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We are uncovering the science behind water oxidation using precision electrocatalysts synthesized in our labs. Our research focuses on understanding the step-by-step reaction mechanisms and improving catalysts.

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CEDARS researchers and collaborators at the DOE EFRC Principal Investigators Meeting in Bethesda, MD (August 2025). Image courtesy of NC A&T.

Sep 9, 2025

CEDARS Showcases Research at DOE EFRC-Hub-CMS-CCS Principal Investigators Meeting

The CEDARS team actively participated in the U.S. Department of Energy’s EFRC-Hub-CMS-CCS Principal Investigators meeting held in Bethesda, Maryland on August 11–12, 2025. With oral talks, posters, and a team science competition entry, our group highlighted progress on understanding oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions using advanced synthesis and in-situ characterization techniques.

Apr 1, 2025

CEDARS Team Honored with Interdisciplinary Team of the Year Award

The Center for Electrochemical Dynamics and Reactions on Surfaces (CEDARS) at North Carolina A&T has been named the 2025 Interdisciplinary Team of the Year. The award recognizes research projects that transcend disciplinary boundaries and are supported by external funding.

During the 2023 Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS) in San Francisco, CA, Sheilah Cherono and Moses Ashie, two students from North Carolina A&T, accompanied a faculty team led by Dr. Dhananjay Kumar on a visit to the labs of Dr. Ethan Crumlin and Dr. Junko Yano.

Aug 7, 2023

Center for Electrochemical Dynamics and Reactions on Surfaces (CEDARS)

Preparing the Next Generation Workforce

In August 2022, the DOE awarded North Carolina Agricultural and Technical (A&T) State University a grant to open an EFRC on its campus. N.C. A&T is the first historically Black college and university (HBCU) to receive this funding from the DOE.