Thursday, July 20, 2017 11:00 am
-
12:00 pm
EDT (GMT -04:00)
The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) presents a seminar by Dr. Andy (Xueliang) Sun, from the University of Western Ontario.
Nanostructured Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage
Abstract
There
is
a
growing
awareness
that
nanotechnology
will
have
a
profound
impact
on
energy
generation,
storage,
and
utilization
by
exploiting
the
significant
differences
of
energy
states
and
transport
in
nanostructures
and
macrostructures.
Nanotechnology-based
solutions
are
being
developed
for
a
wide
range
of
energy
solutions
such
as
solar
cells,
hydrogen
generation
and
storage,
batteries,
and
fuel
cells.
Dr.
Sun
and
his
group
are
focusing
on
applying
nanostructured
materials
to
address
challenges
in
fuel
cells,
Li
batteries
and
metal-Air
batteries.
In
this
talk,
Dr.
Sun
will
report
his
progresses
on
how
to
apply
various
nanomaterials
to
solve
problems
in
fuel
cells,
Li
ion
batteries,
Li-S
batteries
and
Na-Air
batteries.