Faculty profile
Jian Liu
Back to facultyThis profile is built from public research funding records (CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC) and PubMed. We have not imported them from a University of British Columbia directory, so their courses may be missing. Find their university profile.
Research
Latest papers
Promoting Zinc Plating and Silencing the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction through Spatial Decoupling for Durable Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries.
ACS nano · 2026 · senior author
An Acetate-Modulated Mixed-Solvation Hybrid Electrolyte Enabling a Stable Zn Anode and an Al Current Collector for Durable Zn-Ion Supercapacitors.
ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2026 · senior author
Atomic Layer Deposition of Aluminum Phosphorus Oxynitride and Its Application as a Passivation Layer on Aluminum Metal Anode.
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $133,332
Gel Polymer Electrolyte Enabled Lithium-ion Batteries for Medical Device Applications
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $4,000,000
Co-designing a Smartwear Revolution: Augmenting Mobility, Independence, and Ability through Transformative Clothing Technology
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $139,618
In-situ Analysis of Mass and Mechanical Changes of Interfaces and Interphases in Energy Storage Systems by Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
41 publications.
Promoting Zinc Plating and Silencing the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction through Spatial Decoupling for Durable Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries.
Wu Z, Wang H, Saneifar H, Hansen EJ, Mir RA, Woods E, Schwab C, Finsterbusch M, Gault B, Wang L, Liu J
An Acetate-Modulated Mixed-Solvation Hybrid Electrolyte Enabling a Stable Zn Anode and an Al Current Collector for Durable Zn-Ion Supercapacitors.
Kasprzak D, Mir RA, Wu Z, Hansen EJ, Zhang Y, Tao L, Liu J
Atomic Layer Deposition of Aluminum Phosphorus Oxynitride and Its Application as a Passivation Layer on Aluminum Metal Anode.
Tao L, Wu Z, Zhang Y, Szilagyi R, Liu J
Dendrite Suppression in Zn Batteries through a Heteroepitaxial Residual Stress Shield.
Galib M, Xu J, Amardeep A, Liu J, Ponga M
Harnessing Hybrid Aqueous/Organic Electrolytes for High Energy Density Supercapacitors.
Mir RA, Amardeep A, Liu J
Carbon Dioxide Evolution in Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries.
Wu Z, Shao Y, Hansen EJ, Tao L, Mir RA, Kasprzak D, Liu J
Lithium-Ion Conductive Coatings for Nickel-Rich Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries.
Shao Y, Xu J, Amardeep A, Xia Y, Meng X, Liu J, Liao S
Materials Design and Mechanistic Understanding of Tellurium and Tellurium-Sulfur Cathodes for Rechargeable Batteries.
Zhang Y, Liu J
Development of V2O3 Nanostructures for Alkali Metal Ion Batteries: A Novel Approach through Mild Metal Vapor Reduction and Interface Engineering.
Liu L, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Wang L, Liu J
Water-in-Salt Gel Biopolymer Electrolytes for Flexible and Wearable Zn/Alkali Metal Dual-Ion Batteries.
Kasprzak D, Wu Z, Tao L, Xu J, Zhang Y, Liu J
Gel Polymer Electrolyte Enabled Lithium-ion Batteries for Medical Device Applications
Principal investigators: Liu, Jian
Keywords: Energy storage and conversion; Materials performance
Co-designing a Smartwear Revolution: Augmenting Mobility, Independence, and Ability through Transformative Clothing Technology
Principal investigators: Mushahwar, Vivian
In-situ Analysis of Mass and Mechanical Changes of Interfaces and Interphases in Energy Storage Systems by Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring
Principal investigators: Liu, Jian
Interfacial Phenomena in Next-Generation Energy Storage Technologies
Principal investigators: Liu, Jian
Keywords: solid-state battery; energy storage; interfacial phenomena; zinc electrochemistry; supercapacitors; lithium-sulfur battery; solid electrolytes; gassing; electrolytes
Net0MM: Net Zero in Materials and Manufacturing
Principal investigators: Sinclair, Chadwick W
Keywords: composites; green chemistry; manufacturing; metallurgy; polymer chemistry; sustainable development
Recycling and Upcycling of Graphite Anodes from Spent Lithium-ion Batteries
Principal investigators: Liu, Jian J
Keywords: circular economy; energy storage; environmental impact; graphite; life cycle assessment; lithium-ion battery; molecular dynamics simulation; recycling; regeneration
High-performance quasi-solid-state zinc-ion capacitors coupling carbonaceous electrodes with eutectic hydrogel electrolytes
Principal investigators: Liu, Jian J
Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry for Online Detection and Quantification of Gas Evolution in Energy Storage and Conversion Systems
Principal investigators: Liu, Jian
High-Energy and Low-Temperature Pseudocapacitor Energy Storage Technology for Post-Pandemic Green Economic Recovery
Principal investigators: Liu, Jian J
Self-Disinfecting TiO2 Coating to Enable Antibacterial, Antiviral and Reusable Facemasks (COVID-19)_x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_
Principal investigators: Liu, Jian
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Xueliang Sun and Yang Zhao: 37 shared papers
- Mohammad Arjmand and Uttandaraman Sundararaj: 8 shared papers
- Frank Ko and Mohammad Arjmand: 2 shared papers
- Mohammad Arjmand and Jian Liu: 2 shared papers
- Jian Liu and Xueliang Sun: 2 shared papers
- Frank Ko and Jian Liu: 1 shared paper
- Jian Liu and Lukas Bichler: 1 shared paper
- Jian Liu and Uttandaraman Sundararaj: 1 shared paper
- Jian Liu and Cagri Ayranci: 1 shared paper
- Jian Liu and Yang Zhao: 1 shared paper
- School of Engineering
- Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- School of Engineering - Okanagan
- Mechanical Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Xueliang Sun
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2018
Mohammad Arjmand
School of Engineering - Okanagan
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Lukas Bichler
School of Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Cagri Ayranci
Mechanical Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Yang Zhao
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Uttandaraman Sundararaj
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Frank Ko
Materials Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2022
A short, specific email works best. This draft uses one of their recent papers; replace the parts in brackets with your own details before sending.