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RISE Research: Intrinsically Stretchable, Semi-transparent Organic Photovoltaics with High Efficiency and Mechanical Robustness via A Full-Solution Process

We are delighted to announce that Prof. Gang LI and Dr Jiaming HUANG, our RISE members have a significant research finding regarding to solar cells. This paper is published in Energy & Environmental Science, Royal Society of Chemistry. Title: Intrinsically Stretchable, Semi-transparent Organic Photovoltaics with High Efficiency and Mechanical Robustness via A Full-Solution Process For more detail, please refer to https://doi.org/10.1039/D2EE03096A         Reference: News Release: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/DVxRqtkXvk5GUtIe3o7Q6A

Dr Bolong HUANG is Awarded with 2023 Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province-General Program

We are pleased to share that Dr Bolong HUANG, our RISE member and Associate Professor of Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology (ABCT) has successfully awarded with 2023 Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province-General Program 2023年度廣東省基礎與應用基礎研究基金自然科學基金 - 面上項目. It is a funding from Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province (GDST) 廣東省科學技術廳, aims at supporting researchers to conduct fundamental researches and bringing impactful deliverables to benefit society. Through this Foundation, GDST would encourage the participation of Hong Kong and Macau young researchers, in order to facilitate the sustainable development of International Centre of Science and Innovation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). This year, there are total 3,449 research projects are awarded. Under this competitive condition, the below project of Dr Huang is awarded with funding RMB 100,000 for three years. Project Title: Rational Design of Advanced Pd-based Electrocatalysts for Carbon Dioxide Reduction 理性設計先進鈀基催化劑實現高效二氧化碳還原 Congratulations to Dr Huang and wish him every success in his research!           Reference: News Release in the official website List of awarded projects

Dr Bolong HUANG, Our RISE Member is Recognized as Vebleo Fellow

Recently, Dr Bolong HUANG, our RISE member and Associate Professor of Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology is recognized as Vebleo Fellow. Vebleo Fellow serves as a global honour, acknowledging researcher and scientist who has prominence and leadership in science, engineering and technology field. Vebleo Fellow is outstanding researcher or scientist, who is recommended by the committee members and executive board members. It is a recognition for Dr Huang’s significant researches, highlighting his outstanding and innovative achievement in his research field. Congratulations to Dr Huang!

Two Research Projects of Prof. Hongxing YANG, Our RISE Member are Awarded by Hong Kong Productivity Council

We are pleased to announce that two research projects which are led by Prof. Hongxing YANG, our RISE member are recognised as 2022年度深港環境創新優秀項目, which represent their efforts on green technologies application.   Hong Kong Productivity Council partner with Shenzhen Environmental Science Society (深圳市環境科學學會) and Shenzhen Academy of Environmental Sciences (深圳市環境科學研究院), co-organised the 2022年深港生態環境科技創新交流活動.It aims at providing a platform for environmental industry, scientific research institutes and academia between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, to collaborate conduct innovative green technologies researches and exchange their valuable ideas. Kindly find the below project information for your reference.   Project Title: Development of Inline Hydropower Harvesting Systems for application in urban water supply pipelines 為智管網供能的自適應水力發電裝置 Investigators: Prof. Yang Hongxing, Dr Wang Qiliang, Mr Yao Yao, Mr Shen Zhicheng Abstract: Supported by the Innovation and Technology Fund, though collaborations with Water Supplies Department (WSD) of the Hong Kong SAR Government since 2012, four generations of the Inline Hydropower Harvesting Systems (IHHS) have been developed for power supply to the Water Intelligent Network (WIN) of local water supply pipelines for data monitoring purpose. The system includes a novel turbine, a generator and a smart controller. About 15-25 W electric power can be produced at water flow speed of 1.5 m/s in normal water pipelines. A demonstration system on a real water pipeline has been operated for more than 18 months. Significant labour and other maintenance costs can be saved if this novel system can be used throughout the WIN system in the future. Reliable power supply to the WIN system also means reliable and continuous data recording and transmission from the WIN system for protecting the local water supply pipelines.   Project Title: A Novel Indirect Evaporative Cooler for Enhanced Energy Recovery in Central Air-Conditioning Systems 高效能量回收間接蒸發冷卻器 Investigators: Prof. Yang Hongxing, Mr Shi Wenchao, Ms Ma Xiaochen Abstract: This novel Indirect Evaporative (IEC) technology can be used to recover energy from central air-conditioning systems for precooling fresh air by capturing the cooling potential of exhaust air from indoor space enhanced by water evaporation in the wet channels of its heat exchanger. A large wet-bulb depression of the secondary air can be achieved by using the exhaust air to evaporate sprayed water in wet channels, which facilitates the primary air-cooling process in dry channels for fresh air supply to buildings. This technology is especially developed for hot and humid regions like Hong Kong where the IEC can achieve sensible and latent heat recovery because of possible condensation deriving from highly humid fresh air. About 17-35% of the energy consumption for fresh air supply to commercial and public buildings can be saved depending on the operation hours and amount of fresh air supply of a central air-conditioning system. RISE sincerely congratulate to Prof. Yang and his research team!   Reference: HKPC Official Website: https://www.hkpc.org/zh-HK/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/2022/hkpc-sess-mou SZNEWS: https://www.sznews.com/news/content/2022-11/28/content_25483487.htm GBA Biz Tech Magazine: https://gbamag.com/hkpc-6/ SINA: https://shenzhen.sina.cn/news/2022-11-25/detail-imqqsmrp7552091.d.html?oid=3767788353469503&vt=4&cid=179200&node_id=179200 Sohu: https://www.sohu.com/a/610939145_121384220

Dr Bolong HUANG is Awarded with 2022 Shenzhen Fundamental Research Scheme-General Program

We are delighted to share with you that Dr Bolong HUANG, our RISE member and Associate Professor of Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology (ABCT) has successfully awarded with Shenzhen Fundamental Research Scheme-General Program 2022年度基礎研究專項（深圳市自然科學基金）面上項目. It is a funding from Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission (SZSTI)深圳市科技創新委員會, aims at supporting researchers to conduct fundamental researches and bringing impactful deliverables to benefit society. This year, there are total 1,044 research projects are awarded. Under this competitive condition, the below project of Dr Huang is awarded with funding RMB 300,000 for three years. Project Title: Developments of Robust Noble Metal Catalysts for Electrochemical Energy Conversion 開發長效穩定貴金屬催化劑應用於電化學能源轉化的基礎研究 Congratulations to Dr Huang and wish him every success in his research!   Reference: News Release in the official website

Dr Minhyun LEE won the Best Paper Award in the 22nd International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR 2022)

We are pleased to announce that the paper entitled “An Integrated Design of Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality Monitoring System for Effective Building Performance Management” by Mr. Vincent Gbouna Zakka, Former Research Assistant in BRE and Dr. Minhyun Lee, our RISE member and Assistant Professor in BRE has won the Best Paper Award for Environmental Sustainability in the 22nd International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR 2022)! Details of this work can be found below:  Understanding the energy consumption pattern in the built environment is invaluable for the evaluation of the sources of energy wastage and the development of strategies for efficient energy management. An integrated monitoring system that can provide high granularity energy consumption and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) data is essential to enable intelligent, customized, and user-friendly energy management systems for end users and help improve building system performance. This paper, therefore, presents an integrated design of an internet of things (IoT)-based embedded, non-invasive, and user-friendly monitoring system for efficient building energy and IEQ management. The hardware unit of the system is comprised of a wireless microcontroller unit, current and voltage sensor, IEQ sensors, and power management unit that enables the acquisition, processing, and telemetering of energy and IEQ data. The software unit is made up of embedded software and a web-based information provision unit that handles real-time data analysis, transmission, and visualization on the web and provides relevant notifications to the end users about energy consumption patterns. The proposed system provides a promising solution for real-time information exchange regarding energy consumption and IEQ for both end-users and managers that will enhance effective building energy and environmental management. Congratulations to Dr Lee! Please click here for more detail about CONVR 2022.

5 RISE members recognised amongst the world′s most highly cited researchers in 2022

We are delighted to announce that 5 RISE members are recognized as highly cited researchers 2022 by Clarivate Analytics! It shows our RISE members’ contributions in different research fields. We highly appreciate our RISE members’ efforts and wish them every success in their researches, to bring more impactful research deliverables to local, nations and the world. In this year, there are 6,938 highly citied researchers. Their papers rank in the top 1 % by citations for a field or fields and publication year in the Web of Science. Congratulations to our highly cited researchers! RISE highly cited researchers in 2022 Name (by alphabetical order of surname) Category Dr Bolong HUANG (ABCT)  Cross-Field Prof. Gang LI (EIE)  Cross-Field Dr Ruijie MA (EIE)  Cross-Field Prof. Feng YAN (AP)  Cross-Field Dr Xiao ZHANG (ME)  Cross-Field   Reference: https://clarivate.com/highly-cited-researchers/  

SHKP and PolyU sign MoUs on Building Innovation & Technology Research Projects and Scholarship Programme

A MoU has been signed between Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) and PolyU on 18 November 2022 to conduct collaborate research projects addressing green energy, green materials and green processes, aiming at helping Hong Kong develop into a smart city. Professor Shengwei WANG, our RISE director, and other two professors will lead three collaborative projects, with the amount HKD 5 M each, to tackle these three objectives respectively. The project, “Smart, Energy-efficient and Energy-flexible Mega Retail and Office Buildings atop the High-Speed Rail West Kowloon Terminus – Building Energy System Life-cycle Optimization” lead by Prof. Wang, aims to develop the first large-scale energy flexible building in HK to effectively contribute to carbon-neutrality in high density cities using their latest smart, energy-efficient and energy-flexible building technologies. The joint efforts of implementing the first generation of smart and energy-efficient building technologies in ICC building has achieved an annual saving of 10 M kWh.   For more detail , please refer to the below Press release and Online coverage. Press release: PolyU- https://polyu.me/3URlW0o SHKP- https://www.shkp.com/zh-HK/media/press-releases/20221118   Online coverage: Oriental Daily News - https://polyu.me/3UZts9k Hong Kong Economic Journal - https://polyu.me/3GxlbW2 Hong Kong Economic Times - https://polyu.me/3EdjM44 Sing Tao Daily - https://polyu.me/3GtOhWy am730 - https://polyu.me/3hYWMyg Headline Daily - https://polyu.me/3ggeb5j Bastille Post - https://polyu.me/3OioQJ7 Line Today - https://polyu.me/3V3DCFK

Prof. Gang LI is awarded RGC Senior Research Fellow Scheme 2022/23

We are pleased to announce that our RISE member, Professor Gang LI is awarded RGC Senior Research Fellow Scheme (SRFS) 2022/23! 2022 RGC Award Presentation Ceremony of RGC Senior Research Fellow Scheme is host on 7 November 2022. This scheme aims at providing sustained support and relief from teaching and administrative duties to exceptionally outstanding researchers, to facilitate their full dedication to research and development and help universities attract and retain research talent. Professor Li’s project “Printable Organic Solar Cells: Materials and Device Investigations towards Applications” is awarded with a fellowship grant of around HKD$7.7M. Organic solar cell (OSC) is an emerging photovoltaic (PV) technology with distinct advantages in many areas, such as flexible/portable PV, building integrated PV and transparent power applications. Aiming at accelerating the OSC technology, Prof. Li proposed a systematic plan to tackle the challenges in OSC. The project will significantly push forward OSC technology in terms of high efficiency, stability, compatibility with unique applications and being printing friendly. The proposed research represents a new frontier for OSC technology, which integrates chemistry, physics and material science to generate new perspectives in science and come up with solutions to challenging issues in renewable energy. Congratulations to Professor Li!   Reference: UGC Website: https://www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/rgc/about/events/award/award20221107.html

28 RISE Scholars Ranked World’s Top 2% Scientists Released by Stanford University

Stanford University has released an update for science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators in October 2022. 28 RISE scholars recognized as top 2% of the most-cited scientists in various fields. It is prepared by a team of experts led by Professor John P.A. loannidis of Stanford University. The publicly available database provides standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions and a composite indicator. The list can be downloaded from here. Congratulations to our RISE top scholars! Reference: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2022), “September 2022 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"”, Mendeley Data, V4, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.4   RISE Top 2% Scientists in the Global List  Name (by alphabetical order of surname) Subject Field (Rank within field) Dr AN Liang Energy Prof. CAO Jiannong  Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing Dr CAO Sunliang  Energy Prof. CHAI Yang Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Prof. DAI Jian-Guo Civil Engineering Dr DONG You Civil Engineering Prof. HAO Jianhua Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Dr HUANG Bolong Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Prof. HUANG Haitao Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Dr HUANG Xinyan Energy Prof. LAU Shu Ping, Daniel Applied Physics Prof. LI Gang Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Ir Prof. LU Lin, Vivien Energy Ir Prof. MUI Kwok Wai, Horace Building & Construction Prof. NI Meng Energy  Ir Prof. NIU Jianlei Building & Construction Dr SHOU Dahua Materials Prof. TAO Xiaoming Materials Dr WANG Peng Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Ir Prof. WANG Shengwei Energy Ir Dr WONG Ling Tim Building & Construction Prof. WONG Wai Yeung, Raymond Organic Chemistry Prof. XIAO Fu, Linda Energy Prof. XU Zhao  Energy Prof. YAN Feng  Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Ir Prof. YANG Hongxing  Energy Dr ZHENG Guangping  Materials Prof. ZHU Songye Civil Engineering