Title：Design of Nanoporous Carbon Spheres for Energy Conversion and Storage

Speaker：Dr. Jian Liu

         Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University

Time: 14:00pm- 15:30pm, (Mon.) 28, December 2015

Venue: Room 468, Lee Hsun Building

Welcome to attend!

Abstract:

In this presentation, I will discuss our recent progress toward design of advanced colloidal carbon spheres for energy applications.

We have developed and synthesized various nanoporous carbon spheres (NCSs) (including novel microporous carbon spheres, mesoporous carbon spheres, core shell and yolk shell carbon spheres with hierarchical porous structures) with high monodispersity, defined size and orientation of pores, tunable surface area, and controlled surface properties and structural ordering.[1] Specifically, (i) We developed a strategy to synthesise monodisperse polymer spheres from resorcinol–formaldehyde (RF) resin and carbon “Stöber” spheres.[2] (ii) In addition, modified carbon spheres have been prepared through a bottom up self-assembly by using different functional precursors, or post-synthesis modification method.[3,4] Furthermore, we have applied this method to produce uniform carbon core–shell spheres with adjustable shell thickness, carbon@metal, carbon@silica, metal@carbon, silica@carbon, or metal oxide@carbon materials.[5,6] (iii) We also extended the synthesis method of mesoporous silica nanospheres to enable the preparation of ordered mesoporous resorcinol formaldehyde nanospheres with particle size from 80 to 400 nm and mesopores of ~3.5 nm in diameter.[7] (iv) A general strategy was developed for the synthesis of versatile carbon nanospheres impregnated with highly monodispersed metal nanoparticles including (Au, Pt, Rh, Ru, Ag, Pd, Ir, Fe and Cu), testing these metal-loaded carbon particles as catalysts for the hydrogenation of benzaldehyde showed outstanding performance.[8]

Our synthesis strategies provide a new benchmark for fabricating well-defined porous carbonaceous nanospheres with a great promise for energy storage and conversion applications.

References

[1]. Liu, J.; Wickramaratne, N. P.; Qiao, S. Z.; Jaroniec, M. Nature Mater., 2015, 14, 763.

[2]. Liu, J.; Qiao, S. Z.; Liu, H.; Chen, J.; Orpe, A. Zhao, D. Y.; Lu, G. Q. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 5947.

[3]. Tang, J.; Liu, J.; Li, C.; Li, Y.; Tade, M. O.; Dai, S.; Yamauchi, Y. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 588–593.

[4]. Yang, T.; Liu, J.; Zhou, R.; Chen, Z.; Xu, H.; Qiao, S. Z.; Monteiro, M. J. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 18139–18146.

[5]. Yang, T.; Zhou, R.; Wang, D. W.; Jiang, S. P.; Yamauchi, Y.; Qiao, S. Z.; Monteiro, M. J.; Liu, J. Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 2518.

[6]. Yang, T.; Liu, J.; Zheng, Y.; Monteiro, M. J.; Qiao, S. Z. Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 6942–6945.

[7]. Liu, J.; Yang, T.; Wang, D. W.; Lu, G. Q.; Zhao, D. Y.; Qiao, S. Z. Nature Commun., 2013, 4, 2798.

[8]. Yang, T.; Ling, H.; Lamonier, J.-F.; Jaroniec, M.; Huang, J.; Monteiro, M. J.; Liu, J. NPG Asia Materials, 2016, 8, in press.

Dr Jian Liu

BE (IMUT), MSc (HEU), PhD (DICP, CAS)

Senior Lecturer

Department of Chemical Engineering

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Building 204 | Room 405

Curtin University

Post address: GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845

Tel: +61 8 9266 2522

Email: Jian.Liu@curtin.edu.au  

Web: http://chem.eng.curtin.edu.au/people/index.cfm/Jian.Liu ResearcherID: www.researcherid.com/rid/C-5665-2009

简介

    刘健，现任澳大利亚科廷大学化工系高级讲师。主要致力于纳米多孔材料在催化，能源存储与转化方面的研究。在包括 Nature Mater., Nature Commun., NPG Asia Mater., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Nano Today, Adv. Funct. Mater., 等国际刊物发表正式论文100余篇（Nature子刊3篇，Angew. Chem. 6篇）。引用超过5200余次，H因子为37。已获授权专利4项，编著5章节，国际学术会议邀请报告10余次，此外在国内外著名大学及研究机构讲学和国际会议上作学术报告30余次。任Wiley旗下杂志“Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering”执行主编，英国皇家化学会（RSC）旗下杂志“RSC Advances”副主编，澳大利亚昆士兰大学荣誉高级讲师，Board Member of RACI Carbon Division，英国皇家化学会，澳大利亚材料学会等多个国际学术组织会员。担任澳大利亚 ARC, Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) program, 波兰 National Science Center (NSC)，韩国 National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 等多个国家研究项目的评阅人，及包括Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., Chem. Commun., Energy Environ. Sci., ACS Nano, JACS 等知名期刊审稿人。主要获得如下奖励和荣誉：UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award, Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (APD), JSPS Invitation Fellowships, Rod Rickards Fellowship, Young Scientists Award of the 14th International Congress on Catalysis。