As one of the departments that possesses the largest number of research projects, the Department of Fundamental and Applied Science (FAS) is continuously making efforts to pursue and achieve new research goals.
The list of key research projects of the FAS department is listed below
|
Research projects |
Implementation |
Funding source |
Status |
| Probing the degradation of electrode materials during their operation and proposing design concepts to stabilize these materials in perspectives of industrial solar H2 production (PREH2) |
2021 – 2024 |
VinIF |
In progress |
| Novel catalytic materials for water electrolysis and CO2 reduction: from materials design, fabrication, mechanistic investigation to their integration within a complete device |
2020 – 2024 |
NAFOSTED |
In progress |
| Investigation for production of multi-nutrients slow release fertilizers based on silica- lignocellulose from rice straw |
2019 – 2022 |
MOST |
In progress |
| Investigation of copper-based catalysts for the electrochemical CO2 reduction generating fuels |
2021 – 2023 |
VAST (International cooperation) |
In progress |
| Investigation of photocatalytic CO2 reduction of spinel transition metal oxides CuxFe3-xO4 (0 < x < 3) nanomaterials |
2021 – 2023 |
VAST |
In progress |
| Doped Molybdenum sulfide nanomaterials for solar-driven fuels production |
2021 – 2023 |
VAST |
In progress |
| Fabrication of 3D Molybdenum-based nanomaterials for energy conversion |
2021 – 2023 |
USTH |
In progress |
| Investigation and synthesis of transition metal complexes as catalysts for the Hydrogen evolution |
2020 – 2022 |
GUST (Postdoc) |
In progress |
| Development of photocatalysts made of earth-abundant elements toward fabrication of large area artificial leaf |
2019 – 2021 |
VAST |
Completed |
| Fabrication and study the applicability of Cu2O as photochemical catalyst for Hydrogen evolution from water |
2017 – 2020 |
GUST (Postdoc) |
Completed |
| Synthesis and preparation of nanocomposite based on conducting polymers and amorphous molybdenum sulfide as catalysts for H2 evolution reaction |
2017 – 2020 |
GUST (Postdoc) |
Completed |
| Investigation on synthesis and catalytic activities of gold nanoparticles toward water photoelectrolysis for Hydrogen production |
2017 – 2020 |
NAFOSTED |
Completed |
| Engineering of photo-electrochemical cells for hydrogen generation and catalytic electrodes for PEM fuel cell |
2016 – 2019 |
ONRG |
Completed |
| Innovative (photo)catalysts for solar hydrogen generation from water |
2016 – 2019 |
NAFOSTED |
Completed |