◆ Professor
◆ Doctoral Supervisor
◆ Group Leader
◆ Advanced electrode materials for
high-performance rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors.
◆ Advanced electrocatalysts for use in
water electrolyzers, fuel cells, and CO2 reduction.
◆ Awardee of the National Overseas Talent Recruitment Programme, China, 2022
◆ Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1%) of RSC Journals, 2020
◆ Emerging Investigator, 2019, RSC Journal Chemical Communications
Group Leader
E-mail: liu.lifeng@sslab.org.cn
Researcher ID: A-2522-2012
Orcid ID: 0000-0003-2732-7399
Professional Experience
August 2022 – present: Professor, Group Leader
Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, China
April 2011 – July 2022: Staff Researcher (Tenured since 2017), Research Group Leader
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Braga, Portugal
Leader of the Group NESC: Nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion
Jan 2019 – Dec 2024: Honorable Senior Research Fellow
College of Engineering, Swansea University, UK
April 2011 – Dec 2013: Principal Investigator, INL-MIT Collaborative Project
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Braga, Portugal
May 2011 – June 2011: Scientific Visitor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
May 2010 – April 2011: Staff Scientist, Group Leader
Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle, Germany
May 2007 – April 2010: Postdoctoral Fellow (Group Leader since August 2009)
Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle, Germany
Supervisor: late Prof. Ulrich M. Gösele
Academic Qualifications
Sep 2004 – May 2007: PhD in Condensed Matter Physics
The Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Supervisor: late Prof. Sishen Xie
Sep 2001 – Aug 2004: M. Sc. in Condensed Matter Physics
The Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Supervisor: late Prof. Sishen Xie
Sep 1997 – July 2001: B. S. in Applied Physics
Beijing Jiaotong University (original Northern Jiaotong University), Beijing, China
Selected Honors and Awards
◆ Awardee of the National Overseas Talent Recruitment Programme, China, 2022
◆ Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1%) of RSC Journals, 2020
◆ Emerging Investigator, 2019, RSC Journal Chemical Communications
◆ INL Awards for Professional Services 2016
◆ Young Researcher Prize 2015, the Portuguese Electrochemical Society
◆ FCT Investigator grant 2014, the Portuguese Foundation of Science & Technology
The energy conversion and storage materials team carries out cutting-edge application-oriented research on advanced materials for electrocatalysis (incl. water splitting, CO2 reduction) and electro-synthesis of value-added chemicals and fuels, as well as novel functional electrode materials for all-solid-state batteries. The team is committed to gaining fundamental understanding of structure-performance relationships through advanced materials characterization techniques and improving the overall performance of electrochemical devices via rational materials design. The team is also keen to collaborate with industrial partners to upscale the synthesis of the functional materials they developed.
Specifically, the major research lines of the team include:
The team has full access to the SLAB’s state-of-the-art research facilities (https://www.sslab.org.cn/core/platform). Besides, the team is well equipped with many other advanced materials synthesis and characterization instruments including Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD), Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectrometer (DEMS), Surface Area/Pore Size Analyzers (physi- and chemi-sorption), Multi-Channel Potentiostats, Rotating Ring-Disk Electrode, Electrochemical Workstation, Glove Box, Battery Cycler, Battery Assembly Setups, Tube Furnace, Muffle Furnace, etc. The team has close collaboration with several research groups in China and abroad, and is willing to host scientific visitors at different levels (e.g., staff exchange, PhD & Master students) to work on projects of common interest.
