Electrode and Catalytic Materials for Solar Light Harvesting and Fuel Generation Systems

对气候变化的日益关注要求我们以对环境负责的方式开发新能源。由太阳能、电化学过程、催化或其组合驱动的原型燃料发电装置已经开发出来。然而，为了将这些方法持续扩展到现有和新兴的能源基础设施中，还需要在成本、可扩展性、长期稳定性和性能方面进行进一步优化。提出的研究计划涉及太阳能光吸收和CO的电极材料和电催化剂的合理设计

Increasing concerns over climate change require us to develop new sources of energy in an environmentally responsible fashion. Prototypical fuel generation devices driven by solar, electrochemical processes, catalysis, or combinations thereof have been developed. However, further optimization is required in terms of cost, scalability, long term stability, and performance for continued expansion of these methodologies into existing and emerging energy infrastructure. The proposed research program involves the rational design of electrode materials and electrocatalysts for solar light absorption and CO