The modern world's growing energy demands require the development of cost-effective and durable electrocatalysts to support sustainable energy conversion and storage technologies like proton-exchange membrane …
A majority of the electricity currently generated is lost as heat. Additionally, the processes that generate electricity heavily rely upon fossil fuels, emitting toxic and …
Electrocatalysis, which uses electricity to initiate redox reactions, plays an important role in chemical research and chemical industry. In this dissertation, I will introduce how …
Electrocatalytic reactions and phenomena are challenging to study in the canonical density functional theory framework. These reactions are primarily driven by an external voltage that …
Over the past century, the massive consumption of the fossil fuels has caused dramatic increase of carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration. And naturally caused a series …
The rational synthesis and tuning of nanoparticles (NPs) and nanocomposites plays pivotal role in broad applications of nanomaterials in various fields. The organic solution based …
The precise control on the size, shape, composition, crystal structure and surface features of well-defined nanomaterials have tremendously facilitated the development and discovery of novel …
The scope of understanding of aromatic manganese reductive electrochemistry was extended. Five internally connected projects will be introduced. My studies primarily focused on homogeneous and …
Solution phase synthesis and catalytic applications of Pt- and Au-based nanomaterials are discussed in the thesis. Pt is widely used as fuel cell catalysts. However, …
Finding efficient catalysts is vital to developing new chemical/energy conversion processes with lower emissions and lower consumption. Nanoparticles are excellent candidates to be catalysts with …
Reduction of molecular oxygen to water (4 e—) and peroxide (2 e—) are reactions central to renewable energy technologies. Yet, the development of earth-abundant O2 …
