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Energy and Environmental Applications

Solar Thermal Reactor

Faculty: Falconer, George, Hrenya, Medlin, Noble, Weimer

The increasing national focus on energy and environmental research is reflected in the department. There is a significant focus on the production of hydrogen, its purification, and its use for production of energy in fuel cells. There is also a significant focus on the development of catalysts and membranes for removal of environmental toxins. Specific research areas include:

• Solar-thermal reactors for economical production of hydrogen in a water splitting cycle.
• Mechanistic studies of reactions on fuel cell catalysts
• Zeolite and metal membranes for hydrogen purification
• Photocatalysts for destruction of volatile organic compounds