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At the beginning of the new semester of 2024, national foreign high-level talents from the State Key Laboratory of Internal Combustion Engine Combustion of Tianjin UniversityProfessor Michael GuiverThe first lecture of the semester will be held on the theme "Overcoming the material challenges of hydrogen fuel cells
Lecture information
Date: 4 March 2024 (Monday).
Time: 19:00-20:00 (Beijing time)
13:00-14:00 (Israel time).
Venue: Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology North Campus Science and Technology Hall.
Theme: Overcoming the material challenges of hydrogen fuel cells.
Speaker: Professor Michael Guiver.
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Xuezhong He (Department of Chemical Engineering, GTIIT).
Language: English.
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Abstract of the lectureFuel cells are a key energy conversion device for the development of a hydrogen economy, but their widespread adoption still faces many scientific, technical, and policy challenges, including cost, durability, and the need for infrastructure. This report will introduce the background of fuel cells and their main competitiveness in different application scenarios, and discuss how to improve the performance and durability of the core components of polyelectrolyte fuel cells, namely proton exchange membranes and anion exchange membranes. Research interests include how to replace commercially available perfluorinated membranes with more environmentally friendly and low-cost polymer membranes, making them suitable for operation at higher temperatures. In the last decade, the focus has shifted to anion-exchange membranes because of the avoidance of expensive PGM catalysts, but stability and sensitivity to CO2 under alkaline conditions remain a major challenge.
About the Speaker
michael d.Guiver received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of London, his M.Sc. in Chemistry and his Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry from Carleton University. He served as Editor of the Journal of Membrane Science and a member of the editorial board of several other journals from 2009 to 2020 before becoming the Journal Editor-in-Chief of the journal Frontiers in Membrane Science and Technology in March 2022. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a Fellow of ACS in Polymer Chemistry and a member of the Advisory Board of the Imperial College Bale Centre. In 2022, he was awarded a Fellow of the North American Membrane Association for his technical achievements and contributions to social service. He has published approximately 290 articles**, 11 book chapters, and holds 25 patents in the field of polymeric membrane materials. From 1987 to 2014, he joined the National Research Council of Canada in the development of membrane materials, served as a visiting professor at WCU at Hanyang University from 2009 to 2013, and joined the State Key Laboratory of Internal Combustion Engine Combustion at Tianjin University in 2014. His main research areas are membrane materials, including polyelectrolyte membranes for fuel cells and porous polymer membranes for gas separation.