Prof. Song Jin focuses on the chemistry and physics of nanoscale and solid-state materials to address the challenges in renewable energy, environmental sustainability, and information technology. Building on a better understanding of novel properties of the (nano)materials developed, his group advance their applications in electrocatalysis, energy conversion and storage, environmental remediation and resource recovery (such as from manure wastewater) using new electrochemical processes.
Specifically, Prof. Jin has developed a new electrochemical method to degrade PFAS completely. This process has been patented by WARF (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation) and selected as an Innovation of the Year by WARF in 2024.