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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

# overview
The research in our laboratory focuses on advanced materials and processes for sustainable energy and clean environment. Our group is specialized in synthesis of nanomaterials and multifunctional materials, catalysis and photocatalysis, carbon capture and conversion, natural gas utilization, solar photochemical and thermochemical processes, rechargeable batteries, membrane technology (wastewater treatment, desalination, drinking water purification), and aerosol engineering. For example, we have designed multifunctional nanomaterials to catalytically convert CO2 and water to syngas under solar irradiation, which can be further processed to produce liquid fuels. We also perform advanced microscopic and spectroscopic studies to understand materials properties, interfaces and surface chemistry.

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Scalable And Sustainable Catalyst Synthesis

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12 Responsible Consumption And Production

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Lehigh University - (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States)

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Zhejiang University - (Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)

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Zhejiang University - (Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)

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University of Florida - (Gainesville, Florida, United States)

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Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

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Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

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Development of silica/vanadia/titania catalysts for removal of elemental mercury from coal-combustion flue gas.

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Bicrystalline TiO2 with controllable anatase-brookite phase content for enhanced CO2 photoreduction to fuels

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CO2 Reduction by Plasmonic Au Nanoparticle-Decorated TiO2 Photocatalyst with an Ultrathin Al2O3 Interlayer

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Silver-incorporated bicrystalline (anatase/brookite) TiO2 microspheres for CO2 photoreduction with water in the presence of methanol

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Effects of temperature, surface MgO dispersion, and CO2 adsorption/desorption dynamics on CO2 photoreduction with H2O vapor by porous MgO/TiO2 microspheres

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Facile and Scalable Synthesis of Metal- and Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

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Unveiling Active Sites of CO2 Reduction on Nitrogen-Coordinated and Atomically Dispersed Iron and Cobalt Catalysts

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Feasibility study of flowback/produced water treatment using direct-contact membrane distillation

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Boosting CO2 reduction on Fe-N-C with sulfur incorporation: Synergistic electronic and structural engineering

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Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 and H2O to fuels by nanostructured Ce-TiO2/SBA-15 composites

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Ultrasonic spray pyrolysis synthesis of Ag/TiO2 nanocomposite photocatalysts for simultaneous H2 production and CO2 reduction

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Effect of surface oxygen vacancy for spontaneous dissociation of CO2 on CuOx/TiO2 nanoparticles at room temperature

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Removal of Waterborne Particles by Electrofiltration: Pilot-Scale Testing

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Superhydrophobic Electrospun PVDF Membranes with Silanization and Fluorosilanization Co-functionalized CNTs for Improved Direct Contact Membrane Distillation

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Unveiling active sites of CO2 reduction on nitrogen coordinated single atomic iron and cobalt catalysts

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A review on adsorption-enhanced photoreduction of carbon dioxide by nanocomposite materials

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CO2 photoreduction with H2O vapor by porous MgO-TiO2 microspheres: effects of surface MgO dispersion and CO2 adsorption-desorption dynamics

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Critical role of tetracycline's self-promotion effects in its visible-light driven photocatalytic degradation over ZnO nanorods.

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A review on the effects of TiO2 surface point defects on CO2 photoreduction with H2O

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Mechanistic Study of CO2 Photoreduction with H2O on Cu/TiO2 Nanocomposites by in Situ X-ray Absorption and Infrared Spectroscopies

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Nanowastes and the environment: using mercury as an example pollutant to assess the environmental fate of chemicals adsorbed onto manufactured nanomaterials.

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High-temperature photothermal catalytic CO2 reforming of methane on Pt/CeO2-based catalysts using concentrated solar

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One-Step Chemical Vapor Deposition Synthesis of Hierarchical Ni and N Co-Doped Carbon Nanosheet/Nanotube Hybrids for Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Reduction at Commercially Viable Current Densities

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Tailoring Cu valence and oxygen vacancy in Cu/TiO2 catalysts for enhanced CO2 photoreduction efficiency

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Atomically Dispersed Iron-Nitrogen Sites on Hierarchically Mesoporous Carbon Nanotube and Graphene Nanoribbon Networks for CO2 Reduction.

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Efficient oil/water separation by a durable underwater superoleophobic mesh membrane with TiO2 coating via biomineralization

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Flower-like MgAl layered double hydroxides grown on carbon paper as a free-standing electrode for efficient electrochemical sensing of nitrite

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Integrating photocatalysis and thermocatalysis to enable efficient CO2 reforming of methane on Pt supported CeO2 with Zn doping and atomic layer deposited MgO overcoating

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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Integrated CO2 capture and photocatalytic conversion by a hybrid adsorbent/photocatalyst material

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Role of flue gas components in mercury oxidation over TiO2 supported MnOx-CeO2 mixed-oxide at low temperature.

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Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 with H2O to solar fuels using TiO2-based nanocomposites

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Self-growth-templating synthesis of 3D N,P, Co-doped mesoporous carbon frameworks for efficient bifunctional oxygen and carbon dioxide electroreduction

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CeO2-TiO2 catalysts for catalytic oxidation of elemental mercury in low-rank coal combustion flue gas.

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Water wave vibration-promoted solar evaporation with super high productivity

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Sulfur-infiltrated porous carbon microspheres with controllable multi-modal pore size distribution for high energy lithium-sulfur batteries.

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Novel superhydrophilic antifouling PVDF-BiOCl nanocomposite membranes fabricated via a modified blending-phase inversion method

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CO2 photoreduction by porous TiO2 synergetically promoted by atomic layer deposited MgO and photodeposited Ag

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Development of stable La0.9Ce0.1NiO3 perovskite catalyst for enhanced photothermochemical dry reforming of methane

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Modification of boiler operating conditions for mercury emissions reductions in coal-fired utility boilers

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CO2 photoreduction with H2O vapor over hybrid TiO2/MgAl layer double hydroxides

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A novel N, Fe-Decorated carbon nanotube/carbon nanosheet architecture for efficient CO2 reduction

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An integrated electrocoagulation - Electrocatalysis water treatment process using stainless steel cathodes coated with ultrathin TiO2 nanofilms.

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Solar fuel production from CO2 photoreduction on CuOx/TiO2 nanoparticles: The role of surface oxygen vacancy and copper species

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Facile, inexpensive, and scalable approach enabled robust TiO2-coating on stainless steel mesh for oil/water separation

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Engineering Coexposed {001} and {101} Facets in Oxygen-Deficient TiO2 Nanocrystals for Enhanced CO2 Photoreduction under Visible Light

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Membrane distillation coupled with a novel two-stage pretreatment process for petrochemical wastewater treatment and reuse

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Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 with H2O on mesoporous silica supported Cu/TiO2 catalysts

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Impact of SO2 on elemental mercury oxidation over CeO2-TiO2 catalyst

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CO2 photoreduction with water vapor by Ti-embedded MgAl layered double hydroxides

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Mesoporous TiO2-BiOBr microspheres with tailorable adsorption capacities for photodegradation of organic water pollutants: probing adsorption-photocatalysis synergy by combining experiments and kinetic modeling

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Removal of elemental mercury from simulated coal-combustion flue gas using a SiO2-TiO2 nanocomposite

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New surface engineering strategy to promote photocatalytic CO2 reduction by TiO2 photocatalysts

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A Sustainable Synthesis of Nickel-Nitrogen-Carbon Catalysts for Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to CO

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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Preface to Special Issue CO2 Capture, Sequestration, Conversion and Utilization

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Mesoporous TiO2-BiOBr microspheres with tailorable adsorption capacities for photodegradation of organic water pollutants: Probing adsorption-photocatalysis synergy by combining experiments and kinetic modeling

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Pore-Edge Tailoring of Single-Atom Iron-Nitrogen Sites on Graphene for Enhanced CO2 Reduction

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Integrating solar steam generation with electrocatalysis to achieve simultaneous fouling-resistant desalination and accelerated organics degradation

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Mercury Emissions Control in Coal Combustion Systems Using Potassium Iodide: Bench-Scale and Pilot-Scale Studies

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Solar Activated Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 and Water to Fuels by TiO2-Based Nanocomposites

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Synthesis of novel MgAl layered double oxide grafted TiO2 cuboids and their photocatalytic activity on CO2 reduction with water vapor

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Spontaneous Dissociation of CO2 to CO on Defective Surface of Cu(I)/TiO2-x Nanoparticles at Room Temperature

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Superparamagnetic iron oxide-enclosed hollow gold nanostructure with tunable surface plasmon resonances to promote near-infrared photothermal conversion

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Degradation of Hazardous Organics via Cathodic Flow-through Process Using a Spinel FeCo2O4/CNT Decorated Stainless-Steel Mesh

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Kinetic study for photocatalytic oxidation of elemental mercury on aSiO2-TiO2 nanocomposite

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Identification of champion transition metals centers in metal and nitrogen-doped carbon catalysts for electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide into fuels

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Elucidating the Role of Dissolved Organic Matter and Sunlight in Mediating the Formation of Ag-Au Bimetallic Alloy Nanoparticles in the Aquatic Environment.

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In situ biomineralization-constructed superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic PVDF-TiO2 membranes for superior antifouling separation of oil-in-water emulsions

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Novel titanium dioxide/iron (III) oxide/graphene oxide photocatalytic membrane for enhanced humic acid removal from water

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Giant magnetoresistance in non-magnetic phosphoric acid doped polyaniline silicon nanocomposites with higher magnetic field sensing sensitivity.

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Synergistic, adaptive, continuous-flow, and low-carbon solar evaporation and electrochemical treatment (SEET) system-a combined numerical and experimental study

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ZnO-CoO Nanoparticles Encapsulated in 3D Porous Carbon Microspheres for High-performance Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes

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Atomic-level active sites of efficient imidazolate framework-derived nickel catalysts for CO2 reduction

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Promoting electrocatalytic CO2 reduction on nitrogen-doped carbon with sulfur addition

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Efficient CO2 Electroreduction by Highly Dense and Active Pyridinic Nitrogen on Holey Carbon Layers with Fluorine Engineering

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Measurement and capture of fine and ultrafine particles from a pilot-scale pulverized coal combustor with an electrostatic precipitator.

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Response to Comment on "Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Water Pollutants Promoted by Sulfite Addition".

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Photocatalytic CO2 reduction on porous TiO2 synergistically promoted by atomic layer deposited MgO overcoating and photodeposited silver nanoparticles

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A Density Functional Theory and Experimental Study of CO2 Interaction with Brookite TiO2

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Nanocomposite Photocatalysts for Solar Fuel Production from CO2 and Water

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Visible light responsive iodine-doped TiO2 for photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to fuels

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PTFE nanocoating on Cu nanoparticles through dry processing to enhance electrochemical conversion of CO2 towards multi-carbon products

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Highly Efficient Nickel, Iron, and Nitrogen Codoped Carbon Catalysts Derived from Industrial Waste Petroleum Coke for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Water Pollutants Promoted by Sulfite Addition.

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Metal-Organic Framework MIL-125 Derived Mg2+-Doped Mesoporous TiO2 for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

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Understanding the Reaction Mechanism of Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 with H2O on TiO2-Based Photocatalysts: A Review

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Mercury Capture by Nano-structured Titanium Dioxide Sorbent during Coal Combustion: Lab-scale to Pilot-scale Studies

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Photocatalytic CO2 reduction with water for solar fuel production using MgO-modified TiO2 nanomaterials

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Simulated solar light-driven photocatalytic degradation of trichloroethylene in water using BiOBr promoted by sulfite addition

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Nitrogen Coordinated Single Atomic Metals Supported on Nanocarbons: A New Frontier in Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

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Identification of champion transition metals centers in metal and nitrogen-codoped carbon catalysts for CO2 reduction

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Facile Integration of Hierarchical Pores and N, P-Codoping in Carbon Networks Enables Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction

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Atomic layer deposited TiO2 ultrathin layer on Ag_ZnO nanorods for stable and efficient photocatalytic degradation of RhB

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MgAl-layered double hydroxide flower arrays grown on carbon paper for efficient electrochemical sensing of nitrite

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Copper and iodine co-modified TiO2 nanoparticles for improved activity of CO2 photoreduction with water vapor

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Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction with H2O on TiO2 Nanocrystals: Comparison of Anatase, Rutile, and Brookite Polymorphs and Exploration of Surface Chemistry

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Flower-like bismuth metal-organic frameworks grown on carbon paper as a free-standing electrode for efficient electrochemical sensing of Cd2+and Pb2+in water

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DFT study of carbon dioxide interaction with brookite TiO2 clusters

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Front-End Evaluation to Enhance the Usefulness and Adoption of Educational Materials: from Museum Education to Engineering Education

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A Novel Photo‐thermochemical Approach for Enhanced Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Methane

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Photocatalytic reduction of chlorate in aqueous TiO2 suspension with hole scavenger under simulated solar light

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Thermal stability and flammability of cotton fabric with TiO2 coatings based on biomineralization

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Synthesis of Carbon-TiO2 Nanocomposites with Enhanced Reversible Capacity and Cyclic Performance as Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

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Superparamagnetic iron oxide enclosed hollow gold nanostructure with tunable surface plasmon resonances to promote near-infrared photothermal conversion

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EPR study of charge separation within novel brookite TiO2 photocatalysts for the conversion of CO2 to fuels

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Emissivity Prediction of Multilayer Film Radiators by Machine Learning using an Ultrasmall Dataset

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Enhancing photocatalytic CO2 reduction by coating an ultrathin Al2O3 layer on oxygen deficient TiO2 nanorods through atomic layer deposition

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Superior activity of MnOx-CeO2/TiO2 catalyst for catalytic oxidation of elemental mercury at low flue gas temperatures

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Kinetics of mercury oxidation in the presence of hydrochloric acid and oxygen over a commercial SCR catalyst

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Photocatalytic degradation of phenol in water under simulated sunlight by an ultrathin MgO coated Ag/TiO2 nanocomposite.

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Decorated carbon nanotube/carbon nanosheet architecture enables improved CO2 electroreduction

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Novel anti-fouling Fe2O3/TiO2 nanowire membranes for humic acid removal from water

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Enhanced disinfection of Escherichia coli and bacteriophage MS2 in water using a copper and silver loaded titanium dioxide nanowire membrane

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Role of moisture in adsorption, photocatalytic oxidation, and reemission of elemental mercury on a SiO2-TiO2 nanocomposite.

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Fuel Production from Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 with Water Using TiO2Based Nanocomposites

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Efficient electrochemical CO2 reduction to CO by metal and nitrogen co-doped carbon catalysts derived from pharmaceutical wastes adsorbed on commercial carbon nanotubes

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Designing hybrid adsorbent/photocatalyst for solar fuels production from CO2 photoreduction with H2O vapor

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Kinetic modeling of mercury oxidation by chlorine over CeO2-TiO2 catalysts

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Atomic layer deposition enabled MgO surface coating on porous TiO2 for improved CO2 photoreduction

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FeOOH and Fe2O3 co-grafted TiO2 photocatalysts for bisphenol A degradation in water

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UV-Absorption-Based Measurements of Ozone and Mercury: An Investigation on Their Mutual Interferences

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Efficient photothermochemical dry reforming of methane over Ni supported on ZrO2 with CeO2 incorporation

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Oxidation and capture of elemental mercury over SiO2-TiO2-V2O5 catalysts in simulated low-rank coal combustion flue gas

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Porous microspheres of MgO-patched TiO2 for CO2 photoreduction with H2O vapor: temperature-dependent activity and stability.

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Photocatalytic CO2 reduction with H2O on TiO2 polymorph (anatase, rutile, brookite) nanoparticles

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Collaborative Research: Designing Nitrogen Coordinated Single Atomic Metal Electrocatalysts for Selective CO2 Reduction to CO

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Solar-driven Advanced Reduction Processes for Destroying Persistent Contaminants in Water

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Qatar National Research Fund - (Doha, Qatar)

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EAGER: Photo-Thermo-Chemical CO2 Reforming of CH4 by Concentrated Sunlight

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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GCR: Programmable Nanorobots Integration with Magnetically-Driven Neuron and Brain Tissue Regeneration

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Office of the Director - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Collaborative Research: Design of a Novel Photo-Thermo-Catalyst for Enhanced Activity and Stability of Dry Reforming of Methane

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Collaborative Research: Experimental and Computational Studies on CO2 Photoreduction to Fuels by Nanostructured Catalysts

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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CAREER: Integrated CO2 Capture and Catalytic Conversion to Solar Fuels Using Hybrid Multifunctional Materials

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Mechanical Engineering; 3123 TAMU

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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

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Gao, Chongjie (2019-04). Superhydrophobic Surface Modification of Carbon Nanotubes for Polymer Membrane in Direct Contact Membrane Distillation. Master's Thesis.

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Chen, Jiatang (2015-11). Silicon-Incorporated Carbon Spheres As Anode Material for Lithium-ion Batteries. Master's Thesis.

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Deng, Wei (2019-07). Development of Advanced Photocatalysis and Membranes for Wastewater Treatment. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Scott, Tyler Andrew (2017-12). PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF PHENOL IN WATER BY SILVER/TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANORODS COATED WITH AN ULTRATHIN MAGNESIUM OXIDE LAYER. Master's Thesis.

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Trzaskos, Jacob David (2017-05). Photothermal CO2 Reforming Of CH4 by Concentrated Sunlight. Master's Thesis.

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Zhao, Huilei (2017-06). Innovative Nanomaterials for Efficient CO2 Photocatalytic Conversion to Fuels. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Zheng, Xiaoyu (2017-12). Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticle as Surface Loading for Carbon Dioxide Reduction on Titanium Dioxide Photocatalyst with Aluminium Oxide Interlayer. Master's Thesis.