Electrochemistry and Energy-Related Applications of Nanomaterials

报告题目：Electrochemistry and Energy-Related Applications of Nanomaterials
报告人：龚宽平博士，三星研究中心资深研究员
报告时间：2013年7月19日上午10点
报告地点：科学楼902室

龚宽平博士简介：
龚宽平博士毕业于中科院化学所，曾经在马普钢铁研究所、布鲁克-海文国家实验室工作和访问，现任三星研究中心San Jose,CA分部资深研究员。他.长期从事电化学和分析化学的研究，阵列碳纳米材料的合成及电化学应用研究，在Science, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,Angew Angew. Chem. Int.等国际重要刊物上发表第一作者论文20余篇，并获得2007 年中国百篇最具影响国际学术论文奖，2011年 入选首批国家。

摘要：
Developing new nanomaterials to devise energy storage/conversion systems has long been considered a prime solution to meet the energy requirements of all the mankind for sustainable developments. Challenges arise upon targeting such electrochemical frameworks:

(i) there is little basic electrochemical understanding of nanomaterials, such as the mass diffusion and charge transfer in them;

(ii) the predetermined design of catalysts and electrodes is urgently needed;

(iii)cost-effectiveness with desirable performance remains challenging in developing most of these devices, particularly fuel cells.

Here, I will talk about our recent advances in formulating low-cost electrocatalysts for fuel cells, including nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes and platinum monolayer electrocatalysts.

Also, I discuss the structure-property interdependence of as-developed electrocatalysts in the oxygen reduction reaction. Combining the rational development and unique properties of new nanostructures with the requirements for harnessing energy in the future, I show that region-specified modification and long-distance-order assemble of nanostructures into functional nanocomposites promise designing/devising fuel cells, supercapacitors, and batteries, etc.