• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Haotian Wang

Rice University

Associate Professor

Dr. Haotian Wang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University. He obtained his PhD degree in the Department of Applied Physics at Stanford University in 2016 and his Bachelor of Science in Physics at the University of Science and Technology of China in 2011. In 2016 he received the Rowland Fellowship and began his independent research career at Harvard as a principal investigator. He was awarded the 2021 Sloan Fellow, 2020 Packard Fellow, 2019 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar, 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30, highly cited researchers, etc. He serves as the associate editor of Nano Letters. He is the cofounder and chief scientist of Solidec, a carbon capture and chemicals and fuels production company. His research group has been focused on developing novel nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications including energy storage, chemical/fuel generation, and water treatment.

Sessions With Haotian Wang

Thursday, 21 March

  • 04:30pm - 05:15pm (CST) / 21/mar/2024 09:30 pm - 21/mar/2024 10:15 pm

    Rice University | Electrochemical Approaches to Decarbonizing Fuels and Chemicals

    Electrochemical carbon capture and electrochemical conversion of atmospheric molecules (CO2, O2, H2O, N2) into fuels and chemicals represents a green and alternative route compared to traditional carbon capture and chemical manufacturing approaches. This talk will review several years of academic research and development of cutting-edge electrochemical technologies, ranging from point source carbon capture, direct air capture and carbon conversion to value-added chemicals and clean hydrogen manufacturing. We would like to share, from academic research’s perspective, how we can work together to accelerate the innovation and commercialization process in the field of electrochemistry.