02/24/2023Study Sheds Light on Electrocatalysts for Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Based on the previous studies on electrocatalysts for OER, researchers at NIMTE comprehensively summarized, classified and discussed the recently reported acidic OER electrocatalysts in terms of elements. The study was published in Advanced Materials.
02/06/2023Study Sheds Light on Carbon-Based Janus Films
Based on the previously reported studies on carbon-based Janus films, Prof. CHEN Tao and coworkers at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), systematically summarized significant advances in carbon-based Janus films with particular focus on the preparation strategy, the relationship between structure and...
01/16/2023Novel Approach Enables Adaptive Off-road Locomotion of Hydrated Soft Robots
The Smart Polymer Materials Group led by Prof. CHEN Tao at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in cooperation with Prof. ZHENG Yinfei at Zhejiang University, developed a hydrogel-based soft robot with adaptive deformation, realizing multi-dimensional off-road locomotion on natural terrains. This work was ...
12/19/2022Scientists Cut Costs of Powdered Activated Carbon Regeneration
A research group led by Prof. LU Zhiyi at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has proposed a facile and cost-effective strategy to regenerate powdered activated carbon (PAC) by anchoring isolate Fe atoms on commercial PAC.
12/08/2022Alkoxy Substitution on Asymmetric Conjugated Molecule Enables High-Efficiency Ternary Organic Solar Cells
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 an alkoxy-substituted asymmetric conjugated molecule and successfully doped it into the PM6:BTP-eC9-based binary organic solar cells (OSCs) as a third component, resulting in high-efficiency ternary OSCs with th...