Institution
Chinese Academy of Engineering
Recent research
- Materials & Energy
Abstract Lithium-rich manganese-based materials (LRMO) have emerged as ideal cathode materials for high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries due to their high capacity (>250 mAh/g) and low cost. However, the continuous migration and dissolution of transition metal ions (TM...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Building a Physics-Aware AI Ecosystem for Solid-State Hydrogen Storage Materials
Abstract Hydrogen storage remains a central bottleneck for scalable hydrogen energy systems due to the multiscale and coupled nature of the thermodynamics, kinetics, and microstructural evolution of hydrogen storage materials (HSMs). Although artificial intelligence (AI) has acce...
- Engineering & Technology
Abstract The recycling of platinum group metals (PGMs) underpins sustainable development across semiconductors, new energy devices, and catalytic materials. Efficiently enriching and extracting these sparsely distributed PGMs from solid wastes such as spent catalysts still pose a...
- Biology
Abstract Enzyme immobilization in solid porous supports often suffers from a trade-off among enzyme loading, mass transport, catalytic activity, and operational stability. Here, we report a liquid-like immobilization platform based on star polyelectrolyte coacervates (SPECs) form...
- Materials & Energy
Abstract Barocaloric effects (BCE) represent an appealing refrigeration technology and have attracted great interest recently. However, most BCE materials still cannot meet real-world refrigeration requirements because of their fixed phase transition temperature TC and the signif...
- Materials & Energy
Lighting Up Yb‐MOF Across Visible and NIR Regions Through High‐Pressure Engineering
ABSTRACT Lanthanide metal‐organic frameworks (Ln‐MOFs) provide a robust platform for developing multifunctional materials with efficient dual emissions from both organic and Ln 3+ centers. However, the structural parameters that govern their intrinsic emission properties, as well...
- Health & Medicine
Abstract Piericidins are α-pyridone agricultural antibiotics produced by actinomycetes. To improve their yield and structural diversity from marine-derived Streptomyces psammoticus SCSIO NS126, this study employed homologous recombination to achieve large-fragment knockout of mod...
- Materials & Energy
Sulfur-PassivatedSuperatomic Rh13S8± Clusterswith Enhanced Stability and UniqueElectronic Properties
Abstract Metal sulfides have attracted considerable attention in nanomaterials because of their unique properties supporting key applications in catalysis, energy storage, sensing and others. Thiol-protected metal clusters feature similar metal–sulfur bonding as in nanomaterials,...
- Materials & Energy
Abstract In recent years, effective carrier–exciton conversion and defect engineering in tunneling diodes based on metal–insulator–semiconductor (MIS) van der Waals heterostructures have attracted extensive research interest in modulating optoelectronic device performance. Effect...
- Materials & Energy
Abstract Magnesium oxide (MgO) is attractive for CO2 utilization, because interaction with O2. However, the electronic inertness has limited its application in electrochemical catalysis. Herein, spin-polarized dDFT calculations with the BEEF-vdW functional were performed to evalu...
- Materials & Energy
Abstract The concept of metal–ligand bifunctional catalysts has been extensively explored in homogeneous catalysis, yet it has not been reported in conventional heterogeneous catalysis. Inspired by the outer-sphere hydrogenation mechanism in homogeneous metal–ligand bifunctional...
- Engineering & Technology
Abstract Thermosensitive 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) serves as a bridge between biochemical and petrochemical industries, and research into its thermal conversion inherent characteristics is crucial for the preparation of HMF and its derivatives. This study systematically analy...
- Materials & Energy
Abstract Functional open-shell π-radicals offer attractive optical and magnetic tunability but suffer from poor ambient stability, limiting their deployment in condensed-phase architectures. Here we circumvent this limitation by embedding the photolabile radical precursor HTTM-PD...
- Materials & Energy
Abstract Er3+/Yb3+ codoped rare-earth sesquioxides are widely used red upconversion (UC) phosphors under near-infrared (NIR) 980 nm excitation. Besides the old mechanism, a newly identified round-trip energy transfer (RTET) between Er3+ and Yb3+ accelerates relaxation from the gr...
- Biology
Abstract Developing simple and portable luminol electrochemiluminescence (ECL) systems without externally added co-reactants is important for on-site analysis. Cobalt is a low-cost and redox-active transition metal with favorable electrocatalytic properties toward water-oxidation...
- Materials & Energy
Abstract Developing Pt-based catalysts with maximized atomic utilization and optimized electronic structures remains crucial for accelerating the cathodic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Herein, we develop a MOF-on-MOF-derived confinement strategy to construct a defect-mediate...
- Climate & Environment
Abstract It has been demonstrated that the abatement of micropollutants in drinking water by biological activated carbon (BAC) filters with aged media deteriorates due to the decreased porosity and aerobic metabolism in dense biofilm. In this study, micro- and nanobubbles (MNBs)...
- Engineering & Technology
Abstract Due to piezopotential-driven energy band tilting and the promotion of charge carrier separation, sonopiezoelectric therapy (SPT) holds promise in overcoming the limitations of band structure. However, the dependence of the piezoelectric effect on noncentrosymmetric cryst...
- Biology
Abstract DNA nanotechnology offers unique opportunities for creating various accurate and responsive nanostructures. Nevertheless, large-scale conformational changes with high geometric precision and efficiency remain major challenges. Herein we report a topologically engineered...