A group of researchers led by Associate Professor Chun Cheng (Materials Science and Engineering) has focused their research on nanoscientific advances, with the applications of their advances being published recently in several high-impact academic journals.<br/><br/>

New progress in n-type organic semiconductors (OSCs) could lead to cheaper, more flexible, and more efficient electronic devices that will benefit society for years to come. Researchers at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) have published a series of papers that could pave the path for a series of new commercial applications of OSCs.

Associate Professor Leilei Tian (Materials Science and Engineering) led her research team to publish two ground-breaking papers in high-impact academic journals, Angewandte Chemie International Edition (Angew Chem Int Ed) (IF = 12.257) and CCS Chemistry, the flagship journal of the Chinese Chemical Society.

Associate Professor Meng Gu (Materials Science and Engineering) and Associate Professor Hu Xu (Physics) worked with their colleagues at Oregon State University (Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering) to publish a breakthrough paper on single-atom catalysis.

Associate Professor Weishu Liu (MSE, SUSTech) has led his research team, in collaboration with Professor Gang Chen at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), to develop a proof-of-concept wearable device powered by gelatin. The paper was published online in the high-impact academic journal, Science as First Release, under the title, “Giant thermopower of ionic gelatin near room temperature,” on THURSDAY April 30, 2020

New-generation thermoelectric materials now have a new method for optimizing their performance, thanks to the efforts of researchers at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech).

Assistant Professor Fuzeng Ren (Department of Materials Science and Engineering) has led his research team to make essential findings in the development of novel wear-resistant alloys. His team’s research results have been published in the high-impact top journal Acta Materialia (IF = 7.293) titled “Achieving exceptional wear resistance in a compositionally complex alloy via tuning the interfacial structure and chemistry.” The team proposed a novel strategy to achieve ultra-high wear resistance through tuning the grain boundary structure and chemical composition of the alloy.

SUSTech Associate Professor Meng Gu (Materials Science and Engineering) and his research team have played a vital role in a collaborative paper that was published in the high-impact academic journal, Nature Catalysis. The paper was titled, “Reversible loss of core-shell structure for Ni–Au bimetallic nanoparticles during CO2 hydrogenation.”

Associate Professor Yonghong Deng (Materials Science and Engineering) has led her research team to publish their latest research progress in new lithium salts in the high-impact academic journal, Advanced Energy Materials (IF = 24.88). Their paper was titled, “New Lithium Salt Forms Interphases Suppressing Both Li Dendrite and Polysulfide Shuttling.” Nano Letters (IF = 12.7) published a second paper, under the title, “Lithophilic Zn Sites in Porous CuZn Alloy Induced Uniform Li Nucleation and Dendrite-free Metal Deposition.”

With the world grappling with a wide range of issues around energy supply and use, a group of interdisciplinary scholars from Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) has made new findings in three distinct areas of material science.