Yung-Tin (Frank) Pan has always been interested in catalytic materials that address energy and environmental challenges. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the advisory of Professor Hong Yang working on bimetallic nanocatalyst for heterogeneous and electrochemical reactions. He than joined the Fuel Cell program at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a postdoc to develop active and durable fuel cell catalyst. He is now an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at National Tsing Hua University. He research focuses on deep decarbonization through the realization of the hydrogen ecomony as well as carbon utilization processes.

Our lab's research focuses bridging the gaps between fundamental research and practical applications, enabling highly active catalytic materials to fully utilize their potential under real-world membrane electrode assembly operating conditions. Based on this principle, our research not only focuses on the catalytic kinetics of the catalyst itself but also on the issues of charge conduction and mass transfer within the catalyst layer. We approach these fundamental issues through the design of the catalyst and the catalyst layer, which means our research addresses the geometry of the catalyst layer at the micron scale, the catalyst particles and their supports at the nanoscale, and the elemental composition and arrangement of individual catalyst particles at the atomic scale.