[KAIST NOW] GIST develops integrated porous electrode for durable high‑performance water electrolysis

(From left) Professor Jonghoon Joo of the School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Dr. Hyeri Kim, Senior Researcher Sungjun Kim of the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Researcher Sanghoon Shin, and Professor Jangyong Lee of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Konkuk University. Provided by GIST

■ Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) introduced on the twenty sixth {that a} analysis crew led by Professor Jonghoon Joo of the School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, in collaboration with a crew led by Professor Jangyong Lee of Konkuk University and a crew led by Senior Researcher Sungjun Kim of the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, has developed an “integrated non‑precious porous electrode” that may improve each the efficiency and sturdiness of subsequent‑era inexperienced hydrogen manufacturing gadgets. The newly designed nickel–iron alloy‑primarily based porous electrode integrates, inside a single construction, the catalytic operate accountable for the oxygen evolution response in hydrogen manufacturing and the transport operate that facilitates water and gasoline motion. It is predicted to function a core expertise for subsequent‑era, massive‑scale inexperienced hydrogen manufacturing programs. The analysis outcomes had been printed on-line in Nature Communications on the thirteenth.

■ Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) introduced on the twenty sixth {that a} analysis crew led by Professor Geonwook Jeong of the Department of Physics has fabricated an LED machine utilizing the 2‑dimensional semiconductor molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) because the emitting layer with none switch course of. The crew designed the machine constituent supplies and course of sequence in order that molybdenum disulfide may very well be grown immediately on the substrate after which used to manufacture the machine, thereby producing a excessive‑high quality LED machine. This machine was discovered to satisfy all of the structural and optical necessities wanted for two‑dimensional semiconductor LEDs. It additionally demonstrated potential for use as a quantum gentle supply machine that exploits a quantum phenomenon referred to as spin–orbit coupling. The analysis outcomes had been printed on-line on April 21 as a featured cowl article within the worldwide journal Nano Letters.

■ Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) introduced on the twenty sixth that its Artificial Intelligence Research Institute has signed a enterprise settlement with the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Corporation (aT) Agro-Fisheries & Food Distribution Training Institute to foster synthetic intelligence (AI) expertise who will lead the digital transformation of the agro‑fisheries and meals trade. Under this settlement, the 2 establishments will perform initiatives together with nurturing and strengthening the capabilities of future AI expertise for the event of Korea’s agro‑fisheries and meals trade, mutual cooperation and assist in schooling, consulting, public relations, and content material to assist Korea emerge as one of many world’s prime three AI powerhouses, and cooperation with the federal government and associated organizations to determine nationwide AI coverage agendas and implement associated insurance policies.