{"89601":{"#nid":"89601","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Prof. Kyoung-Shin Choi, Purdue University","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProf. Kyoung-Shin Choi, Purdue University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMaterials Chemistry via Electrochemistry: Electrochemical Synthesis of Electrode Materials with Controlled Architectures for Use in Clean Energy Production\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool Colloquia\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMost modern energy production and storage devices (e.g. photovoltaics, photoelectrochemical cells, fuel cells, and batteries) are composed of semiconducting and metallic thin film-type electrodes and catalysts.\u0026nbsp; When the electrodes are processed as polycrystalline films to meet the cost constraint for commercial viability, particle shapes, sizes, orientations, and interconnections significantly affect the chemical and physical factors that define the energetics and kinetics of these electrode materials.\u0026nbsp; Therefore, rationally controlling micro- and nano-scale structures of electrode materials that compose polycrystalline films, and understanding the effects that micro- and nano-structures have on functional properties are the keys to producing highly efficient and cost effective electrode materials.\u0026nbsp; To address these issues, we have been developing various new electrochemical synthetic strategies to produce electrode and catalyst materials with systematically and precisely regulated compositions and architectures (Figure 1).\u0026nbsp; In this presentation, we will discuss in detail the design, control, and optimization of various electrodes and their applications for clean energy production (e.g. solar energy conversion).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information contact \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.zhang@chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EProf. John Zhang\u003C\/a\u003E (404-894-6368).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProf. Kyoung-Shin Choi, Purdue University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMaterials Chemistry via Electrochemistry: Electrochemical Synthesis of Electrode Materials with Controlled Architectures for Use in Clean Energy Production\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool Colloquia\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Prof. Kyoung-Shin Choi, Purdue University"}],"uid":"27275","created_gmt":"2011-03-28 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:50:45","author":"Shirley Tomes","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-04-19T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-04-19T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-04-19T18:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-04-19 21:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-04-19 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-04-19 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"120371":{"id":"120371","type":"image","title":"Choi abstract image","body":null,"created":"1449178279","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:31:19","changed":"1475894478","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:18","alt":"Choi abstract image","file":{"fid":"194364","name":"choi_abstract_image.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/choi_abstract_image.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/choi_abstract_image.png","mime":"image\/png","size":232360,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/choi_abstract_image.png?itok=Vh_SJLbK"}}},"media_ids":["120371"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.chem.purdue.edu\/people\/faculty\/faculty.asp?itemID=30","title":"Prof. Kyoung-Shin Choi, Purdue University"}],"groups":[{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"89","name":"chemistry"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EShirley Tomes (404-894-0591) \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:shirley.tomes@chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eshirley.tomes@chemistry.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}