Research Progress

Researchers Developed High-performance Pt Single-Atom Catalysts for Low-Temperature CO Oxidation
A research team from Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) Science Center of Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, have developed a high-performance catalyst by anchoring oxidized platinum single atoms on La-vacancy LaFeO₃ via a defect-engineering strategy. The catalyst delivers efficient low-temperature CO oxidation without reduction pretreatment and shows remarkable stability. The findings were published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Researchers Proposed a Direct-Amplification Enabled Harmonic Generation Free-Electron Laser
Recently, the Free-Electron Laser (FEL) team at the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI), Chinese Academy of Sciences experimentally demonstrated their independently proposed concept of Direct-Amplification Enabled Harmonic Generation Free-Electron Laser (DEHG-FEL) for the first time, and successfully achieved its lasing and stable operation.


Researchers Found Novel Approach to Low-loading Pt Based Catalyst for PEM Fuel Cell
A research team at Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences proposed an entropy-increase assisted anti-sintering concept to fundamentally reduce the surface energy of NPs by increasing the mixing entropy, thus hindering the migration and coalescence of NPs. The research results were published in Advanced Functional Materials in May, 2025.

Researchers Reveal Novel Thermal Conduction Crossover due to Broken Parity in Superlattice
A research team from Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported a crossover of thermal conduction with a third-order-like singularity in a Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou (FPUT) superlattice. The research results were published in Physical Review E in May 2025.

Researchers Unveiled Key Role of Bridge Adsorbed Hydrogen in Efficient Acidic Hydrogen Production
A research team at Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences designed a face-centered cubic-Ru nanocrystal modified with Pt atomic chains and unveiled the important role of *Hbridge intermediates adsorbed on Pt-Ru atomic pairs in determining the intrinsic activity of HER.