Computer-Aided Electrolyte Design
Ionic Liquids are a promising class of electrolytes with numerous applications across energy storage, chemical separations, and carbon capture applications. These materials offer immense tunability through judicious cation, anion, and co-solvent selection. New technologies and experimental metrics are urgently-needed order to realize the full potential of the vast design space ILs-systems offer.
Polymer Recycling
To mitigate the environmental and public health impacts of plastic pollution, the Nordness Lab develops recycling and upcycling strategies for plastic waste using deep eutectic solvent catalysts. These catalysts offer several advantages, including low cost, high thermal and electrochemical stability, and low volatility. Current efforts focus on understanding how different deep eutectic solvents influence plastic depolymerization, generating insights towards a sustainable and commercially viable recycling process.
Porous Liquids For Carbon Capture
Porous Liquids are a unique class of solvents that combine the porosity of porous solids with the heat and mass transport benefits of fluid solvents. In the Nordness group we are interested in developing novel porous liquid solvents that can serves as drop-in alternatives to traditional carbon capture solvents including amines and aqueous solvents.