Electrocatalysis & Solar Fuels

Converting light energy directly into fuels will help address energy storage for large-scale use and for uses where high energy density is required (e.g., transportation). Mita Dasog and Michael Freund are actively involved in coupling light absorption to electrochemical (fuel generating) reactions. Gurpreet Selopal is developing novel electrodes and device architecture for self-powered tandem green hydrogen production systems to make clean fuel production technologies more reliable, economically viable, and transformative. Penghao Xiao is engaged in the computational study on reaction mechanisms and rates under electrochemical potential. Peng Zhang and Mita Dasog develop new nanostructured catalysts, key for increasing the efficiency of redox reactions that create and utilize fuels.