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08 2020
Recently, the Marine Carbon Sequestration and Energy Microbiology Research Group led by Pro. ZHANG Yongyu from Qingdao institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), carried out a 520-day experiment on the degradation of macroalgal U. prolifera, in cooperation with China University of Petroleum, Xiamen University and other units. Based on the experiment, the researchers explained the possible long-term carryover effects of the collapse of the green tide on the coastal DOC pools and microbial communities and analyzed the fate of macroalgal organic carbon.
The world's largest green tide caused by Ulva prolifera has been occurring continually in the Yellow Sea, China for more than ten years. It has become a serious marine ecological disaster.
Through systematic research, scientists have fully und...
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08 2020
Cells, the tiny building blocks of life, can be frustratingly difficult to identify and organize, especially when grouped together against a background of numerous and varied microbes. Scientists based in China have now improved one method, called Raman-activated cell sorting (RACS), to achieve such precision that they have already discovered two novel enzymes. They published their results on August 7th in Science Advances. Enzymes are molecules that catalyze metabolisms. Discovery and mining of enzymes, such as those producing oils or fixing carbon dioxide, have been a key mission of the biotechnology industry. However, this mission can be very slow and tedious. To ...
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07 2020
To improve the performance and efficiency of the supported BNPs, Prof. WANG Guang-Hui and Prof. JIANG Heqing from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Prof. LIU Jian from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of CAS, recently proposed a nanoreactor strategy for scalable synthesis of the supported ultrafine BNPs.
Supported bimetallic catalysts are an important class of catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis. They can be applied in various fields, such as electrocatalysis, biomass conversion, and hydrogen production.
However, traditional impregnation and ...
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07 2020
The Catalytic Polymerization and Process Group of Qingdao institute of bioenergy and bioprocess technology (QIBEBT), led by Professor WANG Qinggang, has been committed to the development of novel functional rubber materials.
In China, the polyolefin industry has a general phenomenon of big but not strong. Particularly in high end polyolefin materials, there is a gap with the foreign countries.
Branched ultra-high molecular weight polydiene rubbers emerge remarkabl...
02
07 2020
A research team led by Prof. CUI Guanglei, from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a new class of aqueous electrolytes, called hydrated eutectic electrolytes, to ensure better performance of aqueous Zn batteries. The study was published in Joule on July 1. Zinc (Zn) batteries have attracted more and more attention due to large volumetric capacity, abundance of Zn, and environmental friendliness. When the aqueous electrolytes are considered, Zn batteries provide a promising solution to safety hazards...
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07 2020
Recently, Prof. WANG Guanghui from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Prof. LIU Jian from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of CAS, reported a general strategy to synthesize a pair of hollow carbon sphere (HCS) nanoreactors with pre-synthesized PdCu nanoparticles encapsulated inside of HCS (PdCu@HCS) and supported outside of HCS (PdCu/HCS), respectively, while keeping other structural features the same. Based on the two comparative nanoreactors, void-confinement effects in liquid-phase hydrogenation are investigated in a two-chamber reactor. Hollow nanoreactors have attracted great interest in catalysis research due to their unique catalytic properties, especially the void-confinement effects. During the past decades, many studies have been devoted to unraveling the void-confinement e...
