{"id":145,"date":"2019-01-11T11:30:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T11:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/?page_id=145"},"modified":"2020-09-22T12:33:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T11:33:57","slug":"research-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/?page_id=145","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our primary research target is the understanding of materials structure-activity relationship in catalysis and energy storage. The target is supported by three fundamental pillars: Materials discovery, reaction engineering and <em>operando<\/em> spectroscopy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Materials discovery<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>We design synthetic methodologies to achieve uniform active species on the materials surface. We use exchangeable ligands to control the electronic structure of specific single-site metals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-151 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Picture1-300x118.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"781\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Picture1-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Picture1-768x302.png 768w, https:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Picture1-1024x403.png 1024w, https:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Picture1.png 1812w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We use the oxide surface to stabilize single-site and to achieve the desired coordination environment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-152 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/flame-spray-of-Cu-v3-300x146.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/flame-spray-of-Cu-v3-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/flame-spray-of-Cu-v3-768x373.png 768w, https:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/flame-spray-of-Cu-v3.png 773w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reaction Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We search for new reaction and process for transformation of natural gas and biomass. We are interested in C1 chemistry, in particular methane activation. We look forward to different energy storage systems to replace the use of Li.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-150 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/figure-5-300x100.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"891\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/figure-5-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/figure-5-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/figure-5-1024x341.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Operando<\/em><\/strong><strong> spectroscopy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We apply a range of <em>operando<\/em> characterization techniques in order to understand active site behaviours and reaction mechanism.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Go To<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/?page_id=145\">Research<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/?page_id=40\">Members<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/?page_id=113\">Facilities<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/?page_id=42\">Publications<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/?page_id=108\">News<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/mcl-ucl.synology.me\/wordpress\/?page_id=410\">Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our primary research target is the understanding of materials structure-activity relationship in catalysis and energy storage. 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