Luhua Lu Ph.D

Date of Birth: March 16, 1981

Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry

China University of Geosciences, China

388 Lumo Road, Wuhan

Email：lhlu@cug.edu.cn

Research interests                                      

Structure characters and energy conversion performance of nanomaterials especially carbon based nanomaterials. 

Work experience                                                                         

2014.6 to now | Professor | Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, CN

2012.9 to 2014.5 | Associate Professor | State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology: Wuhan, Hubei, CN

2010.8 to 2012.8 | Post Doctor | Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences: Suzhou, Jiangsu, CN

Education                                                                         

2007.9 to 2010.7 | Doctor | Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences: Suzhou, Jiangsu, CN

2004.9 to 2007.6 | Master | School of Material Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology: Wuhan, Hubei, CN

2000.9 to 2004.6 | Bachelor | School of Material Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology: Wuhan, Hubei, CN

Publications                                            

2021

82. Qixiao Ji, Zhuang Jing, Jinjie Shen, Ying Hu, Longfei Chang, Luhua Lu, Muye Liu, Jiaqin Liu, Yucheng Wu, Dual-Responsive Soft Actuators with Integrated Sensing Function Based on 1T-MoS2 Composite, Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2021, 3, 2000240

81. Yanchao Zhu, En Li, Hechuang Zhao, Shengwei Shen, Jinghui Wang, Zaozao Lv, Muye Liu, Yue Wen, Luhua Lu, Jinghai Liu, Carbon nitride derived carbon and nitrogen Co-doped CdS for stable photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, Surfaces and Interfaces, 2021, 25, 101262.

80.Muye Liu, Yue Wen, Luhua Lu, Qi Kang, Zhicheng Xie, Ying Chen, Xiaocong Tian, Hongyun Jin,  Jinghai Liu, A Cost-Effective Iron Based Covalent Organic Framework and Its Composite Electrocatalyst for Active and Stable Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Solution, 2021, 8, 4490-4497. 

79.Muye Liu, Qi Kang, Zhicheng Xie, Luhua Lu, Kai Dai, Graham Dawson, Heterostructure nanocomposite with local surface plasmon resonance effect enhanced photocatalytic activity—a critical review, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2022, 55 043002

78.Muye Liu, Yue Wen, Luhua Lu,*, Ying Chen, Xiaocong Tian, Hongyun Jin, Jinghai Liu,* Kai Dai, Nitrogen doped Graphene/Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Enhanced Charge Separation and Two-Electrons-Transferring Reaction Activity for Boosting Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0SE01828G 

77.Shanshan Zhang, Yang Yang, Rubo Xiao, Mengying Yu, Yong Zhang, Xiangcheng Sun, Luhua Lu, Xiuling Wu, Ying Chen, Montmorillonite as the multifunctional reagent for preparing reduced graphene oxide and its improved supercapacitive performance, Applied Clay Science, 2021, 105821

2020

76.Lirong Luo, Chunhui Xu, Xiaohong Chang, Fujian He, Xiaocong Tian, Luhua Lu, Ying Chen, Shuen Hou, Hongyun Jin, Effect of CaO and CeO2 co-doping on thermo-physical properties of La2Z2O7, Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies, 2020, 8, 1010-1017 

75.Hongyun Jin, Keke Zhou, Zhengjia Ji, Xiaocong Tian, Ying Chen, Luhua Lu, Yazhou Ren, Chunhui Xu, Shanshan Duan, Jiangyu Li, Shu-en Hou, Comparative tribological behavior of friction composites containing natural graphite and expanded graphite, Friction volume 2020, 8, 684-694

74.Mimi Dai, Haiyan Fan, Guoguang Xu, Min Wang, Si Zhang, Luhua Lu*, Yuegang Zhang, Boosting electrocatalytic oxygen evolution using ultrathin carbon protected iron-cobalt carbonate hydroxide nanoneedle arrays, Journal of Power Sources, 2020, 450, 227639

73.Teng Wang, Xiaocong Tian, Liang Li, Luhua Lu, Shuen Hou, Guozhong Cao, Hongyun Jin, 3D printing-based cellular microelectrodes for high-performance asymmetric quasi-solid-state micro-pseudocapacitors, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020,8, 1749-1756

72.Kai Dai, Taipei Hu, Jinfeng Zhang, Luhua Lu, Carbon nanotube exfoliated porous reduced graphene oxide/CdS-diethylenetriamine heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic H2 production, Applied Surface Science, 2020, 512, 144783

71. Hongyun Jin, Keke Zhou, Zhengjia Ji, Xiaocong Tian, Ying Chen, Luhua Lu, Yazhou Ren, Chunhui Xu, Shanshan Duan, Jiangyu Li, Shu-en Hou*, Comparative tribological behavior of friction composites containing natural graphite and expanded graphite, Friction, 2019, 8, 684–694

2019

70. Si Zhang, Yijie Zhang, Wanfei Li, Yue Wen, Muye Liu, Luhua Lu*, Jinghai Liu*, Ying Chen, Weiguo Song, Yuegang Zhang*, Graphene edge-enhanced anchoring of the well-exposed cobalt clusters via strong chemical bonding for accelerating the oxygen reduction reaction, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2019,3, 2859-2866.

69. Jinghai Liu,* Lei Ji, Xia Wang, Limei Duan, Jiaqi Zhou, Yongfeng Jia, Simei Zeng, Keke Huang,* Zhibin Geng, Xiyang Wang, Changmin Hou, Xiaofeng Wu, Luhua Lu,* Zhili Pei, Yongsheng Chen, Jun Zhang, Shouhua Feng, Yuegang Zhang, Commercial-Level Energy Storage via Free Standing Stacking Electrodes, Matter, 2019, 1, 1694-1709

68. Si Zhang, Zaozao Lv, Luhua Lu*, Muye Liu, Ying Chen, Hongyun Jin, Xiaocong Tian, Kai Dai, Jinghai Liu*, Weiguo Song, Nitrogen Doped Graphene Chainmail Wrapped IrCo Alloy Particles on Nitrogen Doped Graphene Nanosheet for Highly Active and Stable Full Water Splitting, ChemCatChem, 2019, 11, 5457-5465

67. Yanjie Si, Zaozao Lv, Luhua Lu*, Muye Liu, Yue Wen, Ying Chen, Hongyun Jin*, Jinghai Liu,* Weiguo Song, Revealing important role of graphitic carbon nitride surface catalytic activity in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution by using different carbon co-catalysts, Applied Surface Science, 2019, 491, 236-244

66. Taiping Hu, Zhen Li, Luhua Lu, Kai Dai*, Jinfeng Zhang, Rui Li, Changhao Liang*, Inorganic-organic CdSe-diethylenetriamine nanobelts for enhanced visible photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2019, 555, 166–173.

65. Zhen Li, Xia Wang, Jinfeng Zhang*, Changhao Liang, Luhua Lu, Kai Dai*, Preparation of Z-scheme WO3(H2O)0.333/Ag3PO4 composites with enhanced photocatalytic activity and durability, Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2019, 40, 326-334

64. Zhen Li, Yang Yang, Kai Dai*, Jinfeng Zhang*, Luhua Lu*, Construction of defective Mo15S19/CdS-diethylenetriamine heterosctructure photocatalyst for highly active and stable noble-metal-free photocatalytic hydrogen production, Applied Surface Science, 2019, 469, 505-513.   

63. Bingqiao Xie, Mengying Yu, Luhua Lu, Huazhang Feng, Yang Yang, Ying Chen, Hongda Cui, Rubo Xiao, Jian Liu, Pseudocapacitive Co9S8/graphene electrode for high-rate hybrid supercapacitors, Carbon, 2019, 141, 134-142.

62. Yang Yang, Weiye Yu, Shujun He, Shuaixian Yu, Ying Chen*, Luhua Lu, Zhu Shu*, Hongda Cui, Yong Zhang, Hongyun Jin, Rapid adsorption of cationic dye-methylene blue on the modified montmorillonite/graphene oxide composites, Applied Clay Science, 2019, 168, 304–311

2018

61. Zhao Zhang, Luhua Lu*, Zaozao Lv, Ying Chen, Hongyun Jin, Shuen Hou, Lixin Qiu, Limei Duan, Jinghai Liu*, Kai Dai, Porous carbon nitride with defect mediated interfacial oxidation for improving visible light photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2018, 232, 384-390.

60. Yanjie Si, Yijie Zhang, Luhua Lu*, Si Zhang, Ying Chen, Jinghai Liu*, Hongyun Jin, Shuen Hou, Kai Dai, Weiguo Song, Boosting visible light photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of graphitic carbon nitride via enhancing it interfacial redox activity with cobalt/nitrogen doped tubular graphitic carbon, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2018, 225, 512-518.

59. Yijie Zhang, Luhua Lu*, Si Zhang, Zaozao Lv, Dantong Yang, Jinghai Liu*, Ying Chen, Xiaocong Tian, Hongyun Jin, Weiguo Song, Biomass chitosan derived cobalt/nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes for the electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction, J. Mater. Chem. A 2018, 6, 5740–5745.

58. Yijie Zhang, Wanfei Li, Luhua Lu*, Weiguo Song, Chunru Wang, Lisha Zhou, Jinghai Liu*, Ying Chen, Hongyun Jin, Yuegang Zhang*, Tuning active sites on cobalt/nitrogen doped graphene for

electrocatalytic hydrogen and oxygen evolution, Electrochimica Acta, 2018, 265, 497-506.

57. Zaozao Lv, Zhao Zhang, Luhua Lu*, Jinghai Liu*, Weiguo Song, Manipulation structure of carbon nitride via trace level iron with improved interfacial redox activity and charge separation for synthetic enhancing photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, Applied Surface Science, 2018, 456, 609-614.

56. Luhua Lu*, Zaozao Lv, Yanjie Si, Muye Liu, Si Zhang, Recent progress on band and surface engineering of graphitic carbon nitride for artificial photosynthesis, Applied Surface Science, 2018, 462, 693-712.

55. Zhen Li, Jinfeng Zhang, Jiali Lv, Luhua Lu, Changhao Liang, Kai Dai, Sustainable synthesis of CeO2/CdS-diethylenetriamine composites for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution under visible light, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2018, 758, 162-170.

54. Graham Dawson, Wei Chen, Luhua Lu, Kai Dai, Morphology dependent adsorption of methylene blue on trititanate nanoplates and nanotubes prepared by the hydrothermal treatment of TiO2, Water Sci Technol, 2016, 75, 350-357.

53. Mengying Yu, Shanshan Zhang, Ying Chen*, Hongyun Jin, Yong Zhang, Luhua Lu*, Zhu Shu, Shuen Hou, Bingqiao Xie, Hongda Cui, A green method to reduce graphene oxide with carbonyl groups residual for enhanced electrochemical performance, Carbon, 2018, 133, 101-108.

52. Yijie Zhang, Luhua Lu*, Zhao Zhang, Zhu Shu, Kai Dai, Jinghai Liu, Ying Chen, Hongyun Jin, Shuen Hou, Natural nanomaterial as hard template for scalable synthesizing holey carbon naonsheet/nanotube with in-plane and out-of-plane pores for electrochemical energy storage, Chinese Chemical Letters, 2018, 29, 641-644.

51. Shanshan Duan, Hongyun Jin*, Junxi Yu, Ehsan Nasr Esfahani, Bing Yang, Jiale Liu, Yazhou Ren, Ying Chen, Luhua Lu, Xiaocong Tian, Shuen Hou, Jiangyu Li*, Non-equilibrium microstructure of Li1.4Al0.4Ti1.6(PO4)3 superionic conductor by spark plasma sintering for enhanced ionic conductivity, Nano Energy, 2018, 51, 19-25.

2017 

50. Zhao Zhang, Yijie Zhang, Luhua Lu∗, Yanjie Si, Si Zhang, Ying Chen, Kai Dai,∗∗,Ping Duan, Limei Duan, Jinghai Liu, Graphitic carbon nitride nanosheet for photocatalytic hydrogenproduction: The impact of morphology and element composition, Applied Surface Science, 2017, 391, 369–375

49. Jiali Lv, Kai Dai*, Jinfeng Zhang, Luhua Lu*, Changhao Liang, Lei Geng, Zhongliao Wang, Guangyu Yuan, Guangping Zhu, In situ controllable synthesis of novel surface plasmon resonance-enhanced Ag2WO4/Ag/Bi2MoO6 composite for enhanced and stable visible light photocatalyst, Applied Surface Science, 2017, 391, Part B, 507-515.

48. Jiali Lv, Dongpei Li, Kai Dai, Changhao Liang, Dequan Jiang, Luhua Lu, Guangping Zhu, Multi-walled carbon nanotube supported CdS-DETA nanocomposite for efficient visible light photocatalysis, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2017, 186, 372-381.

47. Mengying Yu, Bingqiao Xie, Yang Yang, Yong Zhang, Ying Chen *, Weiye Yu, Shanshan Zhang, Luhua Lu*, Dong Liu, Residual oxygen groups in nitrogen-doped graphene to enhance the capacitive performance, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 15293-15301.

2016

46. Yijie Zhang, Lei Ji, Wanfei Li, Zhao Zhang, Luhua Lu*, Lisha Zhou, Jinghai Liu*, Ying Chen, Liwei Liu, Wei Chen, Yuegang Zhang*, Highly defective graphite for scalable synthesis of nitrogen doped holey graphene with high volumetric capacitance, Journal of Power Sources, 2016, 334, 104-111.

45. Kai Dai*, Jiali lv, Luhua Lu*, Changhao Liang, Lei Geng, Guangping Zhu, Large-scale synthesis of cobalt sulfide/carbon nanotube hybrid and its excellent electrochemical capacitance performance, Materials Letters, 2016, 176, 42-45.

44. Jiali Lv, Kai Dai*, Luhua Lu*, Lei Geng, Changhao Liang, Guangping Zhu, Cu/Ag/Ag3PO4 ternary composite: A hybrid alloy-semiconductor heterojunction structure with visible light photocatalytic properties, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2016, 682, 778-784.

43. Luhua Lu*, Wanfei Li, Lisha Zhou, Yijie Zhang, Zhao Zhang, Ying Chen, Jinghai Liu*, Liwei Liu, Wei Chen, Yuegang Zhang*, Impact of size on energy storage performance of graphene based supercapacitor electrode, Electrochimica Acta, 2016, 219, 463-469.

42. Jinghai Liu*, Wanfei Li, Limei Duan, Xin Li, Lei Ji, Zhibin Geng, Keke Huang, Luhua Lu, Lisha Zhou, Zongrui Liu, Wei Chen, Liwei Liu, Shouhua Feng*, and Yuegang Zhang*, Carbon Nitride Supramolecular Hybrid Material Enabled High-Efficiency Photocatalytic Water Treatments, Nano Letters, 2016, 16, 6568-6575.

41. Bingqiao Xie, Ying Chen, Mengying Yu, Tu Sun, Luhua Lu, Ting Xie, Yong Zhang, Yucheng Wu, Hydrothermal synthesis of layered molybdenum sulfide/N-doped graphene hybrid with enhanced supercapacitor performance, Carbon, 2016, 99, 35-42.

40. Kai Dai*, Jiali Lv, Luhua Lu*, Changhao Liang, Lei Geng, Guangping Zhu, A facile fabrication of plasmonic g-C3N4/Ag2WO4/Ag ternary heterojunction visible-light photocatalyst, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2016, 177, 529-537.

39. Zhongliao Wang, Jiali lv, Kai Dai*, Luhua Lu, Changhao Liang, Lei Geng, Large scale and facile synthesis of novel Z-scheme Bi2MoO6/Ag3PO4 composite for enhanced visible light photocatalyst, Materials Letters, 2016, 169, 250-253.

38. Ying Chen, Qiuyun Yan, Shanshan Zhang, Luhua Lu, Bingqiao Xie, Ting Xie, Yong Zhang, Yucheng Wu, Yuxing Zhang, Dong Liu, Buffering agents-assisted synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene with oxygen-rich functional groups for enhanced electrochemical performance, Journal of Power Sources, 333, 2016, 125-133.

2015

37. Kai Dai, Luhua Lu*, Changhao Liang*, Guangping Zhu, Qinzhuang Liu, Lei Geng, Junqi He, A high efficient graphitic-C3N4/BiOI/graphene oxide ternary nanocomposite heterostructured photocatalyst with graphene oxide as electron transport buffer material, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 7903-7910.

36. Dongpei Li, Kai Dai*, Jiali Lv, Luhua Lu, Changhao Liang, Guangping Zhu, Facile and large scale synthesis of novel Cu2O octahedral crystals with efficient visible light photocatalytic activity, Materials Letters, 2015, 150, 48-51.

2014 

35. Kai Dai*, Luhua Lu, Qi Liu, Guangping Zhu, Qinzhuang Liu, A facile surfactant-free method to prepare Ti0.95Er0.05O2 nanocrystal and its photocatalytic performance, Catalysis Communications, 2014, 43, 202-206.

34. Luhua Lu, Lifen Peng, Chun Zhan, Wei You, Shengqiang Xiao*, Enhanced electrochemical energy storage performance of reduced graphene oxide by incorporating oxygen-rich in-plane pores, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 1802-1808.

33. Kai Dai, Luhua Lu*, Changhao Liang*, Guangping Zhu, Lei Geng, Advance ternary surface-fluorinated TiO2 nanosheet/Ag3PO4/Ag composite photocatalyst with planar heterojunction and island Ag electron capture center, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 62751-62758.

32. Kai Dai*, Dongpei Li, Jiali lv, Luhua Lu, Changhao Liang, Guangping Zhu, A scalable synthesis technique of hierarchical BiOBr microspheres for advanced visible light photocatalyst, Materials Letters, 2014, 136, 438-440.

31. Kai Dai*, Changhao Liang*, Jianming Dai, Luhua Lu, Guangping Zhu, Zhongliang Liu, Qinzhuang Liu, Yongxing Zhang, High-yield synthesis of carbon nanotube–porous nickel oxide nanosheet hybrid and its electrochemical capacitance performance, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2014, 143, 1344-1351.

30. Kai Dai, Dongpei Li, Luhua Lu*, Qi Liu*, Jiali Lv, Guangping Zhu, Facile synthesis of a reduced graphene oxide/cobalt sulfide hybrid and its electrochemical capacitance performance, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 29216-29222.

29. Kai Dai*, Luhua Lu*, Changhao Liang, Jianming Dai, Guangping Zhu, Zhongliang Liu, Qinzhuang Liu, Yongxing Zhang, Graphene oxide modified ZnO nanorods hybrid with high reusable photocatalytic activity under UV-LED irradiation, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2014, 143, 1410-1416

28. Kai Dai, Dongpei Li, Luhua Lu*, Qi Liu, Changhao Liang*, Jiali Lv, Guangping Zhu, Plasmonic TiO2/AgBr/Ag ternary composite nanosphere with heterojunction structure for advanced visible light photocatalyst, Applied Surface Science, 2014, 314, 864-871

27. Kai Dai, Luhua Lu*, Qi Liu*, Guangping Zhu, Qinzhuang Liu, Zhongliang Liu, Graphene oxide capturing surface-fluorinated TiO2 nanosheets for advanced photocatalysis and the reveal of synergism reinforce mechanism, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 2202-2210

26. Kai Dai, Luhua Lu, Changhao Liang, Jianming Dai, Qinzhuang Liu, Yongxing Zhang, Guangping Zhu, Zhongliang Liu, In situ assembly of MnO2 nanowires/graphene oxide nanosheets composite with high specific capacitance, Electrochimica Acta 2014, 116, 111-117.

25. Kai Dai, Luhua Lu*, Qi Liu*, Guangping Zhu, Xiaoqin Wei, Jin Bai, Lingling Xuan, Heng Wang, Sonication assisted preparation of graphene oxide/graphitic-C3N4 nanosheet hybrid with reinforced photocurrent for photocatalyst applications, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 6295-6299

24. Jinghai Liu, Xin Li, Fang Liu, Luhua Lu, Liang Xu, Liwei Liu, Wei Chen, Limei Duan, Zongrui Liu, The stabilization effect of surface capping on photocatalytic activity and recyclable stability of Ag3PO4, Catalysis Communications, 2014, 46, 138-141.

23. Kai Dai, Luhua Lu*, Changhao Liang*, Qi Liu, Guangping Zhu, Heterojunction of facet coupled g-C3N4/surface-fluorinated TiO2 nanosheets for organic pollutants degradation under visible LED light irradiation, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2014, 156-157, 331-340.

22. Kai Dai, Jiali Lv, Luhua Lu, Qi Liu, Guangping Zhu, Dongpei Li, Synthesis of micro-nano heterostructure AgBr/ZnO composite for advanced visible light photocatalysis, Materials Letters, 2014, 130, 5-8.

2013

21. Kai Dai, Zheng Chen, Luhua Lu, Guangping Zhu, Zhongliang Liu, Qinzhuang Liu, Superhydrophilic zinc oxide film prepared by controlling ZnO microrods growth and its attractive recyclable photocatalytic performance, Thin Solid Films, 2013, 539, 23-28.

20. Youyu Jiang, Luhua Lu, Mingyan Yang, Chun Zhan, Zhizhong Xie, Francis Verpoort,  Shengqiang Xiao*, Taking the place of perylene diimide: perylene tetracarboxylic tetraester as a building block for polymeric acceptors to achieve higher open circuit voltage in all-polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells, Polym. Chem., 2013, 4, 5612-5620.

19. YouyuJiang, DiYu, LuhuaLu, ChunZhan, DiWu, WeiYou*, ZhizhongXie, ShengqiangXiao*, Tuning optical and electronic properties of star-shaped conjugated molecules with enlarged π-delocalization for organic solar cell application, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 8270-8279.

18. Development of UV-LED/TiO2 Device and Their Application for Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2013, 22, 1035–1040.

17. Luhua Lu, Jinghai Liu, Ying Hu, Yuewei Zhang, Wei Chen*, Graphene Stabilized Silver Nanoparticles Electrochemical Electrode for Actuator Design, Advanced Materials, 2013, 25(9), 1270-1274.

16. Kai Dai*, Luhua Lu*, Jun Dong, Ziye Ji, Guangping Zhu, Qinzhuang Liu, Zhongliang Liu, Yongxing Zhang, Dongpei Li, Changhao Liang, Facile synthesis of a surface plasmon resonance-enhanced Ag/AgBr heterostructure and its photocatalytic performance with 450 nm LED illumination, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 4657-4662.

2012

15. Kai Dai, Guangping Zhu, Luhua Lu, Graham Dawson, Easy and Large Scale Synthesis Silver Nanodendrites: Highly Effective Filler for Isotropic Conductive Adhesives, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2012, 21, 353–357.

14. Kai Dai*, Guangping Zhu, Zhongliang Liu, Qingzhuang Liu, Zheng Chen, Luhua Lu*, Facile preparation and growth mechanism of zinc oxide nanopencils, Materials Letters, 67, 2012, 193-195.

13. Kai Dai, Luhua Lu*, Guangping zhu, Zhongliang Liu, Qinzhuang Liu, Zheng Chen, A scalable synthesis technique of novel AgBr microcrystal and its visible light photocatalytic performance, Materials Letters, 2012, 87, 94-96.

12. Kai Dai, Graham Dawson, Song Yang, Zheng Chen, Luhua Lu, Large scale preparing carbon nanotube/zinc oxide hybrid and its application for highly reusable photocatalyst, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2012, 191, 571-578.

11. Luhua Lu, Jinghai Liu, Ying Hu, Yuewei Zhang, Hyacinthe Randriamahazaka, and Wei Chen*, Highly Stable Air Working Bimorph Actuator Based on Graphene Nanosheet/Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Electrode, Advanced Materials, 2012, 24, 4317-4321. ( Inside Front Cover)

10. Luhua Lu, Ying Hu, Jinghai Liu, and Wei Chen*, Large volume variation of anisotropic graphene nanosheet electrochemical-mechanical actuator under low voltage stimulation, Chem. Comm., 2012, 48, 3978-3980.

9. Jinghai Liu, Luhua Lu, Yuewei Zhang, Guan Wu, and Wei Chen*, Self-regenerated Solar-driven Photocatalytic Water-splitting by Urea Derived Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Platinum Nanoparticles, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48(70), 8826-8828.

8. Ying Hu, Luhua Lu, Jinghai Liu, and Wei Chen*, Direct growth of size-controlled gold nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide film from bulk gold by tuning electric field: effective methodology and substrate for surface enhanced Raman scattering study, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22(24), 11994-12000.

7. Graham Dawson, Jinghai Liu, Luhua Lu, and Wei Chen*, Dopamine Modified Trititanate Nanotubes with UV and Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity: Coordinative Self-assembly to Recyclable Absorber, ChemCatChem, 2012, 4, 1133-1138.

6. Chunrui Chang, Jinghai Liu, Luhua Lu, Wei Chen*, Ring Formation Mechanism of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Energy Conservation between Curvature Elasticity and Inter-tube Adhesion, Chemical Physics, 2012, 393, 123.

2011

5. Chunrui Chang, Luhua Lu, Jinghai Liu, Wei Chen*, Bending Deformation Mechanism and Defective Properties of Liquid Crystalline Carbon Nanotubes in Evaporating Droplets, RSC Advances, 2011, 1, 468-473.

4. L. Lu, W. Chen, Supramolecular Self Assembly of Biopolymer with Carbon Nanotubes for Bio-mimetic and Bio-inspired Sensing and Actuation, Nanoscale, 2011, 3(6), 2412-2420

2010

3. Y. Hu, W. Chen, L. Lu, J. Liu, C. Chang, Electromechanical Actuation with Controllable Motion Based on a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube and Natural Biopolymer Composite, ACS NANO, 2010, 4, 3498-3502. 

2. Luhua Lu, and Wei Chen*, Biocompatible composite actuator: a supremolecular structure consisting of the biopolymer chitosan, carbon nanotubes, and an ionic liquid, Advanced Materials, 2010, 22, 3745-3748. (Highlighted by Nature Asia Materials)

1. Luhua Lu, Wei Chen*, Large-Scale Aligned Carbon Nanotubes from Their Purified Highly Concentrated Suspension, ACS NANO, 2010, 4, 1042-1048.