Chenguang Liu PH.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Dr. Chenguang Liu is an assistant professor at the school of robotics in Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Entrepreneur College (Taicang).

Chenguang Liu received the BEng degree with 1st Class Honors from XJTLU in 2015. Then, he received the PhD degree from the University of Liverpool in 2020. After graduation, he was a postdoc research associate at Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO) and XJTLU from 2020 to 2021.

His research interests are the application and characterization of advanced materials in lithium-ion batteries and molecular electronic devices.


  • Ph. D. in Electric Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool - 2020
  • B.Eng in Electric Engineering and Electronics, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University - 2015


  • Assistant Professor, School of Robotics, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Entrepreneur College (Taicang) - 2021 to Present
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, CAS Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics (SINANO) and XJTLU - 2020 to 2021


  • High precision measurement equipment for Molecular Electronics Devices and Lithium-ion Batteries
  • Advanced 2D materials in Lithium-ion Batteries, Synaptic Electronic Devices, and Perovskite Solar Cell
  • Charge transport properties in asymmetric based large area self-assembled monolayers (SAMs)


  • Chenguang Liu, Yinchao Zhao, Ruowei Yi, Yi Sun, Yinqing Li, Li Yang, Ivona Mitrovic, Stephen Taylor, Paul Chalker, and Ce Zhou Zhao. "Alloyed Cu/Si Core-Shell Nanoflowers on the Three-Dimensional Graphene Foam as an Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries." Electrochimica Acta, 306: 45-53, 2019
  • Chenguang Liu, Yinchao Zhao, Ruowei Yi, Hao Wu, Wenbin Yang, Yinqing Li, Ivona Mitrovic, Stephen Taylor, Paul Chalker, Li Yang, and Ce Zhou Zhao. “Enhanced Electrochemical Performance by GeOx-Coated MXene Nanosheet Anode with Hydrophilia Lithium Polyacrylate Binder in Lithium-ion Batteries” Electrochimica Acta, 358: 136923, 2020
  • Tianshi Zhao, Chenguang Liu, Chun Zhao*, Wangying Xu, Yina Liu, Ivona Mitrovic, Eng Gee Lim and Cezhou Zhao, High-Performance Solution-Processed Ti3C2Tx MXenes Doped ZnSnO Thin-Film Transistors via the Formation of a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas, accepted, Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2021) {12.73, JCR Q1}
  • Yinchao Zhao, Chenguang Liu, Ruowei Yi, Ziqian Li, Yanbing Chen, Yinqing Li, Ivona Mitroviz, Stephen Taylor, Paul Chalker, Li Yang, and Ce Zhou Zhao. “Facile Preparation of Co3O4 Nanoparticles Incorporating with Highly Conductive MXene Nanosheets as High-Performance Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries.” Electrochimica Acta, 345: 136203, 2020
  • Ruowei Yi, Chenguang Liu, Yinchao Zhao, Laurence J. Hardwick, Yinqing Li, Xianwei Geng, Qian Zhang, Li Yang, and Ce Zhou Zhao. "A Light-Weight Free-Standing Graphene Foam-Based Interlayer Towards Improved Li-S Cells." Electrochimica Acta, 299: 479-88, 2019
  • Yinchao Zhao, Chenguang Liu, Yi Sun, Ruowei Yi, Yutao Cai, Yinqing Li, Ivona Mitrovic, Stephen Taylor, Paul Chalker, Li Yang, and Ce Zhou Zhao. "3D-Structured Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Copper Nanowires Composite as a Porous Current Collector for the Enhanced Silicon-Based Anode." Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 803: 505-13, 2019
  • Qian Zhang, Chenguang Liu, Shuhui Tao, Ruowei Yi, Weitao Su, Cezhou Zhao, Chun Zhao, Yannick J Dappe, Richard J Nichols, and Li Yang. "Fast and Straightforward Analysis Approach of Charge Transport Data in Single Molecule Junctions." Nanotechnology 29: 325701 (2018)
  • Qi, Yanfei, Ce Zhou Zhao, Chenguang Liu, Yuxiao Fang, Jiahuan He, Tian Luo, Li Yang, and Chun Zhao. "Comparisons of Switching Characteristics between Ti/Al2O3/Pt and Tin/Al2O3/Pt Rram Devices with Various Compliance Currents." Semiconductor science and technology 33:45003 (2018).
  • Ruowei Yi, Xiangfei Lin, Yinchao Zhao, Chenguang Liu, Yinqing Li, Laurence J. Hardwick, Li Yang, Cezhou Zhao, Xianwei Geng, and Qian Zhang. "Fabrication of a Light‐Weight Dual‐Function Modified Separator Towards High‐Performance Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries." ChemElectroChem, 6: 3648-56, 2019
  • Lu, Qifeng, Yanfei Qi, Ce Zhou Zhao, Chenguang Liu, Chun Zhao, Stephen Taylor, and Paul R. Chalker. "Investigation of Anomalous Hysteresis in Mos Devices with ZrO2 gate Dielectrics." IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability 17, no. 3: 526-30 (2017)
  • Xianwei Geng, Ruowei Yi, Zhiming Yu, Cezhou Zhao, Yinqing Li, Qiuping Wei, Chenguang Liu, Yinchao Zhao, Bing Lu, and Li Yang. "Isothermal Sulfur Condensation into Carbon Nanotube/Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Composite for High Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 29: 10071-81, 2018


  • Chenguang Liu, Yinchao Zhao, Ran Shi, Ruowei Yi, Yi Sun, Li Yang, and CeZhou Zhao. “In-situ measurement of stress evolution and pulverization in a composite silicon electrode by high frequency capacitance characterization (HFCC)” 2nd International Conference on Green Energy and Environment Engineering (CGEEE), JUL 02-05, 2019, Okinawa, Japan
  • Yinchao Zhao, Chenguang Liu, Ruowei Yi, Yi Sun, Li Yang, and Ce Zhou Zhao. “3D Copper Sponges-Supported Si Hollow Nanowires as Advanced Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Battery” 2nd International Conference on Green Energy and Environment Engineering (CGEEE), JUL 02-05, 2019, Okinawa, Japan
  • Yi Sun, Chenguang Liu, Yinchao Zhao, Ruowei Yi, Li Yang, and Ce Zhou Zhao. “Graphene oxides mixed in hierarchical porous polyacrylonitrile-based carbons for supercapacitor electrodes” 2nd International Conference on Green Energy and Environment Engineering (CGEEE), JUL 02-05, 2019, Okinawa, Japan
  • Yanfei Qi, Yuxiao Fang, Chun Zhao, Qifeng Lu, Chenguang Liu, Li Yang, Cezhou Zhao. “Influence of HfAlO Composition on Resistance Ratio of RRAM with Ti electrode” IEEE 24TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE PHYSICAL AND FAILURE ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (IPFA) JUL 04-07, 2017, Chengdu, China
  • Yanfei Qi, Chun Zhao, Yuxiao Fang, Qifeng Lu, Chenguang Liu, Li Yang, Cezhou Zhao. “Compliance Current Effect on Switching Behavior of Hafnium Oxide based RRAM” IEEE 24TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE PHYSICAL AND FAILURE ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (IPFA) JUL 04-07, 2017, Chengdu, China


  • RBE103TC Electronic Circuits: Analog and Digital
Chenguang Liu