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Guozhong Cao

Energy Research Area: Engineering Nanomaterials and Interfaces for Efficient Energy Conversion and Storage

Boeing-Steiner Professor
College of Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering

Our research focuses on the design, fabrication, and engineering of nanostructured materials and surface chemistry for efficient energy conversion and storage. The engineering of nanomaterials and interfaces is aimed at manipulating (1) the heterogeneous reaction phase transition, (2) much improved mass, heat, and charge transport properties, and (3) extra freedom accompanied with energy conversion and storage processes.

Schematics of nanorod, nanotube and nanocable array electrodes for energy storage
Schematics of nanorod, nanotube and nanocable array electrodes for energy storage

Company Spin Outs / Technology Licensing

Campus and Other Collaborators/Partners

  • Ferroelectrics and piezoelectrics: Prof. Steve Shen (ME-UW) and Prof. Joseph Wu (National Chungtsing University, Taiwan)
  • Fuel cells: Prof. Stu Adler (ChemE-UW)
  • Hydrogen Storage: Dr. Tom Autrey (PNNL)
  • Lithium ion batteries: Prof. Yoon Ha Jeong (Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea)
  • Solar Cells: Prof. Sam Jenekhe (ChemE-UW), Prof. David Ginger (Chem-UW), Dr. Jun Liu (PNNL), and Intel Corporation

Record last updated on November 28th 2011 PDT.