Director: Prof LQ Wang

Deputy Director: Dr L An

The CTE has been established to create and develop a critical mass dedicated to both fundamental and applied research of clean energy and thermal science. The specific objectives of CTE include, but not limited to,

1. To acquire funding to support research activities in dealing with energy-related problems. A major emphasis will be on the outputs and impacts of these activities including application of created knowledge to help the industry and community, publication of quality papers, and training of research students in the relevant areas.
2. To provide professional services to the Government/industry/community in solving problems related to clean energy and thermal science, through carrying out consulting projects, arrangement of technical workshops and seminars, and development of engineering and scientific devices/systems/strategies.
3. To underpin graduate/undergraduate teachings with knowledge created from research and development works. Efforts will be made to improve and develop the academic program curriculum in the design of environmental-friendly energy systems. Efforts will also be made to provide graduate/undergraduate final year projects in the relevant areas.

Members of the CTE maintain strong and close collaboration in research and academic activities with other departments of PolyU, as well as other universities and institutions, both local and overseas. Through the implementation of these activities, excellent partnerships have been established in conducting research projects and developing program curriculum with the following universities/institutions:

• Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
• Tongji University, China
• University of Science and Technology of China, China
• Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
• Chongqing University, China
• Shenzhen University, China
• Southern University of Science and Technology, China
• The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
• The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKSAR, China
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
• City University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
• The University of Tokyo, Japan
• University of Oxford, UK
• Imperial College London, UK
• California State University, Fullerton, USA

• Flow and Heat/Mass Transfer in Electrochemical Energy Systems
• Construction of Bismuth-based Hierarchical Nano/microstructured Electrodes and their Applications in Photoelectrochemical Cells for Solar-driven Ambient Ammonia Production
• Research on Key Fundamental Issues of Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells

Advanced Materials Laboratory for Energy Conversion and Storage Laboratory (CF717)

Nano-scale Energy Conversion Devices and Physics Laboratory (GH701)

Corrosion and Surface Technology Laboratory (GH702)