主讲人:Prof. Minhua Shao  

时间: 2018年12月14日上午11:00

地点: 深圳大学西丽校区B1一楼报告厅

报告人简介：

Minhua Shao is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Hong KongUniversity of Science and Technology (HKUST). He is also the Associate Directorof the HKUST Energy Institute, Director of the Sustainable Energy EngineeringProgram, and Director of the Master of Science Program of Chemical andBiomolecular Engineering Program. He earned BS and MS degrees in chemistry fromXiamen University, and a PhD degree in materials science and engineering fromthe State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2006. Dr. Shao joined UTC Powerin 2007 to lead the development of advanced catalysts and supports for fuelcells by collaborating with Toyota. He was promoted to UTC Technical Fellow in2012. In 2013, he joined Ford Motor Company to conduct research on lithium-ionbatteries. He then joined HKUST in 2014. He is an Associate Editor of Journalof the Electrochemical Society and Editorial Advisory Board Member for Journalof Applied Electrochemistry, Catalysts, Materials Technologies, Journal ofPhysics D: Applied Physics, and Journal of Electrochemistry. He has publishedover 100 peer-reviewed articles. He has also received a number of awards,including the Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator Award from the ECSEnergy Technology Division (2014), and Student Achievement Award from the ECSIndustrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division (2007).

讲座摘要：

Low temperature fuel cells areelectrochemical devices that convert chemical energy directly to electricity.They have great potential for both stationary and transportation applicationsand are expected to help address the energy and environmental problems thathave become prevalent in our society. Despite their great promise,commercialization has been hindered by lower than predicted efficiencies andhigh loading of Pt-based electrocatalysts in the electrodes. For more than fivedecades, extensive work has being focused on the development of novelelectrocatalysts for fuel cell reactions. In this talk, I will present recentprogress in developing advanced electrocatalysts mainly for oxygen reductionreaction in my group, with an emphasis on core-shell and shape controllednanocrystals. Fuel cell testing results on these advanced catalysts will beshared. The mechanisms for activity enhancement will also be discussed based onthe results of density functional theory calculations.

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