Sustainable Polymers for
Energy, Environment & Decarbonization
(SPEED) Lab
Welcome to The Guo Group in the Department of Applied Physical Sciences at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (starting in Jan 2025)!
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We are developing structured polymeric materials for applications in energy and environmental sustainability.
Research Highlights
Porous polymeric electrodes for electrochemical carbon capture, Advanced Materials 2024
Sustainable carbon-capture hydrogels, Nano Letters 2023
Polymer film moisture harvester, Nature Communications 2022
Antibacterial hydrogel tablets, Advanced Materials 2021
Surface engineering of hydrogels, Energy & Environmental Science 2020
Recent Activities
Aug 2023 Youhong awarded 2023 ACS PMSE Future Faculty Scholar!
Nov 2022 Youhong was selected to the list of 2023 Forbes 30 under 30 - Science, North America! see MIT Alumni; UT TMI News; Forbes Profile
Oct 2022 Youhong was selected as one of the 2022 Stanford MechE Rising Stars!
Sep 2022 Youhong was selected as one of the 2022 MIT ChemE Rising Stars!
May 2022 Youhong's work on sustainable gel film moisture harvester (Nature Communications 2022) was featured by Nature Materials Community; UT News; etc.
Oct 2021 Youhong's work on antibacterial hydrogel tablets (Advanced Materials 2021) was featured by UT News; Daily Texan; etc.
