Chemistry students won 5 awards, including a First Prize, a Second Prize, a Third Prize, and two Merit Prizes, in the 12th Hong Kong University Student Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition, organised by the Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association.

Award and Category	Project Name	Team members	Mentor
First Prize in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering (Innovation Category)	Autonomous Closed-loop Framework for Reproducible Perovskite Solar Cells: Integrating AI-Driven Discovery and Automated Manufacturing	VANIN Francesco, Ning WANG, Zexin YU	Prof. Zonglong ZHU, Chair Professor of Chemistry and Photovoltaic Technology
Second Prize in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering (Innovation Category)	Self-Sustaining Flexible Power Platform for Wearable Healthcare Electronics	Long SUN, Hang ZHANG, Chunlei ZHANG	Prof. Zonglong ZHU, Chair Professor of Chemistry and Photovoltaic Technology
Third Prize in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering (Innovation Category)	Closed-loop Plastics Recycling for a Cost-effective Circular Economy	Ka Yin LAM, Xinyu WU, Zhanping XIAO	Prof. Yung-kang PENG, Associate Professor
Merit Prize in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering (Innovation Category)	Perovskite Photovoltaics for Green Manufacturing: Research on Non-Toxic Solvent Systems and High-Performance Large-Area Modules	Lina WANG, Liangchen QIAN, Baoze LIU, Dong ZHANG	Prof. Zonglong ZHU, Chair Professor of Chemistry and Photovoltaic Technology
Merit Prize in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering (Innovation Category)	H2-Free Growth of 2D Transition Metal Selenides by Metal-assisted CVD	Ka Ho LEUNG, Ping Man, Xuanmei YE	Prof. Thuc Hue LY, Associate Professor

 

The 12th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition is a platform for university students to demonstrate their creativity and the impact of their research by tackling real-world challenges through interdisciplinary innovation.

Congratulations!

For more information:
https://www.cityu.edu.hk/en/csci/news-events/news-and-achievements/2026/chemistry-students-shine-at-12th-hk-university-student