Education
- PhD (Materials Science and Engineering): University of California Berkeley, 2018
- MSc (Materials Science and Engineering): University of California Berkeley, 2015
- BEng (Materials Science and Engineering): Imperial College London, 2012
Research Interests
- Electrochemical CO2 conversion
- Electroorganic chemistry
- Hydrogen production and storage
Selected Publications
Lum, Y.*; Ager, J. W. Stability of Residual Oxides in Oxide-Derived Copper Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Investigated With 18O Labeling. Angewandte Chemie 2018, 57 (2), 551–554.
Lum, Y.*; Cheng, T.*; Goddard, W. A.; Ager, J. W. Electrochemical CO Reduction Builds Solvent Water into Oxygenate Products. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140 (30), 9337–9340.
Lum, Y.; Ager, J. W. Evidence for Product-Specific Active Sites on Oxide-Derived Cu Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 reduction. Nature Catalysis 2019, 2 (1), 86–93.
Lum, Y.*; Huang, J. E.#; Wang, Z.; Luo, M.; Nam, D. H.; Leow, W. R.; Chen, B.; Wicks, J.; Li, Y. C.; Wang, Y.; Dinh, C. T.; Li, J.; Zhuang, T. T.; Li, F.; Sham, T. K.; Sinton, D; Sargent, E. H. Tuning OH binding energy enables selective electrochemical oxidation of ethylene to ethylene glycol. Nature Catalysis 2020, 3 (1), 14–22.
Leow, W.*; Lum, Y.*; Ozden, A.; Wang, Y.; Nam, D. H.; Chen, B.; Wicks, J.; Zhuang, T. T.; Li, F.; Sinton, D.; Sargent, E.H. Chloride-mediated selective electrosynthesis of ethylene and propylene oxides at high current density. Science 2020, 368 (6496), 1228-1233.