Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame
Ruilan Guo
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Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
122C Cushing Hall
574-631-3453
rguo@nd.edu
Capabilities
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Design and synthesis of novel polymeric membrane materials for
- gas separations (e.g., aromatic polyimides, polybenzoxazoles)
- proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) (e.g., sulfonated multiblock copolymers)
- water purification, desalination (e.g., sulfonated polymers)
- Characterization of membrane materials
- Chemical structure analysis: NMR, FTIR, UV-Vis
- Thermal and mechanical properties: TGA(-MS), DSC, DMA
- Morphology: AFM, TEM, XRD
- Membrane/thin film fabrication and applications
Current Energy Research
- Design and synthesis of novel polymeric membranes for energy efficient gas separations
- Membrane characterization
- Membrane fabrication and performance verification
Potential SEI Research
- Design and synthesis of polymer based membrane materials with high internal free volume elements for fast mass transport simultaneously with high selectivity
- Synthesis and fabrication of novel separation membranes from sulfonated random or multiblock copolymers for energy production, desalination, and water purification
- Design and development of polyelectrolyte membrane materials (ionomers) for clean energy production
- Fundamental studies on the structure-property relationship for membrane materials
- Use of polyelectrolyte membranes in other applications (e.g., electrodialysis)
