Tittle:Non-flammable electrolytes for emerging potassium and zinc batteries
Speaker：Jianfeng Mao
Time: 9:00-10:00, Dec 26, 2021
Online report: Tencent meeting ID 962 108 216
Abstract: The development of advanced energy storage systems is urgent to transform our society into one based on renewable energy resources, in which rechargeable batteries are one of the most promising approaches but remains to be solved. Due to the low cost and abundant resources, potassium and zinc batteries have been emerged as promising low-cost systems for large-scale energy storage. One of the challenges is to develop safe electrolytes for stabilizing the electrode/electrolyte interface to achieve high performance. In this talk, I will introduce our recent work on non-flammable electrolytes for K-ion batteries and aqueous electrolytes for Zn batteries, and will discuss the issues and opportunities for building better batteries.
Brief Bio: Dr Jianfeng Mao received his B.S., M. Eng, and Ph.D from Jilin University, Chinese Academy Sciences, and University of Wollongong, respectively. He has been working at the Max-Planck-Institute, University of Glasgow, University of Maryland, University of Wollongong, and the University of Adelaide. His research interests are in developing functional materials and electrolytes for next generation high-energy and large-scale batteries, and understanding their fundamentals of electrochemical processes in electrodes and at electrode/electrolyte interfaces. He has published over 70 articles in international refereed journals such as Journal of The American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie, Advanced Materials, and Energy & Environmental Science. These publications have received over 5,342 citations, giving an h index of 37 at Google Scholar (December 2021).
