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ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS

  June 23, 2022

Researchers from University of Delaware and the University of California Riverside are reimagining ways to grow food, leveraging electrolyzer technology and acetate to grow crops without photosynthesis.

UD engineers, international researchers find new catalyst to improve fuel cell materials

June 23, 2022

Researchers at the University of Delaware and the University of California Riverside are working on technology to produce food without sunlight through artificial photosynthesis. The collaborative effort, reported June 23 in Nature Food, could be the one small step needed to enable a giant leap in reimagining how food can be produced on Earth, and maybe even in space.

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IMPROVING FUEL CELLS

  May 4, 2022

UD Prof. Yushan Yan (above) and CBE postdoctoral researcher Teng Wang, along with collaborators from Switzerland, have recently published findings in Nature Materials on a new catalyst that could eliminate the need for precious metals in fuel cells.

UD engineers, international researchers find new catalyst to improve fuel cell materials

May 04, 2022

The research effort led by Wang and Yan, with UD’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Xile Hu and Weiyan Ni of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), builds on work to move from proton exchange membrane fuel cells to hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells — research that has been underway in Yan’s lab for nearly 20 years.

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SUSTAINABLY SOURCING COAL WASTE

  March 10, 2022

Engineering’s Fu, Jiao to refine filament manufacturing for 3D printing

Mar. 09, 2022

Thanks to $1 million in Department of Energy funding, supplemented by another $250,000 in funding from the University of Delaware, Department of Mechanical Engineering Professor Kun (Kelvin) Fu and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor Feng Jiao will spend the next three years working with students to find efficient and effective ways to use graphene particles from domestic coal wastes in Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D printing.

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YUSHAN YAN ELECTED TO NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

  February 17, 2022

Yushan Yan, an expert in electrochemical systems and sustainability at the University of Delaware’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering

UD professor recognized for his work in electrochemical engineering

Feb. 16, 2022

Yushan Yan, a University of Delaware engineering professor and expert in electrochemical engineering for sustainability, has been granted one of the highest professional distinctions in his field through his recent election to the National Academy of Engineering.

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SHORT CIRCUIT FOR BIG IMPACT

  February 4, 2022

University of Delaware researchers have broken new ground that could bring more environmentally friendly fuel cells closer to commercialization.

UD researchers report hyper-efficient method for removing carbon dioxide from air

Feb. 3, 2022

University of Delaware engineers have demonstrated a way to effectively capture 99% of carbon dioxide from air using a novel electrochemical system powered by hydrogen. It is a significant advance for carbon dioxide capture and could bring more environmentally friendly fuel cells closer to market.

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