08/17/2022Solid Oxide Electrolytic Cells Facilitate CO2 Electrolysis Under Intermittent Renewable Energy Power
The Fuel Cell Technology Group at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has proposed a pulsed current strategy to monitor the intermittency of renewable energy, proving that the solid oxide electrolytic cells (SOECs) can realize efficient CO2 electrolysis under intermittent renewable energy power. The study ...
07/13/2022Researchers Develop Neuron-Inspired High-Performance All-Around Telechelic Polymer
The Nano-Engineered Materials Group at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has proposed a neuron-inspired all-around telechelic polymer with remarkable mechanical and physical properties, rapid self-healing ability, adhesion, triboelectricity, as well as aggregate induced emission (AIE) fluorescence. The ...
07/11/2022Asymmetric Substitution of End-Groups to Achieve High-Efficiency All-Small-Molecule 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 applied an asymmetric substitution strategy of end-groups in molecular donors, thus achieving high-performance all-small-molecule organic solar cells (OSCs) with power conversion efficiency (PCE) exceeding 16.34%. The stu...
07/04/2022Bioinspired Skin-like Membrane with Enhanced Adhesion Developed for Flexible Electronics
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) proposed a facile approach to develop elastic and conductive Janus membranes with excellent adhesion for advanced flexible multifunctional electronics. The study was published in Chemistry of Materials (Chem. Mat...
06/09/2022Novel Fluorescent Organohydrogel Proposed to Achieve Dual Information Encryption
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), has developed a novel fluorescent organohydrogel with shape-memory ability, which could achieve photo-writing/photo-erasing and dual encryption of fluorescent information. This study was published in Advanced Op...