A research team led by Prof. LI Xianfeng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics proposed a machine learning-based strategy to predict and optimize the performance and cost of vanadium flow batteries (VFBs).

A research group led by Prof. LI Xianfeng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics developed a 10 kW alkaline zinc-iron flow battery system. And it was installed and operated in the plant of Baodi Goldsun Co., Ltd in Yantai, Shandong province, China.

A research team led by Prof. CUI Guanglei from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology has proposed a new class of aqueous electrolytes, called hydrated eutectic electrolytes, to ensure better performance of aqueous Zn batteries.

A research group led by Prof. CHEN Liang at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering has developed a novel and facile ammonia thermal-treatment strategy for synthesizing 3D topologically defected porous carbon (DPC) particles as efficient electrocatlaysts for carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO₂RR).

A research group led by Prof. LI Xianfeng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics has developed a new generation of VFB stack technology that offers low cost and high power density.

Researchers at the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology have come a step closer to making a viable, high-output battery based on magnesium (Mg), an element the United States Geological Survey reports is far more abundant than lithium.

Researchers in China have engineered a microbe that shows promise as the foundation of an efficient way to break down polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a common plastic fiber used to manufacture clothing and disposable consumer products. The researchers published their findings in the Microbial Biotechnology on DATE.

A research group led by Prof. WANG Feng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics recently developed a photocatalytic method for the conversion of biopolyols and sugars to methanol and syngas.

The world's first project to industrially synthesize 25 kt/a of higher alcohols from syngas passed a continuous 72-hour catalyst performance test on 3rd November, 2019 in Yulin, Shaanxi province, china. The project, developed by researchers from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, offers a new method for directly synthesizing high value-added fine chemicals from syngas and suggests new ways to cleanly convert and utilize coal resources.

A research group led by Prof. YANG Yuanhe from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed the determinants of priming intensity along a 2,200 km grassland transect on the Tibetan Plateau by combining systematic field and laboratory analyses.

A research group led by Prof. LI Xianfeng and Prof. ZHANG Huamin in the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics designed and prepared a self-supporting three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical composite electrode based on TiN nanorods array to improve the activity of Br₂/Br^- redox couple and further power density of bromine-based flow battery.

Recently, a research team led by Prof. YANG Yuanhe from the Institute of Botany elucidated the mechanisms underlying vertical variations in Q₁₀. Based on the natural gradient of soil profile in Tibetan alpine grasslands, the team collected soil samples at two soil depths and then conducted long-term incubation, SOM decomposition modeling and manipulative experiments.