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State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering
Recent research
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Ionic-Liquid-Catalyzed Depolymerization of PET: BHET Recovery and Re-Polymerization
The accumulation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste presents significant environmental challenges due to its extensive usage and low global recycling rates. Among the available recycling routes, chemical depolymerization by glycolysis offers a promising way to recover high...
- Materials & Energy
Modeling multiscale transport‐reaction in fixed bed reactors for CO 2 hydrogenation to aromatics
Abstract CO 2 hydrogenation to aromatics via methanol is a promising alternative for the low‐carbon and sustainable production of aromatics. Herein, a two‐scale particle‐resolved computational fluid dynamics model is developed to reveal the complex transport‐reaction in the fixed...
- Engineering & Technology
Selective oxidation of biomass‐derived 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2,5‐diformylfuran (DFF) remains a challenge. Herein, we prepared magnesium intercalated into cryptomelane‐type OMS‐2 to achieve ultrafine Mg‐OMS‐2 nanorods via room‐temperature coprecipitation. The results co...
- Materials & Energy
ABSTRACT Polymers are promising catalyst supports because of their tunable composition and facile functionality. In this work, a core/shell polydopamine@crosslinked polystyrene support (XP‐PDA) was first constructed, and silver nano‐clusters were subsequently immobilized via in s...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Over 20% Efficiency in As–Cast Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Flory–Huggins Parameter Engineering
ABSTRACT The realization of high–efficiency as–cast organic solar cells (OSCs) represents a key step toward simplified processing and scalable fabrication for commercialization. However, achieving high–performance as–cast devices remains challenging because it demands delicate ba...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Aerogels are ideal materials for thermal insulation and protection. However, ceramic and carbon aerogels are generally brittle, whereas polymer aerogels often collapse and lose insulation capability under flame exposure, compromising effective thermal management across both daily...
- Biology
ABSTRACT The biocatalytic asymmetric amination of bulky N ‐heterocyclic ketones is often limited by low enzyme activity and poor performance at high substrate loading. Herein, we developed an efficient ( R )‐selective transaminase for the synthesis of ( R )‐1‐Boc‐3‐aminopiperidin...
- Materials & Energy
Comprehensive Summary The development of sustainable methods for the oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes or ketones remains an important goal in synthesis. In this work, we synthesized a series of nitrate‐bearing oxoammonium salts and demonstrated their efficiency as metal‐free ca...
- Climate & Environment
ABSTRACT The conventional Fenton reaction has been identified as an effective approach for degrading heavy‐metal complexes; however, its practical application is hampered by issues such as iron sludge formation, low H 2 O 2 utilization efficiency, and consequently, limited degrad...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Research on dual coupling model for dynamic analysis of USV-assisted floating pipe docking for TSHDs
Pump-ashore floating pipe docking relies on manual connection for trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs), leading to efficiency and safety bottlenecks. A docking solution involving a cabled unmanned surface vehicle (Cabled-USV) is proposed to address the complexities associated...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Resin-based carbon fiber composites exhibit outstanding comprehensive mechanical properties, including high specific strength, high modulus, corrosion resistance, low weight, stable dimensional performance and low thermal expansion coefficient, and they have been widely deployed...
- Materials & Energy
ABSTRACT Circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) has emerged as a cornerstone technology for next‐generation chiral photonic applications. However, a fundamental trade‐off between the luminescence dissymmetry factor ( g lum ) and photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) has remaine...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Developing efficient and durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts is critical for industrial alkaline water electrolysis. Here, we fabricated a Mo–V co-doped NiFe layered double hydroxide (NiFeMoV-LDH) electrode on nickel foam to modulate its intrinsic activity an...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Irradiation stress causes persistent skeletal injury by disrupting marrow homeostasis, stromal function, and bone repair. However, the temporal remodeling of the native bone microenvironment and the capacity of a biomaterial-induced osteogenic environment to sustain regeneration...
- Engineering & Technology
ABSTRACT Organic anodes for calcium‐ion batteries (CIBs) generally rely on extended conjugated structures to host high‐density redox couples for enhanced capacity. However, this design often lowers frontier molecular orbital energies, resulting in undesirably high redox potential...
- Engineering & Technology
This study addresses the critical challenge of NO2 mass transfer efficiency in wet denitration systems through a pilot-scale investigation of oxidation-alkali-coupled absorption. Utilizing dual Φ600 mm packed towers equipped with polypropylene 350Y structured packing, the perform...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Tuning electron back-donation to switch reaction pathway in CO2 hydrogenation
CO2 hydrogenation over earth-abundant Ni catalysts is attractive for CO-based fuel synthesis, but Ni intrinsically favors methanation. Here we show that ordered Ni3Sn2 intermetallics tune Ni–CO electron back-donation and switch CO2 hydrogenation from CH4 formation to the reverse...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
What is happening at the atomic level during the seed-mediated growth of copper on gold?
Bimetallic nanocrystals obtained via seed-mediated growth are typically analyzed using conventional electron microscopy and many interesting features at the atomic level are often missed. Here we report the seed-mediated growth of copper (Cu) on gold (Au) nanospheres for the synt...