The direct conversion of solar energy to electrical power is widely regarded as a key technology to tackle the energy crisis in a sustainable manner. Among innovative technologies, metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have advanced to the forefront of solution-processed photovoltaic techniques, promising for high power conversion efficiency and low cost. Currently, the technique involving th...

Under the support of the National Key Research and Development Program titled “High stability, full spectrum, high-efficiency solar cells materials exploration and device realization,” the School of Physical Science Technology’s Ning Zhijun Group explored Lead Sulfide (PbS) as the active layer and developed highly efficient inverted structural quantum dot (QDs) solar cells. Recently, their work...

ShanghaiTech Vice President Professor Gong Jinkang and Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Deputy Directory Professor Tai Renzhong gave opening remarks. They welcomed scientists from all over the world to ShanghaiTech University and wished them an enjoyable stay in Shanghai and a fruitful experience at the workshop. A poster from German Erlangen-Nürnberg scientist Olaf Brummel was awarded ...

A collaborative research project between Yan Shichao, an assistant Professor in School of Physical Science and Technology at ShanghaiTech University and Professor Sebastian Loth at Max Planck Institute in Germany discovered the spin-based NDR effect in antiferromagnetically coupled few-atom spin chains. Their research paper on the “Dynamical Negative Differential Resistance in Antiferromagne...

Recently, School of Physical Science and Technology (SPST) Assistant Professor Lin Bolin’s research group made a major breakthrough in CO2/olefins-based polymeric materials synthesis and was selected in ACS Editors’ Choice. Combining green-house gas CO2 with a low cost olefin, they provided a convenient and highly efficient methodology for synthesis of functionalizable polymeric materials. ...

Zhang Yuebiao's group in the School of Physical Science and Technology at ShanghaiTech University developed a new series of mesoporous metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and achieved a new record in ultrahigh capacity methane storage. These results have been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society with the title of “Engineering of Pore Geometry for Ultrahigh Capacity ...

Xue Jiamin, an assistant professor from the School of Physical Science and Technology, has recently published his new book for amateur scientists, titled “Geek Physics: exploring the beauty of physics in experiments”. This book consists of 18 advanced and fun physics projects which can be tried at home with everyday materials. The book is based on another book, We Are All Scientists, published b...

In condensed-matter physics, the states of matter are classified conventionally as metal, insulator, and semiconductor. In the last few years, a new field has emerged which led to the discovery of a new quantum phase of matter – topological insulators (TIs). A topological insulator, like a conventional insulator, has a bulk energy gap separating the highest occupied electronic band from the lowest...

SPST Assistant Professor Zhong Chao’s research team recently developed diverse one-dimensional supramolecular nanostructures with distinct functionalities by coupling a modular genetic strategy with kinetically controlled complex supramolecular self-assembly. Their research work opens new doors to designing protein-based supramolecular materials with enriched diversity in both structure and funct...

The research team has found a new approach to convert carbon dioxide directly into gasoline by using a bifunctional catalyst contained a reducible oxide (In2O3) and a zeolite (HZSM-5), which will not only help to alleviate the global warming caused by increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration, but also offer a solution to replace dwindling fossil fuels.  The paper by a joint research...

In a recent publication in Advanced Materials titled “Symmetrization of the Crystal Lattice of MAPbI3 Boosts the Performance and Stability of Metal–Perovskite Photodiodes,” Professor Qixi Mi’s group from the School of Physical Science and Technology (SPST) report the design of novel perovskite semiconductor materials, and their applications in high-performance and stable photodiode de...

Researchers from the School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University has revealed a new way to synthesize allyl- and benzyl-substituted quinone compounds. The results are summarized by graduate student Xiao-Long Xu and Assistant Professor Zhi Li of SPST in a communication entitled “Catalytic Electrophilic Alkylation of p-Quinones via a Redox Chain Reaction”, which is published...

Scientists from the ShanghaiTech University’s SPST have proposed two electron crystallography approaches for determining handedness of chiral zeolite nanocrystals. Their work was published in early May as an Advance Online Publication (AOP) in Nature Materials titled “Electron crystallography for determining the handedness of a chiral zeolite nanocrystal.” All three authors are from Shangh...

Professor Zhang Yuebiao’s research group, in collaboration with researchers from Lanzhou University, recently published a paper titled “A Dynamic Covalent Organic Framework” in the Journal of American Chemical Society. SPST graduate student Wei Lei is the co-author, and Dr. Zhang Yuebiao and Professor Wang Wei are the corresponding authors. The ShanghaiTech University research was supported by ...