研究领域或方向
 燃料电池结构为基础的二氧化碳还原研究；
 氢离子浓差电池发电及热电转换研究；
 液体燃料电池研究；
 先进碳材料的制备及催化机理研究。
工作经历
 2019.7-至今  我校 yh86银河国际  助理研究员
 2019.7-至今  我校  机械学院 博士后
 2015.9-2019.6 我校 博士研究生
 2018.9-2019.4 美国罗格斯大学（NB） 访问学者
 2010.9-2015.9 中航工业北京航空材料研究院 工程师
科研项目（时间倒序）
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学术成果
[1] Liu Y, Zhang T, Dai X, Tan Q, Chen YZ, Liu YN†, and Asefa T†. Ordered Nanoporous Nitrogen- and Oxygen-Codoped Carbon Nanospheres as Electrocatalysts for Oxygen-Reduction Reaction in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020, 3, 5139−5148.
[2] Liu Y*, Li YW*, Chen YZ, Qu T, Shu CY, Yang XD, Zhu HY, Guo SW, Asefa T†, Liu YN†. A CO2/H2 fuel cell: reducing CO2 while generating electricity. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 8329. *These authors contributed equally to this work. (Selected as Hot Paper).
[3] Liu Y, Chen YZ, Ming J, Chen L, Shu CY, Qu T, Tan Q, Liu YN†, Asefa T†. Harvesting Waste Heat Energy by Promoting H+-Ion Concentration Difference with a Fuel Cell Structure. Nano Energy, 2019, 57: 101～107.
[4] Liu Y, Shu CY, Fang Y, Chen YZ, Liu YN†. Two 3D structured Co-Ni bimetallic oxides as cathode catalysts for high-performance alkaline direct methanol fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources, 2017, 361:160-169.
[5] Liu Y, Chen YZ†, Li S, Shu CY, Fang Y, Song B. Improved charge transfer in Mn2O3@Co1.2Ni1.8O4 hybrid for a highly stable alkaline direct methanol fuel cell with good methanol tolerance. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10:9485-9494.
[6] Liu Y, Liu YN†, Jinfu Ma, Lai JH. La1−xSrxCoO3 (x = 0.1–0.5) as the cathode catalyst for a direct borohydride fuel cell. Journal of Power Sources, 2010, 195:1854–1858.
[7] Liu Y, Ma J, Lai JH, Liu YN†. Study of LaCoO3 as a cathode catalyst for a membraneless direct borohydride fuel cell. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2009, 488:204–207.