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Ping Liu

Research Associate
 

Chemistry Department
Building 555
Brookhaven National Laboratory
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

Phone: (631) 344-5970
FAX:    (631) 344-5815
e-mail: pingliu3@bnl.gov

Catalysis on the Nanoscale: Preparation, Characterization and Reactivity of Metal-Based Nanostructures

 

Curriculum Vitae

B.S.(Phys) Jilin University, P. R. China (June,1994)
M.S.(Phys) Jilin University, P. R. China (June, 1997)
Ph.D.(Phys) Jilin University, P. R. China (March, 2000)
Assistant Professor, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (May, 2000 - April, 2002)
Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA (May, 2002 - 2005)
Assistant Chemist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA (2005 – 2007)
Associate Chemist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA (2007 – present)

Selected Recent Publications

  1. J.A. Rodriguez, S. Ma, P. Liu, J. Hrbek, J. Evans, and M. Pérez, “Water-gas shift Reaction on inverse CeOx/Au(111) and TiOx/Au(111) catalysts: Active role of oxide nanoparticles”, Science 138 (2007) 1757-1760.

  2. L. Barrio P. Liu, J.A. Rodriguez, J.M. Campos-Martin, J.L.G. Fierro, “Effects of hydrogen on the reactivity of O2 towards gold nanoparticles and surfaces”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111 (2007) 19001-19008.

  3. X. Teng, Q. Wang, P. Liu, W. Han, A. I. Frenkel, W. Wen, N. Marinkovic, J. C. Hanson, J. A. Rodriguez, Journal of the American Chemical Society, in press.

  4. J.A. Rodriguez, F. Viñes, F. Illas, P. Liu Y. Takahashi and K. Nakamura, “Adsorption of gold on TiC(001): Au-C interactions and charge polarization”, Journal of Chemical Physics, 127 (2007) 211102.

  5. J. A. Rodriguez, X. Wang, P. Liu, W. Wen, J. C. Hanson, J. Hrbek, M. Pérez, J. Evans, “Gold Nanoparticles on Ceria: Importance of O vacancies in the Activation of Gold” Topics in Catalysis 44 (2007) 73-81.

  6. F. Viñes, C. Sousa, F. Illas, P. Liu and J. A. Rodriguez, “A systematic density functional study of molecular oxygen adsorption and dissociation on the (001) surface of group IV, V and VI transition metal carbides”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111 (2007) 16982-16989.

  7. M.B. Vukmirovic, P. Liu, J.T. Muckerman and R.R. Adzic, “Electrodeposition of Pt onto RuO2(110) single-crystal surface”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111 (2007) 15306-15311.

  8. M. Ruff, N. Takehiro, P. Liu, J.K. Nørskov and R.J. Behm, “Size-specific chemistry on bimetallic surfaces – a combined experimental and theoretical study”, ChemPhysChem 8 (2007) 2068-2071.

  9. J. X. Wang, T. E. Springer, P. Liu, M. Shao, R. R. Adzic, “Hydrogen oxidation reaction on Pt in acidic media: adsorption isotherm and activation free energy” Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111 (2007) 12425-12433.

  10. P. Liu, J. A. Rodriguez, “Water-gas-shift reaction on metal nanoparticles and surfaces” Journal of chemical Physics 126 (2007) 164705.

  11. M. Shao, P. Liu and R.R. Adzic, “Origin of enhanced activity in palladium alloy electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction”, Journal of Physical chemistry B 111 (2007) 6772-6775.

  12. J. A. Rodriguez, P. Liu, J. Hrbek, J. Evans and M. Pérez, “Water-gas shift reaction on Cu and Au nanoparticles supported on CeO2(111) and ZnO(000ī): intrinsic activity and importance of support interactions”, Angewandte Chemie. International Edition 46 (2007) 1329-1332.

  13. F. Viñes, C. Sousa, F. Illas, P. Liu and J.A. Rodríguez, “Density functional study of the adsorption of atomic oxygen on the (001) surface of early transition metal carbides”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111 (2007) 1307-1314.

  14. P. Liu and J.A. Rodriguez, “Water-gas-shift reaction on molybdenum carbide surfaces: essential role of the oxycarbide”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110 (2006) 19418-19425.

  15. L. Barrio, P. Liu, J.A. Rodríguez, J.M. Campos-Martín, J.L.G. Fierro, “A DFT study of the dissociation of H2 on gold clusters: importance of fluxionality and ensemble effects”, Journal of Chemical Physics 125 (2006) 164715.

  16. P. Liu, J.T. Muckerman and R.R. Adzic, “Adsorption of Platinum on the stoichiometric RuO2(110) surface”, Journal of Chemical Physics 124 (2006), 141101.

  17. M. Shao, T. Huang, P. Liu, J. Zhang, K. Sasaki, V.B. Vukmirovic, R. R. Adzic, "Palladium monolayer- and palladium alloy- electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction", Langmuir 22 (2006) 10409-10415.

  18. M. Shao, P. Liu and R.R. Adzic, “Superoxide anion is the intermediate in the oxygen reduction reaction on platinum electrodes”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 128 (2006) 7408-7409.

  19. P. Liu, J.M. Lightstone, M.J. Patterson, J.A. Rodriguez, J.T. Muckerman and M.G. White, “Gas-phase interaction of thiophene with the Ti8C12+ and Ti8C12 met-car clusters”, Journal of Physical chemistry B 110 (2006) 7449-7455.

  20. J.M. Lightstone, M.J. Patterson, P. Liu and M.G. White, “Gas phase reactivity of the Ti8C12+ Met-car with tri-atomic sulfur containing molecules: CS2, SCO, and SO2”, Journal of Physical chemistry A 110 (2006) 3505-3513.

 

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