主持国家自然科学基金、国家863项目、国防预研基金和航空科学基金等科研项目20余项。获国家发明专利授权5项，发表SCI收录论文80余篇，其中1篇被评为ESI高被引论文。近期代表性论文：
[1]Ming Chen, Xiubo Xie, Peng Liu, and Tong Liu*, Facile fabrication of ultrathin carbon layer encapsulated air-stableMg nanoparticles with enhanced hydrogen storage properties, Chemical Engineering Journal,337()161-168.
[2]Xiubo Xie, Ming Chen, Peng Liu, Jiaxiang Shang and Tong Liu*, Synergistic catalytic effects of the Ni and V nanoparticles on the hydrogen storage properties of Mg-Ni-V nanocomposite, Chemical Engineering Journal,347()145-155.
[3]Da Li, Haoyan Liao, Hiroaki Kikuchi, and Tong Liu*,Microporous Co@C Nanoparticles Prepared by Dealloying CoAl@C Precursors: Achieving Strong Wideband Microwave Absorption via Controlling Carbon Shell Thickness,ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9() 44704-44714.
[4]Xiubo Xie, Xiujuan Ma, Peng Liu, Jiaxiang Shang, Xingguo Li andTong Liu*,Formation of Multiple-phase Catalysts for the Hydrogen Storage of Mg Nanoparticles by Adding Flower-like NiS,ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9 () 5937-5946.
[5]Xiubo Xie, Ming Chen, Peng Liu, Jiaxiang Shang andTong Liu*,High hydrogen desorption properties of Mg-based nanocomposite at moderate temperatures: the effects of multiple catalysts in situ formed by adding nickel sulfides/grapheme,Journal of Power Sources. 371 () 112-118.
[6] Tong Liu*; Xie, Xiubo; Pang, Yu; Kobayashi, Satoru，Co/C nanoparticles with low graphitization degree: a high performance microwave-absorbing material，Journal of Materials Chemistry C,4()1727-1735.
[7] Tong Liu*,Linbo Wang, Chenxi Wang and Hailong Shen, Effect of Al contenton the oxidation behavior of Y2Ti2O7-dispersed Fe-14Cr ferritic alloys,Corrosion Science, 104()17-25.
[8] Tong Liu*,Linbo Wang, Chenxi Wang, Hailong Shen and Hongtao Zhang, Feasibility of using Y2Ti2O7 nanoparticles to fabricate high strength oxide dispersion strengthened Fe-Cr-Al steels,Materials & Design,88 ()862-870.
[9] Tong Liu*, Yu Pang, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Yasuhiro Kamada and Seiki Takahashi,Superparamagnetic Property and High Microwave Absorption Performance of FeAl@(Al, Fe)2O3 Nanoparticles Induced by Surface Oxidation, Journal of Materials Chemistry C,3 () 6232-6239.
[10] Tong Liu*,Xiujuan Ma, Chunguang Chen, Li Xu and Xingguo Li, Catalytic Effect of Nb Nanoparticles for Improving the Hydrogen Storage Properties of Mg-based Nanocomposite,Journal of Physical Chemistry C,119 ()14029-14037.
[11] Tong Liu*, Yu Pang, Mu Zhu and Satoru Kobayashi, Microporous Co@CoO Nanoparticles with Superior Microwave Absorption Properties, Nanoscale. 6 () 2447-2454.
[12] Tong Liu*, Yurong Cao, Hui Li, Wusheng Chou, Xingguo Li, Superior hydrogen storage and electrochemical properties of Mg-La-Pd trilayer films at room temperature,Journal of Power Sources. 267 () 598-602.
[13] Tong Liu*, Chunguang Chen, Fan Wang,and Xingguo Li,Enhanced hydrogen storage properties of Magnesium by the synergic catalytic effect of TiH1.971 and TiH1.5 nanoparticles at room temperature,Journal of Power Sources. 267 () 69-77.
[14] Tong Liu*, Chenxi Wang, Hailong Shen, Wusheng Chou, Noriyuki Y. Iwata, Akihiko Kimura, The effects of Cr and Al concentrations on the oxidation behavior of oxide dispersion strengthened ferritic alloys,Corrosion Science. 76 () 310–316.
[15] Tong Liu*, Chenggong Qin, Tongwen Zhang, Yurong Cao, Mu Zhu and Xingguo Li, “Synthesis of Mg@Mg17Al12 ultrafine particles with superior hydrogen storage properties by hydrogen plasma-metal reaction”, Journal of Materials Chemistry. 22 () 19831-19838.
