A collaborative team led by Professor Yang-Gang WANG from the Department of Chemistry at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), together with Academician Tao ZHAO, Professor Yanqiang HUANG, and Professor Wei LIU from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, has, for the first time, revealed the complete pathway of oxygen spillover during catalytic processes at the atomic scale, discovering a novel oxygen migration mechanism governed by the metal-support interface. The related findings have been published in Nature.

A collaborative research team led by SUSTech has made an advancement in the field of ambient-pressure nickelate high-temperature superconductivity. The team of Qikun XUE and Zhuoyu CHEN from the State Key Laboratory of Quantum Functional Materials and the Department of Physics at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), the Quantum Science Center of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (QSC-GBA), and Tsinghua University, in collaboration with the Dawei SHEN team from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and others, published their latest research results in Nature on April 8, 2026. By artificially designing atomic stacking sequences under extreme oxidative conditions, they created two new ambient-pressure high-temperature nickelate superconductors. Simultaneously, utilizing Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES), the research team identified the electronic band features corresponding to the superconducting state, providing experimental evidence for understanding the mechanisms of nickelate superconductivity.

In traditional material systems, solid-state phase transitions typically refer to structural or property changes in response to external stimuli such as temperature, pressure, or chemical interaction. These transitions usually proceed continuously, with lattice reconstruction occurring simultaneously with energy input—such as in the cases of ion intercalation or atomic diffusion. However, previous studies observed an unusual palladium (Pd) diffusion-induced phase transition in palladium diselenide (PdSe2) under mild annealing, suggesting a previously unknown, non-classical thermodynamic pathway.

A research team led by Chair Professor Bin Tan from the Department of Chemistry at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), in collaboration with Professor Kendall N. Houk’s team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has made a significant breakthrough in nitrogen chirality.

Perovskite materials demonstrate remarkable optoelectronic characteristics, including exceptionally high light absorption coefficients and extended carrier diffusion lengths. In photovoltaic applications, these materials have achieved laboratory device efficiencies exceeding 27% for single-junction configurations, surpassing conventional crystalline silicon solar cells and significantly outperforming traditional thin-film technologies. This outstanding performance highlights their transformative potential to disrupt the current photovoltaic landscape.