Research

Design and characterization of low-dimensional materials using density functional theory (DFT), with current focus on hydrogen storage, catalytic applications, energy conversion, and metal–sulfur battery systems.

Projects

1. Metal–Sulfur Battery

Identifying anchoring materials to minimize the polysulfide shuttle effect using computational methods.

Framework for evaluation of anchoring substrates in metal-sulfur batteries, showing thermodynamic and kinetic screening criteria

2. Material Modeling

Development of novel materials through ab initio computational approaches.

Synthesis scheme and structure of the 2D polyaramid 2DPA-1 material

3. Hydrogen Economy

  • Production: identifying catalysts for hydrogen generation with reduced overpotential requirements.
  • Storage: screening 2D materials for high gravimetric hydrogen storage capacity.
Hydrogen evolution reaction mechanism on a decorated biphenylene sheet, and hydrogen storage for light-weight vehicles

4. Quantum Dots

Investigating the stability and electronic/optical characteristics of quantum dots.

5. Thermal Properties

Calculation of thermal conductivity by solving the phonon Boltzmann transport equation, and determination of thermoelectric properties through the electronic Boltzmann equation.