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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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Josh Wicks and colleagues publish “Constrained C2 adsorbate orientation enables CO-to-acetate electroreduction” in Nature, with partners at Toronto, NUANCE @ Northwestern, Canadian Light Source, SJTU, CAS, and HUST.

Josh Wicks and colleagues publish “Constrained C2 adsorbate orientation enables CO-to-acetate electroreduction” in Nature, with partners at Toronto, NUANCE @ […]

Mi Gyoung, Xiaoyan, and colleagues publish “Selective synthesis of butane from CO using cascade electrolysis and thermocatalysis at ambient conditions,” in Nature Catalysis, with partners at Toronto, Northwestern, and SNU.

Mi Gyoung, Xiaoyan, and colleagues publish “Selective synthesis of butane from CO using cascade electrolysis and thermocatalysis at ambient conditions,” […]

Zaiwei Wang, Lewei Zeng, Tong Zhu, Hao Chen, and colleagues publish “Suppressed phase segregation for triple-junction perovskite solar cells ” in Nature – the result of a partnership among Toronto, Northwestern, EPFL, KAUST, Toledo, UNC, Warwick, Yunnan.

Zaiwei Wang, Lewei Zeng, Tong Zhu, Hao Chen, and colleagues publish “Suppressed phase segregation for triple-junction perovskite solar cells ” […]

Byounghoon Lee, Heejong Shen, and colleagues publish “Supramolecular tuning of supported metal phthalocyanine catalysts for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis” in Nature Catalysis – the result of a partnership with colleagues from Toronto, Northwestern, and Seoul National University.

Byounghoon Lee, Heejong Shen, and colleagues publish “Supramolecular tuning of supported metal phthalocyanine catalysts for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis” in Nature […]

Chongwen Li and colleagues publish “Rational design of Lewis base molecules for stable and efficient inverted perovskite solar cells” in Science – results of a partnership with colleagues from University of Toledo, University of Washington, EMPA, and Northwestern University.

Chongwen Li and colleagues publish “Rational design of Lewis base molecules for stable and efficient inverted perovskite solar cells” in […]

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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/