Conventional electrochemical characterization is typically based on the ensemble-averaged response of nanomaterials, which can obscure structural differences, catalytic activity, and structure-activity relationships among individual nanoparticles. Single-particle electrochemical characterization helps address this limitation by capturing individual behaviors during electrochemical reactions, providing a means to investigate the intrinsic properties and structure-activity relationships of nanocat

Recently, the Catalysis and Reaction Engineering team of Professor Xuezhi Duan and Research Professor Yueqiang Cao at ECUST achieved new progress in the precise regulation of CO₂ hydrogenation reaction pathways.Addressing the challenge that non-precious nickel catalysts tend to undergo methanation and struggle to selectively produce carbon monoxide, the research team switched the CO₂ hydrogenation pathway from methanation to reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) by tuning the Ni-CO electron back-donati

Recently, the research team focusing on clean energy materials and devices from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at ECUST made new progress in the field of one-dimensional hybrid metal halide semiconductors. The findings, titled “One-Dimensional Hybrid Lead Halide Crystals with Molecular Pb-N Coordination for High-Performance Radiation Detection”, were published in Nano Letters.Low-dimensional hybrid metal halides have attracted considerable interest due to their structural divers

Recently, the research team led by Professor Xiang Ma from the Feringa Nobel Prize Scientists Joint Research Center of the School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at ECUST made new progress in extreme temperature-tolerant organic phosphorescent materials. The findings, titled “Phosphorescent Materials with Extreme Temperature Stability via a Dehydration-Shrinkage Strategy”, have been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.Organic phosphorescent materials hold broad appli

Near-infrared (NIR) phosphorescent materials are regarded as ideal candidates for next-generation in vivo imaging and diagnostic technologies due to their excellent tissue penetration, long lifetime, and high signal-to-noise ratio. However, constrained by the energy gap law, the inherently low triplet energy levels of NIR phosphorescent materials significantly increase the rate of non-radiative transitions, resulting in generally low phosphorescence quantum yields. This inherent drawback severel

Recently, Associate Prof. Qi Chen from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at ECUST, in collaboration with partners from Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, reported that hyaluronic acid functionalized with a β-amino acid polymer mimicking natural polypeptide-mediated cell adhesion can spontaneously form hydrogels in situ at rabbit corneal defect sites, exhibiting excellent histocompatibility and superior corneal regenerati

Recently, the journal Accounts of Materials Research published an article titled “Anisotropic Single-Crystalline Ti-Based Oxides for Photocatalytic Water Splitting,” reporting the latest progress by the Clean Energy Materials and Devices team from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at ECUST.The article focused on the synthesis and facet engineering strategies of anisotropic single-crystalline Ti-based oxides, discussed the structure–activity relationships between structural anisotro

Recently, the team led by Professor Qiang Yang and Associate Professor Bo Liu from the Key Core Technology Integrated Research Platform for Green Manufacturing and Utilization of Hydrogen Energy at ECUST, in collaboration with the team of Assistant Professor Huanshu Tan from Southern University of Science and Technology, has made new progress in the field of two‑phase flow and bubble regulation for high‑current‑density water electrolysis hydrogen production.The work was covered by EurekAlert of