Electrochemical Solutions to a Sustainable Environment

The ZOU lab at Auburn University develops affordable and reliable electrochemical solutions to help transform the resource-intensive wastewater management towards a resource-supplying hub. Our research synergistically integrates Applied Electrochemistry with Membrane Separation and Environmental Bioprocess to (1) design energy-efficient engineering processes for multi-level resource recovery, (2) fundamentally understand rate-limiting step on the system level via thermodynamic and kinetic analysis, and (3) identify scaling-up challenges from energetic and techno-economic perspectives for better design of the treatment train. The ZOU lab will open from Jan 2021, and we welcome students and scholars from all over the world to join us!