Engineered Interfaces for Sustainable Energy
This image shows attractive patterns forming when a pH indicator is introduced into a CO2 electrolysis cell.
This image demonstrates what corrosion looks like on a 500 nm layer of iron coating a silicon substrate by dropping hydrochloric acid onto it. Almost immediately, the very thin layer of iron began to crack and corrode revealing the silicon beneath it (blue under this polarizing filter).
This vivid image shows steam condensing in a drop-wise way on a thin submicron film of cerium oxide which appears purple at this thickness.
This image shows attractive patterns forming when a pH indicator is introduced into a CO2 electrolysis cell.
The Engineered Interfaces for Sustainable Energy (EISEn) Group, directed by Dr. Sami Khan, is based at Simon Fraser University in the School of Sustainable Energy Engineering in Vancouver, Canada. As the need to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and curbing greenhouse gas emissions grows, sustainable energy systems face obstacles towards conversion rates, selectivities to products of interest, and longevity and reliability in operation. We endeavour to address these challenges by studying fundamentals in surface and interfacial science, wettability, fluid mechanics, electrochemistry, reaction engineering, and catalysis and devising innovative solutions driven by creative interfacial engineering methods.
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Our interdisciplinary group is growing! Click here to learn about opportunities and our research.
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