DeBruler C. Zhao, Y., Yuan B. Hu, M. Wu, W. Liu, T. L.* "Unprecedented Capacity and Stability of Ammonium Ferrocyanide Catholyte in pH Neutral Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries", Joule, 2019, 4, 1-15. [Link]
10. DeBruler C.; Hu, B.; Moss, J.; Liu, X. Luo, J.; Sun, Y; Liu, T. L.* "Designer Two Electron Storage Viologen Anolyte Materials for Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries", Chem, 2017, 3, 961-978. [Link]
9. Luo, J.; Sam, A.; Hu, B.; DeBruler C. Liu, T. L.* "Unraveling pH Dependent Cycling Stability of Ferricyanide / Ferrocyanide in Redox Flow Batteries", Nano Enegry, 2017, 42, 215-221. [Link]
8. Luo, J; .He, S.; Liu, T. L.* "Ternary Mg/MgCl2/AlCl3 Inorganic Mg2+ Electrolytes with Unprecedented Electrochemical Performance for Reversible Mg Deposition", ACS Energy Letters 2017, 2, 1197-1202. [Link]
7. Hu, B.; DeBruler C., Rhodes, Z.; Liu, T. L.* "A Long Cycling Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battiery (AORFB) for Sustainable and Safe Energy Storage", J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 1207. [Link]
5. Liu, T.*; Shao, Y.; Li, G.; Gu, M.; Hu, J.; Xu, S.; Nie, Z.; Chen, X.; Wang, C.; Liu, J. “A facile approach using MgCl2 to formulate high performance Mg2+ electrolytes for rechargeable Mg batteries”, J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 3430-3438. [Link]
3. Liu, T.; Chen, S.; O'Hagan, M. J.; DuBois, M. R.; Bullock, R. M.; and DuBois D. L. “Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivities of Half-sandwich Fe Complexes Containing Cyclic Diazadiphosphine Ligands: The Role of the Pendant Base in Heterolytic Cleavage of H2”, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 6257-6272. (Postdoc at PNNL) [Link]
1. Liu, T.; Darensbourg, M. Y., “A Mixed Valent, Fe(II)Fe(I), Diiron Complex Reproduces the Unique Rotated State of the [FeFe]Hydrogenase Active Site”, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 7008-7009. [Link]
- 2021-present, Associate Professor, Utah State University
- 2015-2021, Assistant Professor, Utah State University
- 2013-2015, Staff Scientist, Division of Energy and Materials Process, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- 2009-2013, Postdoc Associate, Center for Molecule Electrocatalysis (DOE EFRC), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Dr. Daniel DuBois and Dr. R. Morris Bullock)
Education
- Ph.D., 2009, Texas A&M University (Professor Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, NAS member)
- M.S., 2004, Dalian University of Technology, China (Professor Licheng Sun and Professor Mei Wang)
- B.S., 2000, Hubei University of Technology, China
Honors and Awards
- 2021 Utah ACS Outstanding Graduate Educator Award
- 2020-2021 Scialog Fellow on Negative Emission Sciences selected by Research Corporation on Science Advancement
- 2019 National Science Foundation Career Award
- 2019 Utah Innovation Award Finalist (runner-up) on Clean Energy
- 2019 Scialog Innovative Award selected by Sloan Foundation and Research Corporation on Science Advancement
- 2019 USU Research Catalyst Award
- 2019 USU Nominee on Physical Sciences for the 2019 Blavatnik National Awards.
- 2018 Chemical Communications Emerging Investigator selected by the Royal Chemical Society
- 2018 Innovative Challenge Award selected by 2018 Defense TechConnect Summit.
- 2017 Utah Energy Research Triangle Faculty Award
- 2017-2019 Scialog Fellow on Advanced Energy Storage selected by Research Corporation on Science Advancement
- USTAR UTAG Research Award, 2016-2017.
- USTAR Research Award, 2015-2016.
- Two PNNL Lab Technique Development Research Grants, 2014-2015.
- Co-recipient of the 2015 ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science, awarded to the PNNL hydrogen catalysis team (link), selected by the American Chemical Society.
- PNNL Lab Directed Research and Development (LDRD) research award, 2012 to 2014.
- George Bush Presidential Library Research Award, TAMU, 2009.
- DIC (Division of Inorganic Chemistry) Student Travel Award, the American Chemical Society, 2009.
- Martin Corera Award, TAMU, 2008.
- Robert A. Welch Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, TAMU, 2005-2009.
- Distinguished Research Graduate Award, Dalian University of Technology, 2004
- Yufen Hou Award, the State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2004.
Professional Activities and Services
- Invited reviewers for scientific journals: Science, Nature Materials, Nature Energy, Nature Catalysis, Nature Communications, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., ACS Energy Letters, ACS Central Science, ACS Catalysis, Energy Environ. Sci., Chem, Joule, etc.
- Board member of the Molecular Foundry Proposal Committee at Larence Berkely National Laboratory.
- Invited reviewers for DOE (BES and ARPA-E programs), NSF (panelist), and ACS PRF proposals
- Co-initiated annual Utah Energy Symposium (UES) in Spring 2017 among Utah State University (USU), University of Utah (UU), and Brigham Young University
- Session chair on redox flow batteries at the 1st International Coalition for Energy Storage and Innovation (ICESI)
- Chair for 2018 TSRC Workshop on “Molecular Chemistry in Energy Storage”
- Session chair for 2018 Spring MRS Symposium on “Redox Flow Batteries”
- Session chair for 2018 Spring TMS Symposium on “Electrochemical Energy Storage”
- Chair for 2019 Spring MRS Symposium on “Organic Materials in Electrochemical Energy Storage”
- ACS, ECS, and MRS membership
Selected Publications
- Faculty at USU
14. Luo, L.; Hu, B.; Wu, W.; Hu, M.; Liu, T. L.* "Ni-Catalyzed Electrochemical C(sp2)−C(sp3) Cross-Coupling Reactions of Benzyl Trifluoroborate and Organic Halide", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 2-12. [Link]
13. Hu, Bo., Hu. M., Seefeldt L.; Liu, T. L.*; "Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia by Mo2N: Catalysis or Decomposition?" ACS Energy Letters, 2019, 4, 1053-1054. [Link]
12. Luo, J. (co-1st author); Bi, Y. (co-1st author); Zhang, L.; Zhang, X.; Liu, T. L.* "A Stable, Non-corrosive Perfluorinated Pinacolatoborate Mg Electrolyte for Rechargeable Mg Batteries", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 6967-6971. [Link]
11. Luo, J. (co-1st author); Hu, B. (co-1st author); DeBruler C. Zhao, Y., Yuan B. Hu, M. Wu, W. Liu, T. L.* "Unprecedented Capacity and Stability of Ammonium Ferrocyanide Catholyte in pH Neutral Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries", Joule, 2019, 4, 1-15. [Link]
10. DeBruler C.; Hu, B.; Moss, J.; Liu, X. Luo, J.; Sun, Y; Liu, T. L.* "Designer Two Electron Storage Viologen Anolyte Materials for Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries", Chem, 2017, 3, 961-978. [Link]
9. Luo, J.; Sam, A.; Hu, B.; DeBruler C. Liu, T. L.* "Unraveling pH Dependent Cycling Stability of Ferricyanide / Ferrocyanide in Redox Flow Batteries", Nano Enegry, 2017, 42, 215-221. [Link]
8. Luo, J; .He, S.; Liu, T. L.* "Ternary Mg/MgCl2/AlCl3 Inorganic Mg2+ Electrolytes with Unprecedented Electrochemical Performance for Reversible Mg Deposition", ACS Energy Letters 2017, 2, 1197-1202. [Link]
7. Hu, B.; DeBruler C., Rhodes, Z.; Liu, T. L.* "A Long Cycling Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battiery (AORFB) for Sustainable and Safe Energy Storage", J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 1207. [Link]
- Scientist at PNNL
5. Liu, T.*; Shao, Y.; Li, G.; Gu, M.; Hu, J.; Xu, S.; Nie, Z.; Chen, X.; Wang, C.; Liu, J. “A facile approach using MgCl2 to formulate high performance Mg2+ electrolytes for rechargeable Mg batteries”, J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 3430-3438. [Link]
- Postdoc at PNNL
3. Liu, T.; Chen, S.; O'Hagan, M. J.; DuBois, M. R.; Bullock, R. M.; and DuBois D. L. “Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivities of Half-sandwich Fe Complexes Containing Cyclic Diazadiphosphine Ligands: The Role of the Pendant Base in Heterolytic Cleavage of H2”, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 6257-6272. (Postdoc at PNNL) [Link]
- PhD at TAMU
1. Liu, T.; Darensbourg, M. Y., “A Mixed Valent, Fe(II)Fe(I), Diiron Complex Reproduces the Unique Rotated State of the [FeFe]Hydrogenase Active Site”, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 7008-7009. [Link]
