Glycerol is a byproduct of overcapacity from biodiesel manufacture. Selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO) has seen an increasing industrial demand as the glycerol derived from biodiesel production. By the way, 1,3-PDO has been largely utilized in solvents, cosmetics, cleaning products, pharmaceutical industries, and organic synthesis intermediates.

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) heterogeneous photocatalysis is an advanced oxidation process that degrades a variety of organic compounds, such as synthetic dyes, phenols and chlorophenols, detergents, solvents. Sunlight as a possible source of irradiation makes TiO2 photocatalysis an attractive technology to degrade pollutants in air. However TiO2 only works in conjunction with irradiation of limited wavelength: TiO2 band gap (Eg ≈ 3.2 eV) requires λirr  < 385 nm, which rules out 95% of the solar spectrum.

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is believed to be the cleanest, most efficient and sustainable routes to replace the current fossil fuel based energy. H2 produced via PEC water splitting efficiently converted into electricity using fuel cells. Metal oxide semiconductors are known to be suitable materials for PEC water splitting as they are inexpensive and very stable in aqueous solutions.

Hexagonal WO3 (h-WO3) has caught a great attention due to its unique tunnel structure. In h-WO3, six-membered rings composed of WO6 octahedra are arranged along the (001) plane by sharing corner oxygens, with formation of open tunnels that have a theoretical intracrystalline tunnel size of 0.39 nm, along the c-axis throughout the entire unit cell.

Milling processing is divided into down milling and up milling. Down milling is a milling method in which the rotation direction of the contact part of the milling cutter and the workpiece is the same as the cutting feed direction. Up milling is a milling method in which the rotating direction of the contact part of the milling cutter and the workpiece is opposite to the cutting feed direction.

Molybdenum disulfide(MoS2) is a kind of solid powder which is made from natural molybdenum concentrate powder by chemical purification and changing its molecular structure. It is black with slight silver gray, metallic luster, slippery to the touch, and insoluble in water.

Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is a type of transition metal sulfide with glossy lead gray solid powder. It is synthesized and appears black, which has stable chemical property.

The ratio of coated cemented carbide tools in metal processing industry is increasing steadily. In recent 10 years, its quality and performance have been significantly improved. On the one hand, due to the quality improvement of the coating , it will be better to control porosity and thickness; on the other hand, the metallurgical technology between the coating and the substrate interface has also been improved, therefore can increase the adhesion of the coating and prevent the interfacial reaction that reduces the strength. Increasing cutting speed can significantly improve productivity, and the use of coated tools is the most effective way to reduce costs.

Integrated circuit board (PCB) is the key component of electronic information industry chain, as a key tool of PCB micro hole processing and printing, ultra-fine integrated circuit board micro drillcan only be made by ultra-fine grained cemented carbide.

Using the principle of discrete-stacking, 3D printing technology is the manufacturing method to produce molded solid parts by layer-by-layer accumulation way based on three-dimensional model. For the rapid proto typing advantage of complex part, it provides the solution for the preparation of cemented carbide parts to a certain extent. After recent years of development, printing technology has played an increasingly important role in the preparation of precision parts.