Publications
Journal Articles
2019
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55. Liao, Q.; Liu, T. L.; Johnson, S. I.; Klug, C. M.; Wieder, E. S.; Bullock, R. M.; DuBois, D. L. "Evaluation of Attractive Interactions in the Second Coordination Sphere of Iron Complexes Containing Pendant Amines", Dalton Trans., 2019, submitted.
**An invited contribution to a special issue of Dalton Transactions on Inorganic Chemistry of the p-block elements. It was Leo's first project at PNNL (2009) and now it will be published 10 year later. |
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54. 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", ChemRxiv, 2019. [Link]
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53. Hu, B.; Luo, J.; DeBruler C.; Hu, M; Wu, W.; Liu, T. L.* "Redox Active Inorganic Materials for Redox Flow Batteries", Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry: Inorganic Battery Materials, 2019, in press.
**An invited book chapter. |
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52. 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]
**Highlighted by Science Magazine, "Advances in flow batteries promise cheap backup power. Science 2018, 362 (6414), 508-509." [Link] **Highlighted by Utah State Today, "Simple Change, Big Impact: USU Chemists Boost Green Battery Capability". [Link] **Highlighted by techxplore.com, "Simple Change, Big Impact: Chemists advance sustainable battery technology". [Link] |
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2018
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51. Luo, J.; Liu, T. L.* "Tandem Solar Flow Batteries for Conversion, Storage, and Utilization of Solar Energy", Chem. 2018, 4, 2488-2490. [Link]
**This is an invited preview article by the Chem Journal to highlight a record 14.1% solar rechargeable flow battery published in the same journal by the Song Jin group from University of Wisconsin. In fact, this impressive SRFB is based on our MV/HO-TEMPO AORFB (Adv. Energy Mater. 2016, 6, 1501449). |
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50. Hu, B.; Tang, Y.; Luo, J.; Grove, G.; Guo, Y.; Liu, T. L.* "Improved Radical Stability of Viologen Anolytes in Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries", Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 6871-6874. [Link]
**This is an invited contribution to the themed collection: 2018 Emerging Investigators. |
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49. Hu, B.; Liu, T. L.* "Two Electron Utilization of Methyl Viologen Anolyte in Nonaqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery", J. Energy Chem. 2018, 27, 1326-1332. [Link] **This is an invited contribution to the featured issue on "Redox Flow Batteries". |
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48. DeBruler C.; Hu, B.; Moss, J.; Luo, J.; Liu, T. L.* "A Sulfonate Functionalized Viologen Enabling Neutral Cation Exchange Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries towards Renewable Energy Storage", ACS Energy Letters 2018, 3, 663-668. [Link] |
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47. Luo, J.; Hu, B.; DeBruler C.; Liu, T. L.* "A π-Conjugation Extended Viologen as Novel Two-Electron Storage Anolyte for Total Organic Aqueous Redox Flow Battery", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 231-235. [Link]
**This is a dedicated article to Prof. Mei Wang for her 62nd birthday. Prof. Wang was Leo's Ms. advisor at Dalian University of Technology. **Featured as a cover story by ACIE's 2018 1st issue (open access). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/anie.201712625/full **Also highlighted in the ACIE editorial in the same issue (link). **Highlighted by Phys.org, "Two better than one". **Highlighted by X-mol.com as a top story http://www.x-mol.com/news/11337 |
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46. Luo, J.; Hu, B.; Sam, A.; Liu, T. L.* "Metal Free Electrocatalytic Aerobic Hydroxylation of Arylboronic Acids", Org. Letters, 2018, 20, 361-364. [Link] |
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45. Li, W.; Jiang, N.; Hu, B.; Liu, X.; Song, F.; Han, G.; Jordan, T. J.; Hanson, T. B.; Liu, T. L.; Sun, Y.* "New electrolyzer design for flexible decoupled water splitting and organic upgrading with electron reservoirs", Chem, 2018, 3, 637-649. [Link]
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44. Hu, B.; Harris, D. Dean, D.; Liu, T. L. Yang, Z.; Seefeldt L. "Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction Catalyzed by Nitrogenase MoFe and FeFe Proteins", Bioelectrochemistry. 2018, 120, 104-109.
[Link] **This is an invited contribution. |
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2017
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43. 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] **Chem is a flagship journal of Cell Publications on chemistry research. **Highlighted by a preview article entitled "Molecular Engineering Enables Better Organic Flow Batteries" in Chem: http://www.cell.com/chem/fulltext/S2451-9294(17)30478-3 **Highlighted by Utah State Today: https://www.usu.edu/today/index.cfm?id=57258 **Highlighted by X-mol.com as a top story http://www.x-mol.com/news/10612 **Featured as a top story in Logan Herald Journal News. https://news.hjnews.com/education/usu-professor-works-to-improve-battery-efficiency-for-applications **Highlighted by USTAR, "USU professor works to improve battery efficiency for applications". |
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42. 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] **Highlighted by X-mol.com http://www.x-mol.com/news/10211 |
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41. Bi, Yujing.; Luo, J.; Hu, B.; He, S.; Nielson, K.; Liu, T. L.* "Chemistry and Electrochemical Performance of Mg Electrolytes for Rechargeable Mg Batteries: A Study of Mg Powder Scavenger", ECS Trans., 2017, 80, 343-348. [Link]
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40. Hu, B.; Seefeldt, C., DeBruler C.; Liu, T. L.* "Boosting Energy Efficiency and Power performance of Neutral Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries", J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5, 22137-22145. [Link]
**Highlighted as the front cover story! **Highlighted by Utah State Today: https://www.usu.edu/today/index.cfm?id=57258 **Featured as a top story in Logan Herald Journal News. https://news.hjnews.com/education/usu-professor-works-to-improve-battery-efficiency-for-applications **Highlighted by USTAR, "USU professor works to improve battery efficiency for applications". |
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39. 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] **Highlighted by Cache valley daily: http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/local/article_c218dcc0-41b2-11e7-8ab7-3f61fc02c2dc.html **Highlighted by Utah State Today: http://www.usu.edu/today/index.cfm?id=56761&nl=522 |
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38. He, S.; Luo, J. Liu, T. L.* "MgCl2/AlCl3 Electrolytes for Reversible Mg Deposition/Stripping: Electrochemical Conditioning or Not?", J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 12718-12722. [Link] **Highlighted as the cover story! **Highlighted by Utah State Today: http://www.usu.edu/today/index.cfm?id=56761&nl=522 |
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37. Hu, B.; DeBruler C., Rhodes, Z.; Liu, T. L.* "Long Cycling Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery (AORFB) for Sustainable and Safe Energy Storage", J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 1207. [Link]. **Highlighted in an ACIE highlight article. Check it out! http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/anie.201701254/abstract **News report by China Science Daily and Sciencenet: http://news.sciencenet.cn/dz/dznews_photo.aspx?id=27351 **News report by X-Mol: http://www.x-mol.com/news/5143 Wechat link |
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36. He, S.; Neilson, K. V.; Luo, J..; Liu, T. L.* "Recent Advances on MgCl2 Based Electrolytes for Rechargeable Mg Batteries", Energy Storage Mater 2017, 8, 184-188. [Link].
**Invited review article contributed to the special issue on "Future Energy Materials". |
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35. Liu, T.*; Wei, X.; Nie, Z.; Sprenkle, V.; Wang, W. "A Total Organic Aqueous Redox Flow Battery Employing a Low Cost and Sustainable Methyl Viologen Anolyte and 4-HO-TEMPO Catholyte"
Adv. Energy Mater. 2016, 6, 1501449.[Link] **Multiple news reports including C&EN news. https://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i6/Redox-Flow-Batteries-Stabilize-Electric.html |
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34. Shao, Y.; Rajput, N. N.; Hu, J.; Hu, M.; Liu, T.; Wei, Z.; Gu, M.; Deng, X.; Xu, S.; Han, K. S.; Wang, J.; Nie, Z.; Li, G.; Zavadil, K. R.; Xiao, J.; Wang, C.; Henderson, W. A.; Zhang, J.-G.; Wang, Y.; Mueller, K. T.; Persson, K.; Liu, J. "Nanocomposite polymer electrolyte for rechargeable magnesium batteries"Nano Energy 2015, 12, 750-758. [Link]
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33. Liu, T.; Liao, Q.; O’Hagan, M.; Hulley, E. B.; DuBois, D. L.; Bullock, R. M. “Iron Complexes Bearing Diphosphine Ligands with Positioned Pendant Amines as Electrocatalysts for the Oxidation of H2 ”Organometallics 2015, 34, 2747-2764. [Link]
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32. Wei, X.; Xu, W.; Cosimbescu, L.; Henserson, W.; Liu, T.; Li, B. Murugesan, V; Sprenkle, V.; Wang, W. “Radical Compatibility with Nonaqueous Electrolytes and Its Impact on Total-Organic Redox Flow Battery” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 30, 8684-8687. [Link]
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31. Liu, T.*; Cox, J., Hu, D.; Deng, X. Hu, J.; Hu, M.; Xiao, J.; Shao, Y.; Tang, K.; Liu, J. “A Fundamental Study on the [(u-Cl)3Mg2(THF)6]+ Dimer Electrolytes for Rechargeable Mg Batteries” Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 2312-2315. [Link]
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30. Liu, C.; Liu, T.; Hall, M. B. "Influence of the Density Functional and Basis Set on the Relative Stabilities of Oxygenated Isomers of Diiron Models for the Active Site of [FeFe] Hydrogenase" J. Chem.Theory Comput. 2015, 11, 205-214. [Link]
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29. Liu, T.*; DuBois, M. R.; DuBois, D. L.; and Bullock, R. M. “Electrochemical Oxidation of H2 Catalyzed by Ruthenium Hydride Complexes Bearing P2N2 Ligands With Pendant Amines as Proton Relays” Energy Environ. Sci., 2014, 7, 3630-3639. [Link].
**Highlighted as the EES journal's back cover featuring our new Ru catalysts for hydrogen oxidation with "Mt Rainier" background. |
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27. Fang, M.; Wiedner, E. S.; Dougherty, W. G.; Kassel, W. S.; Liu, T.; DuBois, D. L.; Bullock, R. M. Organometallics, “Cobalt Complexes Containing Pendant Amines in the Second Coordination Sphere as Electrocatalysts for H2 Production” 2014, 33, 5820-5833. [Link]
**Invited contribution to the Organometallics special issue on "Catalytic and Orgaometallic Chemistry of Earth-Abundant Metals". **Featured on the journal cover |
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26. Liu, T.*; Wang, X.; Hoffmann, C.; DuBois, D. L.; Bullock, R. M. “Heterolytic Cleavage of Hydrogen by an Iron Hydrogenase Model: An Fe-H···H-N Dihydrogen Bond Characterized by Neutron Diffraction”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 5300-5304. [Link]
**ACIE very important paper (VIP), highlighted as a frontispiece cover. **Highlighted by multiple news reports. |
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25. Hsieh, C.; Erdem, O. F.; Ding, D.; Crouthers, D.; Liu, T.; McCrory, C. C. L.; Lubitz, W.; Popescu, C.; Reibenspies, J. H.; Hall, M. B.; Darensbourg, M. Y. “Redox active iron nitrosyl units in proton reduction electrocatalysis”, Nat. Commun. 2014, 5, 3684. [Link]
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24. 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]
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23. Cheng, Y.; Liu, T.; Shao, Y.; Engelhard, M. H.; Liu, J.; Li, G. “Electrochemically stable cathode current collectors for rechargeable magnesium batteries”, J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 2473-2477. [Link]
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22. Darmon, J. M.; Raugei, S.; Liu, T.; Hulley, E. B.; Weiss, C. J.; Bullock, R. M.; Helm, M. L. “Iron Complexes for the Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Hydrogen: Tuning Primary and Secondary Coordination Spheres”, ACS Catalysis 2014, 1246-1260. [Link]
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21. Shao, Y.; Gu, M.; Li, X.; Nie, Z.; Zuo, P.; Li, G.; Liu, T.; Xiao, J.; Cheng, Y.; Wang, C.; Zhang, J.-G.; Liu, J. “Highly Reversible Mg Insertion in Nanostructured Bi for Mg Ion Batteries”, Nano Lett, 2013, 14, 255-260. [Link]
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20. Shao, Y.; Liu, T., Li. G., Gu, M.; Nie, Z.; Engelhard, M.; Xiao, J.; Lv, D.; Wang, C.; Zhang, J.; Liu, J. “Coordination Chemistry in Magnesium Battery Electrolytes: How Ligands Affect Their Performance ”, Sci. Rep., 2013, 3. [Link]
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19. Franz, J. A.; O’Hagan, M.; Ho, M.-H.; Liu, T.; Helm, M. L.; Lense, S.; DuBois, D. L.; Shaw, W. J.; Appel, A. M.; Raugei, S.; Bullock, R. M. “Conformational Dynamics and Proton Relay Positioning in Nickel Catalysts for Hydrogen Production and Oxidation”, Organometallics 2013, 32, 7034-7042. [Link]
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18. Liu, T.; DuBois D. L. and Bullock, R. M. “An iron complex with pendant amines as a molecular electrocatalyst for oxidation of hydrogen”, Nature Chemistry, 2013,5,228-233. [Link]
**News reports by over 10 media outlets: phys.org, “Fast and efficient biologically inspired catalyst could someday make fuel cells cheaper”; sciencedaily.com, “Affordable Fuel Cells Closer: Synthetic Molecule First Electricity-Making Catalyst to Use Iron to Split Hydrogen Gas”. |
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17. Yang, J.; Smith, S.; Liu, T.; Dougherty, W.; Hoffert, S.; Kassel, W. S.; Bullock, R. M.; DuBois M. R. and DuBois D. L. “Two Pathways for electrocatalytic Oxidation of Hydrogen by a Nickel Bis(diphosphine) Complex with Pendant Amines in the Second Coordination Sphere” submitted to J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 9700-9712. [Link]
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16. 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. [Link]
**Highlighted by PNNL official website entitled “Iron Center and Pendant Nitrogen Needed to Achieve Catalyst's Goal”. **News reported on the website of physicstoday.org,“Plant-inspired catalysts smooth the route to cleaner energy”. |
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15. van der Eide, E.; Walter, E.; Yang, P.; Liu, T.; Bullock, R. M.; “Dinuclear Metalloradicals Featuring Unsupported Metal-Metal Bonds”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 32, 1-5. [Link]
**Highlighted by PNNL official website entitled “Metal-metal bonding”. **News reported on the website of Scientific Computing and Modeling, www.SCM.com, “Insights into the Bonding in Dinuclear Metalloradicals”. |
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14. van der Eide, E.; Liu, T.; Camaioni, D.; Walter, E.; Bullock, R. M.; “Facile Thermal W-W Bond Homolysis in the N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Containing Tungsten Dimer [CpW(CO)2(IMe)]2”, Organometallics 2012, 31, 1775-1789. [Link]
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13. Tronic, T. A.; DuBois, M. R.; Kaminsky, W.; Coggins, M. K.; Liu, T.; Mayer, J. M. “Directing Protons to the Dioxygen Ligand of a Ruthenium(II) Complex with Pendent Amines in the Second Coordination Sphere”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 10936-10939. [Link]
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12. Sanabria-Chinchilla, J.; Liu, T.; Savoie, B.; Thomas, C. M.; Darensbourg, M. Y.; Soriaga, M.; “Electrochemical Investigation of mono-NHC Substituted Diiron Complexes ((μ-pdt)[Fe(CO)3][Fe(CO)2NHC], NHC = IMes, SIMes)”, Philippine Sci. Lett. 2012, 5, 150-156.
**Invited contribution in honor of Professor Soriaga. |
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11. Liu, T.; Li, B.; Popescu, C. V.; Bilko, A.; Pérez, L. M.; Hall, M. B.; Darensbourg, M. Y., “Analysis of a Pentacoordinate Iron Dicarbonyl as Synthetic Analogue of the Hmd or [Fe]-Hydrogenase Active Site”, Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16 (10), 3083-3089. [Link]
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10. Li, B.; Liu, T. (equal contribution); Popescu, C. V.; Bilko, A.; Darensbourg, M. Y., “Synthesis and Mossbauer Characterization of Octahedral Iron(II) Carbonyl Complexes FeI2(CO)(3)L and FeI2(CO)(2)L-2: Developing Models of the [Fe]-H(2)ase Active Site”, Inorg. Chem. 2009, 49 (17), 8393-8403. [Link]
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9. Li, B.; Liu, T.; Singleton, M.; Darensbourg, M. Y., “Influence of Sulf-Oxygenation on CO/L Substitution and Fe(CO)3 Rotation in Thiolate-bridged Diiron Complexes” Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48 (17), 8393-8403. [Link]
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8. Liu, T.; Li, B.; M. Singleton, M.; Hall, M. B.; Darensbourg, M. Y., “Sulfur Oxygenation of [FeFe] Hydrogenase Biomimetics: Possible Connection to Air Sensitivity of the Enzyme” J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 8296-8307. [Link]
**Highlighted by Jacs-select editorial entailed as “The Interface of InorganicChemistry and Biology” by Professor Stephen Lippard from MIT. |
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7. Thomas, C. M.; Liu, T. (equal contribution); Hall, M. B.; Darensbourg, M. Y., “Series of Mixed Valent Fe(II)Fe(I) Complexes That Model the Hox State of [FeFe] Hydrogenase: Redox Properties, Density-Functional Theory Investigation, and Reactivities with Extrinsic CO” Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47 (15), 7009-7024. [Link]
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6. Wang, N.; Wang, M.; Liu, T.; Li, P.; Zhang, T.; Darensbourg, M. Y.; Sun, L., “CO-Migration in the Ligand Substitution Process of the Chelating Diphosphite Diiron Complex (μ-pdt)[Fe(CO)3][Fe(CO){(EtO)2PN(Me)P(OEt)2}]”Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47 (15), 6948-6955. [Link]
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5. Thomas, C. M.; Liu, T.; Hall, M. B.; Darensbourg, M. Y., “Regioselective 12CO/13CO Exchange Activity of Mixed Valent Fe(II)Fe(I) Models of the Hox State of [FeFe]-Hydrogenase” Chem. Commun. 2008, 13, 1563-1565. [Link]
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4. 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] **Highlighted in the book entitled as “Bio-inspired Chemistry for Energy” published by National Research Council.*The most cited research article on the topic of “hydrogenase” since 2007. |
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3. Thomas, C. M.; Rudiger, O.; Liu, T.; Carson, O. E.; Hall, M. B.; Darensbourg, M. Y., “Synthesis of Carboxylic Acid Modified [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Model Complexes Amenable for Surface Immobilization”, Organometallics, 2007, 26, 3976-3984. [Link]
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2. Dong, W.; Wang, M.; Liu, T.; Liu, X.; Jin, K.; Sun, L., “Preparation, structures and electrochemical property of phosphine substituted diiron azadithiolates relevant to the active site of Fe-only hydrogenases”, J. Inorg. Biochem. 2007, 12, 102–118. [Link]
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1. Liu, T.; Wang, M.; Shi, Z.; Cui, H.; Dong, W.; Chen, J.; Akermark, B. Sun, L., “Synthesis, Structures and Electrochemical Properties of Nitro- and Amino- Functionalized Diiron Azadithiolates as Active Site Models of Fe-Only Hydrogenases”, Chem. Eur. J. 2004, 10, 4474–4479. [Link]
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Patent Applications (filed)
7. Liu, T.; Hu, B. "Materials for Use in an Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery", US patent, 2016.
6. Liu, T.; Wei, X.; Sprenkle, V.; Wang, W. "Low Cost and High Performance Organic Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries", US patent, 2015.
5. Liu, T.; Liu, J.; Shao, Y. Li, G.; Zhang, J. "High Concentration Mixed Mg/Li Electrolytes for Hybrid Mg-Li ion Batteries", US patent, 2014.
4. Zhang, J.; Lu, X.; Wu, X.; Qian, J.; Xiao, J.; Liu, B.; Shao, Y.; Lu, D.; Deng, D.; Liu, T.; Li, Q. “Methods and Compositions for Lithium Ion Batteries”, US patent, 2014.
3. Shao, Y.; Liu, J.; Li, G.; Liu, T. "Magnesium Energy Storage Device Having a Semi-Solid Positive Electrode", US patent (US20140302422) 2013.
2. Liu, T.; Li, G.; Liu, J.; Shao, Y., "Magnesium-Based Energy Storage Systems and Methods Having Improved Electrolytes", US patent (US20140302404), 2013.
1. Shao, Y.; Liu, J.; Liu, T.; Li, G., "Solid-state Rechargeable Magnesium Battery”, US patent, 2013.
