Invited by the organizing committee of Future Energy 2014, three ICC members of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association(YIPA), CAS, attended the first international future energy conference held in Sydney, Australia from 2 to 7 November.

Oral presentations were given in the conference by the three ICC young scholars, Professor SONG Yan and Associate Professor ZHAO Jianghong, CHEN Chengmeng. Entitled Preparation and electrochemical properties of PC/Si/EG composite as Li-ion battery anodes, Selectively photocatalytic C-C coupling of bioethanol into 2, 3-butanediol over hydroxyl group tunable TiO2 photocatalysts and Macroscopic Assembly and Surface Chemistry of Chemically Derived Graphene for Applications in Energy Storage, the three reports showcased  ICC’s latest progress in Li-ion battery anodes, photocatalysis and graphene. 

After the conference, the three young scholars paid a visit to University of New South Wales and University of Sydney.