Topic:  CARE: CARbon materials for Energy applications

Speaker:  Prof. Nianjun YANG

        Department of Chemistry & IMO-IMOMEC,Hasselt University,

Time:  10:00-12:00, (Wed.) May 21^st, 2025

Venue: Room 403, Shi Changxu Building, IMR CAS

Abstract

Energy crisis is one of the biggest challenges for our society. Efficient storage and conversion of the energy captured from existing sources are thus of great significance. Electrochemical energy storage and conversion is such an approach where advanced electrode materials need to be developed and synthesized. In this presentation, our strategies to synthesize different functional materials, especially various carbon materials and their composites will be detailed. Their applications for electrochemical energy conversion such as hydrogen production and CO₂ reduction will be shown. More attention will be paid to the applications of these functional materials for electrochemical energy storage, including the ensemble of high-performance batteries and supercapacitors.

Bio: Biography

Dr. Nianjun Yang has been a Professor of Electrochemistry and Catalysis at the Department of Chemistry and Institute of Materials Research (IMO-IMOEC) of Hasselt University (Hasselt, Belgium) since March 2023. His Habilitation in the fields of Materials Science and Surface Engineering was finished in 2020 at the Institute of Materials Engineering of the University of Siegen (Siegen, Germany). He was a team leader and a senior researcher at the University of Siegen and Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Solid-State Physics (Freiburg, Germany) after his postdoctoral working experience at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Tsukuba, Japan) and the New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM, USA). His PhD degree was obtained from the National University of Fukui (Fukui Japan) in 2005. His research interest covers design and synthesis of functional materials as well as their various electrochemical applications. He has acted/is acting as guest editor and advisory board member of several journals, editor of book series and books, as well as the organizer and board member of several international conferences.