Organic Chemistry: Current Research
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Advanced in situ characterizations of energy materials and devices

2^nd International Conference on Past and Present Research Systems of Green Chemistry

September 14-16, 2015 Orlando, USA

Yan-Yan Hu

Florida State University, USA

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Organic Chem Curr Res

Abstract :

Energy sustainability and environmental protection can both benefit tremendously from energy conversion and storage technologies such as rechargeable batteries, capacitors, and fuel cells. These technologies provide unique opportunities of storing energy harvested from clean and sustainable sources (e.g., solar and wind) and the flexibility of distributing energy on demand. The last few decades have witnessed the fast development in energy storage technologies used for portable electronics and electric vehicles with prospect for large-scale industrial and residential applications. Fundamental research on energy storage materials and devices helps to sustain continuous improvement in performance, cost, and safety. In particular, in situ characterization and diagnosis techniques offer the unique capability of connecting chemical, structural, and dynamical changes of various components in the devices with their electrochemical performance in real time. These methods examine the causes for performance degradation and safety issues, and deliver insights in efficient materials design and device fabrication for further performance improvement. Various advanced in situ techniques will be discussed in this talk, with a focus on in situ solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance and X-ray diffraction studies of rechargeable batteries.

Biography :

Email: hu@chem.fsu.edu