OXFORD, Miss. – Jared Delchamp, an associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Mississippi, is exploring novel materials that my unlock a future of sunlight-driven energy infrastructure. Using a recent National Science Foundation (NSF) award, Delchamp is researching how new types of metal catalysts (materials that speed up chemical reactions) to allow practical access to fuel, can be applied to turn the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into a viable fuel from sunlight. Delchamp is principal investigator on the award that includes researchers from two other Southeastern Conference universities. “Ideally, the exhaust from cars and electric production plants and such carbon dioxide generators could be used directly with a catalyst and sunlight to generate a fuel,” Delcamp declared in a UM media release. It’s what nature does with plant life via photosynthesis to make more plants. Research is aimed at using these catalysts as part of an artificial photosynthesis system to make fuels. (Source: UM 09/28/21) Chemistry Professor Examines New Forms of Fuel from Sunlight - Ole Miss News
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