Two LEMers Win the Scholarship

Two LEMers Win the Scholarship

Two LEMers have emerged in the scholarship competition, securing significant awards for their exceptional academic performance. Jin Cao, a Ph.D candidate, scores the 2023 National Scholarship. Shuangxi Jing, a Ph.D candidate, wins the 2023 First-class Academic Innovation Scholarship of Wuhan University. Congratulations!They attribute the gains to the passion for learning and aspiration for exploring,...

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World top 2% scientists

World top 2% scientists

Recently, Stanford University released the sixth edition of “World top 2% scientists” (World top 2% scientists). The list is divided into two lists: “Annual Scientific Impact List” and “Career-long Scientific Impact List”, and the “2023 Top 2% Scientists List” indicates that the scholar is in the top 2% of the world. Selection to the “2023 World Top 2% Scientists List” indicates that the ...

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Calcium replaces Lithium

Calcium replaces Lithium

The large-scale application of capture and electrochemical reduction of CO2 is limited by the high price of lithium based molten salt and the low value of cathodic products. Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide in affordable Ca-based molten salt is demonstrated as an efficient preparation of carbon nanotube (CNT) and metal-confining CNT (M@CNT) by a CaC2-mediated mechanism in our recent study....

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Orienting to the Moon

Orienting to the Moon

In situ resource utilization for metals and oxygen production provides a sustainable possibility for humans to explore the Moon and deep space. Ultra-high temperature electrochemistry (UTE) is a promising and revolutionary technology for the low-carbon extraction of metals and in situ production of oxygen on the Moon. It is hence of urgency to systematically summarize the development of UTE. The recent ...

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Trading off carbon footprint

Trading off carbon footprint

Despite increased electricity from renewable energy in power grid, a practical carbon-neutral CO2 electroreduction is yet to be established. Shuangxi Jing’s recent study shows that the liquid metal/metal oxide (MOx)/molten salts interface is the key-enabling factor to facilitate CO2 fixation by enhanced conversion efficiency and product functionality. The spontaneous reaction between liquid metal ...

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Automatic shaping

Automatic shaping

The spontaneous generation of one-dimensional (1D) silicon from electrochemical reduction of solid silica in molten salts remains yet to be addressed. Shuangxi’s recent study shows that calcium silicates, the well-known intermediates during electrochemical reduction of solid silica in molten CaCl2, experiences an oriented growth to CaSiO3 nanorods. The in-situ oriented growth is clarified as the key ...

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Two LEMers Win the National Scholarship

Two LEMers Win the National Scholarship

Hansheng Xiao, a graduate, and Teng Lv, a Ph.D candidate score the 2021 national scholarship. When it comes to talking about scientific research, they are full of passion and interest, and they believe that opportunities are for those who are well prepared. Their excellent academic performance paid off in the end. Congratulations!Graduation is around the corner. Their theises have been approved and ...

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Editing with energy

Editing with energy

Wei Xiao was presented with the Best Editorial Board Member Award by Journal of Energy Chemistry in March, 2022.He is in charge of the sector of materials and nanotechnology related to energy conversion and storage. The award recognized his contributions to expanding the scientific importance and worldwide impact of Journal of Energy Chemistry. The journal was listed as “China’s Most Internationally ...

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Melting splitting

Melting splitting

Methane is a very good friend of carbon dioxide, both of them are greenhouse gases and starting points of C1 chemistry. They are unwilling to get separate since carbon dioxide is the most thermodynamically stable resultant from conversion of methane. Their friendship causes huge emissions of carbon dioxide from industrial methane steam reforming to produce hydrogen.We recently demonstrate an electrochemical ...

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Bridging carbon neutrality and metallurgy

Bridging carbon neutrality and metallurgy

The year of 2020 is definitely memorable. We are forced to adapt to the covid-19 pandemic as an on-going challenge. Oxygen gas becomes a “strategic” commodity during the covid-19 pandemic which is essential to the medical therapy. The indispensability of oxygen also lies in future colony on Mars. Considering the fact that the main contents of atmosphere and soil of Mars are CO2 and oxide ores, the ...

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