Our research interests lie in the energy field with the aim of discovering new materials to achieve more energy-efficient and cost-effective energy-related processes such as separations, energy storage, etc. Reducing energy consumption, cost, and CO2 emissions of many energy-related processes is currently one of the most prominent challenges. Recently, porous materials including zeolites, zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), graphene-based materials, etc. have become of great interest to the scientific community for their potential in energy-related applications. Can we operate these processes with better energy efficiencies and at lower costs?

To achieve this, discovering new materials is essential. The total number of possible material candidates, however, is hypothetically infinite. For instance, MOFs are highly tunable; one can design an optimal material by having the right combination of chemical compositions and structural topologies. This scheme is illustrated in the following figure.