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Our research is in the cross-disciplinary fields of heterogeneous catalysis, electrocatalysis, nanoscience and nanotechnology, materials chemistry and science, transport phenomena, and process modeling and optimization. We focus on atomic-level understanding, design and improvement of functional nanomaterials for efficient energy harvest/storage/conversion and environmental remediation. Our on-going activities includes
Fundamental understanding of catalytic ozonation process over functional nanomaterials for developing advanced air/water pollution control technology/system
Development of a multiscale theoretical model to study the coupled mass transfer and reaction kinetics in catalytic ozonation process for reactor-design and operating-condition optimization
Development of multi-microchannel microreactors with multi-scale microstructures for enhanced chemical reactions such as hydrogen production by ethanol steam reforming, catalytic combustion of methane, catalytic ozonation of organic compounds
Development and reliability study of high-brightness LEDs
Synthesis/Development of graphene-based functional materials for applications in Li/Na-ion batteries, metal-air batteries, fuel-cell, solar cell, and LEDs