The research team led by Prof. XU Jianming from the College of Environmental and Resource Sources published an article entitled “Elevated temperature shifts soil Nitrogen cycling from microbial immobilization to enhanced mineralization, nitrification and denitrification across global terrestrial ecosystems” in the Global Change Biology on July 2, 2020.Our planet is plagued by severe global warming currently. Since the dawn of the 20th century, the average surface tempe...

A recent student revealed a MnOX /CeO2 nanorod catalyst with an unprecedented performance in the 1000 h test under a low temperature (523 K). This marks a milestone in practical applications in low‐temperature selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOX.Nitrogen is one of the major components of air. Where there is combustion in industry, nitrogen oxides will be inevitably released. Such “hostile” pollutants may bring about an array of environmental problems (such as smog, acid rain, ...

The research team led by Prof. ZHANG Dahai at the Zhejiang University Institute of Ocean Engineering and Technology published a research article in the journal of Nano Energy recently. This article is concerned about a multi-grating triboelectricnanogenerator aimed at harvesting low-frequency ocean wave energy.Wave energy is one of the most abundant and widely distributed renewable energy resources in the ocean. Current wave energy converters (WECs) are based on electromagnet...

A study, jointly conducted by Chinese and foreign scientists, sheds light on the impact of air pollution on global warming. Scientists point out that aerosol particulate pollution caused by human activities has a cooling effect on the earth, which can thus in part offset global warming triggered by greenhouse gases. It is also possible to make a more precise measurement of the climate effects of aerosol-affected clouds and improve the accuracy of future climatic forecasts. The study is published...

With energy crisis looming large, search for clean and sustainable energy has become a global issue. As the largest manufacturing and consumption country in solar cells, China is playing an increasingly important role.Recently, the research team led by Prof. WANG Peng from ZJU's Department of Chemistry, and the research team led by Prof. Michael Grätzel in the Institute of Chemical Sciences & Engineering, École Polytechnique, engaged in collaborative research in stable and...