Research

One of the biggest challenges for the 21st century is to meet people’s growing need for affordable energy, while mitigating extreme weather and natural disasters by decreasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at Gigaton (Gt) scale. Thermochemical processes are the only type of Gt-scale technology well-controlled by human beings today. Our mission is to create and develop game-changing materials and systems of scalable and sustainable thermochemistry to help achieve net zero emissions economy.

Dr. Zhai’s group combines materials science, catalysis, and thermal sciences to solve the energy and climate challenges at both material and system levels. Research topics include thermochemical looping, thermal catalysis, and solid state ionics. Application examples include hydrogen production/storage/utilization, catalyst regeneration, and CO2 capture and conversion.

 

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