The research is mainly engaged in the development and application of environmental photocatalytic materials, energy photocatalytic materials, and the theoretical and engineering research on the treatment of heavy metal wastewater and refractory organic wastewater, and has obtained a number of research results. In recent years, in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of hazardous materials, Chemical Engineering Journal, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Catalysis Science & Technology, Applied Surface Scienc, Chem Cat Chem, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, RSC Advances, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, ACS Nano, Water Research and other publications published more than 40 SCI papers, many papers are ESI “hot paper” “highly cited paper” "The relevant research results have been granted a number of patents. The research results won the first prize of the 2014 Hunan Natural Science Award.
[1] Tao Cai, Yutang Liu, Longlu Wang, Shuqu Zhang, Wanyue Dong, Hui Chen, Jianhong Ma, Chengbin Liu, Shenglian Luo. Ultrafine Ag@AgI nanoparticles on cube single-crystal Ag3PO4 (1 0 0): An all-day-active Z-Scheme photocatalyst for environmental purification.Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.2019,533:95–105.
[2] Jianhong Ma, Jinming Luo, Yutang Liu, Yuanfeng Wei, Tao Cai, Xingwen Yu, Hui Liu, Chengbin Liu, and John C. Crittenden. Pb(II), Cu(II) and Cd(II) Removal using Humic Substances Based Double Network Hydrogel in Individual and Multicomponent Systems.Journal of Materials Chemistry A .Accepted on Sep 14, 2018 and to appear.
[3]Tao Cai, Longlu Wang,Yutang Liu,Shuqu Shuqu Zhang, Wanyue Dong,Hui Chen,Xuanying Yi, Jili Yuan,Xinnian Xia,Chengbin Liu,Shenglian Luo.Ag3PO4/Ti3C2 MXene interface materials as a Schottky catalyst with enhanced photocatalytic activities and anti-photocorrosion performance. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.2018,239:545–554.
[4]Tao Cai, Yutang Liu,Longlu Wang,Shuqu Zhang,Jianhong Ma,Wanyue Dong, Yunxiong Zeng, Jili Yuan,Chengbin Liu,and Shenglian Luo. “Dark Deposition” of Ag Nanoparticles on TiO2: Improvement of Electron Storage Capacity To Boost “Memory Catalysis” Activity. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces,2018,10:25350−25359.
[5]Wanyue Dong, Yutang Liu, Guangming Zeng , Shuqu Zhang, Tao Cai , Jili Yuan, Hui Chen , Jing Gao, Chengbin Liu. Regionalized and vectorial charges transferring of Cd1xZnxS twin nanocrystal homojunctions for visible-light driven photocatalytic applications. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.2018, 518:156–164.
[6] Yue Li, Kai Yin, Longlu Wang*, Xiaolong Lu , Yaqi Zhang, Yutang Liu*, Dafeng Yan, Yuze Song , Shenglian Luo. Engineering MoS2 nanomesh with holes and lattice defects for highly active hydrogen evolution reaction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.2018,239:537–544.
[7] Jianhong Ma, Yutang Liu, Omar Ali, Yuanfeng Wei, Shuqu Zhang, Yuanmeng Zhang,Tao Cai , Chengbin Liu, Shenglian Luo. Fast adsorption of heavy metal ions by waste cotton fabrics based double network hydrogel and influencing factors insight.Journal of Hazardous Materials.2018, 344 :1034–1042
[8] Tao Cai, Yutang Liu,Longlu Wang,Shuqu Zhang,Xunxiong Zeng,Jili Yuan,Wanyue Dong,Jianhong Ma,Chengbin Liu,Shenglian Luo.Silver phosphate-based Z-Scheme photocatalytic system with superior sunlight photocatalytic activities and anti-photocorrosion performance. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.2017,208:1-13.
[9]Jianhong Ma, Guiyin Zhou, Lin Chu, Yutang Liu, Chengbin Liu, Shenglian Luo, and Yuanfeng Wei. Efficient Removal of Heavy Metal Ions with An EDTA Functionalized Chitosan/Polyacrylamide Double Network Hydrogel. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 2017,5(1):843-851.
[10] Y Li,L Wang, T Cai, S Zhang, Y Liu,et al.Glucose-assisted synthesize 1D/2D nearly vertical CdS/MoS2heterostructures for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017,321:366–374.
[11] Yue Li,Longlu Wang, Shuqu Zhang,Xueru Dong,Yuze Song,Tao Cai and Yutang Liu.Cracked monolayer 1T MoS2 with abundant active sites for enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution.Catalysis Science & Technology,2017,7:718-724.
[12] Guozhong Zhang, Shuqu Zhang, Longlu Wang , Ran Liu,Yunxiong Zeng, Xinnian Xia, Yutang Liu, Shenglian Luo. Facile synthesis of bird’s nest-like TiO 2 microstructure with exposed (001) facets for photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue. Applied Surface Science, 2017,391: 228–235.
[13] Yutang Liu, Tao Cai, Longlu Wang, Shuqu Zhang, Guozhong Zhang, Xinnian Xia. Hollow Microsphere TiO2/ZnO p–n Heterojuction with High Photocatalytic Performance for 2,4-Dinitropheno Mineralization. NANO, 2017,12( 6): 1750076.1-12
[14] Xuhong Zhang, Longlu Wang, Chnegbin Liu, Yangbin Ding , Shuqu Zhang , Yuxiong Zeng, Yutang Liu, Shenglian Luo. A bamboo-inspired hierarchical nanoarchitecture of Ag/CuO/TiO2 nanotube array for highly photocatalytic degradation of 2, 4-dinitrophenol.Journal of hazardous materials,2016,313:244-252.
[15] Shuqu Zhang, Longlu Wang, Yunxiong Zeng, Yuzi Xu, Yanhong Tang ,Shenglian Luo,Yutang Liu, Chengbin Liu, CdS‐Nanoparticles‐Decorated Perpendicular Hybrid of MoS2 and N‐Doped Graphene Nanosheets for Omnidirectional Enhancement of Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Chem Cat Chem,2016,8(15):1-9.
[16] Xianzhang Wu, Yutang Liu, Ran Liu, Longlu Wang, Yanbing Lu, Xinnian Xia. Hydroxyalkylation of phenol to bisphenol F over heteropolyacid catalysts: The effect of catalyst acid strength on isomer distribution and kinetics. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science,2016,481:75–81.
[17] Chengbin Liu, Deshui Meng , Yue Li , Longlu Wang, Yutang Liu, Shenglian Luo,Hierarchical architectures of ZnS–In2S3 solid solution onto TiO2 nanofibers with high visible-light photocatalytic activity. Journal of Alloys and Compounds,2015,624:44–52
[18] Shaozhen Gu, Yuping Liu, Guanhua Zhang, Wei Shi, Yutang Liu and Jian Zhu,Fe3O4/carbon composites obtained by electrospinning as an anode material with high rate capability for lithium ion batteries. RSC Advances, 2014,4:41179–41184.
[19] Yutang Liu, Xilin Zhang, Ronghua Liu, Renbin Yang, Chengbin Liu, Qingyun Cai, Fabrication and photocatalytic activity of high-effciency visible-light-responsive photocatalyst ZnTe/TiO2 nanotube arrays. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2011,184(3):684–689.
[20] Yutang Liu, Ronghua Liu, Chengbin Liu, Shenglian Luo, Lixia Yang, Fan Sui,Yarong Teng, Renbin Yang, Qingyun Cai, Enhanced photocatalysis on TiO2 nanotube arrays modified with molecularly imprinted TiO2 thin film. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2010,182(1-3):912–918.