Zhange Feng
University of Nevada-Las Vegas, NV·Chemistry
Electrochemistry uses electricity to drive chemical reactions and to store energy, which makes it central to cleaner batteries, turning carbon dioxide into useful products, and greener ways of making chemicals. This planning grant prepares a team at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to propose a full research center focused on sustainable, eco-friendly electrochemical science and technology.
- Fields
Chemistry
Materials Science
Engineering
- Topics
electrochemistry
green chemistry
electrochemical energy storage
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Aug 2027
What they work on
- Gather preliminary data on electrochemical energy storage and electrochemical CO2 reduction, which turns carbon dioxide into other chemicals, as groundwork for a full research center.
- Collect early results on organic electrosynthesis of compounds containing phosphorus-fluorine bonds, using electricity rather than conventional reagents to drive the reactions, and on electrochemical separation.
- Support the experimental electrochemistry topics with theoretical calculations and assess university infrastructure to shape a full center proposal.
More about the research
Most of the project is organizing work: strategic planning, progress review and collaboration meetings, workshops and symposiums for faculty and students, and a review of the university's research facilities. Alongside this, team members will collect preliminary data on several research topics: electrochemical energy storage; electrochemical CO2 reduction, which converts carbon dioxide into other chemicals; organic electrosynthesis, using electricity to build organic molecules, here compounds containing phosphorus-fluorine (P-F) bonds; electrochemical separation of substances; and theoretical calculations that support the experiments. The planned center also aims to build electrochemistry curriculum and enroll undergraduate and graduate students. Local high school students can take part in a summer internship program at UNLV.
Why it matters
Electrochemical methods can store renewable energy, convert carbon dioxide into useful products and make chemicals with less waste. This planning effort builds a team and preliminary data in these areas, which could eventually support greener energy storage and chemical manufacturing and train students for interdisciplinary electrochemistry work.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI·Chemistry·Early-career
Determine how collective assembly of organic ions in ionic liquid electrolytes influences the rate and selectivity of electrochemical CO2 reduction to carbon monoxide.
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University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA·Engineering
Develop molten carbonate fuel cells with three-dimensional electrodes that concentrate CO2 while producing electricity, aiming for better performance and stability.
Ruggero Rossi
Johns Hopkins University, MD·Engineering·Early-career
Uncover the regulatory mechanisms that set how fast nitrogen-fixing bacteria make ammonia under outside electrochemical stimulation, using experiments that link nitrogen fixation to electroactivity (electron exchange with an electrode).
The school
University of Nevada-Las Vegas: 4 labs on PI Pages, $118M a year on research, 241 research doctorates a year.
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