Design of Highly Efficient Porous Hybrid Catalysts for Solar-Converted Fuels and Environmental Applications

。 多相催化剂在能源和环境领域有着广泛的应用。然而，传统催化剂目前并不具备生产太阳能转换的清洁燃料或减少污染所需的效率。基于我们在纳米材料和光催化/催化方面的专业知识，我们建议开发两类新的纳米催化剂： (1)高效阳光驱动的混合纳米结构清洁能源光催化剂。在这里，目标是设计新的太阳能燃料发电系统，具有所需的效率、可扩展性和可持续性，以实现经济上的可行性。H20和CO2/H20在太阳光下的光催化转化为有价值的能源载体和燃料是解决全球变暖和能源短缺问题的潜在解决方案之一。太阳能发电的主要挑战在于设计一个高效的光催化系统； (2)用于环境修复的纳米多孔复合催化剂。在这里，目标是设计新的高效催化剂系统，以减少来自移动和固定来源的NOx和CO污染，用于商业应用。汽车NOx和CO排放的控制仍然是工业界和学术界研究人员面临的挑战。

. Heterogeneous catalysts are widely used in energy and environmental applications. However, conventional catalysts do not currently possess the required efficiency for producing solar-converted clean fuels or for pollution abatement. On the basis of our expertise in nanomaterials and photocatalysis/catalysis, we propose to develop two new classes of nanocatalysts: (1) efficient sunlight driven hybrid nanostructured photocatalysts for clean energy. Here, the target is to design new solar fuel generation systems with the required efficiency, scalability, and sustainability to be economically viable. The photocatalytic conversion of H20 and CO2/H20 under sunlight to valuable energy vectors and fuels is one of potential solutions to both the global warming and energy shortage problems. The principal challenge of sunlight-to-fuel generation lies in designing an efficient photocatalytic system; (2) nanocrystalline porous hybrid catalysts for environmental remediation. Here, the target is to design new efficient catalyst systems for NOx and CO pollution abatement from mobile and stationary sources for commercial applications. The control of NOx and CO emission from automobiles remains challenging for both industry and academic researchers.