Research
toward a sustainable future: from atomic scale to scalable prototypes
toward a sustainable future: from atomic scale to scalable prototypes
Research Areas
Materials Engineering
Nanomaterials and macroporous dendritic systems.
Metal-based catalysts, metal-free systems, and semiconductor materials.
Hybrid porous materials.
Nanoscale engineering for tuneable catalysis.
Operando spectroscopic characterizations as a feedback loop.
Single-atom catalysts.
Electrocatalysis, photo-electrocatalysis, thermocatalysis, biocatalysis.
Green H2 generation for cascade catalysis.
Carbon dioxide utilization: multistep inter-catalytic processes for high-energy density chemical/fuel generation.
Green ammonia and urea synthesis for sustainable agriculture.
Biohybrid systems for selective organic transformations.
Plastics and biomass waste conversion into value-added chemicals.
(Photo) electrochemical desalination: Production of drinkable water from seawater.
Scalability
Robust and scalable process development.
Electrolyzer and solar reactor design.
Degradation-resistant materials and (photo)electrodes fabrication for long-term operation.
Prototype design and device assembly.
Feasibility studies for the development of robust prototype systems for long-term catalysis.