Structured Polymers for
Energy, Environment & Decarbonization
(SPEED) Lab
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Welcome to The Guo Group in the Department of Applied Physical Sciences at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill!
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We are developing structured polymeric materials for applications in energy, water, and environment.
Research Highlights
Tailoring hydrogen bonding for atmospheric water harvesting, JACS 2026
Continuous-flow carbon capture, Nature Chemical Engineering 2026
Polymeric gels for electrochemical or solar-powered carbon capture, Adv. Mater. 2024; Nano Lett. 2023
Polymer film moisture harvester, Nature Communications 2022
Structural and surface engineering of hydrogels, Angewandte Chemie 2022; Energy & Environmental Science 2020
Antibacterial hydrogel tablets, Advanced Materials 2021
Recent Activities
Nov 2025 Youhong received 2025 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Awards!
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
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