The Subiao Group
The electrochemical carbon neutralization
School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University
Welcome to Our Team!
Our group mainly focuses on how to reduce CO2 emissions from the source and how to convert existing CO2 to high-value fuels and/or chemicals. More specifically, our research mission is to develop novel classes of nanostructured materials for advanced energy storage and conversion applications, with an emphasis on understanding the fundamentals of structural assembly and growth that will enable the smart control of materials composition, nanostructure, property and functionality, including 1) electrochemically converting CO2 to high-value fuels at room temperature; 2) alkane dehydrogenation to alkene in proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and CO2 electrolysis in solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) at elevated temperatures, 3) electrochemically extracting resources from seawater and 4) oxygen evolution reaction (OER), oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and other energy conversion and storage related devices and techniques.
These are exciting directions to go and will open up doors for countless opportunities in the fields of carbon recycling and energy storage and conversion. We have been fortunate to have strong experience at the forefront of material sciences (e.g., specific nanostructured materials and perovskite oxides) for energy storage and conversion, which give us a unique opportunity to conduct fundamental research along with nation- and industry-funded projects.
