TIme：2015-7-8 9:00 am
Location：Conference Room of Energy Building1#
Lecturer: Minhua Shao（Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong）
Introduction：
Minhua Shao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He earned BS and MS degrees in chemistry from Xiamen University, and a PhD degree in materials science and engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2006. Dr. Shao joined UTC Power in 2007 to lead the development of advanced catalysts and supports for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) and phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC). He was promoted to UTC Technical Fellow and Project Manager in 2012. In 2013, he joined Ford Motor Company to work on lithium-ion batteries for electrified vehicles. He then joined HKUST in 2014. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles, 1 edited book and filed over 30 patent applications. He has also received a number of awards, including the Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator Award from the ECS Energy Technology Division (2014), Student Achievement Award from the ECS Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division (2007), President’s Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students from Stony Brook University (2006), Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad from China Scholarship Council (2006), and Dr. Mow Shiah Lin Award from Brookhaven National Laboratory (2006).
Abstract：
Low temperature fuel cells are electrochemical devices that convert chemical energy directly to electricity. They have great potential for both stationary and transportation applications and are expected to help address the energy and environmental problems that have become prevalent in our society. Despite their great promise, commercialization has been hindered by lower than predicted efficiencies and the high cost of Pt-based electrocatalysts in the electrodes. For more than five decades, extensive work has being focused on the development of novel electrocatalysts for fuel cell reactions. In this talk, I will present recent progress in developing advanced electrocatalystsmainly for oxygen reduction reaction in my group, with an emphasis on core-shell and shape controlled Pt- and Pd-based nanocrystals. The composition, morphology and size effects on the catalytic activities will be explored. The mechanisms for activity enhancement will also be discussed based on the results of density functional theory (DFT) calculations.
contact：DNL0301 Shao Zhigang (9153)