Jun-Kun(Jeff) Lai
Department:
Type of student:
PhD
Address:
Iacocca Hall
111 Research Drive
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Personal Email: jul414@lehigh.edu
CV/ Resume link: Jun-Kun Lai
Areas of Research
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Biomolecular engineering
Biocatalyst/Chemical catalyst design
In situ/Operando Spectroscopy
Profile
Jeff works in the group of Professor Israel Wachs. Jeff’s research currently focuses on the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of NO with NH3 by Supported V2O5−WO3/TiO2 & CuSSZ Catalysts. The objective of the current research is to examine the current fundamental understanding and recent advances of SCR catalyst system: (i) catalyst synthesis, (ii) molecular structures of titaniasupported vanadium and tungsten oxide species, (iii) surface acidity, (iv) catalytic active sites, (v) surface reaction intermediates, (vi) reaction mechanism, (vii) ratedetermining-step, and (viii) reaction kinetics.