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报告题目 |
Functional Nanomaterials for Energy and Environmental Applications |
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报告时间 |
2012年12月31日下午4：00 |
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报告地点 |
东活五楼报告厅 |
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摘要 |
In the carbon constrained world today, climate change, long-term energy supply, clean water and environment are among the top ten challenges humanity is facing in the next century. Demands are growing for innovative technologies for renewable energy generation and storage, water purification, desalination and recycling, as well as CO2 capture and utilisation. Sustainable energy and associated clean technologies are not only big challenges but also great business opportunities globally. Underpinning the strong development in such a “cleantech” sector are innovations in new materials and devices enabled by advances in nanoscience and nanomaterials, as well as advanced manufacturing processes. Nanotechnology has tremendous potential in enabling the development of clean technologies in many ways, for example, through more efficient harvesting of sun light, thermoelectric materials to harvest energy low grade heat, high density energy storage technology e.g. in batteries and for hydrogen storage, or by enabling light-weight materials for transportation or improving energy efficiency of industrial production and of household energy use (e.g. through fuel cells, catalysis, low energy lighting) and enabling technologies to reduce and cleaning up harmful emissions and wastewater. In this talk, I will give an overview of the nanotechnologies that are being developed for clean energy, water and CO2 utilization with some perspectives on their impacts and future directions. |
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报告人 |
Prof. Max Lu Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President (Research)and Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia |
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报告人简介：⑴现在工作单位及职称 ⑵主要研究方向 ⑶学术成就简述（100字以内） Professor Max Lu is currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President for Research and Foundation Director for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials at the University of Queensland. His research expertise is in nanoparticles and nanoporous materials for clean energy and environmental technologies. With over 500 journal publications in high impact journals including Nature, JACS, Angew Chem., Adv Materials, he is also co-inventor of 20 international patents. Prof Lu is one of the ISI Highly Cited Researchers in Materials Science with over 18000 citations (with h-index of 63). He has received numerous prestigious awards nationally and internationally including the Orica Award, RK Murphy Medal, Le Fevre Prize, ExxonMobil Award, IUMRS Young Scientist Award, Top 100 Most Influential Engineers in Australia (2004, and 2010, 2012). Top 50 Most Inspiring Chinese in the World (2006). He won the CAS International Cooperation (2010), and China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award (2011). He is elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and Fellow of IChemE. He is the immediate past Chairman of the IChemE Board in Australia. He served on Expert Advisory Groups of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (2004, 2005). He serves as editor and editorial board member for 12 international journals. His current research interests include photoactive materials for solar cells and hydrogen production, and energy storage materials. | |
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主办单位：微尺度国家实验室，化学与材料科学学院，外办（港澳台办） | |