About
Our laboratory combines research expertise in chemistry, materials science, and engineering to address problems in energy conversion and storage. In addition to the cutting-edge analytical tools developed in our laboratory, we utilize the resources of the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research and the Micro/Nano Technology Center at UofL to perform our research.
Research Mission
Our research has the primary goal of advancing the interconversion of chemical and electrical energy to meet the challenge of creating a renewable and sustainable energy economy. Our approach is to develop and employ high resolution, in situ microscopy and spectroscopy to understand chemical and material processes beyond the ensemble, at the single particle, single molecule level.
Join Us!
We are always looking for motivated and passionate people to join our research team. Prospective graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are encouraged to send Prof. Wilson an email (aj.wilson [at] louisville.edu) to discuss available research opportunities. Interested undergraduate students can find research opportunities here.
3/27/25: Oscar gave a CARD Talk on his research using ionic liquid and magnetic fields to improve selectivity in CO2 electroreduction. Great work Oscar!
3/27/25: Andrew gave a talk on electrode surface heating in plasmon-assisted electrochemistry at the Spring 25 ACS National Meeting in San Diego. Thanks to Prof. Marcel Schreier and co-organizers for the opportunity to share our lab's work!
3/26/25: New article accepted! Our collaborative paper, "Optimizing shell thickness of Ag@TiO2 nanostructures by a simple top-down method to engineer effective SERS substrates and photocatalysts" is accepted for publication in ACS Omega. (Link). Congrats to the team!
3/5/25: The Kentucky Academy of Science has awarded a Science Education & Outreach Grant to the Wilson and Balabanoff groups to support expansion of our collaborative nanotechnology outreach program to foster interest in STEM in high school students in rural communities. Congrats to the team!