2016 - Development of sustainable production of fuels, chemicals & materials

* Carter’s current research focuses on the understanding and design of materials for sustainable energy. * Include conversion of sunlight to electricity, clean and efficient use of biofuels and solid oxide fuel cells, and development of materials for use in fuel-efficient vehicles and fusion reactors * Her early work was to accurately describe molecules at the quantum level * Developed an algorithm for identifying transitional states in clean reactions * Investigated the chemical and mechanical causes and mechanisms of failure in materials such as silicon, germanium, iron and steel, and proposed methods for protecting materials from failure.

Multiple band gap CO-NI oxide compositions & applications thereof; P-type transparent conducting nickel oxide alloys; Wustite-based photoelectrodes with lithium, hydrogen, sodium, magnesium, manganese, zinc & nickel additives; Barium-doped bond coat for thermal barrier coatings; Supported metal catalyst with improved thermal stability

Category:
Physical Chemistry

Completion Status:
yes

Patent Number:
10256361; 10079189; 9735306; 7927714; 7504355

Co-Inventor:
Nima Alidoust; Martina Lessio; Maytal Caspary Toroker; Ivan Milas; Emily A. Jarvis