报告题目:Novel Catalytic Materials for Solar Energy Capture
报告人:Geoffrey Waterhouse 教授(新西兰奥克兰大学)
报告时间:2019年12月12日(周四)上午9:30
报告地点:华南理工大学大学城校区环境楼B4-215报告厅
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报告人简介:
Geoffrey Waterhouse教授是新西兰皇家科学院属下的化学院院士,新西兰国家级先进材料与纳米技术卓越研究中心(MacDiarmid)的科研决策领导(Scientific Executive)、能源领域领袖(Theme Leader)和首席研究员(Principal Investigator),澳大利亚同步加速器使用审批的顾问委员会成员和新西兰代表。他是中国科学院“国际研究员”、中国科学院光化学转换与光电材料重点实验室客座教授, 华南理工大学讲座教授(Chair Professor),山东农业大学讲座教授。获2019世界跨领域高被引(Top 1%, in Materials Science, Chemistry and Physics)。他的科研领域包括纳米材料合成,绿色能源,太阳能采集利用,光学传感器开发,生物活性物和药物输送和包装材料开发,以及低浓度生物物质、掺假物和干扰物的检定。已出版国际专著书章11篇,国外专利申请/授权9项,同行评审SCI期刊论文达203篇(平均期刊影响因子超8.5;其中最高单篇引用达850)。多次在国际学术大会、高峰论坛和专业研讨会中担任大会主编、主旨和主题演讲嘉宾、分会主席、会议学术委员会和组委会委员。
报告的摘要:
Global energy concerns motivate the development of new and improved technologies for solar energy capture, with semiconductor photocatalysis, photothermal catalysis and PV-driven electrocatalysis all expected to play key roles in meeting the energy needs of future societies. This talk will overview some of our recent collaborative research aimed at solar-driven catalyst development for H2 production, CO2 reduction to CO and other valuable commodity chemicals (C2-C4 alkanes and olefins), and N2 fixation to NH3. Various 2D nanosheet photocatalyst systems, plasmonic metal catalysts and metal single atom catalysts (SACs) will be introduced, and the structure-activity relationships present in these materials examined in detail. Strong emphasis will be placed on the importance high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), synchrotron-based X-ray spectroscopies (XPS, EXAFS) and DFT calculations to the understanding of catalyst structure, function and performance.