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Metal-free efficient photocatalyst for stable visible water splitting——Top ten major scientific progresses in China in 2015
The nano-resolution imaging platform was awarded the first rate prize of Beijing Science and Technology in 2014
Beamline 1W1 of BSRF started to runoperate in the couplingparasitic mode of BEPCII
Synthesis of High Performance Polymer Materials for Field Effect-Transistors
Surfactant molecular aggregates in green solvents
GIXRD has played an important role in the characterization of organic thin-film transistors

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	Electrolyzing water to produce hydrogen is an ideal method. However, the energy consumption for water electrolysis is high, which is less competitive than that of hydrogen production by fossil fuel. The key to reduce the total energy consumption and improve the efficiency is developing a high efficient electrocatalyst. A research group in the School of Material Science and Engineering of China University of Petrol...

$说明: C:\Users\1\Desktop\图片1.png$	The research group of Professor Wu Yuen of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) successfully prepared single atom Ru catalyst by surface defect engineering approach. The single atom Ru catalyst delivers 90mV lower overpotential to reach a current density of 10 mA cm-2, and an order of magnitude longer lifetime over that of commercial RuO2. This work provides a new idea to solve Ru-based catalys...

	This research opens an interesting strategy for designing and making single atom catalysts on the photocatalyst with low thermostability. Exploring the RMSI effect between MSAs and photocatalyst will be beneficial to the development of high-performance photocatalyst materials. 1W1B beamline will be significant for understanding the RMSI. Their research has been published on November 15th, 2018 in Nano Energy.

	The group of Prof. Song Li from the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory of the University of Science and Technology of China implemented phase control and hetero-atom co-doping (Co/O) to achieve in-plane activation of MoS2 through atomic-level structural engineering. The electronic state has been used to optimize the HER kinetic process under alkaline conditions, and ultimately assist the HER process under a...

	USTC groups of Professor Yao Tao and Professor Wei Shiqiang from National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) developed an operando synchrotron radiation XAFS technology combined with theoretical calculations to accurately identify the real structure and dynamic evolution of active sites of cobalt-based catalysts during the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction. The research is published in Natural Cata...

	In a collaborative project led by Prof. Chen Chen (Tsinghua University), Prof. Xiao Hai (Tsinghua University) and Associate prof. Lirong Zheng (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences), the research team developed a novel nanocatalyst featuring “Cu10–Cu1x+ atom pair” active sites by utilizing the surface defects on alloy nanowires. The result was published published on Nature Chemistry (Na...