This $211,477 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at Washington State University (WSU) to understand the effects of solvents on the adsorption energies of reactants on catalyst surfaces. The project aims to use single crystal adsorption calorimetry to directly measure the heat of adsorption and co-adsorption with solvents on clean single-crystal surfaces. This data will provide fundamental insights into the effects of solvents on the binding of reaction intermediates, which can inform more accurate theoretical predictions for computational catalysis design. The research involves graduate students and postdocs from WSU, and will also integrate a mini research project for high school students. The project runs from Sep 2024 to Aug 2027 and does not involve any subawards.
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