Hybrid nanostructures for lithium and sodium storage

5 May 2016 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
320A, Chemical Sciences Building (map rep: F10)

Abstract

Hybrid Nanostructures for Lithium and Sodium StorageEnergy storage is an important problem in realising a low carbon society and many challenges have been evident along the way. Lithium ion batteries and sodium ion batteries are particularly eye-catching for scientists and engineers as promising devices for energy storage. Materials engineering plays a key role in the field of battery research. In particular, engineering materials at the nanoscale offer unique properties resulting in high performance electrodes in various energy storage devices. Consequently, considerable efforts have been made in recent years to fulfill the future requirements of electrochemical energy storage devices. Various multi-functional hybrid nanostructured materials are currently being studied to improve energy and power densities of next generation batteries.  In this talk, Professor Guo will present some of her recent progress in the synthesis of different types of hybrid nanostructures to enhance the electrochemical energy storage properties of Li-ion or sodium-ion batteries.

About Zaiping Guo

Prof. Zaiping Guo received a PhD in Materials Engineering from the University of Wollongong in December 2003. She is a Senior Professor in the School of Mechanical, Materials, and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Wollongong, and an Associate Editor of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. She received the ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship in 2010, and the ARC Future Fellowship (FT3) in 2015. Her research focuses on the design and application of nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion, including rechargeable batteries, hydrogen storage, and fuel cells. She published more than 250 papers in peer-reviewed Journals, and these publications have been cited more than 9800 times with an h-index of 55.

This event is one in a series of seminars run by the School of Chemical Engineering.