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Title
Associate Group Leader -
Email
shpang@llnl.gov -
Phone
(925) 423-8832 -
Organization
STE PLS-STE MSD-MATERIALS SCIENCE DIVISION
Research interests
Simon is interested in development and implementation of materials and technologies for carbon dioxide removal, the interface between carbon capture technologies with carbon conversion to develop a circular carbon economy, and systems analysis for carbon removal and energy technologies. He leads DOE-funded projects spanning topics from fundamental investigations of direct air capture materials degradation mechanisms to development of hybrid reactive capture processes that integrate carbon capture and conversion. He leads the Direct Air Capture pillar of the LLNL Carbon Initiative.
Current position(s)
- Associate Group Leader, Materials for Energy and Climate Security
- Direct Air Capture Lead, LLNL’s Engineering the Carbon Economy Initiative
Subject matter expertise
- Direct air capture of carbon dioxide
- Carbon capture and catalytic conversion
- Functional porous materials and polymers
- Adsorption, surface chemistry and catalysis
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 2014
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, 2009
Selected publications
Li, S.*; Céron, M. R.; Eshelman, H. V.; Varni, A. J.; Maiti, A.; Akhade, S. A.; Pang, S. H.* Probing the Kinetic Origin of Varying Oxidative Stability of Ethyl- vs. Propyl-spaced Amines for Direct Air Capture. ChemSusChem 2023, 16, e2022019.
Freyman, M. C.; Huang, Z.; Ravikumar, D.; Duoss, E. B.; Li, Y.*; Baker, S. E.*; Pang, S. H.*; Schaidle, J. A.* Reactive CO2 Capture: A Path Forward for Process Integration in Carbon Management. Joule 2023, 7, 631–651.
Pang, S. H.; Lively, R. P.; Jones, C. W. Oxidatively-stable Linear Poly(propylenimine)-Containing Adsorbents for CO2 Capture from Ultra-Dilute Streams. ChemSusChem 2018, 11, 2628–2637.
Pang, S. H.; Lee, L.-C.; Sakwa-Novak, M. A.; Lively, R. P.; Jones, C. W. Design of Aminopolymer Structure to Enhance Performance and Stability of CO2 Sorbents: Poly(propylenimine) vs. Poly(ethylenimine). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 3627–3630.
Pang, S. H.; Schoenbaum, C. A.; Schwartz, D. K.; Medlin, J. W. Directing Reaction Pathways by Catalyst Active-Site Selection using Self-Assembled Monolayers. Nature Commun. 2013, 4:2448.
Baker, S. B.; Stolaroff, J. K.; Peridas, G.; Pang, S. H.; Goldstein, H. M.; Lucci, F. R.; Li, W.; Slessarev, E. W.; Pett-Ridge, J.; Ryerson, F. J.; Wagoner, J. L.; Kirkendall, W.; Aines, R. D.; Sanchez, D. L.; Cabiyo, B.; Baker, J.; McCoy, S. T.; Uden, S.; Runnebaum, R.; Wilcox, J.; Psarras, P. C.; Pilorgé, H.; McQueen, N.; Maynard, D.; McCormick, C. Getting to Neutral: Options for Negative Carbon Emissions in California. 2020. LLNL-TR-796100
For a full publication list, see: Google Scholar | Scopus | ORCID
Patents
Pang, S. H.; Haslam, J. J.; Kelly, J. P.; Stolaroff, J. K. “Resistive Heating Reactors for High Temperature CO2 Upgrading;” US Patent Application no. US17/193,937.
Pang, S. H.; Jue. M. L. “Support-Free Adsorbents for CO2 Capture from Air;” US Patent Application no. US17/368,598.
Pang, S. H.; Jones, C. W.; Lee, L.-C.; Sakwa-Novak, M. A.; Sarazen, M. S. “Structures Including Supported Polyamines and Methods of Making the Supported Polyamines;” US Patent no. 11,446,634; issued September 20, 2022.
- Secretary of Energy Achievement Award, U.S. Department of Energy, 2021.
- Director’s Science and Technology Award, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2020.
- College of Engineering Outstanding Dissertation Award, University of Colorado, 2015.