T. Alan Hatton

Ralph Landau Prof & Dir, Sch of Chem Engr Practice

Department
Department of Chemical Engineering
Technology Areas
Energy & Distribution: Energy Storage, Hydrocarbons, Electrochemical Devices / Environmental Engineering: Carbon Capture, Water Treatment, Sustainability & Recycling / Chemicals & Materials: Catalysis & Synthesis, Composites, Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials, Polymers, Metals, Fabrics & Textiles / Biotechnology: Biomanufacturing / Drug Discovery and Research Tools: Genomics & Proteomics / Agriculture & Food: Nutrition / Biomaterials & Bioelectronics: Medical Device Coatings / Communication Systems: Optical / Sensing & Imaging: Optical Sensing

Developing advanced purification and carbon capture technologies to combat climate change and enhance water and air quality.

Background and Experience

T. Alan Hatton is the Ralph Landau Professor and the Director of the David H. Koch School of Chemical Engineering Practice at MIT. His work focuses on the development of purification technologies of various kinds for use with air, water, and other substances. As part of the MIT Energy Initiative, he co-directs the Center for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage. 

The Hatton Research Group at MIT focuses primarily on the development of electrochemical processes to facilitate chemical separations and to mediate the transformation of captured waste to useful commodity chemicals.

Technologies

Surface Area Enhancement-Based Mass Exchangers for Compact, Low-Energy CO2 Capture

Technology / Case number: #24567J
T. Alan Hatton / Dimitrios Papageorgiou / Marc Hodes / Vaibhav Bahadur / Darren Crowdy
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Environmental Engineering
Impact Areas: Climate Stabilization
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  • CO2 Capture
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Visible Light-Driven CO2 Capture and Release Using Photoactive Pyranine in Water in Continuous Flow

Technology / Case number: #25603
T. Alan Hatton / Hyowon Seo / Johannes Schretter
Technology Areas: Communication Systems / Environmental Engineering / Sensing & Imaging
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  • CO2 Capture
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Leveraging Electrons for Electrochemical CO2 Capture using a Hemi-Labile Iron Complex

Technology / Case number: #25462
T. Alan Hatton / Hyowon Seo
Technology Areas: Energy & Distribution / Environmental Engineering
Impact Areas: Sustainable Future
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  • CO2 Capture
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Photoelectrochemical Capture of Acid Gases (Solar-Driven Carbon Dioxide Capture)

Technology / Case number: #24581
T. Alan Hatton / Alexandra Victoria Tavasoli / Vittoria Bolongaro / Kyle Diederichsen
Technology Areas: Energy & Distribution / Environmental Engineering
Impact Areas: Sustainable Future
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Dynamically-Controllable Gas Gating Membrane for High-Efficiency Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Separation

Technology / Case number: #21940
T. Alan Hatton / Yayuan Liu
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Enhancing Performance Stability of Electroactive Polymers by Vapor-Deposited Organic Networks

Technology / Case number: #19734
T. Alan Hatton / Andong Liu / Xianwen Mao / Karen Gleason
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Carbon Dioxide Adsorbents Based on Lithium Borate

Technology / Case number: #19514
T. Alan Hatton / Takuya Harada
Technology Areas: Environmental Engineering
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Coating Compositions and Related Methods

Technology / Case number: #19479
T. Alan Hatton / Lev E Bromberg
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Task Specific Ionic Liquid-Impregnated Polymeric Surface Coatings for Antibacterial, Antifouling and Metal Scavenging Activity

Technology / Case number: #19124
T. Alan Hatton / Paul Brown / Sahag Voskian / Cesar De la Fuente Nunez / Ryan Shaw
Technology Areas: Biomaterials & Bioelectronics / Chemicals & Materials / Environmental Engineering
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Selective Reduction of Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines and Related Methods

Technology / Case number: #18718
T. Alan Hatton / Xiao Su / Lev E Bromberg
Technology Areas: Agriculture & Food / Biotechnology / Chemicals & Materials
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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