Electrochemical Energy Conversion

Water Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production 

• Developing noble-metal-free electrocatalysts for high efficient water splitting to produce hydrogen and oxygen

• Developing hybrid electrocatalyst that combines a low-cost electrocatalyst with platinum for higher intrinsic electrocatalytic activity

• Controlling and optimizing the electrocatalytic activities by composition-engineering

• Seawater splitting

Ammonia Electrosynthesis

• Lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction in non-aqueous electrolytes

• Developing cathode materials with the highest selectivity for lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction to produce ammonia

• Revealing reaction mechanism through solid-electrolyte interphases in lithium-mediated ammonia synthesis

• Design and optimizing electrochemical Haber-Bosch reactor system

Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells

• Developing noble-metal-reduced electrocatalysts for high efficient oxygen reduction reaction

Electrochemical Energy Storage

Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries (AqZIBs)

• Developing vanadium-based nanocomposites for zinc-ion battery cathodes

Lithium-/Sodium-Ion Batteries (LIBs, SIBs)

• Developing sodium-metal-pyrophosphate nanocomposites for high-performance sodium-ion battery cathodes

• Discovering synthesis methods of various nanostructured metal oxides for rechargeable lithium/sodium-ion batteries

• Developing new quaternary phosphate phosphors for white light-emitting diodes