Nanostructured Materials for Adsorption, Energy Storage, and Environmental Applications

Principal Investigator
Vikas Mittal
Department
Chemical Engineering
Focus Area
Clean & Renewable Energy
Nanostructured Materials for Adsorption, Energy Storage, and Environmental Applications

Current challenges faced by energy and environment sectors necessitate the development of advanced and efficient materials and technologies. For instance, effective systems are needed to store energy, remove pollutants from water streams, separate different acid gases from gas streams, catalyze reactions, enhance the lifetime of existing infrastructure, etc.

In this respect, the main objective of the project research is to develop nanostructured materials with a multitude of applications related to adsorption, energy storage, and environment sectors. Some of these nanostructured materials include doped graphene, graphene/metal oxide nanoparticles, graphene/MOF-COF hybrids, graphene cryogels, etc., which can also be incorporated in various polymer matrices to further enhance their application.

Nanostructured Materials for Adsorption, Energy Storage, and Environmental Applications