Jun. 2004 -Sep. 2008   Ph. D. in Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber Institute, Max-Planck Society, Berlin, Germany

2019-Present： Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Professor
2015- 2019, Syncat@Beijing, SynfuelsChina. Co. Ltd
2013-2015, Center for Electron Nanoscopy, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, Researcher
2009-2013, Cardiff Catalysis Institute, Cardiff University, UK, Associate Researcher

1. In-situ TEM techniques for heterogeneous catalysis and nanotechnology
2. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and related reactions
3. Architectured nano-materials and their applications

1. Xi Liu, Ajin Cheruvathur, Ryan Sharpe “Carbon-based Metal-free Catalysts for Dehydrogenation of Hydrocarbons” a chapter from the book: Metal-free Functionalized Carbons in Catalysis: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications 2018.  DOI: 10.1039/9781788013116-00196
2. Jian Gao, Yun Wang, Haihua Wu, Xi Liu, Leilei Wang, Qiaolin Yu, Aowen Li, Hong Wang, Chuqiao Song, Zirui Gao, Mi Peng, Mengtao Zhang, Na Ma, Jiaou Wang, Wu Zhou, Guoxiong Wang, Zhen Yin,Ding Ma “Construction of a sp(3)/sp(2) Carbon Interface in 3D N-Doped Nanocarbons for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction” Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2019, 23, 15089-15097. 
3. Kun Chen, Huihuang Fang, SimsonWu, Xi Liu, Jianwei Zheng, Song Zhou, Xinping Duan, Yichao Zhuang, Shik Chi EdmanTsang, Youzhu Yuan⁎ “CO2 hydrogenation to methanol over Cu catalysts supported on La-modified SBA-15: The crucial role of Cu–LaOx interfaces” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2019, 251, 119–129. 
4. Yanbin Shen, Aref Mamakhel, Xi Liu, Thomas W. Hansen, Tommaso Tabanelli, Danilo Bonincontro, Bo B. Iversen, Laura Prati, Yongwang Li, J. W. Hans Niemantsverdriet, Graham Hutchings, Nikolaos Dimitratos, Alberto Villa, and Ren Su “Promotion Mechanisms of Au Supported on TiO2 in Thermal- and Photocatalytic Glycerol Conversion” J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 19734−19741. 
5. Dui Ma, Bo Hu, Wenda Wu, Xi Liu, Jiantao Zai, Chen Shu, Tsegaye Tadesse Tsega, Liwei Chen, Xuefeng Qian and T. Leo Liu “Highly active nanostructured CoS2/CoS heterojunction electrocatalysts for aqueous polysulfide/iodide redox flow batteries” Nat. Comm. 2019, 10, 3367
6. Kai He, Tsegaye Tadesse Tsega, Xi Liu, Jiantao Zai， Xin‐Hao Li, Xuejiao Liu, Wenhao Li, Nazakat Ali, Xuefeng Qian “Utilizing the Space-Charge Region of the FeNi-LDH/CoP p-n Junction to Promote Performance in Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis” Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 34, 11903-11909. 
7. Fuzhan Song, Wei Li, Jiaqi Yang, Guanqun Han, Tao Yan, Xi Liu, Yi Rao， Peilin Liao， Zhi Cao， Yujie Sun “Interfacial Sites between Cobalt Nitride and Cobalt Act as Bifunctional Catalysts for Hydrogen Electrochemistry” ACS Energy Lett. 2019, 4, 7, 1594-1601. 
8. Yang Yang, Xiaodong Sun, Guanqun Han, Xi Liu, Xiangyu Zhang, Yongfang Sun, Min Zhang, Zhi Cao, Yujie Sun “Enhanced Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Oxidation on Ni/NiO/C Derived from a Nickel‐Based Metal–Organic Framework” Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 31, 10644-10649. 
9. Xi Sun, Xi Liu, Yucai Qin, Li Qiang, Yu-Peng He, Dangsheng Su， Lijuan Song， Zhaolin Sun “Direct Conversion of Acetylene and 1,2-Dichloroethane to Vinyl Chloride Monomer over a Supported Carbon Nitride Catalyst: Tunable Activity Controlled by the Synthesis Temperature” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2019, 58, 14, 5404-5413. 
10. Yao Xu, Jing Li, Wenjing Li, Weizhen Li, Xiaochen Zhang, Yue Zhao, Jinglin Xie, Xiaoping Wang, Xi Liu, Yongwang Li, Dequan Xiao, Zhen Yin, Yong Cao and Ding Ma “Direct conversion of CO and H2O into liquid fuels under mild conditions” Nat. Comm. 2019, 10, 1389. 
11. Yiming Niu, Xi Liu, Yongzhao Wang, Song Zhou, Zhengang Lv, Liyun Zhang, Wen Shi, Yongwang Li, Wei Zhang， Dang Sheng Su， Bingsen Zhang “Visualizing Formation of Intermetallic PdZn in a Palladium/Zinc Oxide Catalyst: Interfacial Fertilization by PdHx”, Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 13, 4232-4237. 
12. Liwei Niu, Xingwu Liu, Jinjia Liu, Xi Liu, Xiaodong Wen, Yong Yang, Jian Xu, Yongwang Li. “Tuning carburization behaviors of metallic iron catalysts with potassium promoter and CO/syngas/C2H4/C2H2 gases” J. Catal.  2019, 371, 333–345.  
13. Pengcheng Li, Dengfeng Wu Changqing Dai, Xingkai Huang, Chao Li, Zhen Yin, Song Zhou, Zhengang Lv, Daojian Cheng, Jiqin Zhu, Jian Xu, Xi Liu “Controlled Synthesis of Copper-Doped Molybdenum Carbide Catalyst with Enhanced Activity and Stability for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” Catal. Lett. 2019, 149, 1368–1374.  
14. Yehong Wang, Mi Peng, Jian Zhang, Zhixin Zhang, Jinghua An, Shuyan Du, Hongyu An, Fengtao Fan, Xi Liu, Peng Zhai, Ding Ma and Feng Wang “Selective production of phase-separable product from a mixture of biomass-derived aqueous oxygenates” Nat. Comm. 2018, 9, 5183. 
15. Conor A. Wilde, Yulia Ryabenkova, Ian M. Firth, Liam Pratt, James Railton, Mariela Bravo-Sanchez, Naoko Sano, Peter J. Cumpson, Phil D. Coates, Xi Liu, Marco Conte⁎ “Novel rhodium on carbon catalysts for the oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde: A study of the modification of metal/support interactions by acid pre-treatments” Appl. Catal., A 570 (2019) 271–282.  
16. Siwei Li, Pengju Ren, Ce Yang, Xi Liu， Zhen Yin, Weizhen Li, Hanjun Yang, Jian Li, Xiaoping Wang, Yi Wang, Ruochen Cao, Lili Lin, Siyu Yao, Xiaodong Wen， Ding Ma “Fe5C2 nanoparticles as low-cost HER electrocatalyst: the importance of Co substitution” Sci. Bull. 2018, 63, 1358–1363  
17. Monia R. Nielsen, Xi Liu, Jakob B. Wagner, Christian D. Damsgaard, Thomas W. Hansen, Max Schumann, Anker D. Jensen and Jakob M. Christensen “Pressure Induced Effects During In Situ Characterization of Supported Metal Catalysts” Microsc. Microanal. 24, 2018.  
18. Yufei Zhao, Zhenhua Li, Mengzhu Li, Jinjia Liu, Xingwu Liu, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Yuanshen Wang, Jiaqing Zhao, Wa Gao, Zhaosheng Zhang, Run Long,  Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu, Xi Liu, Xiaodong Wen, Ding Ma, Li‐Zhu Wu, Chen‐Ho Tung, Tierui Zhang “Reductive Transformation of Layered-Double-Hydroxide Nanosheets to Fe-Based Heterostructures for Efficient Visible-Light Photocatalytic Hydrogenation of CO” Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1803127. 
19. G. Malta, S. A. Kondrat, S. J. Freakley, C. J. Davies, S. Dawson, X. Liu, L. Lu, K. Dymkowski, F. Fernandez-Alonso, S. Mukhopadhyay, E. K. Gibson, P. P. Wells, S. F. Parker, C. J. Kiely, G. J. Hutchings “Deactivation of a Single-Site Gold-on-Carbon Acetylene Hydrochlorination Catalyst: An X-ray Absorption and Inelastic Neutron Scattering Study” ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 9, 8493-8505.  
20. Chenghua Zhang， Xiaoxue Guo, Qingchun Yuan， Rongle Zhang, Qiang Chang, Ke Li, Bo Xiao， Suyao Liu, Caiping Ma, Xi Liu, Yuqun Xu, Xiaodong Wen, Yong Yang, and Yongwang Li “Ethyne-Reducing Metal−Organic Frameworks to Control Fabrications of Core/shell Nanoparticles as Catalysts” ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 7120−7130.  
21. Yuxue Wei, Chenghua Zhang， Xi Liu, Yi Wang, Qiang Chang, Ming Qing, Xiaodong Wen, Yong Yang and Yongwang Li “Enhanced Fischer-Tropsch Performances of Graphene Oxide supported Iron Catalysts via Argon Pretreatment” Catal. Sci. Technol. 2018, 8, 1113-1125.  
22. Zhen Yin， Ye Wang, Chuqiao Song, Liheng Zheng, Na Ma, Xi Liu, Siwei Li, Lili Lin, Mengzhu Li, Yao Xu, Weizhen Li, Gang Hu, Zheyu Fang, and Ding Ma “Hybrid Au-Ag Nanostructures for Enhanced Plasmon-Driven Catalytic Selective Hydrogenation through Visible Light Irradiation and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 864-867.  
23. Xi Sun, Yucai Qin, Qiang Li, Xi Liu, Zheng Liu, Lijuan Song and Zhaolin Sun “Supported structure-controlled graphitic carbon nitride catalyst for dehydrochlorination of 1,2-dichloroethane” Catal. Sci. Technol. 2018, 8, 5334-5343.  
24. Yue Wang, Xianfeng Zhang, Xin Li, Yang Liu, Xiaoping Wang, Xi Liu, Jian Xu, Yongwang Li, Yongguang Liu, Hang Wei, Peng Jiang  and Minghui Liang “Spontaneously grown Ni(OH) 2 on iron oxide nanoparticles with enhanced energy storage performance for electrodes of asymmetric supercapacitors” RSC Adv. 2017, 7, 50358-50366.  
25. James H. Carter, Xi Liu, Qian He Sultan Althahban, Ewa Nowicka, Simon J. Freakley, Liwei Niu, David J. Morgan, Yongwang Li, J. W. (Hans) Niemantsverdriet, Stanislaw Golunski, Christopher J. Kiely, Graham J. Hutchings “Activation and Deactivation of Gold/Ceria–Zirconia in the Low‐Temperature Water–Gas Shift Reaction” Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 16037-16041.  
26. Siwei Li, Yao Xu, Yifu Chen, Weizhen Li, Lili Lin, Mengzhu Li, Yuchen Deng, Xiaoping Wang, Binghui Ge, Ce Yang, Siyu Yao, Jinglin Xie, Yongwang Li, Xi Liu and Ding Ma “Tuning the Selectivity of Catalytic Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation over Iridium/Cerium Oxide Catalysts with a Strong Metal–Support Interaction” Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 10761-10765.  
27. Xi Liu, Chenghua Zhang, Yongwang Li, W. Niemantsverdriet, Jakob B. Wagner, Thomas W. Hansen. “Environmental TEM studies of single iron nanoparticle carburization in synthesis gas” ACS Catal. 2017, 77, 4867-4875.  
28. Mengzhu Li, Yiou Wang, Pei Tang, Nanhong Xie, Yunxuan Zhao, Xi Liu, Gang Hu, Jinglin Xie, Yufei Zhao， Junwang Tang, Tierui Zhang, and Ding Ma “Graphene with Atomic-Level In-Plane Decoration of h-BN Domains for Efficient Photocatalysis” Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 2769-2776.  
29. Yueling Cao, Sarwat Iqbal, Peter J. Miedziak, Daniel R. Jones, David J. Morgan, Xi Liu, Junwei Wang, and Graham J. Hutchings “An investigation into bimetallic catalysts for base free oxidation of cellobiose and glucose” J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 2016, 92, 2246–2253. 
30. Xi Liu, Marco Conte, Qian He, David W. Knight, Damien M. Murphy, Stuart H. Taylor, Keith Whiston, Christopher J. Kiely, Graham J. Hutchings “Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Cyclohexane by Bimetallic Ag/Pd Nanoparticles on Magnesium Oxide” Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 23, 11834–11842.  
31. Liwei Niu, Xingwu Liu, Xi Liu, Zhengang Lv, Chenghua Zhang, Jian Xu, Xiaodong Wen, Yong Yang, Yongwang Li “In Situ XRD Study on Promotional Effect of Potassium on Carburization of Spray-dried Precipitated Fe2O3 Catalysts” ChemCatChem 2016, 9, 1691–1700.