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Journal of Materials Science and Nanotechnology | Volume 3
May 16-17, 2019 | Prague, Czech Republic
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International Conference on
22
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International Conference on
Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
Advanced Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Joint Event
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Mater Sci Nanotechnol, Volume 3
A
lthough the precious metal-based materials are widely
recognized as superior catalysts for clean energy
applications, their large-scale commercial use has been
hindered by their expensive and scarcity nature. The
development of high performance, plentiful and cheap
nonpreciousmaterials-based catalysts is therefore vital for the
commercial viability of clean energy future. Unfortunately, the
most of nonprecious materials in their pristine forms possess
little or no catalytic activity. As such, unlocking the catalytic
activities of nonprecious materials has become an important
scientific task, but highly challenging.
This presentation reports a number of broadly applicable
approaches to unlock the catalytic activities of nonprecious
nanostructured materials. A number of examples from
our recent investigations will be used to demonstrate the
effectiveness and applicability of such approaches.
Speaker Biography
Huijun Zhao obtained his PhD in Chemistry (1994) from the University of
Wollongong, Australia. He held Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow
positions during 1994-1997 in the University of Wollongong and University
ofWestern Sydney. He took a Lecturer position at Griffith University in 1997
and was subsequently promoted to Senior Lecturer (2001), A/Professor
(2003), Chair Professor of Griffith Commercialization Laboratory (2005).
He currently holds a professorial position in School of Environment and
Science and is the Director of the Centre for Clean Environment and Energy
at Griffith University. He is also the Director of the Centre for Environmental
and Energy Nanomaterials at the Institute of Solid-State Physics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences. He has won several awards such as The R.H. Stokes
Medal and University Research Leadership Award and is the Fellow of the
Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and the Fellow of the Royal Australian
Chemical Institute (FRACI). He has expertise in energy and environmental
nanomaterials, water source control and management system, field-based
sensingtechnologiesandaquaticenvironmentalqualityassessment.Oneof
his current pursuits is to explore newmeans to unlock the catalytic powers
of nonprecious materials as high performance catalysts for important
catalysis reactions. He has published over 400 refereed journal papers that
attracted over 22,000 citations and earned him an H-index of 78. He has
also gained 68 international patents within 8 world-wide patent families
in functional nanomaterials & nanotechnology, photoelectrocatalysis and
environmental monitoring systems.
e:
h.zhao@griffith.edu.auHuijun Zhao
Griffith University, Australia
Unlocking catalytic powers of nonprecious nanomaterials