Croucher Advanced Study Institute: Frontiers in Energy Storage
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Program

Updated as of 5 Jun 2018

Time
Event
09:00
Registration
Morning Session
Chairperson: Tianshou Zhao (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
(Director of HKUST Energy Institute & Senior Fellow of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study)
09:30 - 09:45
Opening Remarks: Tim Cheng
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
09:45 - 11:00
Lecture
Advanced Energy Storage Systems for Smart Grid Applications (Abstract & Bio)
Khalil Amine
Argonne National Laboratory (Senior Visiting Fellow of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study)
11:00 - 11:30
Group Photo and Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:45
Lecture
Flow Batteries: Novel Designs, Materials, and Cost Models (Abstract & Bio)
Yushan Yan
University of Delaware
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch at Conference Lodge (By Invitation Only)
Afternoon Session: Beyond Li-ion Batteries
Chairpersons: Yi-Chun Lu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) &
Samuel Mao (University of California at Berkeley)
14:00 - 14:20
Engineering Perspectives on the Commercialization of PEM Fuel Cell and Water Electrolysis (Abstract)
Hui Li
Southern University of Science and Technology
14:20 - 14:40
Revealing Active Surface Structures of Nanoscale Electrocatalysts by ex-situ/in-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy and Spectroelectrochemistry (Abstract)
Lin Gan
Tsinghua University
14:40 - 15:00
Graphene for Energy Storage: Making Batteries Smaller (Abstract)
Quan-Hong Yang
Tianjin University
15:00 - 15:20
Research and Development of Modular Rechargeable Zinc-air Battery System (Abstract)
Erdong Wang
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
15:20 - 15:50
Coffee Break
15:50 - 17:00
Discussion
18:00
Pick up at IAS to dinner venue by coach
18:30 - 20:30
Dinner at Sai Kung (By Invitation Only)
20:30
Return to Conference Lodge by coach
Time
Event
Morning Session
Chairperson: Qing Chen, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
09:30 - 10:45
Lecture
Organic Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries for Massive Electrical Energy Storage (Abstract & Bio)
Michael Aziz
Harvard University
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:30
Lecture
Molecular Engineering of the Redox Flow Battery Technology (Abstract & Bio)
Wei Wang
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch at Conference Lodge (By Invitation Only)
Afternoon Session: Flow Batteries and Grid-scale Energy Storage
Chairpersons: Qing Chen, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology &
Feiyu Kang (Tsinghua University)
14:00 - 14:20
Recent Progress in Vanadium Flow Battery Manufacture, Scale-up and Ddemonstrations at Institute of Metal Research (Abstract)
Ao Tang
Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
14:20 - 14:40
Low-cost Ultrathin Proton Exchange Membranes for Next Generation E-fuels (Abstract)
Ping Gao
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
14:40 - 15:00
From Electrometallurgy to Liquid Metal Battery for Grid-energy Storage (Abstract)
Huayi Yin
Northeastern University
15:00 - 15:20
High-voltage High-power Battery Based on PF6- Intercalation into Graphite (Abstract)
Denis Y W Yu
City University of Hong Kong
15:20 - 15:50
Coffee break
15:50 - 17:00
Discussion
17:45
Pick up at IAS to dinner venue by coach
18:30 - 20:30
Dinner at Kowloon Bay (By Invitation Only)
20:30
Return to Conference Lodge by coach
Time
Event
Morning Session
Chairperson: Minhua Shao, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(Associate Director of HKUST Energy Institute)
09:30 - 10:45
Lecture
Advanced Nanostructured Materials and Interface Design for Energy Conversion and Storage (Abstract & Bio)
Andy Xueliang Sun
Western University
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:30
Lecture
Graphene Materials: Fabrication and Use in Electrochemical Energy Storage (Abstract & Bio)
Hui-ming Cheng
Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch at Conference Lodge (By Invitation Only)
Afternoon Session: Next-generation Materials for Energy Storage
Chairperson: Minhua Shao, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(Associate Director of HKUST Energy Institute)
14:00 - 14:20
Defect Chemistry and Li Transport in Antiperovskite Materials (Abstract)
Francesco Ciucci
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
14:20 - 14:40
Advanced Anodes for Alkali Metal Ion Batteries (Abstract)
Biao Zhang
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
14:40 - 15:00
Developing P Based Anode Materials for Na Ion Batteries (Abstract)
Quan Li
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
15:00 - 15:20
Multiscale Engineering towards Advanced Hybrid Electrocatalysts (Abstract)
Yongye Liang
Southern University of Science and Technology
15:20 - 15:50
Coffee break
15:50 - 17:00
Discussion: Next-generation Materials for Energy Storage
17:00 - 17:20
Closing Remarks: Tianshou Zhao
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(Director of HKUST Energy Institute & Senior Fellow of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study)
18:00
Pick up at IAS to dinner venue by coach
18:30 - 21:00
Closing Banquet at Tsuen Kwan O (By Invitation Only) and Departure
21:00
Return to Conference Lodge by coach
Time
Event

Overseas Speakers and Guests depart