2017     • Nov. 9th Congratulations Prof. Zhang won the Chinese Academy of Sciences "Pollyanna Chu's Outstanding Teacher Award".     • Nov. 3rd Prof Yufei Zhao and Yunxuan's work "Layered double hydroxide nanosheets as efficient visible-light-driven photocatalysts for dinitrogen fixation" is selected as TOP 10 most accessed papers of Advanced Materials.     • Oct. 31st Run Shi's review article "Recent progress in photocatalytic CO2 reduction over perovskite oxides" is highlighted by Advanced Science News: Perovskite Oxides for Photocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction.     • Oct. 28th Congratulations Yunxuan and Run Shi won "Excellent Poster Award" and "Excellent Report Award" in the 2017 Graduate Forum on Chemistry Development sponsored by Peking University.     • Oct. 26th Prof. Yufei Zao and Yunxuan's work "Layered double hydroxide nanosheets as efficient visible-light-driven photocatalysts for dinitrogen fixation" is highlighted by Advanced Science News: Photoreduction of gaseous nitrogen to ammonia using layered double hydroxide nanosheets.     • Oct. 13rd Congratulations on the 2017 China National Scholarship awarded by Run Shi.     • Sep. 8th Prof. Tierui Zhang won the Chinese - PerfectLight photochemical "Outstanding Young Scientist Award".     • Sep. 7th Yunxuan Zhao's work "Defect-Engineered Ultrathin δ-MnO2 Nanosheet Arrays as Bifunctional Electrodes for Efficient Overall Water Splitting" is highlighted by Advanced Science News: Electronics-energy ultrathin δ-MnO2 nanosheets with outstanding electrocatalytic performance for overall water splitting.     • Sep. 4th Qing Wang's latest work "3D Carbon Nanoframe Scaffold-immobilized Ni3FeN Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries’ Cathodes" is reported by CailiaoRen: Three dimensional carbon framework supported Ni3FeN bifunctional catalyst for high current density reversible zinc air battery.     • Sep. 1st Run Shi's work "Self-Assembled Au/CdSe Nanocrystal Clusters for Plasmon-Mediated Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution" is highlighted by X-MOL: Self assembly photocatalytic hydrogen evolution catalyst by plasma resonance enhancement.     • Mar. 15th Huijun Yu's recently published work "Alkali-Assisted Synthesis of Nitrogen Deficient Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Tunable Band Structures for Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution" is highlighted by Advanced Science News: Nitrogen defects in 2D graphitic carbon nitride for water splitting.     • Jan. 24th Congratulations to Xiaodan JIa for her work "Ni3FeN nanoparticles derived from ultrathin NiFe-layered double hydroxide nanosheets: an efficient overall water splitting electrocatalyst" as TOP 10 most accessed papers of Advanced Energy Materials.     • Jan. 23rd Congratulations to Huijun Yu for her work "Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Nanosheets Templated from g-C3N4 as Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction" as TOP 10 most accessed papers of Advanced Materials.

2016     • Aug. 12nd Prof. Tierui Zhang was awarded the Fifteenth National Conference on solar photochemistry and photocatalysis - "Outstanding Young Scientist Award".     • Jul. 21st Prof. Tierui Zhang was awarded the Science Bulletin 2015 "Best Associate Editor Award" outstanding vice editor award of the year.     • Jul. 6th Prof. Yufei Zhao's paper "Ultrafine NiO Nanosheets Stabilized by TiO2 from Monolayer NiTi-LDH Precursors: An Active Water Oxidation Electrocatalyst" is highlighted by ScienceNet: Scientists successfully synthesized a new type of electrolytic water catalyst.     • Jun. 2nd Xiaodan Jia's paper "Ni3FeN nanoparticles derived from ultrathin NiFe-layered double hydroxide nanosheets: an efficient overall water splitting electrocatalyst" is highlighted by MaterialsViewsChina: Synthesis of Ni3FeN nanoparticles based on NiFe LDH precursor and study on their electrocatalytic properties for overall water splitting.     • Mar. 25th Congratulations to Xiaodan Jia for her paper "Ni3FeN nanoparticles derived from ultrathin NiFe-layered double hydroxide nanosheets: an efficient overall water splitting electrocatalyst" selected as TOP5 most downloads of Advanced Energy Materials.     • Mar. 3rd Prof. Yufei Zhao's paper "Oxide-Modified Nickel Photocatalysts for the Production of Hydrocarbons in Visible Light" is highlighted by Chemistryworld: New photocatalyst shows promise for fuel production.     • Mar. 6th Xiaodan Jia's paper "Ni3FeN nanoparticles derived from ultrathin NiFe-layered double hydroxide nanosheets: an efficient overall water splitting electrocatalyst" is highlighted by Advanced Science News: Ni3FeN Nanoparticles: An Efficient Overall Water Splitting Electrocatalyst.     • Mar. 2nd Prof. Lu Shang's work "Well-Dispersed ZIF-Derived Co,N-Co-doped Carbon Nanoframes through Mesoporous-Silica-Protected Calcination as Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts" is highlighted by MaterialsViews: Outstanding electrocatalytic activity from metal and nitrogen co-doped carbon nanoframeworks.     • Mar. 2nd Congratulations to Guangbo Chen for his paper "Recent Advances in the Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Zn+-containing Heterogeneous Catalysts" selected as TOP10 most downloads of Advanced Science.     • Mar. 1st MaterialsViewsChina: Preparation of Co, N Co doped carbon based high efficiency oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalyst by "beggar chicken" method.     • Feb. 16th American Chemical Society: Find new edges at heterointerfaces in renewable energy catalysis.

2015     • Nov. 3rd Prof. Yufei Zhao's work "Defect-Rich Ultrathin ZnAl-Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets for Efficient Photoreduction of CO2 to CO with Water" is highlighted by ChemistryViews: Desirable Defects in Photocatalytic Nanoslices.     • Oct. 21st Congratulations to Prof. Lu Shang for his work "Graphene-Supported Ultrafine Metal Nanoparticles Encapsulated by Mesoporous Silica: Robust Catalysts for Oxidation and Reduction Reactions" selected as "2014 China's most influential international academic papers".     • Apr. 1st Congratulations to Ph.D Yufei Zhao and Ph.D Lu Shang obtained the projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scholars of China.

2014     • Jul. 7th Ph.D candidate Hua Fan won the 1st prize of "materials and art" photograph-show at Chinese Materials Annual Meeting 2014.     • Jun. 30th Prof. Tierui Zhang was evaluated as excellence in the final assessment of the "CAS Hundred Talents Program".     • Jun. 28th Ph.D Tong Bian was awarded as "Outstanding graduates", University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.     • Apr. 15th Congratulations to Tong Bian's work "Spontaneous organization of inorganic nanoparticles into nanovesicles triggered by UV light" was accepted by Advanced Materials.     • Feb. 1st Congratulations to Jingjing Wu and Prof. Chao Zhou's work "One-pot hydrothermal synthesis and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of pyrochlore type K2Nb2O6", published on Chin. J. Chem. has been listed as one of the most accessed papers in Top 15 in February, 2014.     • Jan. 7th Congratulation to Ph.D candidate Huijun Yu who was awarded the 2nd prize of 2013 annual Director's Scholarships, TIPC, CAS.

2013     • Dec. 16th Lu Shang's work "Graphene-supported ultrafine metal nanoparticles encapsulated by mesoporous silica: a robust catalyst" was published on Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. as a hot paper, and was highlighted by MaterialViews as A robust graphene-supported catalyst.     • Dec. 2nd Dr. Yufei Zhao was awarded as the special prize in the 2013 annual conference of Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, TIPC, CAS.     • Sep. 13rd Prof. Tierui Zhang was awarded as the “Excellent Young Scholars” by the National Science Fund.     • Aug. 16th In the 44th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, Prof. Tierui Zhang won the Support for Young Chemists.