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    05 2020

    Novel Corn Stalk Pretreatment Method Improves Bio-methane Production

    Researchers led by Professor LI Fuli from Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) have focused on novel pretreatment methods to improve corn stalk degradation by forceful delignification for enhanced biomethanation. Researchers led by Prof. LI Fuli from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences proposed a novel pretreatment method, named AHP-LiCl/DMAc, to improve corn stalk degradation by forceful...

  • 06

    05 2020

    Is Dendrite-free Li Sufficient for Next-generation Lithium Metal Battery Technology?

    A research team from Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has recently published a short communication paper in Materials Today. Lithium metal battery (LMB) is a rechargeable battery using high specific-capacity lithium as an anode. It can potentially break the specific energy-density bottleneck of the current lithium ion battery technology due to its high energy-density pr...

  • 29

    04 2020

    Heat-friendly Microbes Provide Efficient Way to Biodegrade Plastic

    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. 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.
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  • 09

    04 2020

    Scientists Propose Novel Bifunctional Iron Nanocomposite Catalyst

    Recently, a research team led by Prof. YANG Yong from Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), reported the fabrication of a bifunctional iron nanocomposite catalyst, in which two catalytically active sites of oxidation and Lewis acid sites are simultaneously integrated into a porous carbon. Oxidation of alkenes to carbonyl compounds is one of the most important industrial reactions. The oxidation products are very important and useful intermediates or building block in synthetic organic chemistry, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and ...

  • 02

    04 2020

    Scientists Propose New AKRP Strategy for Chiral Polymers Synthesis

    An “Asymmetric Kinetic Resolution Polymerization (AKRP)” strategy has been proposed and utilized for chiral polymers synthesis and characterization by Catalytic Polymerization and Process Group in Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Chirality science is related to life science, human health, material technology and national economy. Inspired by biological macromolecules (DNAs, proteins, etc.), scientists have found that chirality is also one of the basic characteristics of po...

  • 27

    03 2020

    New Strategy for CO2 Electrochemical Reduction

    Recently, a research team led by Prof. LIU Licheng from Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), found that directly coating the amino-functionalized carbon layer can effectively regulate the electronic structure of the non-precious metal catalyst SnS, thereby accelerating the electron conduction efficiency and enhancing the adsorption energies of OCHO* and CO2*, which leads to an increase in reaction current density and formate production. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emission has become a global problem, leading to the greenhouse effect greenhouse to the earth. Hence, efficient conversion of CO2 into value-added liquid fuels is one of significant ways to fix CO2, and it can alleviate the g...