EcoMat Webinar Series - Advanced Electrolyte for Future Batteries

Webinar Date

9th December 2020 (Wednesday) 9:00 - 11:00AM (GMT+8 China Time)

8th December 2020 (Tuesday) 20:00 - 22:00PM (EST)

Featured Speakers and Topics

Speaker 1: Prof. Qiang Zhang

Prof. Qiang Zhang is a full professor at Tsinghua University. He obtained his Ph.D. in chemical engineering (2009) from Tsinghua University, China, and subsequently held Research Associate/Postdoc Research Fellow positions in the Case Western Reserve University, USA, and Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany. He held the Newton Advanced Fellowship from Royal Society, UK and the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. He is selected as highly cited researchers at 2017-2020 by Clarivate Analytics. His current research interests are advanced energy materials, including dendrite-free lithium metal anode, lithium sulfur batteries, and electrocatalysis, especially the structure design and full demonstration of advanced energy materials in working devices. His h-index is 100 now. He is associate editor of J Energy Chem, Energy Storage Mater, and EcoMat. He is sitting on the advisory board of Matter, Adv Funct Mater, ChemSusChem, J Mater Chem A, Chem Commun, and so on.

Topic: Emerging Energy Chemistry at Li metal and Electrolyte Interfaces

Speaker 2: Prof. Yi Chun Lu

Prof. Yi-Chun Lu received her Ph.D. degree from MIT in 2012. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Dr. Lu's research interest centers on developing fundamental understandings and material design principles for clean energy storage and conversion.

Topic: Safe and Low-Cost Electrolytes for High-Voltage Aqueous Batteries

The LINK to join the session will be sent to your e-mail address one week before the webinar. Please register to secure your spot ASAP as space is limited.