Date | 17 Feb 2025 |
Time | 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm (HKT) |
Venue | Lecture Theatre P3, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building |
Speaker | Prof. Donyuan ZHAO |
Institution | Hao-Qing Professor, Dean of School of Chemistry and Materials, Fudan University; Senior Editor, ACS Central Science |

Title:
Future energy development under the "double carbon" situation
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Schedule:
Date: 17th February, 2025 (Monday)
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 pm (HKT)
Venue: Lecture Theatre P3, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building
Speaker:
Prof. Dongyuan ZHAO 趙東元教授
Hao-Qing Professor
Dean of School of Chemistry and Materials, Fudan University
Senior Editor, ASC Central Science
Abstract:
Energy is an important material foundation for human activities, and chemistry is closely related to energy. Scientific and technological innovation is the only way to solve the future energy problem, and the creation and application of new chemical materials play a vital role in it. We will highlight important chemical science issues in the conversion, storage and utilization of energy in the future. We propose that: We will be in and will be in the long-term dependence on primary energy, the efficient and clean use of primary energy is the inevitable way in the future; Promoting the structural optimization among various primary energy sources is the future development direction. Chemical, chemical and material development is an important support for the efficient and clean use of primary energy. Functional mesoporous materials are a class of porous solids with a pore size of 2-50 nm. They not only possess unique properties such as high specific surface area, pore size and uniform and controllable pore volume, but also have broad application prospects in future energy and catalysis. In this lecture, we mainly introduce the recent progress in the research of molecular aggregate super-assembly regulation, oriented assembly controlled synthesis, and the creation of multilevel structural functional mesoporous materials. We will also show the applications of functional mesoporous materials in catalyst supports (heavy oil cracking), electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries, thermal insulation materials, dielectric materials and other fields.
About the speaker:
Professor Dongyuan Zhao, Hao-Qing Professor, Dean of School of Chemistry and Materials at Fudan University, Senior Editor for ACS Central Science. Professor Zhao was born in Northeastern of China, he received B.S. (1984), M.S. (1987) and PhD (1990) from Jilin University. He was a post-doctoral fellow in University of Houston (1995–96), University of California at Santa Barbara (1996–98). He was a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Science (TWAS). Prof. Zhao has devoted himself for more than 30 years to the interfacial assembly and synthesis of ordered functional mesoporous materials for the applications in energy, environment, and biology. Prof. Zhao received many awards including: National Natural Science Awards (1st Grade, 2020); IMMA Achievement Award in 2008; The Ho-Leung-Ho-Lee Award in 2009; TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize in 2016; Khwarizmi International Award in 2019; JCIS Darsh Wasan Award in 2018; Chemistry Contribution Award, China Chemical Society in 2018; Nano Research Award in 2020, ACS Nano Award in 2021, Tan Kah Kee Science Awards in 2024. He published more than 900 peer-review papers and is listed as one of highly cited researchers ISI in both Chemistry and Materials Science fields (Total citation ~ 150,000, h index 195). (http://www.mesogroup.fudan.edu.cn)
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