[CCoE Notice] Seminar: Advanced Manufacturing of Nanostructured Thin-Film Materials for Renewable and Clean Energy Applications * MH180, Business School * 10:30 am, Friday, Nov. 1, 2019 * Yang Yang * University of Central Florida *

[Knudsen, Rachel W]

***** Seminar *****
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Materials Engineering Program
Center for Integrated Bio and Nano Systems
  November 1, 2019
10:30 a.m., Room: MH180, Business School
Advanced Manufacturing of Nanostructured Thin-Film Materials for Renewable and Clean Energy Applications
Yang Yang
Nanoscience and Technology Center, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Central Florida
Abstract: Nanostructured thin-film materials are the basis for future renewable energy technology owing to their unique merits: i) additive-free features enable facile fabrication route and long lifetime; ii) can be easily recycled; iii) significant reduce the weight and volume of the energy devices, especially for batteries and supercapacitors; iv) can be integrated into wearable electronic systems. However, previous efforts fail to make significant progress in the nanostructured thin-film materials due to the lack of fundamental understanding and technical breakthrough in the advanced manufacturing of materials. In our group, transformative thin-film manufacturing technology has been developed to fabricate freestanding metal compound thin-films using a facile and scalable electrochemical route. Both experimental and computational studies indicate that a supreme electrochemical performance can be achieved by tuning the microstructure and composition of thin-film materials. Outstanding renewable energy storage and clean energy generation properties are obtained by directly using these advanced thin-films as electrodes.
Bio: Dr. Yang Yang received his Ph.D. from Tsinghua University in 2010. From 2010 to 2012, he was supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship and worked at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. From 2012 to 2015, he was supported by the Peter M. & Ruth L. Nicholas Postdoctoral Fellowship and worked at Rice University. Since 2015, he has been an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida. His research group is dedicated to developing transformative thin-film technologies for renewable energy generation and storage, solar energy harvesting, and smart/flexible electronics applications. His current research emphasizes the following projects: a) freestanding thin-film electrodes for rechargeable batteries; b) advanced electrocatalysts for renewable energy generation; d) plasmonic photocatalysts for solar energy harvesting.
His lab website is http://www.yangyanglab.com.
Contact Prof. Shan <xshan at Central.UH.EDU> if you would like to meet with Dr. Yang.
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