Difan Zhang
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DateMarch 24, 2022Polyoxometalates (POMs) containing localized spins have potential as molecular qubits for quantum computing applications. POMs may accommodate magnetic atoms such as V in their structures, resulting in novel molecules with promising magneto/electro-optical properties…Presenter
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National LabPacific Northwest National LabPacific Northwest National LaboratoryPacific Northwest National Laboratory- DateMarch 23, 20222,3-butanediol (BDO) is a common component in fermentation broths but usually at low concentrations (<10 wt%). Therefore, enrichment of BDO is required for subsequent catalytic application in practice…
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory 
DateMarch 22, 2022Ionic liquids are widely used as green and functional solvents in separation science including critical metals extraction and recovery via ion adsorption and/or exchange…Presenter
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National LabSpeakers
Materials Scientist, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryPacific Northwest National LaboratoryPacific Northwest National Laboratory
DateMarch 22, 2022Carbon capture considerably reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and this is an important step towards slowing down climate change…Presenter
Post Doctorate Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National LaboratorySpeakers
Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryAssistant Professor of Physics, The University of Texas at El PasoPacifc Northwest National LaboratoryLab Fellow, Oak Ridge National LaboratoryPNNLOak Ridge National Laboratory
DateMarch 23, 2022Reactive separations couples separation and conversion processes in the same medium in order to increase the energy efficiency of CO2 capture and conversion…Presenter
Pacific Northwest National LaboratorySpeakers
Post Doctorate Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryAssistant Professor of Physics, The University of Texas at El PasoPacifc Northwest National LaboratoryPNNLOak Ridge National Laboratory- DateAugust 25, 2022Reactive separations couples separation and conversion processes in the same medium in order to increase the energy efficiency of CO2 capture and conversion…
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Post Doctorate Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryAssistant Professor of Physics, The University of Texas at El PasoPNNLPacifc Northwest National LaboratoryOak Ridge National Laboratory - DateAugust 21, 2022Direct air capture (DAC) of CO2, as opposed to point source capture, is a negative emissions technology that not only has the potential to help achieve carbon neutrality, but also to reach net negative emissions…
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Post Doctorate Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryTeam Leader for Molecular Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National LabLab Fellow, Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge National Laboratory - DateAugust 23, 2022The 4f and 5f block elements exhibit interesting chemistries that open up a wide range of potential applications. Computational modeling of these elements in the condensed phase is largely impacted by time and length scales that need to be accessed…
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University of Nevada RenoLab Fellow, Oak Ridge National LaboratoryPresenter
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - DateAugust 24, 2022The determination of the global minimum of a potential energy surface is an important and fundamental problem in computational chemistry of catalysis and separation…
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Lab Fellow, Oak Ridge National LaboratoryPresenter
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Understanding the nature of active centers is critical for advancing catalysis. On many occasions, active centers are formed under operating conditions and are largely affected by the environment…
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Lab Fellow, Oak Ridge National LaboratorySenior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Efficient and cost-effective CO2 capture from air requires new methodologies to overcome the challenges associated with the low concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere…
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Materials Scientist, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryProfessor, University of AlabamaPacifc Northwest National LaboratoryPacific Northwest National LaboratoryOak Ridge National LaboratoryLab Fellow, Oak Ridge National LaboratoryPresenter
PNNL - Understanding the nature of active centers is critical for advancing catalysis. On many occasions, active centers are formed under operating conditions and are largely affected by the environment…
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Lab Fellow, Oak Ridge National LaboratorySenior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - : [CATL] Division of Catalysis Science & Technology
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The Ohio State UniversityLoyola University ChicagoOak Ridge National LaboratoryUniversity of Minnesota Twin CitiesProfessor, University of TsukubaAssociate Professor, Louisiana State UniversityPacific Northwest National LabAssistant Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum & MineralsLab Fellow, Oak Ridge National LaboratorySenior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryAssistant Chemist, Argonne National LaboratoryDistinguished Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories California - Understanding the nature of active centers is critical for advancing catalysis. On many occasions, active centers are formed under operating conditions and are largely affected by the environment…
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Lab Fellow, Oak Ridge National LaboratorySenior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - : [CATL] Division of Catalysis Science & Technology
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The Ohio State UniversityLoyola University ChicagoOak Ridge National LaboratoryUniversity of Minnesota Twin CitiesProfessor, University of TsukubaAssociate Professor, Louisiana State UniversityPacific Northwest National LabAssistant Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum & MineralsLab Fellow, Oak Ridge National LaboratorySenior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryAssistant Chemist, Argonne National LaboratoryDistinguished Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories California - Understanding the nature of active centers is critical for advancing catalysis. On many occasions, active centers are formed under operating conditions and are largely affected by the environment…
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Lab Fellow, Oak Ridge National LaboratorySenior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - : [CATL] Division of Catalysis Science & Technology
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The Ohio State UniversityLoyola University ChicagoOak Ridge National LaboratoryUniversity of Minnesota Twin CitiesProfessor, University of TsukubaAssociate Professor, Louisiana State UniversityPacific Northwest National LabAssistant Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum & MineralsLab Fellow, Oak Ridge National LaboratorySenior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryAssistant Chemist, Argonne National LaboratoryDistinguished Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories California - Understanding the nature of active centers is critical for advancing catalysis. On many occasions, active centers are formed under operating conditions and are largely affected by the environment…
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Lab Fellow, Oak Ridge National LaboratorySenior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - : [CATL] Division of Catalysis Science & Technology
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The Ohio State UniversityLoyola University ChicagoOak Ridge National LaboratoryUniversity of Minnesota Twin CitiesProfessor, University of TsukubaAssociate Professor, Louisiana State UniversityPacific Northwest National LabAssistant Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum & MineralsLab Fellow, Oak Ridge National LaboratorySenior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryAssistant Chemist, Argonne National LaboratoryDistinguished Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories California - DateMarch 28, 2023Understanding the nature of active centers is critical for advancing catalysis. On many occasions, active centers are formed under operating conditions and are largely affected by the environment…
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Lab Fellow, Oak Ridge National LaboratorySenior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - DateMarch 29, 2023Efficient and cost-effective CO2 capture from air requires new methodologies to overcome the challenges associated with the low concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere…
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Materials Scientist, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryProfessor, University of AlabamaPacifc Northwest National LaboratoryPacific Northwest National LaboratoryOak Ridge National LaboratoryLab Fellow, Oak Ridge National LaboratoryPresenter
PNNL - DateAugust 14, 2023Solubility prediction is a critical challenge in many fields such as drug development and chemical process design…
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- DateAugust 13, 2023Organic molecular redox-active materials have gained significant attention as potential tools for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) using renewable electricity. Our recent research has discovered neutral red as a potential oxygen insensitive redox-active molecule to enable direct air capture of CO2…
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- DateAugust 17, 2023Promising applications of ionic liquids in various fields such as catalysis, electrochemical energy storage, chemical separation, and drug delivery have made them a topic of intensive research over the past decades…
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- DateAugust 16, 2023Carbon capture is a key yet cost-intensive technology for the fight against climate change. Among carbon capture processes, we are encouraged by the single-component water-lean solvent, N-(2-ethoxyethyl)-3-morpholinopropan-1-amine (EEMPA, E), as it has the highest solvent energy efficiency (2…
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Materials Scientist, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryAssistant Professor of Physics, The University of Texas at El PasoPacifc Northwest National Laboratory - DateAugust 15, 2023Lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) are considered to be two of the major heavy metal pollutants that co-exist in substantial amounts in industrial discharges, mining waste, and fertilizer impurities…
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National LabSpeakers
Materials Scientist, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryPacific Northwest National LaboratoryPacific Northwest National Laboratory - DateAugust 14, 2023The pressing need to control carbon dioxide emissions has propelled extensive research efforts employing a variety of approaches across the globe…
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Pacifc Northwest National LaboratoryAssistant Professor of Physics, The University of Texas at El Paso - DateAugust 15, 2023The presence of nitrogen containing compounds (NCCs) has been associated with fuel instability for use in jet engines, emission of harmful pollutants into the environment during engine combustion and cause catalyst deactivation in hydroprocessing…
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Chemical Engineer, PNNLSpeakers
- DateAugust 20, 2024The search for global minimum is a crucial aspect of chemistry, with numerous applications in materials science and catalysis. However, this task is incredibly challenging for larger systems, as it requires navigating a vast potential energy surface with multiple possible outcomes…
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Senior Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryOak Ridge National Laboratory - DateAugust 21, 2024Water lean solvents for point source capture of carbon dioxide generally exhibit a significant increase in their polarity and viscosity as the amount of chemically-bound CO2 increases…
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Pacifc Northwest National LaboratoryPNNLAssistant Professor of Physics, The University of Texas at El Paso - DateMarch 25, 2025Nonthermal approaches using electric fields, such as electrophoresis and electrodialysis, are generally more sustainable and energy-efficient routes to achieving high selectivity for critical mineral separations than current chemical methods…
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Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryPostdoctoral Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National Lab - DateMarch 25, 2025Computer simulations, modern algorithms and data science have elevated our ability to better understand chemical structure, reactivity and reactive pathways…
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Oak Ridge National LaboratoryCo-Authors
- DateMarch 23, 2025The continuous expansion of the electronics industry not only fuels technological advancements but also leads to escalating electronic waste (e-waste) accumulation, which contains substantial quantities of rare earth elements (REEs) such as lanthanum (La3+) and ytterbium (Yb3+)…
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National LabPacific Northwest National LaboratoryPacific Northwest National Laboratory - DateMarch 26, 2025The study of heavy elements under realistic conditions requires the use of sophisticated methods and extended models…
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Lab Fellow, Oak Ridge National LaboratoryUniversity of Nevada Reno
