{"id":12,"date":"2015-05-01T22:26:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T02:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2024-08-19T15:43:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T19:43:53","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Chemistry \u21d4 Energy Conversion and Storage<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/research\/batteries\/ \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-791\" src=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Research-website-e1724083138194.png\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/organic-inorganic-metal-halides\/\/ \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-791\" src=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Research-website-1-e1724083210985.png\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/research\/quantum-spin-liquids\/ \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-791\" src=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Research-website-2-e1724083377788.png\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Solid State Materials Chemistry, (Photo)electrochemistry, and Synthetic Molecular Chemistry<\/strong> <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Wu group has been working at solid state materials chemistry, (photo)electrochemistry, and synthetic molecular chemistry. Our current focuses are metal-air batteries, alkili metal ion batteries, (photo)electrocatalysts, and solar cells. We utilize knowledge, concepts and techniques from chemistry, physics, materials science and engineering to create new materials, explore new sciences, and enable new applications. We welcome students with various backgrounds to join our group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Research Areas<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Metal-oxygen batteries\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>and potassium secondary batteries\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/F3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-780 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/F3-300x284.png\" alt=\"F3\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/F3-300x284.png 300w, https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/F3-768x726.png 768w, https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/F3-1024x968.png 1024w, https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/F3.png 1076w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Metal-air batteries are the most dense electrochemical power sources and are anticipated to play an important role in electrification of transportation and grid energy storage.<\/li>\n<li>In 2013, Wu group invented K-O<sub>2<\/sub> battery that is based on the reversible one-electron O<sub>2<\/sub>\/KO<sub>2<\/sub> redox couple, which eliminates the need for these electrocatalysts (Fig. 3). This method has elegantly solved the oxygen reduction and evolution kinetics limit, and brings metal-air batteries closer to practical applications. This invention has received broad attention in the battery community.<\/li>\n<li>The recent researches mainly involves designing stable anode material, preventing oxygen corssover, and developing new electrolytes, including liquid electrolytes and solid-state electrolytes.<\/li>\n<li>A potassium-ion battery is analogue to lithium-ion batteriee. Compared with lithium-ion abtteries, the higher abundanc and low cost of potassium make potassium batteries a promising candidate for large scale energy storage.<\/li>\n<li>This project is funded by National Science Foundation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Hybrid Metal Halides<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hybrid-halide-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-769 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hybrid-halide-2.png\" alt=\"F1\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Quantum Spin Liquids<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/QSL.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-774 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/QSL.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Solar batteries<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SolarAirBatteryTOC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-339 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SolarAirBatteryTOC-300x283.png\" alt=\"Integrating a redox-coupled dye-sensitized photoelectrode into a lithium\u2013oxygen battery for photoassisted charging\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SolarAirBatteryTOC-300x283.png 300w, https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SolarAirBatteryTOC.png 815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wu group\u2019s recent breakthrough is in solar batteries based on the idea that photoelectrochemistry could be directly integrated into batteries because both fields use redox couples as the charge-transport shuttles.<\/li>\n<li>In 2014, Wu group demonstrated a solar oxygen battery that uses solar energy to assist the charging process of Li-O<sub>2<\/sub> batteries (shown above). Later the concept was extended to solar flow batteries that use solar energy to assist the charging process of Li-iodine flow batteries.<\/li>\n<li>These pioneering works are useful for creating new technology that can directly store the solar energy, which solves the intermittent nature of sunshine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/2016\/08\/23\/research-summary-for-new-students\/\">here<\/a> to explore more details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chemistry \u21d4 Energy Conversion and Storage \u00a0 Solid State Materials Chemistry, (Photo)electrochemistry, and Synthetic Molecular Chemistry Wu group has been working at solid state materials chemistry, (photo)electrochemistry, and synthetic molecular chemistry. Our current focuses are metal-air batteries, alkili metal ion batteries, (photo)electrocatalysts, and solar cells. We utilize knowledge, concepts and techniques from chemistry, physics, materials [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":104,"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2924,"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/2924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/wu.531\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}