This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, supported through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, provides $530,000 in funding to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) - Queens College to investigate the impact of confining electrochemical reactions within nanoscale cavities. The principal investigators, Professors Michael Mirkin and Daniel Mandler, aim to unravel the complex electrochemistry of confined systems through a...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York, doing business as Rfcuny - John Jay College. The 3-year grant, starting on July 1, 2023, supports research by Dr. Guoqi Zhang to study the use of alkali metal-ligand complexes as catalysts for the selective reduction of oxygen-containing functionalities from renewable...
This $614,548 National Science Foundation project grant supports research to develop a precise synthetic method for fabricating alloy-based electrocatalysts with controlled surface compositions and facets. Funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the three-year award running from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2025 will enable researchers at Georgia Tech to apply first-principles calculations and data science to identify optimal alloy compositions for electrocatalytic hydrogen...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, provides $526,154 to Boston College to investigate the structure of the electrochemical double layer and its effects on electrocatalysis. The primary objectives are to use vibrational spectroscopy to examine the distribution of organic and inorganic cations in the electrochemical double layer and how this impacts the efficiency and...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049), provides $182,589 to support collaborative research between Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Florida, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026. The researchers will examine the connections between the structure, dynamics, and catalysis of reactions with...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $453,701 Project Grant to Clarkson University under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct research on improving electrochemical processes for sustainable fuel and chemical production. The project aims to gain a deeper understanding of the complex chemistry occurring at the interface between electrocatalysts and liquid or polymer electrolytes. Key objectives include: 1) quantifying how solvent, ion, and surface effects influence...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $350,000 in funding to support collaborative research on electrochemical nickel-catalyzed reductive biaryl coupling. Professors Daniel Weix and Shannon Stahl of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Professor Mohammad Rafiee of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Professor Robert Paton of Colorado State University are leading this effort to...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Duke University. The 5-year award, effective January 1, 2025, supports Professor Ivan A. Moreno-Hernandez's research to improve iridium oxide-based nanocrystal electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction. The project will employ synthesis and manipulation of metal oxide nanocrystals to explore chemical effects on catalysis and improve catalytic...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for a research project titled "Directing Hydrogen Transfer via Pd Electrochemical Double Cell Polarization." The project, led by Professor Yogesh Surendranath, aims to develop a new approach for controlling the use of hydrogen in chemical reactions by combining electrical and thermal energy inputs....
This Project Grant award of $770,000 from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) supports research by professors at the University of Central Florida, University of California Riverside, and Brewton Parker College to study the fundamental properties and reactivity of single-atom catalysts. The key objectives are to provide a comprehensive understanding of factors controlling the activity and selectivity of these catalysts for hydrogen production from...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $608,164 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Professors Michael Mirkin and Guoxiang Hu of the City University of New York, Queens College. The grant, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026, supports research on voltage-driven molecular catalysis for energy-related processes and organic electrosynthesis.
The key objectives are to: 1) Develop hybrid voltage-driven molecular catalysts for reactions like the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), and investigate the effects of catalyst chemistry, solution properties, and applied potential on reaction kinetics; 2) Apply the voltage-driven molecular catalysis concept to facilitate electrosynthetic reactions; and 3) Perform computational modeling to elucidate the atomic-level mechanisms underlying voltage-driven molecular catalysis. The project also provides training opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students, and outreach to high school students.
A $157,912 sub-award was provided to Georgia Tech Research Corporation to lead the computational modeling work on the project.