School of Chemical Engineering

Carbon dioxide capture and utilisation group

We are mainly focused on the fields of capturing and utilising carbon dioxide waste emitted from energy-intensive industries.

Our research interests include:

  • Electrochemical conversion of CO2 to produce value-added products
  • Electro-catalysts design and development
  • CO2 capture techniques and process integration
  • Electrode structure design and optimisation
  • CO2 electrolyser development and optimisation
  • Industrial carbon footprint mapping and modelling
  • Techno-economic feasibility analysis for CO2 capture and utilisation technologies.

Facilities

  1. Metrohm Autolab/PGSTAT302N equipped with BOOSTER20A
  2. PerkinElmer Spectrum 100 FT-IR spectrometer equipped with ATR
  3. Gas Chromatograph (GC) – 2014, Shimadzu, Japan
  4. Gas Chromatograph (GC) – 8A, Shimadzu, Japan
  5. Clarus 600/680 GC-MS, PerkinElmer
  1. Mass Spectrometer BELMass – Japan
  2. Surface Area and Porosity System TriStar – Micromeritics
  3. RRDE-3A Rotating Ring Disk Electrode Apparatus
  4. Thermal Analyser STA6000 – PerkinElmer
  5. Laboratory scale carbon dioxide electrolysis cell-Beta with gas diffusion electrode (GDE)

8. RRDE-3A Rotating Ring Disk Electrode Apparatus

RRDE-3A Rotating Ring Disk Electrode ApparatusIt is a miniature rotator system for uniform rotation and hydrodynamic techniques using rotating ring disk electrode and has applications in electrochemistry field. Several features of this apparatus are as follows:

  • Remote and manual controlled rotation
  • Quasi-oxygen free glass cell design (up to 100 mL)
  • Gas line connector is available
  • Teflon Cap is adapted for ALS reference and counter electrodes
  • Cell lead connects directly to Model 2325 and CHI potentiostats
  • Open architecture for easy access to cell