Food delivery robots tested in Shanghai

In some office buildings smart delivery robots are being tested to deliver food inside the building. The delivery robot is about half the height of a person. The customer places the order via his mobile phone, and the food delivery staff inserts the food and scans the...

Shanghai introduces EV taxi cabs

The Converse Ei5 taxis have a range of about 260 – 270 kilometers which corresponds to the daily mileage. Slow 100 % charging takes 5,5 hours, and quick charging up to 80% about 40 minutes. The energy consumption efficiency is about two times better compared to...

CAS DICP develops highly efficient light-harvesting catalyst

Academician LI Can and colleagues at CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics have loaded surface promoters Au or Au and CoOx on a BiVO4 surface which effectively promoted oxygen production performance of BiVO4. When coupled with a ZrO2/TaON surface through a...

CAS DICP team converts methane to C1 oxygenate at room temperature

The group of Xinhe BAO at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics has designed a series of graphene-complexed 3d transition metals such as manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel and copper as catalytic material. They found that a graphene-complexed single iron center can...