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• Solar Photocatalytic Materials – Sunlight to Fuels
  We are testing and trying to discover cheap, durable, and efficient materials as well as device strategies and nano-morphologies for use as photocatalysts for converting cheap feed-stocks (e.g., water or carbon dioxide) into renewable fuels (e.g., H₂) using sunlight as an energy source.

• Catalysis and Surface Chemistry
  Enhanced mechanistic understanding and new materials are needed for energy-intensive and energy–producing catalytic processes.  We are studying gas-surface chemistry and catalytic processes on well-characterized surfaces and materials.

• Materials for Li-Ion Battery Electrodes
  New electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries are essential for reducing greenhouse gases and enhanced utilization of renewable energy sources.  We are trying to identify new materials and nano-structures for use as electrodes in advanced lithium-ion batteries.

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• Max Power

Materials chemistry is crucial to many important energy producing/storage devices and processes. My research group at UT Austin is employing several innovative experimental techniques and strategies for advancing the state-of-the-art in materials for applications in the areas of solar energy, catalysis for energy, and Li-ion battery electrode materials for energy storage.

• Solar Photocatalytic Materials – Sunlight to Fuels
  We are testing and trying to discover cheap, durable, and efficient materials as well as device strategies and nano-morphologies for use as photocatalysts for converting cheap feed-stocks (e.g., water or carbon dioxide) into renewable fuels (e.g., H₂) using sunlight as an energy source.

• Catalysis and Surface Chemistry
  Enhanced mechanistic understanding and new materials are needed for energy-intensive and energy–producing catalytic processes.  We are studying gas-surface chemistry and catalytic processes on well-characterized surfaces and materials.

• Materials for Li-Ion Battery Electrodes
  New electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries are essential for reducing greenhouse gases and enhanced utilization of renewable energy sources.  We are trying to identify new materials and nano-structures for use as electrodes in advanced lithium-ion batteries.

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Group/Research Highlights

• Sean Wood awarded NDSEG Fellowship!

  Sean was recently awarded both a NSF and a NDSEG Graduate Fellowship.  He decided to accept the NDSEG Fellowship beginning September 2013!  Congratulations Sean!

   

• Greg's paper to Topics in Catalysis accepted!

  Greg's paper on the effects of adsorbed water on gold catalysis was accepted for publication in the journal Topics in Catalysis. Congratulations Greg!

   

• Yong-Mao's paper to JPC Letters is now published!

  Yong-Mao's paper to the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters regarding the lithiation of hydrothermally synthesized GeO₂ nanoparticles has now been published!  Congratulations Yong-Mao!

   

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