Yan Liu (刘彦 助理教授)

Email：liuyanxmu@xmu.edu.cn

WORK EXPERIENCE

2025.07-Present, Asistant Professor, College of Energy, Xiamen University

2022.07-2025.06 Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Associate Researcher

2020.07-2022.06 Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Postdoctoral Researcher, Supervisor: Professor Jie Zeng (曾杰 教授)

EDUCATION

2016.09-2020.06 Ph.D. Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China，Supervisor: Professor Jie Zeng (曾杰 教授)

2013.09-2016.06 M.S., Chemical Technology, Lanzhou University，Supervisor: Professor Shi-Qiang Yan (严世强 教授)

2009.09-2013.06 B.S., Chemical Engineering and Technology, Lanzhou University

RESEARCH AREAS：

Electrocatalytic conversion of small energy molecules (CO2, N2, NOx, etc.), In Situ Spectroscopic Characterization

个人简历

刘彦，厦门大学能源学院助理教授，主要研究方向为能源小分子的电催化转化及原位/工况谱学研究。共发表SCI论文30余篇，包括以第一作者/通讯作者（含共同）发表于Nat. Commun.（2篇）、J. Am. Chem. Soc.、Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.、Adv. Mater.（3篇）、ACS Catal.（2篇）等高水平期刊，已授权国家发明专利3项。获中科院院长优秀奖，入选博士后创新人才支持计划。主持国家自然科学基金青年基金等项目。

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICAATIONS

[1] J. Wei^†, J. Zhu^†, R. Jin^†, Y. Liu*, G. Liu, M. Fan, M. Liu, D. Jiang, and J. Zeng*, Role of site-specific iron in Fe-doped nickel hydroxide toward water oxidation revealed by spatially resolved imaging at the single-particle level, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 13502-13511.

[2] J. Ni^†, J. Wei^†, Y. Yu, M.-H. Fan, W. Liu, K. N. Hui, Y. Yan, Y. Liu*, Y. Huang*, and J. Zeng*, Revealing the role of interfacial water in pH-dependent hydroxylamine electrosynthesis over Bi-based catalysts, ACS Catal., 2025, 15, 5153-15161.

[3] Y. Liu^†, J. Wei^†, Z. Wu^†, L. Zheng, J. Zhao, M. Song, Y. Zhou, J. Cheng, J. Meng, Z. Geng*, and J. Zeng*, Efficient tandem electroreduction of nitrate into ammonia through coupling Cu single atoms with adjacent Co₃O₄, Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 3619.

[4] J. Wei^†, H. Tang^†, Y. Liu*, G. Liu, L. Sheng, M. Fan, Y. Ma, Z. Zhang, and J. Zeng*, Optimizing the intermediates adsorption by manipulating the second coordination shell of Ir single atoms for efficient water oxidation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202410520.

[5] Y. Liu^†, Q. Li^†, X. Guo^†, X. Kong, J. Ke, M. Chi, Q. Li, Z. Geng*, and J. Zeng*, Highly efficient metal-free electrocatalyst of F-doped porous carbon towards N₂ electroreduction, Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 1907690.