International Symposium on Nano Surface/Interface and Cluster Chemistry in Energy Materials
Room 202, Lujiaxi Building, Xiamen University
Friday, December 15, 2017
Session 1 Chair: Bin Ren |
09:00 -09:05 Opening and Welcome, Su-Yuan Xie – Chairman of the symposium |
09:05 - 09:30 Jing-Li Luo, University of Alberta, Canada Application of Nano Surface/Interface in Fuel Cells for Co-Generating Power and Valuable Products from Greenhouse Gases |
09:30 - 09:55 Olaf Magnussen, Kiel University, Germany Electrode Structure, Reactivity, and Surface Dynamics: Lessons Learned from Atomic-scale In Situ and In Operando Studies |
09:55 - 10:20 Nian-Qiang Nick Wu, West Virginia University, USA Plasmonic Resonance Energy Transfer and Charge Transfer from Metals to Semiconductors for Solar Energy Harvesting |
Coffee break |
Session 2 Chair: Bing-Wei Mao |
10:40 - 11:05 Timo Jacob, Ulm University, Germany Measuring an Electrocatalyst’S Vital Signs: The Need for in Operando Studies |
11:05 - 11:30 Jolanta Swiatowska, CNRS – Chimie ParisTech, France Contribution of Surface Spectroscopic Techniques to Characterization of Electrode/Electrolyte Interphases in Li-ion Batteries |
11:30 - 11:55 Shi-Gang Sun, Xiamen University, China Structure Design and Function Control of Electrochemical Energy Materials |
Session 3 Chair: La-Sheng Long |
14:30 - 14:55 Wen-Bin Lin, The University of Chicago, USA Metal-Organic Frameworks for Artificial Photosynthesis |
14:55 - 15:20 Wen-Feng Lin, Loughborough University, UK Synthesis and Catalysis Mechanism Studies of High Performance Nano-catalysts for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells Applications |
15:20 - 15:45 Hong-Xin Wang, University of California at Davis, USA Nuclear Resonant Vibrational Spectroscopy to Pinpoint Active Site Clusters Inside Hydrogenases and Nitrogenases |
Coffee break |
Session 4 Chair: Dong-Ping Zhan |
16:05 - 16:30 Philippe Marcus, CNRS-Chimie ParisTech, France Nanostructures of Thin Oxide Films Thermally or Electrochemically Formed on Metal Surfaces |
16:30 - 16:55 Shan-Lin Pan, The University of Alabama, USA Photoelectrochemical Investigations of Semiconductor Surfaces and Catalyst Interfaces for Solar Water Splitting |
16:55 - 17:20 Ai-Cheng Chen, University of Guelph, Canada Synthesis and Electrochemical Study of Graphene Based Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage |
17:20 – 17:45 Shuai Wang, Xiamen University, China Alkanal-Alkene Prins Condensation Reactions on Brønsted Solid Acids |
Saturday, December 16, 2017
Session 5 Chair: Nan-Feng Zheng |
09:00 - 09:25 Yasuhiro Iwasawa, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan Unprecedented Approaches to the Origin of Active and Durable Interfacial Catalysis Based on Advanced XAFS |
09:25 - 09:50 Lai-Sheng Wang, Brown University, USA Photoelectron Spectroscopyof Size-Selected Boron Clusters: From Planar Structures to Borophenes and Borospherenes |
09:50 - 10:15 Ping-Yun Feng, University of California, Riverside, USA Crystalline Chalcogenide Tetrahedral Clusters and Their Superlattices for Energy Related Applications |
Coffee break |
Session 6 Chair: Chang-Jian Lin |
10:35 - 11:00 Jin-Shan Pan, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Passive Film and Breakdown on Advanced Alloys – Studied by Electrochemical and Synchrotron-Based Techniques |
11:00 - 11:25 Xiao-Dong Zhou, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA The Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Materials: On Electrochemically Driven of Phase Transition, Degradation and Accelerated Test |
11:25 - 11:50 Su-Yuan Xie, Xiamen University, China Novel Fullerenes Synthesized by Chlorination/Hydrogenation in Carbon Arc and Combustion |
Session 7 Chair: You-Zhu Yuan |
14:30 - 14:55 Uri Banin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Colloidal Quantum Nanostructures; From Basic Science to Applications |
14:55 - 15:20 Yi-Ying Wu, The Ohio State University, USA Interface Synthesis for Dye-Sensitized Solar Fuels |
15:20 - 15:45 Yu-Huang Wang, University of Maryland, USA Quantum Defects as a New Tool for Exciton Engineering |
Coffee break |
Session 8 Chair: Xu Hou |
16:05 - 16:30 Xian-Hui Bu, California State University, Long Beach, USA Conceptual Advance in the Synthetic Development of Crystalline Porous Materials |
16:30 - 16:55 Edman Tsang, University of Oxford, UK Conversions of Biomass Molecules on Tailored Catalytic Surface/Interface to Useful Products |
16:55 - 17:20 Markus Raschke, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA Multimodal Tip-Enhanced Spectroscopy: Imaging Structure, Coupling, and Dynamics on the Molecular Scale |
17:20 – 17:45 Nan-Feng Zheng, Xiamen University, China Surface Coordination Chemistry of Metal Nanomaterials |
Sunday, December 17, 2017
Session 9 Chair: Yong Yang |
09:00 - 09:25 Pieter Stroeve, University of California Davis, USA Surface Modified Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles (MSN) and Core-Shell MSN for Controlled Release of Chemical Species and Proteins |
09:25 - 09:50 Davide Bonifazi, Cardiff University, UK Supramolecular Colorlands |
09:50 - 10:15 Stefano Passerini, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Nanostructures for Combined Conversion/Alloying Materials as Lithium-Ion Anodes |
Coffee break |
Session 10 Chair: Su-Yuan Xie |
10:35 - 11:00 Hye Ryung Byon, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea Towards Controlling of Li2O2 Structures for Improvement of Charging Overpotential in Lithium-Oxygen Batteries |
11:00 - 11:25 Emiel J.M. Hensen, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Structure-Performance Relations: Towards Redictions for Supported Nanoparticle Systems |
11:25 - 11:50 Xu Hou, Xiamen University, China Bioinspired Multi-Scale Pores and Channels |
11:50 -11:55 Closing |