2016 Fall Journal Club: Characterizing Nanomaterials for Batteries

11/17/2016, Characterizing Nanomaterials for Batteries

We are glad to have Grant Williamson presenting on characterizing nanomaterials for batteries. Nanomaterial characterization is a way to understand the correlation between atomic changes and electrochemical performances. Some investigation techniques such as SEM, TEM, AFM, XRD can identify the surface topologies or structural refinements of functional materials.

 

2017 Winter Journal Club: Photo-electrochemistry

03/01/2017 5pm @ MolES 115

Led by Jon Witt from Chemical Engineering
Two papers are discussed:
1. New insight into the roles of oxygen vacancies in hematite for solar water splitting (Zhao et.al., 2017)
2. Materials for solar fuels and chemicals (Montoya et.al., 2016)
02/15/2017 5pm @ MolES 115
Led by Jerry Chen and Tai-Jin Jang from Chemical Engineering
Topic: Dual band gap solar water splitting cells
02/01/2017 5pm @ MolES 115
Led by Brian Gerwe from Chemical Engineering
Topic: solar water splitting cells
Further information on photoelectrochemistry can be found in Chapter 18.2 of Electrochemical Methods 2nd Edition by Allen J. Bard, and Larry R. Faulkner (or Chapter 14.5 of 1st Edition)