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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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	Urea oxidation reaction (UOR) is known as a central reaction in the area of clean energy storage and conversion, urea fuel cells, de-ureation of wastewater, artificial kidney and etc. However, UOR suffers from its sluggish reaction kinetics in the conventional UOR mechanisms, which greatly impedes its practical applications. A research team (Peng group) from Fudan University, for the first time, has reported a nov...

	Recently, scientists of Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences has made important progress in the construction of nonprecious hydrogenation catalysts with high catalytic activity, selectivity and stability. Their research has been published on December 6th, 2019 in Advanced Materials.

	Bin Zhang group at Tianjin University reported a simple dual functionalization strategy to activate PCN from the inter material to the active catalyst for CO2-EC. A series of experimental results demonstrate that superficial hydroxyl and amino groups can serve as dual active sites to activate PCN for CO2-EC. Theoretical simulation proves superficial hydroxyl and amino groups can synergistically decrease activation...

	The research team of the college of Environmental Science and Engineering of Nankai University conducted in-depth exploration on it, rationally designed a new Z-type photocatalyst and analyzed the interface charge migration path. The related research was published in "Angewandte Chemie International Edition" on August 12th, 2019.

	The external heteroatom doping can form intermediate states in the gap or change the electronic structure to improve photocatalytic activities, which is a common strategy for improving the activities of traditional photocatalysts. However, the atomic structures of the optimum and excess doping and the mechanism of doping sites are still not explored. A team from college of Environmental Science and Engineering of ...

	Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is of great significance for hydrogen production and CO2 reduction via electrolysis, which, however, demands the development of highly active, durable, and cost-effective electrocatalysts in order to stride into a renewable energy era. In this article, we designed a highly efficient and long-term durable OER by coupling B and P into an amorphous porous NiFe-based electrocatalyst (a-...