Department of Applied Physics, PolyU

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Clarivate Prof Feng Yan

Professor Feng YAN ranked Clarivate 2021 Highly Cited Researchers™

US news ranking 1560x1112

2022 US News & Report Best Global Universities Subject Rankings

TechConnect 1560x1112

Innovations in New Materials Synthesis wins TechConnect 2021 Global Innovation Award

World’s First Ammonia-powered Fuel-cell Electric Vehicle

World’s First Ammonia-powered Fuel-cell Electric Vehicle

With support from the University of Oxford and industry partners, the PolyU interdisciplinary research team by Prof. Eric Cheng Ka-wai of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Dr Molly Li Meng-jung, the Department of Applied Physics developed the world’s first ammonia-powered fuel-cell EV in just three months.

AP obtained outstanding performance in Research Assessment Exercise 2020

AP obtained outstanding performance in RAE 2020

AP is proud to report its outstanding performance in the latest Research Assessment Exercise 2020 (RAE 2020) of the University Grants Committee (UGC). Among our…

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Best Universities for
Condensed Matter Physics

2022 U.S. News & World Report

72

Best Universities for
Materials Science

2022 U.S. News & World Report

68

Best Universities for
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

2022 U.S. News & World Report

57

Best Universities for
Optics

2022 U.S. News & World Report

101-125

Physical Sciences

Times Higher Education (THE)

World University Rankings 2022 by subject

9

AP Members

The world’s top 2% of the most-cited
scientists ranking

A+

Materials Science

The Times Higher Education (THE)

China Subject Ratings 2020

World Rankings

We commits to pursue world-leading research and innovations that bears impact on the scientific community and regional industries.

World Rankings

We commits to pursue world-leading research and innovations that bears impact on the scientific community and regional industries.

World Rankings

We commits to pursue world-leading research and innovations that bears impact on the scientific community and regional industries.

World Rankings

We commits to pursue world-leading research and innovations that bears impact on the scientific community and regional industries.

World Rankings

We commits to pursue world-leading research and innovations that bears impact on the scientific community and regional industries.

World Rankings

We commits to pursue world-leading research and innovations that bears impact on the scientific community and regional industries.

World Rankings

We commits to pursue world-leading research and innovations that bears impact on the scientific community and regional industries.

Research Highlight

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MATERIALS SCIENCE

Optoelectronic resistive random access memory for neuromorphic vision sensors

Three-dimensional colour map of carrier mobility at 250 K, extracted from 25 FETs fabricated with the same 5-nm BP sample

Large-scale growth of few-layer two-dimensional black phosphorus

Materials Science

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Highly Air-Stable Tin-Based Perovskite Solar Cells through Grain-Surface Protection by Gallic Acid

Prof. Feng YAN, Dr. Ye ZHU

ENERGY

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Li metal deposition and stripping in a solid-state battery via Coble creep

Prof. Haitao HUANG

GENERAL

Li metal deposition and stripping in a solid-state battery via Coble creep

Introduction of PolyU AP

News & Events

24Nov

Clarivate Prof Feng Yan

NEWS

Professor Feng YAN ranked Clarivate 2021 Highly Cited Researchers™

24 Nov 2021

10Nov

2022 US news ranking 2000x1050

NEWS

AP achieved remarkable results in 2022 U.S. News & Report Best Global Universities Subject Rankings

10 Nov 2021

25Oct

NEWS

PolyU innovations in advanced textiles, new materials synthesis and centimetre-precision positioning win TechConnect awards

25 Oct 2021

EVENT

Mass Robot Programming for New World Record

22 Aug 2021

EVENT

The 3rd International Symposium on Memory Devices for Abundant Data Computing

26 - 29 May 2021

EVENT

CANCELLED mBot Workshop - Fun Science with Coding

27 Mar 2021

EVENT

Mass Robot Programming for New World Record

22 Aug 2021

EVENT

CANCELLED mBot Workshop - Fun Science with Coding

27 Mar 2021

EVENT

A Student Centered Learning Science Experiment Platform to Enhance STEM Education (Speaker: Dr CL MAK)

20 Mar 2021

EVENT

The 3rd International Symposium on Memory Devices for Abundant Data Computing

26 - 29 May 2021

EVENT

New Laser Technology and Applications (Speaker: Dr Peter TSANG)

27 Mar 2021

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