U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Zeolite Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis

这项为期三年的奖励将支持美国-法国合作研究在无机和有机金属化学与肯尼斯J。德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校和巴黎国立化学学院的Fethi Bedioui。他们的研究目标是制备新型微孔材料并评估其电化学活性。 他们将合成和改性沸石。 相关的金属氧化物研究将涉及新型沸石主客体材料的电化学和电催化。 沸石是重要的新材料，例如，在诊断药物和化学传感器中的应用。 该项目将推进我们对沸石复合材料的反应性及其均匀性质的理解。 这种合作利用了互补的资源和专门知识。 美国德克萨斯大学的研究人员和他的团队是催化材料合成和表征方面的专家，并将准备新材料。法国在电化学分析方面的专门知识将对此予以补充。

This three-year award will support U.S.-France cooperative research in inorganic and organometallic chemistry between Kenneth J. Balkus, Jr. of the University of Texas at Dallas and Fethi Bedioui of the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie in Paris. The objectives of their research are to prepare novel, microporous materials and to evaluate their electrochemical activity. They will synthesize and modify zeolites. Related metal oxides research will involve electrochemistry and electrocatalysis with novel zeolite host-guest materials. Zeolites are important new materials with applications, for example, in diagnostic pharmaceuticals and in chemical sensors. This project will advance our understanding of the reactivity of zeolite composites and their homogenous properties. This collaboration takes advantage of complementary resources and expertise. The U.S. investigator and his group at the University of Texas are experts in the synthesis and characterization of catalytic materials and will prepare the new materials. This will be complemented by French expertise in electrochemical analysis.