Research Interests

Electrosynthesis

 

Over the last 20 years, organic electrosynthesis has been considered as one of the methodologies for the accomplishment of sustainable development and green chemistry. It has emerged as a powerful tool for the synthesis of complex organic molecules. The electron as the simplest chemical reagent is naturally clean and is used to achieve oxidation and reduction. It can be used to replace toxic or dangerous oxidizing or reducing reagents. Unique selectivity because of in situ formation of an active species at the interface, inversion in polarity by transfer of electron and variability in product formation by control of potential, offering mild and atom efficient pathway to interesting and useful molecules are some of advantage of electrosynthesis.

Fabrication of Redox Active Electrodes

 

The array of electrode surface with charge transfer functional groups have attracted increasing attention due to wide implications in materials science, electroanalytical chemistry, electrocatalysis, biosensing, energy storage, and electronic and optoelectronic systems. Surface-confined redox active materials result in an optimized surface and thus the significant improvement of the electrode/electrolyte interfacial properties.

Electrochemical CO2 reduction to value-added products

 

Deep dependence on fossil fuels has led to a steady increase in fossil energy consumption, resulting in increased carbon dioxide emissions. Stored carbon dioxide is positively associated with global warming. As a result, it affects climate change and the environment. Therefore, it is particularly important to choose to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the process of energy use. On the other hand, carbon dioxide is an important natural resource as well as an artificial raw material for many sources. The conversion of carbon dioxide to value-added chemicals is a very promising approach. The application of carbon dioxide through electrochemical reduction is one of the most effective methods for the production of value-added materials and fuels using renewable energy sources.