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In our work and our team we unite chemistry, physics, and engineering within eight experimental laboratories at the University of Toronto.

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Yuting Luo, Ke Xie, Chayse Lavallais and colleagues publish in Nature Catalysis “Selective electrochemical synthesis of urea from nitrate and CO2 via relay catalysis on hybrid catalyst,” a partnership with Prof. Jennifer Dunn at Northwestern University and Prof. David Sinton at University of Toronto.

Yuting Luo, Ke Xie, Chayse Lavallais and colleagues publish in Nature Catalysis “Selective electrochemical synthesis of urea from nitrate and […]

Mengyang, Erick, Ray, and colleagues publish “Cationic-group-functionalized electrocatalysts enable stable acidic CO2 electrolysis,” in Nature Catalysis, in a partnership among Toronto, Northwestern, Auckland, and UBC.

Mengyang, Erick, Ray, and colleagues publish “Cationic-group-functionalized electrocatalysts enable stable acidic CO2 electrolysis,” in Nature Catalysis, in a partnership among […]

Sam, Suhas, and Bin publish “Long-term operating stability in perovskite photovoltaics” in Nature Reviews Materials, in partnership with colleagues at KAUST and CU Boulder.

Sam, Suhas, and Bin publish “Long-term operating stability in perovskite photovoltaics” in Nature Reviews Materials, in partnership with colleagues at KAUST […]

Somin Park, Mingyang Wei, Jian Xu and colleagues publish “Engineering ligand reactivity enables high-temperature operation of stable perovskite solar cells ,” in Science, with colleagues at Toronto, Northwestern University, EPFL, NC State, and University of Kentucky.

Somin Park, Mingyang Wei, Jian Xu and colleagues publish “Engineering ligand reactivity enables high-temperature operation of stable perovskite solar cells […]

Amin Najjarian and colleagues publish “Homomeric chains of intermolecular bonds scaffold octahedral germanium perovskites,” in Nature, with colleagues at Toronto, Universite de Montreal, University of Victoria, and ICFO Barcelona.

Amin Najjarian and colleagues publish “Homomeric chains of intermolecular bonds scaffold octahedral germanium perovskites,” in Nature, with colleagues at Toronto, […]

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Latest Alumni News

Congratulations to post-doctoral alumna Dr. Dongxin Ma for taking up a faculty position in the Department of Chemistry at Tsinghua University starting Jan 2022.

Congratulations to post-doctoral alumna Dr. Dongxin Ma for taking up a faculty position in the Department of Chemistry at Tsinghua University […]

Congratulations to doctoral alumna Dr. Mengxia Liu for taking up a faculty position in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Energy Sciences Institute at Yale starting in Jan 2022. Follow her at https://twitter.com/mengxia_liu

Congratulations to doctoral alumna Dr. Mengxia Liu for taking up a faculty position in the Department of Electrical Engineering and […]

Dr. Bin Sun (PDF alumnus of the group) takes up Professor position in Chemistry at Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommuniations (NJUPT)

Dr. Bin Sun (PDF alumnus of the group) takes up Professor position in Chemistry at Nanjing University of Posts and […]

Dr. Yanwei Lum (PDF alumnus of the group) takes up tenure-stream faculty position at NUS, the National University of Singapore, where he holds a Presidential Young Professorship.

Dr. Yanwei Lum (PDF alumnus of the group) takes up tenure-stream faculty position at NUS, the National University of Singapore, […]

Dr. Guankui Long (PDF alumnus of the group) takes up tenure-stream faculty position in MSE at Nankai.

Dr. Guankui Long (PDF alumnus of the group) takes up tenure-stream faculty position in MSE at Nankai: https://publons.com/researcher/2952255/guankui-long/