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Dr. Robert B. Wexler. Drexel University '13

Host: Chemistry Department

"Title: Computational Design of Materials for Sustainable Energy Technologies: From Quantum Mechanics to Machine Learning"

As the damages associated with climate change intensify in the coming years, it will become increasingly more important for researchers to focus on sustainable energy and environmental remediation. Computational chemistry has the potential to revolutionize the industries responsible for these damages by alleviating their reliance on fossil fuels, precious metals, and toxic elements. Inspired by this potential, my research centers around solving grand challenges in energy and environment by designing and developing next-generation technologies for water splitting and solar energy conversion. In this talk, I present computationally inspired strategies to improve the performance of nickel phosphide electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction and Cu2ZnSnS4-based solar cells.