1.　　  Controllable synthesis of semiconductor nanomaterials and their physical properties;

2.　　  Energy storage applications

B.S. 2003 Chemical Engineering and Technology Shenyang University of Chemical Technology

1.　　  Liu M., Chang J., Yan C. and Bell J. Comparative study of photocatalytic performance of titanium oxide spheres assembled by nanorods, nanoplates and nanosheets, International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, 2012, 3, 72–80.

2.　　  Liu M., Wang H., Yan C., Will G., Bell J., One-step synthesis of titanium oxide with trilayer structure for dye-sensitized solar cells, Applied Physics Letters, 2011, 98, 133113.

3.　　  Wang H., Liu M., Yan C. Bell J. Kinetics of electron recombination of dye-sensitized solar cells based on TiO2 nanorod arrays sensitized with different dyes, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2011, 13, 17359–17366.

4.　　  Liu M., Xue D., Large scale fabrication of Nb2O5 hollow spheres from a novel H2(H2O)Nb2O6 precursor, Materials Research Bulletin, 2010, 45 (3), 333–338.

5.　　  Ji L., Liu M., Xue D., Polymorphology of sodium niobate based on two different bidentate organics, Materials Research Bulletin, 2010, 45 (3), 314–317.

6.　　  Liu M., Xue D., Room temperature controllable synthesis of peroxy niobates crystallites, Modern Physics Letters B, 2009, 23 (31–32), 3825–3834.

7.　　  Liu M., Xue D., Amine-assisted route to fabricate LiNbO3 particles with a tunable shape, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2008, 112 (16), 6346–6351.

8.　　  Liu M., Xue D., Li K., Soft-chemistry synthesis of lithium niobate crystallites, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2008, 449 (1？2), 28–31.

9.　　  Liu M., Xue D., Luo C., Facile synthesis of lithium niobate squares by a combustion route, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2006, 89 (5), 1551–1556.

10. Liu M., Xue D., An efficient approach for the direct synthesis of lithium niobate powders, Solid State Ionics, 2006, 177 (3？4), 275–280.