Developing Better Electrochemical Catalysts

Abstract

Catalytic conversion of syngas (mixtures of CO and H2) to hydro-carbons and alcohols; and electrocatalytic CO2 reduction play important roles in improving the carbon cycling with the increasing energy demand and environmental concern. The talk will present selected findings from our modeling studies of catalysts in both syngas conversion and CO2 reduction. Particular emphasis will be given to how two useful theoretical tools have been used to understand and improve the performance of catalysts.


References

1. T.T. Vo Doan, J.B. Wang, K.C. Poon, D.C.L. Tan, B. Khezri, R.D. Webster, H.B. Su, and Hiro Sato, Angew. Chemie. Inter. Ed. 55, 6842 (2016)
2. B. Miao, S. Ma, X. Wang, H.B. Su, and S.H. Chan, Catalysis Sci. & Tech. 6, 4048 (2016)
3. Y.W. Li, H.B. Su, S.H. Chan, and Q. Sun, ACS Catalysis 5, 6658 (2015)


Biography

Prof. Haibin Su is currently an associate professor in Department of Chemistry at HKUST since 2018. He received Ph.D. degree from Stony Brook University, while performing his thesis projects at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Then he had a 3-year stint as a postdoc at Caltech prior to starting his independent career in Singapore from 2005 to 2018. His research interest includes development and application of theoretical and computational materials science: i.e., quantum-mechanical and classical simulations and modeling of the electronic, structural, energetical, and dynamical properties of functional materials at nanometer scales.