Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame
Galyna Krylova
- Research Assistant Professor
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Manager of the Materials Characterization Facility
132 Nieuwland Science Hall
574-631-1493
gkrylova@nd.edu
Capabilities
- Nanostructure synthesis: hydrothermal, solvothermal, microwave assisted
- Sol-gel synthesis: non-porous and porous nanopowders and films
- Modification of the structure and composition of nanomaterials: chemical, photochemical, thermal, plasma and microwave assisted
- Microwave assisted catalysis at liquid/gas interface
- Nanomaterial characterization: TEM, SEM, EDS, micro-Raman, BET, XRD
- Photocatalysis, kinetics
Current Energy Research
Semiconductor/metal nanohybrids for solar hydrogen generation:
These results are not published
Scale bar = 10 nm
Photocatalytic hydrogen generation mechanism
Charge transfer efficiency
Multifunctional membranes for drinking water purification:
Metal mesh / Carbon Nanotubes membrane
Titania nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes
Photocatalytic performance of CNT/TiO2 comparison to P25
Bimetallic nanoparticles for catalysis:
Some results are not published
Potential SEI Research
- Multimetallic nanostructures for three way catalytic convertors
- Hybrid nanomaterials for photovoltaics
- Metal/metal oxide/carbon nanohybrids for Li-ion batteries
