Engineering topics
Publications and source records attributed to Ellis, James [NETL Site Support Contractor, National Energy Technology Laboratory].
This invited oral presentation at ACS Fall 2025 primarily discussed NETL's on-going efforts on device benchmarking studies for CO2 conversion to formic acid to identify the most appropriate device hardware and methodology for catalyst screening to advance the larger scale deployment.
Presentation discussing career paths in chemistry as well as how chemical research is applied to address real-world problems. Here, a variety of different materials (metal-organic frameworks, carbon dots, thin films, etc.) are used as luminescent sensors to detect trace quantities of economically critical metals, which are used in applications ranging from renewable energy to national defense. In an application particularly relevant to Western Pennsylvania, the sensor technologies are deployed in coal utilization byproducts including fly ash leachates and acid mine drainage. Taken together, this research presents an exciting path towards reducing the characterization costs associated with metals prospecting and process monitoring, facilitating domestic production of these metals.
Poster describing sensing materials and platforms for detection economically critical metals from unconventional sources such as acid mine drainage.