Sustainable Energy
Focus Areas
Energy Storage
We鈥檙e working to improve the effectiveness of electrochemical and thermal energy storage systems, and designing novel interfacial structures and compositions to increase the energy density of energy storage devices. Applications include lithium and sodium metal batteries, solid-state batteries, aqueous (鈥渂eyond-lithium鈥) batteries, hybridized battery-capacitor and other fast-charge systems, and battery recycling processes. We also work to improve phase-change materials and thermochemical energy storage for applications such as concentrated solar power, building technologies, or pumped thermal energy storage.
Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals
Our researchers are working to make chemical production more sustainable through process intensification, integration of renewable energy to displace fossil fuels, and use of more sustainable feedstocks. Some recent projects have focused on microtechnology for distributed chemical production, conversion of concentrated solar thermal energy into fuels and chemicals, and activation of difficult chemical reactions of industrial relevance using plasmas.
Bioenergy and Bioproducts
Our research teams harness biological systems to sustainably produce energy-dense molecules for biofuels, and value-added products such as biopolymers and biogenic semiconductor materials. Recent projects focus on use of photosynthetic organisms to capture CO2 from air, intensification of macroalgae cultivation for biofuels and food ingredients, and development of bioreactor systems to control production of bioproducts.
Solar Energy
Research in this area is aimed at developing novel materials, processes, devices, and systems to harvest solar energy. Applications include multifunctional solar energy materials, digital printing of solar energy materials, scalable manufacturing of solar cells, novel solar energy conversion devices, and solar thermal energy storage systems.
Participating Faculty
L铆ney 脕rnad贸ttir
Professor Callahan Faculty Scholar in Chemical Engineering
Additional Positions
Joint Appointment: Scientist/Theory lead, Physical Sciences Division in the Physical & Computational Sciences Directorate, Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
liney.arnadottir@oregonstate.edu
Research Groups
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Computation and Simulation | Materials and Catalysis | Sustainable Energy
Nick AuYeung
Associate Professor
Research Groups
Sustainable Energy
Chih-hung (Alex) Chang
Professor
Additional Positions
Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs
chih-hung.chang@oregonstate.edu
Research Groups
Computation and Simulation | Sustainable Energy | Catalysis and Advanced Materials | Water & Environment
Zhenxing Feng
Professor Stephen Slavens Faculty Scholar in Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering
Research Groups
Materials and Catalysis | Computation and Simulation | Water and Environment
Konstantinos Goulas
Associate Professor
Research Groups
Materials and Catalysis | Computation and Simulation | Water and Environment | Engineering Education
Xue Jin
Assistant Professor
Research Groups
Membrane-Based Water Treatment Technology Research Laboratory | Materials and Catalysis | Health and Biotechnology | Water and Environment | Computation and Simulation
Yuanzhe Liang
Assistant Professor
Research Groups
Water and Environment | Materials and Catalysis | Sustainable Energy
Tyler Radniecki
Professor
tyler.radniecki@oregonstate.edu
Research Groups
Water and Environment | Sustainable Energy | Health and Biotechnology
Gregory Rorrer
Professor
Research Groups
Sustainable Energy | Water and Environment | Materials and Catalysis | Health and Biotechnology | Engineering Education
Dorthe Wildenschild
Professor Jon and Stephanie DeVaan Chair and Executive Director for Clean Water Initiatives
Research Groups
Water and Environment | Sustainable Energy