Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 66-303
x2su@mit.edu
Education:
PhD, Chemical Engineering, MIT (2016)
BASc., Chemical Engineering (Honors), University of Waterloo (2011)
Research Interests:
My research interests include understanding the fundamental properties of micro-porous and meso-porous materials, and pursuing their applications in energy and environmental science. My current research involves the development of redox-active electrochemical interfaces for a wide variety of selective separations processes. In particular, I explore organometallic and metal-organic materials due to the tunability of their electronic structure and exceptional molecular binding properties.
Selected Publications:
X. Su, K.J. Tan, J. Elbert, C. Ruttiger, M. Gallei, T.F. Jamison, and T.A. Hatton, “Asymmetric Faradaic systems for selective electrochemical separations,” Energy & Environmental Science, 2017, 10, 1272-1283.
X. Su, H. Kulik, T.F. Jamison, and T.A. Hatton, “Anion-selective redox electrodes: electrochemically-mediated separation with organometallic interfaces,” Advanced Functional Materials. 2016, 26(20), 3394-3404. [Highlighted as back-cover]
X. Su, and T.A. Hatton, “Redox-electrodes for selective electrochemical separations,” Advances in Colloid & Interface Science, 2017, State-of-Art Perspective, 244, 6-20.
Bromberg, X. Su, and T.A. Hatton, “Functional networks of organic and coordination polymers for Fructose Conversion,” Chemistry of Materials, 2014, 26 (21), 6257-6264.
Kozak, J. Wu, X. Su, F. Simeon, T.A. Hatton, and T.F. Jamison, “ Bromine-Catalyzed Conversion of CO2 and Epoxides to Cyclic Carbonates under Continuous Flow Conditions,” Journal of American Chemical Society, 2013, 135 (49), 18497–18501.