Professor Chen Ling-Che Showcases R&D Products
Organizer: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
Unit Supervisor: Director Cheng Yu-Shen
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NYUST Research Breakthrough: Quantum ‘Black Technology’ for Environmental Remediation
With increasingly stringent global standards for environmental sustainability, managing recalcitrant pollutants has become a major challenge in environmental remediation. Professor Chen Ling-Che’s team from the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (NYUST) has successfully developed a high-performance quantum dot composite photocatalyst material by combining advanced nanoscience and quantum technology. The team will hold a results presentation on Wednesday, February 4, 115, at 10:00 a.m., demonstrating how quantum effects can bring revolutionary breakthroughs to green energy and environmental remediation.
Breaking Traditional Limits: Using Quantum Dots to Enable Green Remediation
Nanoscience has already been widely applied in electronics and biomedical fields, yet its potential for environmental remediation remains largely untapped. Professor Chen points out that conventional environmental degradation technologies often face limitations such as high costs, poor adsorption of low-concentration pollutants, and low utilization of light energy.
The newly presented results focus on the unique physicochemical properties of quantum dot materials. The research team employed simple nanoscale material fabrication techniques and used the quantum confinement effect to tune the material’s energy gap, successfully developing a novel heterojunction photocatalytic quantum dot material. This technology not only significantly enhances the treatment efficiency for recalcitrant environmental pollutants, but also incorporates green chemistry principles, reducing material preparation costs at the source and minimizing secondary waste generation.
Four Key Technological Advances: Turning Light into an “Environmental Cleaner”
To maximize the effectiveness of quantum dot materials in real-world environments, Professor Chen’s team has achieved four major breakthroughs in photocatalyst technology:
- Expanding Light Spectrum Utilization: Overcomes the limitation of traditional materials that only absorb ultraviolet light, significantly increasing the utilization of visible light and making sunlight a more effective driving force.
- Precise Pollutant Capture: Enhances the photocatalyst’s adsorption capacity for low-concentration target pollutants in the environment, effectively targeting even trace amounts of toxins.
- Improved Reaction Efficiency: Through heterojunction design, the separation efficiency of photogenerated electrons (e⁻) and holes (h⁺) is significantly increased, preventing energy loss.
- Accelerated Degradation Mechanism: Speeds up the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) on the surface, which are the key “factors” for the rapid decomposition of organic environmental pollutants.
A Win-Win for Academia and Industry: Moving Toward a Sustainable Environment
Professor Chen Ling-Che stated, “Introducing new green quantum dot material technology is an inevitable trend for the future. We are not only studying quantum effects in the laboratory, but also committed to industrializing nanotechnology to address real-world environmental challenges.”
This research marks an important milestone for NYUST in the field of green energy science, demonstrating how the inherent quantum properties of materials can be leveraged for environmental resource reutilization. The results presentation will provide a detailed explanation of the fabrication techniques for quantum composite materials and their practical application data in pollutant degradation. Experts from academia, industry, and government are welcome to attend and exchange insights.
Group Photo of the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering R&D Achievement Exhibition
Discussion on R&D Achievements of the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
Professor Chen Ling-Che Introducing R&D Achievements
Professor Chen Ling-Che Provides a More Detailed Explanation of the R&D Work
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