2022/09-至今，中国科学院大连化学物理研究所，动力电池与系统研究中心，助理研究员

2021/08-2022/05，加拿大滑铁卢大学，访问学者

2020/08-2022/08，北京化工大学，化学工程与技术，博士后

2017/09-2020/06，北京化工大学，化学工程与技术，博士

2015/09-2017/06，北京化工大学，化学工程与技术，研究生

主要从事燃料电池、电解水器件关键材料设计制备及应用研究。致力于构建清洁低碳安全高效的能源体系，目前在《PNAS》、《Advanced Energy Materials》、《AdvancedFunctional Materials》等国际知名期刊发表论文30余篇。

[1] Liu Yang, Daojian Cheng, Haoxiang Xu, Xiaofei Zeng, Xin Wan, Jianglan Shui, Zhonghua Xiang, and Dapeng Cao*. Unveiling the high-activity origin of single -atom iron catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction.PNAS, 2018, 115, 6626-6631.

[2]Liu Yang, Huibing liu, Zelong Qiao,Panpan Sun,Danyang Li,Run Jiang,Shengwen Liu,Ziqiang Niu,Yongguang Zhang, Dapeng Cao* and Zhongwei Chen*. Highly active and durable metal‐Free carbon catalysts for anion‐exchange membrane fuel cells.Adv.Energy Mater., 2023, 2204390.

[3] Liu Yang, Huibing Liu, Hangjia Shen, Yan Huang, Shitao Wang, Lirong Zheng, Dapeng Cao*. Physically Adsorbed Metal Ions in Porous Supports as Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction.Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 1909889.

[4] Liu Yang, Xiaofei Zeng, Wenchuan Wang, and Dapeng Cao*. Progress in MOF-Derived, heteroatom-doped porous carbons as highly efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2018, 28, 1704537.

[5] Liu Yang, Lei Shi, Di Wang, Yanlong Lv, Dapeng Cao*. Single-atom cobalt electrocatalysts for foldable solid-state Zn-air battery.Nano Energy, 2018, 50, 691–698.

[6] Huibing Liu, Xinchen Xu, Haoxiang Xu, Shitao Wang, Ziqiang Niu, Qiaohuan Jia, Liu Yang*, Rui Cao, Lirong Zheng, Dapeng Cao*. Dual active site tandem catalysis of metal hydroxyl oxides and single atoms for boosting oxygen evolution reaction.Appl. Catal. B: Environ.2021, 297, 120451.

[7] Liu Yang, Xiaofei Zeng, Di Wang, Dapeng Cao*. Biomass-derived FeNi alloy and nitrogen-codoped porous carbons as highly efficient oxygen reduction and evolution bifunctional electrocatalysts for rechargeable Zn-air battery.Energy Storage Mater., 2018, 12, 227-283.