题目：Nanofiber-Based Energy Storage and Conversion
时间：2009年6月1日上午10：30
地点：曹光彪楼326会议室
报告人：美国北卡罗莱纳州立大学Xiangwu Zhang博士
报告摘要：
Today’s global economy is dangerously dependent on petroleum oil, and this problem is exacerbated because heavily populated developing countries are expanding their economies and becoming more energy intensive. Among various energy technologies, fuel cells and rechargeable batteries are promising candidates for generating and storing power in a clean manner because they can provide electricity without thermal combustion and the pollutants associated with burning fossil fuels. Research, development and deployment of these clean energy technologies that provide a permanent solution are, hence, urgently needed.
Novel electrospun nanofibers with functional properties can dramatically alter surface reaction rates and charge transport throughout fuel cells and batteries, causing significant improvement in energy storage, conversion and generation. The design of functional nanofiber materials for alternative energy systems is a way to develop a wide range of new technologies for a healthy future. This presentation gives two examples of our work on the development of advanced functional nanofibers and the integration of these materials into rechargeable batteries and fuel cells to achieve high system performance.
报告人简介：
张向武博士，1997年在浙江大学高分子材料系获学士学位，2001年在浙江大学材料科学与工程学系获博士学位。博士毕业后先后在美国Texas A&M 大学、North Carolina State大学从事博士后研究。现为North Carolina State大学助理教授，并任国际期刊Journal of Energy Storage and Conversion 的主编，兼任Tec-Cel: A Green Energy Company的技术顾问。为Fiber and Polymer Science Ph.D. Program Steering、College Graduate Studies 、College Research、Academic Advisory for the NC State Confucius Institute等多个学术机构的委员和The Electrochemical Society、The American Chemical Society、Materials Research Society等学术协会（学会）会员。主要从事材料电化学、锂离子电池和其关键材料（电极材料、电解质、隔膜）等的研究。出版专著一部，参编学术著作3部。在Advanced Materials、Nanotechnology、Electrochimica Acta、J. Electrochem. Soc. Electrochemistry Communications等国际著名学术期刊上发表论文近50篇。
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浙江大学材料科学与工程学系金属材料研究所
2009.05.27
