Photocatalysts for Clean Environment and Energy Research Unit
March 9, 2025 2025-03-09 14:45Photocatalysts for Clean Environment and Energy Research Unit
- To establish the multidisciplinary collaboration in Chulalongkorn University for the development of photocatalyst materials for clean environmental and energy applications to support low carbon society in the future.
- To establish the strong collaboration and network for the frontier development of photocatalyst materials and become the leading center of excellence on photocatalyst in Thailand.
- To produce graduates and researchers to support the clean environmental and energy industries.
- To produce the international publications, inventions, intellectual properties and to seek for the external research grants for the development and improve the research capability on the photocatalyst materials.
Research & Innovation Focus
NetZero + BCG
Sustainable Society + BCG
NetZero + Disaster & Environment
Strategic Objectives
- To support the production of high-quality research related to photocatalytic materials for energy and environmental applications, responding to the growth and development of low-carbon and sustainable societies.
- To promote national and international collaboration opportunities for researchers with expertise in photocatalytic materials and build upon each other's work to produce high-impact research.
- To serve as an academic reference and disseminate knowledge regarding photocatalytic materials that are important for the clean environment and energy in the future.
Target in 3 Years
- Researchers in the research group can jointly produce high-quality research publications in the fields of energy and environment, published in leading international journals.
- Elevate collaboration among researchers within the research group, and expand collaborations to researchers from external organizations, both domestic and international. Activities include co-writing research proposals to apply for joint research grants, organizing knowledge sharing activities, joint academic symposiums, and technology transfer. This is with the goal to develop into a center of excellence in the future.
- Create academic and research impact related to photocatalytic materials for energy and environmental applications on society and relevant industries.
Research Highlights
- Photocatalysts for environmental remediation
- Photocatalysts for CO2 reduction to value fuels and chemicals
- Photocatalysts for green H2 production from water splitting
Networks and Partnerships
- National Metal and Materials Technology Center, MTEC)
- National Nanotechnology Center, NANOTEC
- National Energy Technology Center, ENTEC
- Synchrotron Light Research Institute, SLRI
- Thammasat University
- khon kaen University
- Meiji University
- Kansai University
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
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Nagoya University
- University of Vienna, Austria
- Chung-ang University, Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Jiangwan Campus of Fudan University, China
