Topic:Accelerating the discovery of novel energy materials by high throughput processing
Speaker:Prof. Christoph J. Brabec(Erlangen-Nuremberg University)
Time:16:00, Mar 21st, 2018
Venue:Room N308A, Building of State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Wushan Campus
Abstract:The discovery and development of novel materials in the field of energy is essential to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy. Bringing recent technological innovations in automation, robotics, and computer science together with current approaches in chemistry, materials science, and characterization will act as a catalyst for revolutionizing traditional research and development in both industry and academia. This presentation will explore the vision towards autonomous materials discovery based on highly automatized robot-assisted systems, which may emerge within the next 10 years as a novel direction in material science. The approach we discuss combines high-throughput material screening coupled to machine learning algorithms, which, in turn, will, supported by quantum chemistry methods, autonomously design a further generation of improved materials.
First examples with relevance to energy materials will be discussed, among them novel absorbers for solar energy, enhanced solvent systems for solution processed semiconductors as well as organic conjugated nanomaterials as templates for mesoporous interface layers.