Research at Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory
We do research on solar cells, artificial photosynthesis, hydrogen production, fuel cells, biofuels from biomass and smarter batteries, but also on the development of biomaterials and drugs for medical treatments.
Our research
At the Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, one of the research fields within chemistry is focused on the development of renewable energy sources and energy carriers. This area occupies a special position in Uppsala and includes solar cells, artificial photosynthesis, hydrogen production, fuel cells, biofuels from biomass and smarter batteries. World-leading research collaborative projects map the structure of metals and chemical compounds, including those with unique catalytic activity, electrical conductivity, and the ability to store energy, contributing to future sustainable energy systems.
In addition to energy-related research, the department also develops chemistry for biomaterials and drugs for medical treatments. This research is conducted through close national and international collaborations with other universities, clinics, pharmaceutical companies and regulatory agencies that promote interdisciplinary research for clinical application. Current applications include polymeric biomaterials for the treatment of corneal blindness, bone repair, prevention of heart failure and the development of new chemically modified oligonucleotide drugs and delivery systems, e.g. for the treatment of brain cancer.
The specific research topics in the different research programmes have evolved over time as a result of department and programme strategies, available resources and the interests of the principal investigators. The department encourages the establishment of new research topics when they fit the strategic goals of a research programme and necessary resources are available.
Research groups
- Berggren group
- Blikstad group
- Borbas group
- Boschloo group
- Cheah group
- Crespi group
- Edwards group
- Elvingson group
- Glover group
- Gray group
- Guccini group
- Hammarström group
- Hilborn group
- Johansson group
- Land group
- Lindberg group
- Lindblad group
- Lomoth group
- Lundberg group
- Magnuson group
- Maj group
- Mamedov group
- Melander-Bowden group
- Messinger group
- Orlando Tapia-Olivares
- Orthaber group
- Ott group
- Ottosson group
- Sa group
- Sekreterava group
- Shylin group
- Stensjö group
- Thapper group
- Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry
- Tian group
- Varghese group
- Ångström Advanced Battery Centre
Research projects
- 3D-Microbatteries
- Accumulative electron transfer
- Additive manufacturing
- Advanced materials characterisation
- AngioScaff
- Anticancer therapy
- Binders for green next-generation battery electrodes
- Biocompatible ‘click-type’ reactions under physiological conditions
- Biodesign
- Bioinspired generation of fuel and feedstocks
- Bioorthogonal chemistry for designing 3D scaffolds
- Biophysical and biochemical studies of Photosystem II and Photosystem I
- Catalysts and mechanisms
- Catalysts for hydrogen evolution
- Characterization of proteins involved in stress tolerance in cyanobacteria
- Chemically modified RNAi drug design
- DIAMOND
- Design and characterisation of molecular tools
- Genetic engineering of cyanobacteria for butanol production
- Genetic engineering of cyanobacteria for increased CO2-fixation and redirected carbon metabolism
- Harsh environments
- INDYE
- Injectable biomedical materials
- Iron-manganese cofactors in dimetal carboxylate proteins
- Lithium-air batteries
- Lithium-ion batteries
- Lithium-sulfur batteries
- Lithium-sulfur batteries
- MOFs on semiconductors
- Metabolic and genetic engineering of cyanobacteria for enhanced H2 production
- Mimicking Nature to deliver plasmid DNA and RNAi molecules for in vivo applications
- Modelling of battery materials and cells
- Modification of perovskite solar cells with dye molecules
- Molecular Catalysis Performed by MOFs
- Multi-scale models of enzymatic reactions
- New anode materials
- Noble metal-free catalysis for renewable fuel production
- Nucleic acid therapeutics
- Organic batteries
- Organophosphorous and -arsenic compounds
- Organorsenic based ligands
- Perovskite solar cells
- Photoactive iron complexes
- Plasmon-driven electrocatalysis
- Polymer electrolytes
- Polymer nano-photocatalysts
- Protein profiling of filamentous N2 fixing cyanobacteria
- Proton-coupled electron transfer
- Quasicrystals and approximants
- Redox regulation in multicellular cyanobacteria
- Redox-conductive MOFs
- Regenerative medicine
- Semiconductor interface
- Single enzyme electrocatalysis
- Sodium-ion batteries
- Solar cells on trucks
- Solar fuel catalysis
- Solid state p-type mesoporous solar cells
- Stability of perovskite solar cells
- StemTherapy
- Structural design of asymmetric RNAi drugs
- Sustainable development and energy
- The relationship between oxidative stress and cyanotoxin production in cyanobacteria
- Ultra-fast electron transfer
- Water oxidation
- Water splitting and CO2 reduction device
- X-ray spectra of transition-metal catalysts
- p-type dye-sensitized solar cells