Ph.D. Supervisor and Master's Supervisor
Name: Hongtao Liu
Professional Title: Professor
Administrative Position: Deputy Director
Name (Pinyin): liu hongtao
Sex: Male
School/Department: Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Education Level: PhD Graduate
Degree: Doctoral degree
Alma Mater: Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS

Dr. Hongtao Liu obtained his BSc (1997) and MSc (2000) degrees in Physical Chemistry from Xinjiang University, and PhD (2006) in Electroanalytical Chemistry from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. After completion of postdoctoral research work at New Mexico State University (USA), he joined in the Central South University (China) in 2008. He is currently a full professor at the College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, and a deputy director at the Institute of Chemical Power Sources & Materials of the Central South University. His research interests mainly focus on designing and developing key materials for advanced electrochemical energy conversion and storage. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and has been authorized more than 20 patents of invention.
Postdoctoral and research staff positions are available in electrochemical energy storage and nanoelectrocatalysis, those who are good at structural modeling and theoretical calculation for mechanisms reveal are preferentially considered.

›National Key R&D Program of China(2019YFA0210300)
›National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFB0905400)
›National Natural Science Foundation of China(52174284)
›National Natural Science Foundation of China(20976198)
›Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars
›Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(20090162120012)
›河南省重点研发计划项目(241111240900)
›湖南省重点研发计划项目(2024JK2094)
›Key Project of Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Plan of China(2014FJ2007)
›Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(10JJ2004)
›Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(2019JJ40359)
›湖南省研究生培养创新实践基地项目
›产学研技术合作开发项目(718010066)
›产学研技术合作开发项目(718010197)
›中南大学前沿交叉项目(2023QYJC012)
›中南大学研究生教育教学改革研究项目(2021JGB079)
›中南大学教育教学改革研究项目(2021jy068-3)
›中南大学教师研究基金项目
›中南大学人才培育基金项目

›Tieqi Huang, Yu Zhang, Miao Liao, Mingzhun Jiao, Yisheng Wang, Minghong Duan, Kui Xu, Hongtao Liu, Water-Splitting-Suppressed High-Capacity Bipolar Electrodes Enabled by Topochemical Electron Buffering for Symmetric Aqueous Batteries, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2026, e3350796
›Lulu Sun, Xin-Yao Xu, Yijuan Zheng, Mingqing Zuo, Yaping Chen, Han Zhou, Tieqi Huang, Qiang Wan, Xiao-Shun Zhou, Shuang Li, Hongtao Liu, Lei Han, Unveiling the Dual Role of Cobalt in Synergistic Cu–Co Electrocatalysts for Efficient Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia, Advanced Functional Materials, 2026, 36, e75803
›Jiaxing Liu, Bei Deng, Meiling Liu, Yaxue Zhang, Zhihao Yang, Tieqi Huang, Hongtao Liu, Zwitterionic polyurethane-based solid polymer electrolytes for high-performance solid-state Lithium metal batteries, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026, 537, 176580
›Weiying Wu, Ping Li, Shuting Kan, Liang Liu, Zhihao Li, Tieqi Huang, Xiaohui Gao, Hongtao Liu, d-p Orbital Hybridization Modulated by Cu Nanoparticles Enhances Single-Atom Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study, Chemical Engineering Science, 2026, 334, 124381
›Mingxia Gao, Siya Liu, Weiying Wu, Yifei Miao, Tieqi Huang, Ruiying Wang, Hongtao Liu, From Lab to Ocean: Multiscale Design of Electrocatalysts for Practical Seawater Splitting Applications, ChemSusChem, 2026, 19(11), e70786
›Rui Zhang, Songlin Zeng, Changli Yan, Hongtao Liu, Qiumei Wu, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Shangbin Sang, Jinlong Liu, Promoting Proton Transport in Si-Doped α-MoO3 via Bond-Weakening Engineering for High-Rate and Long-Life Aqueous Proton Batteries, Small, 2026, 22(36), e73720
›Zhengfei Yang, Zhihao Yang, Jiaxing Liu, Guo Ye, Suyue Chen, Ruolan Li, Hui Zhang, Tieqi Huang, Quanquan Pang, Hongtao Liu, Self-Assembled Cluster Topology Enabled Composite Solid Electrolytes for High-Performance Lithium Metal Batteries, Advanced Energy Materials, 2025, e03760
›Zhihao Yang, Jiaxing Liu, Meiling Liu, Weiying Wu, Suyue Chen, Bei Deng, Yaxue Zhang, Tieqi Huang, Hongtao Liu, Organic Ionic Plastic Crystal Composite Solid Electrolytes with Efficient Interfacial Lithium-Ion Percolation for Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2025, 16, 9249-9257
›Suyue Chen, Meiling Liu, Zhihao Yang, Yaxue Zhang, Jiaxing Liu, Weiying Wu, Tieqi Huang, Hongtao Liu, Boosting lithium-ion transport in halide solid-state electrolytes by aliovalent substitution for all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries, Chemical Communications, 2025, 61, 13429-13432
›Haolin Xie, Zhihao Yang, Jiaxing Liu, Weiying Wu, Tieqi Huang, Hongtao Liu, High-Entropy Strategies for Designing Advanced Solid-State Electrolytes: A Comprehensive Review, Chemical Communications, 2025, 61, 10449-10469
›Weiying Wu, Qianqian Hou, Tieqi Huang, Zhihao Yang, Zhengfei Yang, Jiaxing Liu, Meiling Liu, Suyue Chen, Ruolan Li, Hongtao Liu, D-band modulation by engineering nanoregion heterogeneous structure for efficient oxygen reduction in zinc-air batteries, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2025, 365, 124921
›Yifei Miao, Weiying Wu, Haolin Xie, Zhihao Yang, Tieqi Huang, Hongtao Liu, The Pivotal Role of Carbonates in Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation for Hydrogen Peroxide Production: Performance, Mechanisms, and Future Perspectives, Carbon Neutralization, 2025, 4, e70074
›Wendan Wang, Yi Liu, Ruolan Li, Weiying Wu, Zhihao Yang, Tieqi Huang, Limiao Chen, Hongtao Liu, Engineering Flexible Self-Supported Si@CNF Nanofiber Membrane for High-Performance Li-ion Battery Anode, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2025, 64, 14329-14336
›Zain Ul Abideen, Maheen Malik, Meiling Liu, Tieqi Huang, Qianqian Hou, Weiying Wu, Safia Bibi, Zhihao Yang, Hongtao Liu, Diminutive tuning of lattice oxygen controlled by sulfur - mediated vacancies for oxygen evolution reaction, Journal of Colloid And Interface Science, 2025, 699, 138284
›Zain Ul Abideen, Maheen Malik, Weiying Wu, Qianqian Hou, Attiq Ur Rehman, Tieqi Huang, Hongtao Liu, NiFe layered double hydroxides as high-performance electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction: recent developments, Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 26578-26593
›Zhihao Yang, Weiying Wu, Minghong Duan, Suyue Chen, Meiling Liu, Jiaxing Liu, Tieqi Huang, Hongtao Liu, Strategies for advanced solid electrolytes toward efficient lithium-ion conduction in all-solid-state lithium metal batteries, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025, 17(15), 22184–22209
›Ruolan Li, Zhihao Yang, Yunfeng Liu, Jiaxing Liu, Suyue Chen, Tieqi Huang, Feiyue Tu, Hongtao Liu, Engineering self-adaptive composite binders for micron-sized SiOx in lithium-ion battery anodes, Journal of Power Sources, 2025, 642, 236961
›Qingcui Liu, Wenhua Cheng, Weilu Zhang, Zhouliang Tan, Juan Ding, Hongtao Liu, Yudai Huang, Archipelago-like oxygen-vacancies-enriched amorphous-crystalline heterointerface for enhanced water splitting, Journal of Colloid And Interface Science, 2025, 679, 670–679
›Pingping Chang, Zhenjie Liu, Murong Xi, Yong Guo, Tianlong Wu, Juan Ding, Yudai Huang, Hongtao Liu, Frustrated Lewis Pairs Regulated Solid Polymer Electrolyte Enables Ultralong Cycles of Lithium Metal Batteries, Advanced Powder Materials, 2025, 4, 100263
›Murong Xi, Zhenjie Liu, Zihan Qi, Yudai Huang, Wei Wang, Juan Ding, Zhouliang Tan, Hongtao Liu, Electrolyte for Zn metal battery under extreme temperature operations design by Lewis acid-base chemically mediated polymerization of cyclic ether, Energy Storage Materials, 2025, 75, 104091
›Quanrong Pan, Binbin Li, Suqin Liu, Yuliang Yang, Xincun Tang, Hongtao Liu, Rongjiao Huang, Jue Wang, Flower-like graphitic carbon derived from biomass for anode of potassium ion battery, Chemical Engineering Science, 2025, 304, 121043
›Wenhui Deng, Yuhao Luo, Kewei Wu, Yanqiu Wang, Hongtao Liu, Xiaoqing Qiu, Kang Liu, Junwei Fu, Wenzhang Li, Min Liu. Self-Catalyzed Carbon Nanotubes with Dual-Active-Site Co/CoN4 Motifs for High-Efficiency Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2025, 16, 6202?6211
›Rui Zhang, Qinquan Lin, Qizhao Hu, Meiling Liu, Yaxue Zhang, Kaiyu Liu, Hongtao Liu, Qiumei Wu, Shangbin Sang, A high effective composite catalyst NC@CeO2-Fe based on the synergistic effect, Journal of Power Sources, 2025, 647, 237288
›Weijie Liu, Jiaxing Liu, Zhihao Yang, Meiling Liu, Shangbin Sang, Hongtao Liu, Flaky Li-Doped High-Entropy Oxide Enables PEO-Based Composite Solid Electrolyte with Extended Suitability for Lithium Metal Batteries, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 35, 2419095
›Tieqi Huang, Wenjing Liu, Yi Liu, Qianqian Hou, Suyue Chen, Ruolan Li, Hongtao Liu, Structural trade-off regulation of composite aerogels via “island-bridge” design for advanced nickel-iron batteries, Next Energy, 2024, 2, 100076
›Minghong Duan, Zhihao Yang, Qianqian Hou, Tieqi Huang, Hongtao Liu, Artificial protective layers of zinc metal anodes for reversible aqueous zinc ion batteries, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2024, 48, 101594
›Jiaxing Liu, Zan Wang, Zhihao Yang, Meiling Liu, Hongtao Liu, A Protic Ionic Liquid Promoted Gel Polymer Electrolyte for Solid-State Electrochemical Energy Storage, Materials, 2024, 17(23), 5948
›Zain Ul Abideen, Safia Bibi, Hongtao Liu, Designing Robust CdS Nanostructures for Superior Photostability and Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants, ChemistrySelect, 2024, 9(30), e202401951
›Rui Zhang, Huizhen Si, Qizhao Hu, Yangbo Cui, Shangbin Sang, Kaiyu Liu, Hongtao Liu, Qiumei Wu, Xianggong Zhang, Hydrangea Macrophylla-Like CeO2 Coated by Nitrogen-Doped Carbon as Highly Efficient ORR Cathode Catalyst in a Hybrid Proton Battery, Electronic Materials Letters, 2024, 20, 807-817
›Tieqi Huang, Kui Xu, Ning Jia, Lan Yang, Hongtao Liu, Jixin Zhu, Qingyu Yan, Intrinsic Interfacial Dynamic Engineering of Zincophilic Microbrushes via Regulating Zn Deposition for Highly Reversible Aqueous Zinc Ion Battery, Advanced Materials, 2023, 35, 2205206
›Tieqi Huang, Weiying Wu, Zhengfei Yang, Qianqian Hou, Ruolan Li, Suyue Chen, Yahui Yang, Hongtao Liu, Unravelling the pseudocapacitive origin of graphene oxide-based aerogels by comparative insights, Chemical Communication, 2023, 59, 9658
›Shuangxiong Liao, Tieqi Huang, Weiying Wu, Ting Yang, Qianqian Hou, Shangbin Sang, Kaiyu Liu, Yahui Yang, Hongtao Liu, Engineering High-Entropy Duel-Functional nanocatalysts with regulative oxygen vacancies for efficient overall water splitting, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 471, 144506
›Yongwang Quan, Ke Zeng, Jianqiang Meng, Dingqing Jiang, Juan Li, Xiaoyi Sun, Hongtao Liu, Engineering Cost-Efficient CoS-Based Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable Zn-Air Battery Application, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2023, 62, 6032-6038
›Manman Bu, Yang Liu, Shuangxiong Liao, Weijie Liu, Zhihao Yang, Jianbo Jiang, Xiaohui Gao, Yahui Yang, Hongtao Liu, In-Site Grown Carbon Nanotubes Connecting Fe/Cu-N-C Polyhedrons as Robust Electrocatalysts for Zn-Air Batteries, Carbon, 2023, 214, 118365
›Wenshuai Feng, Manman Bu, Yue Zhang, Yejun Li, Xiaohui Gao, Hongtao Liu, In-Site Grown NiFeOOH Nanosheets Foam Directly as Robust Electrocatalyst for Efficient Urea Oxidation Application, Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 2023, 18(15), e202300362
›Kaikai Han, Hongtao Liu, Jingjie Cui, Yuexin Liu, Ping Pan, Recent strategies for electrochemical sensing detection of miRNAs in lung cancer, Analytical Biochemistry, 2023, 661, 114986
›Yangbo Cui, Chong Han, Huizheng Si, Kaiyu Liu, Hongtao Liu, Shangbin Sang, Qiumei Wu, Carbon dots integrated into nickel-cobalt hydroxide as superior electrode for supercapattery, Electrochimica Acta 2023, 451, 142279
›Yang Chen, Ting He, Qiming Liu, Yongfeng Hu, Hao Gu, Liu Deng, Hongtao Liu, Youcai Liu, You-Nian Liu, Yi Zhang, Shaowei Chen, Xiaoping Ouyang, Highly Durable Iron Single-Atom Catalysts for Low-Temperature Zinc-Air Batteries by Electronic Regulation of Adjacent Iron Nanoclusters, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2023, 323, 122163
›Jiaxing Liu, Zhihao Yang, Weijie Liu, Zhengfei Yang, Shuyue Chen, Ruolan Li, Tieqi Huang, Hongtao Liu, Advances on single Li-ion conducting polymer solid-state electrolytes, SCIENTIA SINICA Chimica, 2023, 53(8), 1277-1289
›Yunjie Huang, Yaqi Bao, Tieqi Huang, Chengzhi Hu, Haiou Qiu, Hongtao Liu, Carbon Nanotube Supported Molybdenum Carbide as Robust Electrocatalyst for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Molecules, 2023, 28(1), 192
›Weijie Liu, Jianbo Jiang, Zhihao Yang, Yang Liu, Zhengfei Yang, Manman Bu, Shuangxiong Liao, Weiying Wu, Tieqi Huang, Shangbin Sang, Hongtao Liu, Poly(ethylene oxide) Based Composite Electrolyte with Lithium-Doped High-Entropy Oxide Ceramic Enabled Robust Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries, Chemistry – An Asian Journal, 2022, e202200839.
›Ting He, Yang Chen, Qiming Liu, Bingzhang Lu, Xianwen Song, Hongtao Liu, Min Liu, Younian Liu, Yi Zhang, Xiaoping Ouyang, Shaowei Chen, Guided Regulation of FeN4 Spin State by Neighboring Cu Atoms for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis in Flexible Metal-Air Batteries, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, e202201007(1-10)
›Kuang-Min Zhao,Suqin Liu,Yu-Yang Li, Xianli Wei, Guanying Ye,Weiwei Zhu, Yuke Su, Jue Wang, Hongtao Liu, Zhen He, Zhi-You Zhou, Shi-Gang Sun, Insight into the Mechanism of Axial Ligands Regulating the Catalytic Activity of Fe–N4 Sites for Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, 12, 2103588
›Ting He, Yaya Song, Yang Chen, Xianwen Song, Bingzhang Lu, Qiming Liu, Hongtao Liu, Yi Zhang, Xiaoping Ouyang, Shaowei Chen, Atomically dispersed ruthenium in carbon aerogels as effective catalysts for pH-universal hydrogen evolution reaction, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 442, 136337
›Chao Hu, Ping Pan, Haiping Huang, Hongtao Liu, Cr-MOF-Based Electrochemical Sensor for the Detection of P-Nitrophenol, Biosensors, 2022, 12, 813
›Jian Zhang, Hongyan Yuan, Yanping Huang, Shuting Kan, Yufeng Wu, Manman Bu, Yang Liu, Ping He, Hongtao Liu, Engineering sodium-rich manganese oxide with robust tunnel structure for high-performance sodium-ion battery cathode application, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 417, 128097
›Yanping Huang, Kang Liu, Shuting Kan, Penggao Liu, Rui Hao, Weifang Liu, Yufeng Wu, Hongtao Liu, Min Liu, Kaiyu Liu, Highly Dispersed Fe-Nx Active Sites on Graphitic-N Dominated Porous Carbon for Synergetic Catalysis of Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Carbon, 2021, 171, 1-9
›Shuting Kan, Mengying Xu, Wenshuai Feng, Yufeng Wu, Cheng Du, Xiaohui Gao, Yimin Wu, Hongtao Liu, Tuning the Overall Water Splitting on Electrodeposited NiCoFeP Film, ChemElectroChem, 2021, 8, 539-546
›Jing Tian, Depei Liu, Jingsha Li, Dan Sun, Hongtao Liu, HaiyanWang,Yougen Tang, Cu/Cu2O nanoparticles co-regulated carbon catalyst for alkaline Al-air batteries, Chinese Chemical Letters, 2021, 32, 2427-2432
›Shouxian Chen, Ping He, Xuejiao Wang, Feng Xiao, Pengcheng Zhou, Qihang He, Lingpu Jia, Faqin Dong, Hui Zhang, Bin Jia, Hongtao Liu, Bin Tang, Co/Sm-modified Ti/PbO2 anode for atrazine degradation: Effective electrocatalytic performance and degradation mechanism, Chemosphere, 2021, 268, 128799
›Xuejiao Wang, Shouxian Chen, Pengcheng Zhou, Feng Xiao, Qihang He, Ping He, Lingpu Jia, Bin Jia, Hui Zhang, Hongtao Liu, Kai Pan, Ying Xie, Facile in-situ fabrication of nanocoral-like bimetallic Co-Mo carbide/nitrogen-doped carbon: a highly active and stable electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. Journal of Materials Science, 2021, 56, 11894–11906
›Wenshuai Feng, Manman Bu, Shuting Kan, Xiaohui Gao, Aimin Guo, Hongtao Liu, Lianwen Deng, Wei Chen, Interfacial hetero-phase construction in nickel/molybdenum selenide hybrids to promote the water splitting performance, Applied Materials Today, 2021, 25, 101175
›Xuejiao Wang, Qihang He, Qianao Ge, Tongxing Fu, Shouxian Chen, Pengcheng Zhou, Feng Xiao, Ping He, Lingpu Jia, Bin Jia, Hui Zhang, Kai Pan, Hongtao Liu, Self-assembled nanocotton-like Co–B–P/bacterial cellulose based carbon nanofiber as highly efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2021, 46, 20930-20940
›Huizheng Si, Chong Han, Yangbo Cui, Shangbin Sang, Kaiyu Liu, Hongtao Liu, Qiumei Wu, Hydrophilic NiFe-LDH/Ti3C2Tx/NF electrode for assisting efficiently oxygen evolution reaction, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2021, 295, 121943
›Huizheng Si, Chong Han, Yangbo Cui, Shangbin Sang, Kaiyu Liu, Hongtao Liu, Qiumei Wu, The electrochemical properties of iodine cathode in a novel rechargeable hydrogen ion supercapattery system with molybdenum trioxide as anode, Electrochimica Acta, 2021, 399, 139331
›Chong Han, Huizheng Si, Shangbin Sang, Kaiyu Liua, Hongtao Liu, Qiumei Wu, Achieving fully reversible conversion in Si anode for lithium-ion batteries by design of pomegranate-like Si@C structure, Electrochimica Acta, 2021, 389, 138736
›Hongyan Yuan, Jingyi Luan, Zelin Yang, Jian Zhang, Yufeng Wu, Zhouguang Lu, Hongtao Liu, Single Lithium-Ion Conducting Solid Polymer Electrolyte with Superior Electrochemical Stability and Interfacial Compatibility for Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 7249-7256
›ZelinYang, HongyanYuan, Chuanjian Zhou, Yongmin Wu, Weiping Tang, Shangbin Sang, Hongtao Liu, Facile Interfacial adhesion enabled LATP-based solid-state lithium metal battery, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 392, 123650
›Yanping Huang, Penggao Liu, Rui Hao, Shuting Kan, Yufeng Wu, Hongtao Liu, Kaiyu Liu, Engineering Porous Quasi-Spherical Fe-N-C Nanocatalysts with Robust Oxygen Reduction Performance for Zn-Air Battery Application, ChemNanoMat, 2020, 6, 1782-1788
›Ming Wang, Shunyuan Tan, Shuting Kan, Yufeng Wu, Shangbin Sang, Kaiyu Liu, Hongtao Liu, In-situ assembly of TiO2 with high exposure of (001) facets on three-dimensional porous graphene aerogel for lithium-sulfur battery, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2020, 49, 316-322
›Xuejiao Wang, Shuai Wang, Shouxian Chen, Ping He, YeweiXu, LingpuJia, Dingming Yang, Xiaochun He, Hongquan Deng, Bin Jia, Hui Zhang, Hongtao Liu, Facile one-pot synthesis of binder-free nano/micro structured dendritic cobalt activated nickel sulfide: a highly efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2020, 45, 19304-19312
›Shunyuan Tan, Yufeng Wu, Shuting Kan, Manman Bu, Yang Liu, Lishan Yang, Yahui Yang, Hongtao Li, A combination of MnO2-decorated graphene aerogel modified separator and I/N codoped graphene aerogel sulfur host to synergistically promote Li–S battery performance, Electrochim. Acta, 2020, 348, 136173
›Yanping Huang, Weifang Liu, Shuting Kan, Penggao Liu, Rui Hao, Hang Hu, Jian Zhang, Hongtao Liu, Min Liu, Kaiyu Liu, Tuning morphology and structure of Fe–N–C catalyst for ultra-high oxygen reduction reaction activity, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2020, 45, 6380-6390
›Jian Zhang, Hongyan Yuan, Zelin Yang, Yanping Huang, Shuting Kan, Yufeng Wu, Ping He, Hongtao Liu, Enhanced Structural, Electrochemical, and Electrode Kinetic Properties of Na0.5Ni0.2Mg0.1Mn0.7O2 Material for Sodium-Ion Battery Applications, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, 58, 22804-22810
›Yanping Huang, Weifang Liu, Shuting Kan, Penggao Liu, Hongtao Liu, Kaiyu Liu. Fe/Fe3C Nanoparticles Confined in Graphitic Layers/Carbon Nanotubes as Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts, ChemistrySelect 2019, 4, 10863–10867
›Lin-Nan Zhou, Jing-Xuan Zhang, Meng-Ying Xu, Wen-Tao Kuang, Hong-Tao Liu, Yong-Jun Li. Growth of Hierarchical MnO2 Nanospike on Three‐Dimensional Carbon Network for Enhancing Rechargeability as High‐rate Alkaline Battery Cathode,ChemistrySelect 2019, 4, 3204–3209
›Hongtao Liu, Yahui Yang, Jian Zhang, Hongyan Yuan, Zelin Yang, Shunyuan Tan.Shunyuan Tan, Zelin Yang, Hongyan Yuan, Jian Zhang, Yahui Yang, Hongtao Liu. MnO2-Decorated Graphene Aerogel with Dual-Polymer Interpenetrating Network as an Efficient Hybrid Host for Li-S Batteries, Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 2019, 791, 483–489
›Zhouguang Lu, Hongtao Liu, Jianqiao Zhang, Lujie Cao, Ying Liu, Jianli Zou, Faxin Li.Faxin Li, Jianli Zou, Ying Liu, Lujie Cao, Jianqiao Zhang, Zhiqiang Li, Shuai Gu, Hongtao Liu, Zhouguang Lu. In situ study of K+ electrochemical intercalating into MoS2 flakes, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123, 5067-5072
›Zhouguang Lu, Hongtao Liu, Mingyang Yang, Lujie Cao, Sicen Yu, Bo Nan, Zhifang Sun, Fucong Lyu.Fucong Lyu, Zhifang Sun, Bo Nan, Sicen Yu, Lujie Cao, Mingyang Yang, Minchan Li, Wenxi Wang, Shaofei Wu, Shanshan Zeng, Hongtao Liu, Zhouguang Lu, Low-Cost and Novel Si-Based Gel for Li-Ion Batteries, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 10699-10707
›Zhouguang Lu, Hongtao Liu, Zhifang Sun, Fucong Lyu, Dong Wu, Mingyang Yang, Lujie Cao.Lujie Cao, Mingyang Yang, Dong Wu, Fucong Lyu, Zhifang Sun, Xiongwei Zhong, Hui Pan, Hongtao Liu, Zhouguang Lu, Biopolymer-chitosan based supramolecular hydrogels as solid state electrolytes for electrochemical energy storage, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 1615-1618
›Hongtao Liu, Hang Li, Bianmei Cao, Yahui Yang.Yahui Yang, Bianmei Cao, Hang Li, Hongtao Liu, A flexible polycation-type anion-dominated conducting polymer as potential all-solid-state supercapacitor film electrolyte, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017, 330, 753–756, 2017
›Hongtao Liu, Kaiyu Liu, Shangbin Sang, Zhouguang Lu, Shiyu Hong, Xi Liu, Min Mao, Shuzhen Chen.A high-rate cathode material hybridized by in-site grown Ni–Fe layered double hydroxides and carbon black nanoparticles.J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4: 4877-4881.
›Hongtao Liu, Shangbin Sang, Kaiyu Liu, Zhouguang Lu, Gang Lei, Junyan Hu.Alternating Assembly of Ni-Al Layered Double Hydroxide and Graphene for High-Rate Alkaline Battery Cathode,.Chem. Commun., 2015, 51: 9983-9986.
›Hongtao Liu, Hailin Zhang, Ping He, Shuzhen Chen, Min Mao.Facile and economical mass production of graphene dispersions and flakes,.J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2: 4132-4135.
›Hongtao Liu, Shuzhen Chen, Gang Lei, Junyan Hu, Mengmeng Wang, Min Mao.Simultaneous electrochemical synthesis of few-layer graphene flakes on both electrodes in protic ionic liquids,.Chem. Commun., 2013, 49: 5301-5013.
›Jinghong Li, Yang Liu, Hongtao Liu.Ionic liquids in surface electrochemistry.Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 2010, 12: 1685–1697.
›Jinghong Li, Longzhen Zheng, Jun Li, Yang Liu, Zhiying Li, Ping He, Hongtao Liu.The inherent capacitive behavior of imidazolium-based room-temperature ionic liquids at carbon paste electrode.Electrochem. Solid-State Lett., 2005, 8 (7): J17.
›Hongtao Liu, Zan Wang, Ruijie Deng, Yan Liu.Carboxyl-Functionalized Graphene Oxide Polyaniline Composite as a Promising Supercapacitor Material,.J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22: 13619-13624.
›Zhouguang Lu, Yougen Tang, Hongtao Liu, Fucong Lv, Zhenyu Wang, Zhenhua Chen, Sicen Yu, Minchan Li.MoC ultrafine nanoparticles confined in porous graphitic carbon as extremely stable anode materials for lithium- and sodium-ion batteries,.Inorg. Chem. Front.: 2017, 4, 289-295.
›Qiumei Wu, Shangbin Sang, Hongtao Liu, Kaiyu Liu, Fang Li, Chenchen Li, Jun Chen, Yu Wu.Effect of in-situ doped anions on electrochemical performances of cathodically electrodeposited Ni(OH)2,.J. Phys. Chem. Solid: 2019, 124, 352-360.
›Hongtao Liu, Jian Zhang, Hongyan Yuan, Ming Wang.Electrochemical performance of reduced graphene oxide aerogel loading sulfur electrodes,.Battery Bimonthly: 2018,48(6), 326-329.
›Qiumei Wu, Zhouguang Lu, Hongtao Liu, Kaiyu Liu, Fang Li, Wenjie Zhong, Shangbin Sang, Yu Wu.The nanoscale effects on the morphology, microstructure and electrochemical performances of the cathodic deposited α-Ni(OH)2,.Electrochim. Acta: 2018, 261, 58-65.
›Kaiyu Liu, Hongtao Liu, Qiumei Wu, Shangbin Sang, Weiyi Cao, Yu Wu, Jun Chen, Chenchen Li.Enhanced oxygen evolution reaction activity of NiFe layered double hydroxide on nickel foam-reduced graphene oxide interfaces,.Int. J. Hydrogen Energy: 2019, 44, 2656-2663.
›Yong-Jun Li, Hong-Tao Liu, Wen-Tao Kuang, Meng-Ying Xu, Jing-Xuan Zhang, Lin-Nan Zhou.Growth of Hierarchical MnO2 Nanospike on Three‐Dimensional Carbon Network for Enhancing Rechargeability as High‐rate Alkaline Battery Cathode,.ChemistrySelect: 2019, 4, 3204 –3209.
›Huanhuan Liu, Licheng Du, Dechun Liu, Lingpu Jia, Hongtao Liu, Faqin Dong, Ping He, Caixia Li.An efficient and facile one-step synthesis strategy: Bismuth oxide with controllable size and shape for high-performance supercapacitors,.Mater. Lett.: 2019, 245(15), 29-32.
›Hongtao Liu, Xiawei Song, Zhuo Luo, XincunTang, Lianxing Li.A novel parameter for evaluation on power performance of Ni-MH rechargeable batteries.Inter. J. Hydrogen Energ, 2010, 35 (7): 2847-2851.
›Hongtao Liu, Yi Qu, XincunTang, Lianxing Li.CC-CV charge protocol based on spherical diffusion model.J. Cent. South Univ. Technol, 2011, 18(2): 319-322.
›Xingq, Shaoying He, Jingchao Chen, Hongmei Bai, Hongtao Liu, Ping He, Mingqian He, Xiaojuan Zhang.Hierarchical structured Sm2O3 modified CuO nanoflowers as electrode materials for high performance supercapacitors.Applied Surface Science: 2017, 426, 933-943.
›Jinghong Li, Longzhen Zheng, Jun Li, Ping He, Yang Liu, Hongtao Liu, Zhiying Li.Effect of methylsisesquioxane filler on the properties of ionic liquid based polymer electrolyte.Polymer, 2005, 46 (18): 7578.
›Qiumei Wu, Zhouguang Lu, Hongtao Liu, Kaiyu Liu, Fang Li, Wenjie Zhong, Shangbin Sang, Yu Wu.The nanoscale effects on the morphology, microstructure and electrochemical performances of the cathodic deposited α-Ni(OH)2.Electrochim. Acta: 2018, 261, 58-65.
›Hongtao Liu, Licheng Du, Faqing Dong, Wei Wang, Yongjun Ma, Xiaofang Yi, Ping He.Effect of Gd2O3 on the hydrogen evolution property of nickel-cobalt coatings electrodeposited on titanium substrate.J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 2011, 72 (11): 1261-1264.
›Hongtao Liu, Yahui Yang, Jian Zhang, Hongyan Yuan, Yanping Huang.Preparation and Properties of Tremella-like Fe-N-C Composite Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction.Chin. J. Anal. Chem.: 2017, 45(9), 1297–13.
›Hongtao Liu, Jingjie Cui.Mesoporous SiO2 produced by mineralization of yeast cells as an efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction.Russian Chemical Bulletin: 2017, 66(6), 969–974.
›Hongtao Liu, Yingying Gu, Yang Shi, Bo Nan, Yinggang Zhu, Sicen Yu, Zhenyu Wang, Zhe Wu, Minchan Li.Facile synthesis of ultrathin MoS2/C nanosheets for use in sodium-ion batteries.RSC Adv.: 2017, 7, 285-289..
›Jinghong Li, Ping He, Hongtao Liu, Yang Liu, Zhiying Li.Preparation and characterization of an alkaline poly(vinyl alcohol) electrolyte with high ambient conductivity.Chin. J. Chem. Phys., 2005, 18 (4): 625.
›Jinghong Li, Xiudong Xu, Ping He, Hongtao Liu, Qian Zhang, Zhiying Li.Organic–inorganic composites based on room temperature ionic liquid and 12-phosphotungstic acid salt with high assistant catalysis and proton conductivity.J. Power Sources, 2006, 158: 103.
›Jinghong Li, Hongtao Liu, Zhiying Li, Meijia Wang, Lihong Shi, Yang Liu.A novel room temperature ionic liquid sol-gel matrix for amperometric biosensor application.Green Chem., 2005, 7 (9): 655.
›Jinghong Li, Xiurong Yang, Ping He, Hongtao Liu, Zhiying Li, Meijia Wang, Jun Li, Yang Liu.Preparation and properties of nanostructure anatase TiO2 monoliths using 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate room-temperature ionic liquids as template solvents.Cryst. Growth Des., 2005, 5 (4): 1643.
›Jinghong Li, Guoyi Zhu, Yang Liu, Lihong Shi, Chunyan Sun, Zhiying Li, Ping He, Hongtao Liu.An ionic liquid-type carbon paste polyoxometalate-modified electrode and its properties.Electrochem. Commun., 2005, 7 (12): 1357.
›Jinghong Li, Ping He, Hongtao Liu, Zhiying Li, Meijia Wang, Yang Liu.Preparation of porous aminopropylsilsesquioxane by a nonhydrolytic sol-gel method in ionic liquid solvent.Langmuir, 2005, 21 (4): 1618.

›第八届中南大学虚拟仿真设计大赛一等奖(指导教师),中南大学创新与创业教育办公室,2024年
›Outstanding Teacher Award of BYD, 2024
›研究生课堂教学质量优秀奖,中南大学,2023年
›Outstanding Teacher Award of Hengxin, 2021
›Excellent Advisor of 2nd power battery innovation competition for university students, 2019
›Outstanding Teacher Award of China Telecom, 2016
›Excellent Advisor of 8th Extracurricular Chemistry and Chemical Innovation Competition for Hunan Undergraduates, 2016
›Excellent Advisor of First Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Chemistry Virtual Simulation Design Competition of Central South University, 2015
›Supervisor of Excellent Master's Thesis of Hunan Province, 2015
›Second prize of higher education teaching achievements of Central South University, 2015
›Supervisor of first prize of the 15th Hunan Natural Science Excellent Academic Paper, 2014
›Outstanding Teacher Award of Xiandao, 2014
›Second prize of the 12th Changsha Natural Science Excellent Academic Paper, 2011

›Senior Talent of 531 Program and Tianchi Outstanding Scholar.

Electrochemical Energy Storage
Nano Electrocatalysis
Positions for Master, PhD, and Postdoc candidates available