Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering, NOTE: Levi Thompson became Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Delaware on October 1, 2018
ltt@umich.edu
Applied Physics Program
Education/Degree:
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
M.S.E. Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware
About
Research Interests:
Research in his group focuses on the design, synthesis and characterization of chemicals and nanostructured materials for catalytic and energy storage applications. Of particular interest is the development structure-function relationships that enable the design of highly efficient materials.
Current projects to develop nanostructured catalytic materials focus on:
- hydrogen production (e.g. water gas shift and photoelectrochemical reactions)
- synfuels production (e.g. Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, and CO2 hydrogenation)
- biomass deoxygenation (e.g. hydrodeoxygenation and decarbonylation)
- NOx abatement (e.g. oxidation and selective catalytic reduction)
Current projects to develop materials with high energy and/or power densities focus on:
- nanostructured nitrides and carbides for supercapacitors
- nanostructured oxides for lithium and magnesium ion batteries
- metal coordination complexes for redox flow batteries
