Energy Materials & Processes
Energy Materials and Processes focuses on the dynamic transformation mechanisms and physical and chemical properties at critical interfaces in catalysts and energy materials needed to design new materials and systems for sustainable energy applications. By facilitating the development and rapid dissemination of critical molecular-level information along with predictive modeling of interfaces and their unique properties EMSL helps enable the design and development of practical, efficient, environmentally benign and economic energy storage and energy conversion systems.
- Solvent-mediated Interfacial Chemistry: Develop sufficient understanding of the dynamic and emergent processes that occur at solvent-mediated interfaces to predict the transformation mechanisms and physical and chemical properties needed to design advanced batteries and new catalysts for degradation of biomass and upgrading of bioproduced fuels and renewable chemicals.
Energy Materials and Processes focuses on the dynamic transformation mechanisms and physical and chemical properties at critical interfaces in catalysts and energy materials needed to design new materials and systems for sustainable energy applications. By facilitating the development and rapid dissemination of critical molecular-level information along with predictive modeling of interfaces and their unique properties EMSL helps enable the design and development of practical, efficient, environmentally benign and economic energy storage and energy conversion systems.
- Solvent-mediated Interfacial Chemistry: Develop sufficient understanding of the dynamic and emergent processes that occur at solvent-mediated interfaces to predict the transformation mechanisms and physical and chemical properties needed to design advanced batteries and new catalysts for degradation of biomass and upgrading of bioproduced fuels and renewable chemicals.
EMSL's annual call for proposals opens in early January
Imaging results are ones for the books
Understanding NOx SCR and soot oxidation processes on multi-functional SCR-based materials
Coking- and sintering-resistant surface-mounted sub-nano cluster catalysts of endothermic cooling
Thermal Aging Degradation Mechanisms of Cast Austenitic Stainless Steels
Characterization of Novel Rapidly Solidified and Nanostructured Alloys
Combined Surface Characterization and Computation Study of a LaxZryOz Catalyst for the Catalytic Upgrading of Biomass-derived
Quantum Chemistry of MetalOrganic Frameworks
Hydrogen Uptake and Release in Condensed Phases
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Dr. Baer is EMSL's science theme lead for Molecular Transformations. As lead he implements the vision for development and implementation of scientific leadership within that area of emphasis, including objectives, targets and assembling the...
Instruments
Research Applications
Characterization of quadrupolar nuclei for inorganic and biological materials and natural sediments
Cryogenic NMR capabilities...
Custodian(s): Nancy Washton, Andrew S Lipton
Highlighted Research Applications
Characterization of quadrupolar nuclei for materials and natural sediment samples
High power diffusion...
Custodian(s): Nancy Washton
Highlighted Research Applications
Characterization of quadrupolar nuclei for materials and biological samples
In situ catalysis investigations via...
Custodian(s): Andrew S Lipton, Nancy Washton
The atmospheric pressure reactor system is designed for testing the efficiency of various catalysts for the treatment of gas-phase pollutants. EMSL...
Custodian(s): Russell Tonkyn
The LEAP® 4000 XHR local electrode atom probe tomography instrument enabled the first-ever comprehensive and accurate 3-D chemical imaging studies...
Custodian(s): Arun Devaraj, Daniel Perea
Publications
The activities of CeO2, Mn2O3-CeO2 and ZrO2-CeO2 were measured for acetic acid ketonization under reaction conditions relevant to pyrolysis vapor...
Screening a large number of surfaces for their catalytic performance remains a challenge, leading to the need for simple models to predict adsorption...
A method is introduced for simple calculation of charge transfer between very large solvated organic dimers (fullerenes here) from isolated dimer...
The ability to tune the atomic-scale structural and chemical ordering in nanoalloy catalysts is essential for achieving the ultimate goal of high...
The selective oxidation of ethanol on supported Pd is catalytically promoted by the presence of hydroxide species on the Pd surface as well as in...
Science Highlights
Posted: October 17, 2016
The solid-liquid interface is the most common interface in electrochemical systems. Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and EMSL...
Posted: July 05, 2016
A team of scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Technische Universität München studied how water slows a solid acid catalyst's...
Posted: June 08, 2016
Zeolites are promising catalysts for turning biomass into transportation fuels, but their stability in hot water is difficult to understand and...
Posted: May 20, 2016
The Science
Methanogenic archaea produce more than 90 percent of Earth’s atmospheric methane, totaling more than 1 billion tons of methane per year...
Posted: May 20, 2016
Magnesium batteries hold promise as an energy storage option, but there are some issues with their electrodes. A team of scientists at Pacific...
Instruments
Electrical, optical and mechanical properties of inorganic nanostructures have strong relationships with their morphologies. For example, one-...
The aim of this proposal is to build upon our initial success in the exploration of the 3-D location and distribution of the Al and Si atoms in...
The first goal of this research program is to develop a robust method to quantify the atomic scale changes in structure, composition and bonding that...
PNNL is home to state of the art research capabilities, which are often underutilized on radioactive samples due to non-dispersion requirements and...
This proposal aims to provide molecular insight into elementary reaction steps and their kinetics in condensed phases at an atomic and molecular...