主 题：Prospect of Zn-air Batteries in Alternative Energy
特邀嘉宾：新加坡科技研究局A*STAR宗昀教授
时 间：2016年9月23日（周五）14：30
地 点：朝晖校区子良A220材料学院会议室
嘉宾简介：
Yun Zong received his B. Sc. (1994) and M. Sc. (1997) in Chemistry from Wuhan University, and PhD in Materials Science (2002) from Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research and Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. After a postdoctoral stay at National University of Singapore, he joined Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) under Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) as a Research Associate in early 2004. He was Technical Advisor of Int. Mat. Technologies (2008-2009), Founding and Executive Member of A*STAR Chemistry Club (2008-2010), Deputy Head of Synthesis and Integration Capability Group (2011-2014), Manager of Molecular Materials Lab (2012-2015), Manager of Advanced Energy Storage Lab (2013-2016), Co-Head of Technology Development @ Director’s Office (2014-2015), and Chair of Management Board of IMRE-A*STAR Graduate Academy Thematic Scholarship in Molecular Materials (2013-2016). He has co-led the organising committees of more than 10 international conferences, represented by the 15th Asian Chemical Congress (2013) and the 41st International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (2014). He is currently a Senior Scientist and Head of Molecular Materials Department at IMRE, and Programme Manager of Advanced Energy Storage Research Programme at Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) of A*STAR, Vice President of Singapore National Institute of Chemistry, Board Member of Translational Materials Research (IOP publishing, UK) and Associate Editor of Journal of Molecular and Engineering Materials (World Scientific Publishing, Singapore). His research focuses on rechargeable zinc-air and lithium-sulfur batteries, including new electrode material development, battery engineering and mechanism studies.
主题简介：Heavily polluted air, constant flood in multiple cities and more often occurred extreme weather conditions are calling for remedies on our environment and improvement on the livability of our planet. A main root cause of the unpleasant status quo is believed to associate with unsustainable approaches of energy production under high demand and unfavorable consumption patterns, which unavoidably lead to high carbon emission, low energy efficiency, notorious air pollution, and devastation to the ecological system. Alternative energy, especially the renewable solar, wind, and thermal energies, becomes more and more accessible thanks to the fast development of related technologies and engineering capability. Under good conditions these renewable energy can contribute to notable portion of our daily energy need. However, the intermittency feature of such energy sources and mismatch in the timeframe of power generation and consumers’ need, demand large-scale electric energy storage systems that store electricity while distribute it intelligently according to the need of end customers at any point of time. This is known as “smart grids”, which would be ideally operated based on battery and supercapacitor technologies. To construct such a large system, special considerations are needed for the battery unit cells, such as safety, cost-effectiveness, cycling life, ease of maintenance, etc. In this talk I will present our research work on the development of Zn-air battery technology, an extremely safe, low cost, long-cycling life and easy-to-maintain battery, as a potential candidate for storage of alternative energy.
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