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11 Dec 2017 

The CUHK Cross-institutional Theme-based Project “Smart Solar Energy Harvesting, Storage, and Utilization” presented at the TRS Public Symposium 2017

The CUHK cross-institutional theme-based research scheme (TRS) project “Smart Solar Energy Harvesting, Storage, and Utilization” led by Prof. Ching-ping Wong, Dean of Engineering was presented at the “TRS Public Symposium” on 9 December 2017. In the Symposium, a total of 14 projects funded from the first 3 rounds of the scheme were showcased to 270 stakeholders from the research community, industry and government representatives.

The objective of this scheme is to focus academic research efforts of the UGC-funded universities on themes of strategic importance to the long-term development of Hong Kong. So far a total of 7 rounds of projects has been funded.

The team reported substantial progress in various areas of solar energy technology, putting Hong Kong on the map. They include the best-performing energy harvesting and storage technologies worldwide, development of various new materials, a highly efficient online energy generation scheduling algorithm for microgrids,  the first-ever smart energy management online system “Woo Sing Power” in CUHK student hostel, as well as the first-of-its-kind smart microgrid laboratory in Hong Kong.  

Commenced in 2014, the project was awarded HK$ 60.33 million from the RGC, which is the is the most highly funded under the grand challenge topic “Developing a Sustainable Environment”. The project will be completed in December 2018.  In the future the team is going to further explore the potential applications of the developed technologies.

For more details, please visit the project website at https://sse.erg.cuhk.edu.hk/sse/node/89 

News at Faculty of Engineering: https://www.erg.cuhk.edu.hk/erg/node/1422

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1. Group photo of the opening ceremony. 

2. Group photo of the project team.  (From left) PhD Students Mr Haoyuan Bai, Jianhua Yang, Yanzhen Guo, Project Manager Miss Mandy Tse, PhD Students Miss Xue  Lyu, Yufei He and Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Youwei Jia. 

3. Group photo of the project team at the exhibition booth.

4. Poster display of the TRS project. 

5. Demonstrations and sample display of the TRS project.

6. Demonstration: High-energy-density and low-cost zinc/iodine-bromide redox flow battery (ZIBB)

7. Sample display: Flexure-based Precision Roll-to-roll Machine for Fabrication of Flexible Electronics

(Left) First Layer of FET (Field-effect Transistor) Fabricated by Roll-to-roll Printing System (卷對卷印刷系統所製造之晶體管的第一層) ;
(Right) Metal Grids Fabricated by Roll-to-roll Printing System (卷對卷印刷系統所製造的金屬網格)  

8. Prototype display: Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) Cell

9. Sample display:  Red phosphorus

10. Sample display:  Lanthanide-sensitized oxide upconversion powder

11. Demonstration: The first-of-its-kind Smart Demand Controller in Hong Kong