Project Info


Engineering Organic Catalysts for Alternate Energy Applications

Shubham Vyas| svyas@mines.edu

– Computationally engineering already developed organic molecular catalyst for the oxidative splitting of water
– Chemical synthesis and experimental testing of computationally designed catalysts

More Information

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http://www.nature.com/nchem/journal/v4/n10/full/nchem.1439.html
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp106288s
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp104443y

Grand Engineering Challenge: Make solar energy economical

Student Preparation


Qualifications

Sophomore or higher in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering.

Time Commitment

40 hours/month

Skills/Techniques Gained

Chemical computations
Chemical synthesis
Laser Spectroscopy
NMR, UV-Vis, IR and product analysis
Possibly, electrochemistry

Mentoring Plan

One-on-one meeting every week
Participation in the group meeting
The student will also work with a graduate student already working on this project