A research team from the Institute of Solid State Physics, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with Zhejiang Juhua Equipment Engineering Group Co., Ltd., Dongguan University of Technology, and the Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry of the China Academy of Engineering Physics, has discovered a high-energy-density barocaloric effect in the plastic superionic conductor Ag₂Te₁₋ₓSₓ.
A research group led by Prof. SHENG Zhigao from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has discovered mirror symmetry triggered chiral phonon behavior and a giant magneto-optical modulation in the two-dimensional material AgCrP2S6 with space- and time-symmetries.
On November 24, the International Science Program on Fusion Burning Plasma, initiated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was officially launched, alongside the release of the Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) Research Plan, at a ceremony in the BEST Hall of Hefei Future Science Town.
A research team led by Prof. ZHAO Peng from the Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has completed a long-duration test of a single 5 MW plasma torch designed for industrial metallurgical applications. Developed in collaboration with Baowu Equipment Intelligent Technology CO., LTD. and Baowu Heavy Industries CO., LTD, the system has been operating continuously for 172 hours on the off-line experimental platform at Xinjiang Bayi Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
Recently, the research team led by Prof. PAN Xu from the Institute of Solid State Physics, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have developed an optimized transport layer for inverted perovskite solar cells, achieving a breakthrough that enhances both device efficiency and stability.