A research team led by Prof. ZHANG Tao, Prof. HUANG Yanqiang from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Prof. LIU Wei from DICP and Prof. WANG Yanggang from the Southern University of Science and Technology, has tracked the oxygen spillover in catalysts using environmental transmission electron microscopy and observed for the first time bulk oxygen spillover in Ru/rutile-TiO₂ catalysts. Their findings provide new approaches for using the catalyst bulk.

A research team led by Prof. SUN Jian from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed a hydroxy-induced cobalt oxides catalytic strategy that enabled efficient conversion of syngas to light olefins through the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.

Prof. CHEN Ping's group from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed a novel core–shell hydride ion electrolyte, and constructed the first room temperature all-solid-state rechargeable hydride ion battery.

A research team led by Prof. WANG Feng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. Paolo Fornasiero from the University of Trieste in Italy, developed a photochemical strategy for heterolytic H₂ dissociation at ambient temperature—a long-standing challenge in hydrogen activation chemistry.

A group led by Prof. LIU Zhongmin and Prof. YE Mao and their collaborators proposed a theoretical model for the migration-aggregation behavior of confined metal clusters within individual zeolite.