Solar-driven thermochemical dissociation of carbon dioxide and water to produce carbon-neutral fuels. The biggest challenge to humanity of the century is to develop enabling clean energy resources to encounter rapidly diminished fossil fuel and accelerated global warming conditions. This project will offer a solution by developing a unique solar-driven thermochemical system capable of cleaving carbon dioxide and water to produce artificial syngas.
Driving Chemical Reactions by Visible and Ultraviolet Light on Supported Noble Metal Nanoparticles. This project will develop advanced materials of noble metal nanoparticles on a support, which can absorb visible and ultraviolet light and catalyse chemical reactions. Such photocatalysts provide the potential to use sunlight, an abundant, green energy source, to drive reactions at ambient temperatures for chemical synthesis and environmental protection.