Seminar & Colloquium
[세미나: 11월 6일(월), 오후 4시] Prof. Shizhang Qiao, The University of Adelaide
Electrocatalytic Refinery for Production of Fuels and Chemicals
Speaker
Prof. Shizhang Qiao, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide
Education
- 2000. 11. PhD, Chem. Eng., The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Experience
- 2023. 7. ~ present ARC Industry Laureate Fellow, The University of Adelaide
- 2017. ~ present Director of Center for Materials in Energy and Catalysis, The University of Adelaide
- 2012. 2. ~ present Chair Professor, The University of Adelaide
- 2018. 1. ~ 2023. 6. Australian Laureate Fellow, The University of Adelaide
- 2012. 3. ~ 2018. 2. Honorary Professor, The University of Queensland
- 2010. 1. ~ 2012. 2. Associate Professor, The Univ. of Queensland
- 2004. 1. ~ 2009. 12. Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, The Univ. of Queensland
- 2001. 8. ~ 2003. 12. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Univ. of Queensland
- 2000. 6. ~ 2001. 7. Research Fellow, Nanyang Tech. Univ., Singapore
| Date | Monday, November 6th, 2023
| Time | 16:00 ~
| Venue | 33동 331호
[Abstract]
Compared to modern fossil fuel-based industrial refineries, the emerging electrocatalytic refinery (e-refinery) is a more sustainable and environmentally benign strategy to convert renewable feedstocks and energy sources to transportable fuels and value-added chemicals. E-refinery promisingly leads to defossilization, decarbonization, and decentralization of chemical industry. Specifically, powered by renewable electricity (e.g., solar, wind and hydro power), oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) can efficiently split water into green hydrogen and CO2 reduction reaction (CRR) can convert CO2 emissions to transportable fuels and commodity chemicals.
A crucial step in realizing this prospect is the knowledge-guided design of appropriate reactions and optimal electrocatalysts with high activity and selectivity for anticipated reaction pathways, which dominantly involve cleavage and formation of chemical bonds between H, O and C. In this presentation, I will talk about our recent progress in mechanism understanding and material innovation for some crucial electrocatalytic reactions (OER, HER, CRR, etc.), which are achieved by combining atomic-level material engineering, electrochemical evaluation, theoretical computations, and advanced in situ characterizations. A special emphasis is placed on the rational exploration of novel single-atom catalysts.
| Host | 장호원 교수(02-880-1720)