A research group led by Prof. LIU Zhaoping at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), revealed that the metastable state of cycled lithium-rich (Li-rich) layered cathode oxides, which stems from structural defects, accounts for the voltage decay of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), in cooperation with researchers at the University of California, San Diego, Brookhaven National Laboratory and other institutions.

A research group led by Prof. CHEN Tao at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has developed a multifunctional black sand aggregate for solar-driven purified water collection, which can adapt to diverse environments. The study was published in Nano Energy.

Recently, a research group led by Prof. LIU Jian at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), cooperating with researchers at Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology and Inner Mongolia Normal University, developed a feasible open-die forging approach to plastically deform La-Fe-Si alloys for magnetic refrigeration. The study was published in Acta Materialia.

A research group led by Prof. GE Ziyi at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has developed a BTEC-2F-based non-fullerene all-small-molecule organic solar cells (NFSM-OSCs) with a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 13.34%, which is among the highest PCE reported for NFSM-OSCs. The study was published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

The Intelligent Medical Imaging (iMED) Group at the Cixi Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), proposed a fully automated method for image-level corneal nerve fiber tortuosity estimation, contributing to the examination and diagnosis of eye-related diseases. The study was published in IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.

A researcher group led by Prof. YANG Minghui at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), discovered that zirconium nitride (ZrN) catalysts could be a superior alternative to expensive platinum (Pt) catalysts for oxygen reduction. The study was published in Nature Materials.

The Biomedical Polymers Research Group at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), fabricated white-light-emitting alginate/polyacrylamide (PAAm) double network composite hydrogels, with vinyl-modified Ce-doped yttrium aluminum garnet phosphors (YAG:Ce–VTES) as crosslinkers. The obtained hydrogels showed superior stretchability and toughness, as well as remarkable white-light-emission properties combined with the blue light irradiation. The study has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

A research group led by Prof. GE Ziyi at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has made great progress in organic solar cells (OSCs).

The year 2019 marks the 70th founding anniversary of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications has celebrated its 70th anniversary by highlighting 70 articles contributed by CAS researchers. Two articles conducted by the researchers at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have been successfully included in this special virtual issue, standing out from more than 14,000 CAS research articles in the last five years.

Functional Carbon Materials Research Group at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has developed a graphene thermal interface material (TIM) composed of mainly vertically aligned graphene. Thanks to the ultra-high through-plane thermal conductivity and low compressive modulus, the resultant graphene TIM may satisfy the demanding heat dissipation requirements for next-generation high-power integrated circuits (ICs), in cooperation with researchers at the University of Nevada in USA. The study was published in ACS Nano.