Program Manager: Brian C. Holloway, Ph.D.
The Surface Catalysis for Energy (SurfCat)
program is developing new catalytic materials
and processes to enable high-efficiency alternative
energy sources that are compatible with military
logistic fuels. With advanced modeling, improved
understanding of nanoscale catalytic processes,
and improved materials synthesis techniques,
there is now the potential for vast improvements
in the efficiency and selectivity of many catalytically
driven chemical processes. The SurfCat program
seeks to exploit those advances for advanced
fuel cell chemistries, revolutionary biomass-to-fuel
conversion processes, and new photocatalysts
for CO2 reduction. |
