세미나

Electrochemical Systems and Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications

  • 일시 2022-09-28 13:00 ~ 16:00
  • 장소 온라인 개최
  • 연사 강진수 교수
  • 소속 서울대학교 에너지자원공학부
Development of industry during last several centuries have caused significant changes in the environment. For instance, rise in the atmospheric CO2 level resulted in the global warming, and various resources that are necessary for everyday lives of mankind have become less sustainable. In order to mitigate these circumstances, there have been significant research efforts, which include the use of electrochemical systems that could be utilized for energy and environmental applications. As these systems have great flexibility depending on the materials being used as the electrodes of the electrolyte, rapid growth of the field owes a lot to the advances in materials design and production. In this seminar, I will talk about my research efforts on the development of electrochemical systems and electrode materials for a wide range of energy and environmental purposes. In the first part, rationally designed multiscale-structured semiconductor electrodes that could be used for photoelectrochemical energy conversion will be introduced. Then, nanostructured electrocatalytic materials that could be potentially utilized for carbon-neural production of fuels – hydrogen in this case – will be briefly explained. Finally, based on the understanding of surface electrochemistry and electrocatalysis obtained from the research works on hydrogen energy, electrochemical desalination system with intrinsically high stability will be presented.