Research

Recently, we sat down for an interview with Dr. Faisal Nadeem Khan, one of our campus's new PIs.

Congratulations to the SIGS researchers featured on the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers List for the significant contributions they’ve made to their respective fields on a global scale!

Recently, the team led by Prof. Hui-Ming Cheng and Associate Prof. Guangmin Zhou proposed that the d-p orbital hybridization between SAC and sulfur species can be used as the descriptor to develop highly active SACs for advanced Li-S batteries. They found that when SACs adsorb Li-S intermediates, the hybridization between d orbitals from SACs and p orbitals from sulfur will modulate the adsorbate's electronic structure and activation process.

Excellent and convenient human-computer interaction systems promote the renewal of human technology and bring great convenience to human production and life. Most current human-computer interaction interfaces are based on visual and auditory feedback, while advanced haptic feedback systems are also important tools in the field of human-computer interaction.

The overuse of fossil fuels has caused serious energy and environmental problems. Developing alternatives to fossil fuels and achieving carbon neutrality have becomecommon goals of global society. As a zero-carbon emission energy with high energy density, hydrogen energy has been considered as one of the most ideal energy sources for the future due to its high energy density and zero-carbon emission character. Water electrolysis is an important technology for green hydrogen production

The development in the field of human-computer interface has put higher demands on humanized and immersive human-machine interfaces (HMIs). New HMIs require not only simple and efficient design, but also intuitive operation. In smart homes, assistive technologies, and smart security, intuitive and multifunctional HMIs are of great importance. As body language that can convey rich intentions, gestures are favored in HMI. Glove-based human-computer interaction interfaces have been reported frequen

The excessive use of fossil fuel energy has caused serious environmental problems. Hydrogen (H2) is a clean energy carrier with zero-carbon emission and can be produced by water electrolysis driven by renewable energy, which is beneficial for future global carbon neutrality. Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzer technology is highly efficient and allows for high hydrogen production rates with current densities up to 2,000 mA cm−2, but suffers from problems of poor stability, high c

Fish ecosystems perform ecological functions that are critically important for the sustainability of marine ecosystems, such as global food security and carbon stock among others. Without lack of generality, by studying a coastal fish community in Japan, Dr. Convertino (Associate Professor at the Institute of Environment and Ecology) and his former Ph.D. student, Jie Li (now at the University of Amsterdam), investigated the causal effects of fluctuations of sea temperature in fish species

Lithium (Li)-based batteries, particularly Li-ion batteries, have dominated the market of portable energy storage devices for decades. However, the specific energy of Li-ion batteries is approaching their theoretical limit (300 Wh kg-1), making it difficult to satisfy the requirement for long-distance driving with a single charging of electric vehicles.To further increase the energy density of Li-based batteries, the upgrading of electrode and electrolyte materials is urgently desired.

A collaboration between researchers from Tsinghua SIGS and UC Berkeley have reported the first experimental observation of modulated optical transitions in large-angle twisted monolayer/bilayer phosphorene.

For the first time, a team led by Prof. Hui-Ming Cheng and Associate Prof. Bilu Liu has successfully achieved the non-Markov chain algorithm in a single 2D mica-based RRAM with three states.

Associate Prof. Bilu Liu and collaborators have synthesized a new type of electrocatalyst that is low-cost, durable, and highly efficient for saline water splitting.

SIGS Assistant Prof. Xinghui Li’s research group has published in Microsystems & Nanoengineering, revealing a new holographic lithography method for processing large-area nanostructured arrays.

The Shengli Mi research team has recently published in PLOS Biology, revealing the regulatory mechanism that inhibits cholesterol synthase HMGCR leading to the accelerated growth of renal cell carcinoma.