The Electrocatalysis of Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Peter Strasser(Technical University of Berlin)

Time:10:30am, August 2nd

Place: Physical and chemical building, Science and technology exhibition hall on 1st floor (理化大楼一楼科技展厅)

Abstract: 

The electrocatalysis of molecular oxygen, that is, the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), is a critically important redox reaction process for the conversion of chemical fuels into electricity, and conversely, as electron-supplying reaction for the electrocatalytic production of chemical fuels (storage of energy).

In this presentation, he will share some of their recent work both on advanced bimetallic core-shell fuel cell electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction, as well as, on noble and non-noble metaloxide electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (Water splitting).

Lecturer Brief Introduction:  

Professor Peter Strasser hold chaired full professorship in Chemical Engineering, and head of The Electrochemical Catalysis, Energy, and Materials Science Laboratory. He studied chemistry at Stanford University (1991-1992), the University of Tuebingen, Germany (1988-1995), and the University of Pisa, Italy (1992-1993), and received his diploma degree (MS) in chemistry in 1995. In 1996, Dr. Strasser was a visiting scientist with Sony Central Research, Yokohama, Japan. From 2000 to 2001, he did postdoctoral research work with Prof. Dr. Henry Weinberg, University of California, Santa Barbara. From 2001 to 2004, he was a Senior Staff Scientist/Group Leader – Electronic Materials/ Heterogeneous Catalysis Symyx Technologies, Santa Clara, CA. From 2004 to 2007, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX. He joined the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department at the Technical University of Berlin as full professor in late 2007.

He has approximately 58 peer reviewed journal publications published in Science, Nature Chemistry, JACS, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. etc., 20+ patents/patent applications, over 60 invited talks. He has recently published a book on ‘High Throughput Screening in Catalysis' and contributed to numerous books on multimetallic electrocatalysis and fuel cell catalysis.　
His current work focuses on surface electrocatalysis on metallic and oxidic nanomaterials, electrochemical energy conversion, hydrogen and direct liquid fuel cells as well as bio electrochemistry. He has spent much effort on using advanced synchrotron X-ray scattering techniques to study structural and compositional dynamics of electrocatalytic nanoparticles ex-situ and in-situ.

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