Dr. Edwin Tso’s group recently developed a hydrated MAPbI3−xClx thermochromic perovskite smart window, which demonstrates a smart and thermally responsive optical regulation ability. Notably, a low transition temperature, narrow transition hysteresis width, and short transition time are also achieved successfully, showing great potential for use in energy-efficient buildings.
The School of Energy and Environment (SEE) is pleased to announce that the following students have received the “VTech Innovation & Sustainability Award”. The Award is established through a generous donation from the VTech Group of Companies (VTech) and is intended for students who have demonstrated exceptional performance, innovation and impact in their Final Year Project (FYP) related to sustainability.
Dr. Edwin Tso, Assistant Professor, was recently invited by the RTHK to talk about a novel building cooling energy saving strategy at a radio programme (Programme Title in Chinese: “寰聽世界”) on 15 June 2021.
Lithium-ion batteries are indispensable in our daily life. We use them all the time in cell phones, laptops and even electric vehicles to store energy. Most of us have probably experienced the anxiety when our cell phone battery is running low and wish that the battery can be charged within minutes.
Dr. Yun Hau Ng, Associate Professor from SEE, presented his research on “Hydrogen Production” by using photocatalytic water splitting at “Carbon Neutrality Task Force” on 10 June 2021. Around 40 participants from Environmental Protection Department, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, Fire Services Department, Planning Department, Transport Department and Marine Department joined together to learn the latest advancement in Green Technology that will help Hong Kong to achieve carbon neutrality in coming years.
Dr. Alicia An has recently received the Marine Conservation Enhancement Fund for the project “Removal of Micro/Nano Plastic from Marine Environments Using Nanobubble”.
Under the supervision of Dr. Edwin Tso, three SEE PhD students, namely, Mr. Martin Zhu, Mr. Johnny Lin and Kelly Chen participated in the entrepreneurship proposal scheme of the 7th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, organised by Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association (HKNGCA).
Fixing atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia is essential for sustaining life on earth. Today, nitrogenase in nature supplies half of such fixed nitrogen, while the other half is contributed by industrial Haber–Bosch process at elevated temperature and pressure. The Haber–Bosch process is not sustainable in that it uses hydrogen sourced from steam reforming of methane to reduce nitrogen, consuming huge amount of fossil fuels and co-producing massive carbon dioxide emissions.To help secure a sustainable ammonia production, SEE’s two research groups, led by Dr. Jin Shang and Prof Michael Leung, join
Dr Shauhrat S. Chopra, Assistant Professor, was invited by The Connected Cities Conference, StartmeupHK Festival 2021 to be the session moderator of "Upskilling for the future" on 27 May 2021.
The Conference featured global and regional speakers from corporates, startups and the academia world to showcase a number of smart technologies including IoT, blockchain AI and data analytics to enhance a city’s liveability, workability and sustainability.
