vScholarship
for graduate students, Southwest Aluminum Co., Ltd., 2009
vOpen funds of valuable
instruments, Central South University, 2008-2009
vAward for outstanding graduate
students, Central South University, 2008
vScholarship for graduate
students, Honglei Copper Co., Ltd., 2008
vFunds from the Creation
Education Plan for undergraduate students, Central South
University, 2006-2007
vScholarship of Central South
University, 2005-2006
vExcellent-class award for
webpage design, School of Materials Science and Engineering,
Central South University, 2005
Research Interests
vSynthesis and properties
of hollow metallic nanostructures such as Co, Ni and noble
metals
vControllable synthesis and
properties of metal chalcogenides nanomaterials via
wet-chemical routes
vSynthesis and optical properties
of one-dimensional rare-earth oxides nanomaterials
Instruments Operation
vJEOL JEM 200CX
Transmission Electron Microscope
vPhilips XL30 S-FEG
Scanning Electron Microscope
vFEI Quanta 200
Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope
vHitachi FL-2500
Fluorescence Spectrophotometer.
Selected Papers
Huifen Zhou, Ran Yi, Junhui Li,
Yuan Su,
Xiaohe Liu*. Microwave-assisted
Synthesis and Characterization of Hexagonal Fe3O4
Nanoplates, Solid State Sciences, 2009, accepted.
Ran Yi, Guanzhou Qiu,
Xiaohe Liu*.
Rational synthetic strategy: from ZnO nanorods to ZnS
nanotubes, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2009,
182, 2791.
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ZnS nanotubes and tubular ZnO/ZnS core/shell
nanocomposites can be successfully synthesized via a
facile conversion process from ZnO nanorods precursors. The
photoluminescence (PL) characterization of the as-prepared
products shows much enhanced PL emission of tubular ZnO/ZnS
core/shell nanocomposites compared with their component
counterparts.
Yongbo Li, Ran Yi,
Xiaohe Liu*.Synthesis and properties of Ni/ZnS
magnetic luminescent bifunctional nanocomposites,Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2009, 486, L1. Download PDF
Yongbo Li, Ran Yi, Aiguo Yan, Lianwen
Deng,
Xiaohe Liu*. Facile Synthesis and Properties of
ZnFe2O4 and ZnFe2O4/polypyrrole
Core-shell Nanoparticles, Solid State Sciences,
2009, 11, 1319.
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The electromagnetic parameters (ε′, ε″, μ′, and μ″) of /PPy
core-shell nanoparticles exhibit much difference from those
of ZnFe2O4
and correspondingly the minimum reflection loss increases
from −10.7 of ZnFe2O4
nanoparticles to −28.9 dB of
ZnFe2O4/PPy core-shell
nanoparticles.
Ran Yi, Huifen Zhou, Ning Zhang, Guanzhou Qiu, Xiaohe Liu*. Effects of specific salts on the morphologies of ZnO microstructures,
Journal of Alloys and Compounds,2009, 479, L50. Download PDF
The influences of different
kinds of inorganic and organic salts on the
morphologies of ZnO microstructures prepared via a
facile hydrothermal route have been investigated. It is
found that sulfates exhibit most distinct effect on
the morphologies of final products. The possible mechanism
for the phenomenon has been proposed. The dependence of
photoluminescence (PL) properties on morphologies and sizes
of final products has been clearly observed. This work may
provide a new and effective means to tune the morphologies
of products by introducing specific ions into the synthetic
process.
Ran Yi, Rongrong Shi, Guanhua Gao, Ning Zhang, Xuemei Cui, Yuehui
He, Xiaohe Liu*. Hollow Metallic Microspheres:
Fabrication and Characterization. Journal of Physical
Chemistry C, 2009, 113, 1222.
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Hollow
bimetallic (Ni/Au, Ni/Ag, Ni/Pt and Ni/Pd) and noble metal
(Pt and Pd) spheres can be selectively prepared by
adjusting the amount of noble metal compound and hollow
metallic nickel spheres based on a replacement reaction
route. The study on catalytic activities of the as-prepared
hollow noble metal spheres for hydrogen generation
reveals that Ni/Pt hollow bimetallic spheres exhibit
favorable catalytic activities.
Ning Zhang, Ran Yi, Rongrongshi,Xiaohe Liu*. Novel rose-like ZnO
nanoflowers synthesized by Chemical Vapor Deposition.
Materials Letters, 2009, 63, 496.
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nanoflowers were successfully synthesized on carborundum
substrate via a simple chemical vapor deposition method.
Ran Yi, Ning Zhang,
Rongrong Shi, Yongbo Li, Guanzhou Qiu,Xiaohe Liu*.
Large-scale Hydrothermal Synthesis and Characterization of
Size-controlled Lanthanum Hydroxide Nanorods. Chinese
Journal of Chemistry, 2009, 27, 920.
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Uniform lanthanum hydroxide
nanorods were successfully synthesized in large
quantities through a facile hydrothermal synthetic method,
in which soluble lanthanum nitrate was used to supply the
lanthanum source and triethylamine (TEA) was used as both
alkaline agent and complexing agent.
Ning Zhang, Ran Yi, Libin Zhou, Guanhua
Gao, Rongrong Shi, Guanzhou Qiu, Xiaohe Liu*.
Lanthanide Hydroxide Nanorods and Their Thermal
Decomposition to Lanthanide Oxide Nanorods. Materials
Chemistry and Physics, 2009, 114, 160.
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Ran Yi, Ning Zhang, Huifen Zhou, Rongrong
Shi, Guanzhou Qiu, Xiaohe Liu*. Selective synthesis
and characterization of flower-like ZnO microstructures via
a facile hydrothermal route. Materials Science and
Engineering, 2008, 153, 25.
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Flower-like ZnO microstructures with an average
diameter of 1 μm assembled from nanorods have been
successfully synthesized via a facile hydrothermal method
under mild conditions using aqueous zinc nitrate as zinc
source, sodium hydroxide as precipitating reagent and triethylamine (TEA) as both alkaline and complexing reagent.
Ning Zhang, Ran
Yi, Zhong Wang, Rongrong Shi, Haidong Wang, Guanzhou Qiu, Xiaohe Liu*,Hydrothermal synthesis and electrochemical
properties of alpha-manganese sulfide submicrocrystals as an
attractive electrode material for lithium-ion batteries.
Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2008, 111, 13. Download PDF
The
initial lithiation capacity of the MnS submicrocrystals
obtained at 120 ◦C is 1327mAhg−1 at 0.7V versus
Li/Li+, which exhibited MnS submicrocrystals is
extremely promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries
and has great potential applications in the future.
Xiaohe Liu*, Ran Yi, Ning Zhang,
et al. Cobalt Hydroxide Nanosheets and Their Thermal
Decomposition to Cobalt Oxide Nanorings. Chemistry - An
Asian Journal. 2008, 3, 732.
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Single-crystalline β-Co(OH)2
nanosheets can be successfully synthesized in large
quantities by a facile hydrothermal synthetic method with triethylamine as both an alkaline and complexing reagent
under mild conditions.
Xiaohe Liu*, Ran Yi, et al.
Highly Ordered Snowflakelike Metallic Cobalt Microcrystals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2007, 111, 163.
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Highly ordered snowflakelike metallic cobalt
microcrystals were successfully synthesized by a facile
hydrothermal reduction route based on a precipitate
slow-release controlled process under mild conditions.
Hollow
bimetallic (Ni/Au, Ni/Ag, Ni/Pt and Ni/Pd) and noble metal
(Pt and Pd) spheres can be selectively prepared by
adjusting the amount of noble metal compound and hollow
metallic nickel spheres based on a replacement reaction
route. The study on catalytic activities of the as-prepared
hollow noble metal spheres for hydrogen generation
reveals that Ni/Pt hollow bimetallic spheres exhibit
favorable catalytic activities.
