Professor Richard Walton from the University of Warwick in England will present the conference on the 31st. Discovery of new inorganic materials for applications in energy and sustainability. The session, delivered in English and without translation, will take place in Seminar Room 1010 of the School of Engineering, beginning at 10 a.m. Must be registered through event management system. Certificates will be issued.
Contemporary applications related to energy storage, conversion, and transportation depend on the optimization of functional materials to enable the creation of efficient devices, aiming at the profitable use of environmentally friendly resources. At the same time, innovative developments in materials chemistry should reduce pollution and waste generation.
At the conference, Richard Walton will describe the work developed by his research group on the synthesis of new inorganic materials for various applications. In the first part, he will talk about synthesis methods that enable the discovery of new crystal forms of materials, new compounds and crystal structures such as metal oxides.
Citing hybrid materials, he will address the chemistry of metal organic aggregates by showing how solution-stable materials can be developed for applications in acid catalysis, redox catalysis, and electrocatalysis. “I also intend to show how a combination of advanced analytical techniques is necessary to develop a complete atomic-scale model to understand the reactivity of functional materials”, highlights the speaker.
Short course
From March 27 to 31, Richard Walton will teach the short course
Duration Energy products: rechargeable battery products, solid oxide fuel cells,
materials for electrocatalysis and porous materials (MOFs) for hydrogen storage. The course will be held in Auditorium 1, Room 120, Department of Chemistry, with a workload of 15 hours. Entries are now closed. The course will be taught in English without simultaneous translation.
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Richard Walton is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Director of the X-ray Diffraction Research Technology Platform and Chair of the Chemistry Research Group at the University of Warwich. He researches solid-state chemistry, covering the synthesis and characterization of inorganic materials including porous materials, structures of transition metal oxides and organic metals, and industrial applications in heterogeneous catalysis and energy.
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