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Chemical Engineering Research Seminar
Meng Zhou
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
New Mexico State University
Abstract
Hydrogen is a green fuel that potentially replaces traditional fossil fuels to achieve zero carbon emissions, but it only exists in trace quantities on earth. The commercial way to produce significant amounts of hydrogen is by steam methane reformation with undesirable CO2 greenhouse gas byproduct. Water splitting provides a green method for hydrogen production. However, room-temperature water splitting suffers from expensive catalysts such as Pt, IrO2, and RuO2; high electrolysis overpotential with sluggish kinetics; and low durability. High-temperature solid oxide electrolysis cells can solve some above-mentioned problems but have other issues like interface delamination, material degradation, and resistant phase formation. In this seminar, we will talk about the work being carried out towards solving these challenges, including (1) earth-abundant non-noble electrocatalyst development; (2) engineered ABO3 perovskite catalyst; (3) stability enhancement; (4) interface treatment; (5) increased reaction rate; and (6) oxygen evolution reaction (OER) replacement.
Bio
Dr. Meng Zhou received his BS in materials science from University of Science and Technology of China; MS in physics from Tulane University and PhD in chemical engineering from New Mexico State University (NMSU). He took position as an assistant professor in Chemical and Materials Engineering Department at NMSU in 2017. His research mainly focuses on energy storage and conversion devices, H2 production and CO2 reduction. He has authored and co- authored 56 peer-reviewed journal publications. Dr. Zhou has received above $2M research funding from NSF and National Labs.
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