Invited speech:

Nanostructured Materials for
High-Performance Energy Conversion and Storage

Prof. FAN Hongjin Associate Professor School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University

About speaker:

Dr. Fan is currently an associate professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He received Bsc degree in physics from Jilin University, China in 1999, PhD degree from National University of Singapore in 2003, followed by postdoc at Max-Planck-Institute of Microstructure Physics and University of Cambridge. He joined in NTU as Nanyang Assistant Professor in 2008. Dr. Fan’s expertise include semiconductor nanowires, energy conversion and storage applications of nanomaterials (including photoelectrochemical cells for solar water splitting, batteries and supercapacitors). He is also interested in general photonics of semiconducting low-D materials. Dr Fan has more than 10 years’ experience in semiconductor nanowires especially metal oxides, spanning from synthesis, unique physical properties to emerging energy applications. He is particularly reputed for his work in atomic layer deposition (ALD) for energy research.  
Dr. Fan has authored or co-authored more than 150 journal papers, with citations of >7100 and H-index of 46 (ISI ResearcherID: A-2662-2010). Some highlighted publications include Science, Nature Materials, Nano Letters, Advanced Materials, Energy & Environment Science, and ACS Nano. He has organized and co-organized more than 10 symposia in international conferences including MRS meetings (US) and ICMAT (Singapore). He is an editorial board member of Nanotechnology and Scientific Reports, advisory board member of Advanced Science, Advanced Materials Interface, and Co-Editor of Materials Research Bulletin. He has served as Guest Editor for special issues in Nanoscale (semiconductor nanowires) and Nanotechnology (ALD).

Abstract:

Metal oxides, nitrides, carbides and sulfides, as well as their hybrids with nanocarbon are being widely studied as advanced electrode materials. Scrupulous design of nanostructures and smart hybridization of active electrode materials, as well as effective surface engineering are important to enhancing the performance. In this talk, he will present his results on nanostructured smart materials as both supercapacitive and battery electrode materials (Li-ion and Na-ion) with ultrahigh rates charging/discharging properties and ultrastability in long cycles. The rational of nanostructure design and mechanism behind high performance will be elaborated.