Covalent bonds between carbon and heteroatoms, e.g. sulfur or nitrogen is a generic phenomenon in eco-systems and artificial materials. Our modern society is heavily dependent on industries using carbon as energy carriers, either combustion of depleting fossil fuels or carbothermic metallurgy. Such processes inevitably cause huge coincident carbon, sulfur and nitrogen oxides emissions (with the latter ...
It is officially confirmed that a full professorship is installed on me with effect from December, 2016. A strong mixed feeling rises in my heart. In the past five and half years as an associate professor, I attempted to research in diverse areas such photocatalysis and environmental remediation which are new to me. I recently realize that I am not a new-hand researcher and may be it is the high time ...
The first East-lake Workshop on Resource and Energy Sustainable Technology (EW-REST) was successfully held by the Hubei International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Sustainable Resource and Energy, during 21-23, April, 2017 in Wuhan University. Over 40 delegates were present, including 1000-talents-plan experts, winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars,...
At the beginning of this semester, we seniors had a one-week internship in the Guodian Changyuan Jingmen Thermo-Electric Plant.The Guodian Changyuan Jingmen Thermo-Electric Plant, founded in 1976, is located in the east industrial zone in Jingmen, Hubei. The installed capacity reaches up to 1.64 billion kW, and the total assets are estimated at 5.1 billion yuan. Since the establishment of the plant,...
As a graduate student-to-be, I’m looking forward to studying at Wuhan University.Last early autumn, I went to Wuhan university to attend the entry interview. What attracted me was the environment of Wuhan University, which is the most beautiful. Above the ancient wall grew the lush and green plants, the leafy trees blotted out the sky and the sun.What impressed me most was my tutor and the senior ...
Construction of heterostructures with well-defined size, dimension, surface and interface is an effective approach to develop enhanced and unprecedented functionality. A case in point lies in the enhanced room-temperature HCHO oxidation for indoor air purification over the core-shell α-MnO2@Layered-MnO2 heteroepitaxy. DFT simulations clearly show that α-MnO2 {100} surface facilitates adsorption and ...
Molecular Co2+ ions were grafted onto doped graphene in a coordination environment, which resulted in formation of molecularly well-defined electrocatalytic sites at heterogeneous interface for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The S dopants of graphene were suggested as one of the binding sites and responsible for improving the intrinsic activity of Co sites. Electrochemical studies showed that the ...
The “top 1% authors, highly cited in the Royal Society of Chemistry journals in 2015” board was published in 2016. There were 108 Chinese authors on the list, including two entrants from Wuhan University.Wei Xiao was awarded as RSC highly cited author for two years in row! Congratulations!Links: 2014 Top 1% board and 2015 Top 1% board
Dr. Xin Wang, full Professor of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and Vice Dean of the College of Engineering (COE) of NTU, visited our group during 29th-31st of 2016. He gave us an enlightening talk on electrocatalysis and instructed us on our vibrant research on heterocatalysis. This event is supported by the Hubei International R&D Co-operation project. A good end of 2016!
Congratulate Jing Zhou on winning The Graduate Student Academic Innovation Award !