Dr. Bilu Liu is a full Professor of Tsinghua University. He works on the mass production of 2D materials and their applications in electronics, optics, and electrocatalysis. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Materials Chemistry in 2006 from University of Science and Technology of Chinese, and PhD degree in Material Sciences in 2012 from Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2012. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher and research assistant professor in University of Southern California from 2012 to 2016, and then jointed to Tsinghua University in 2016. He is current a Professor in Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School. He is a recipient of several awards including the Young Science Innovation Award of Guangdong Province, Excellent teacher of Shenzhen Municipality, Excellent Advisor Award of PhD and Master students of Tsinghua University, etc.

Graphene and 2D materials possessing large surface area, tunable electronic and chemical properties, and can be massively produced at low cost. There are important class of materials for various catalysis. In this talk, I will introduce our works in the mass production of 2D materials by top-down exfoliation method. Then, I will talk about the use of such massively produced 2D materials in large current density electrolysis including fundamental understanding of the process, interfacial engineering, and electrolyzer performance at industrial relevant high current density (>2 A/cm2).