Plenary Speaker
Minhua Shao
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Energy Institute, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China
Kemshao@ust.hk
Short Biography
Minhua Shao is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at HKUST. He is also an Associate Director of the HKUST Energy Institute, Director of the Sustainable Energy Engineering Program of the School of Engineering. He earned BS and MS degrees in chemistry from Xiamen University, and a PhD degree in materials science and engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2006. Dr. Shao joined UTC Power in 2007 to lead the development of advanced catalysts fuel cells. He was promoted to UTC Technical Fellow and Project Manager in 2012. In 2013, he joined Ford Motor Company to conduct research on lithium-ion batteries. He then joined HKUST in 2014. He is an Associate Editor of Journal of The Electrochemical Society (2018-). He has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles, 1 edited book and filed over 30 PCT patent applications (15 issued). He has also received a number of awards, including the Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator Award from the ECS Energy Technology Division (2014), Student Achievement Award from the ECS Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division (2007), President’s Award to Distinguished Doctoral Students from Stony Brook University (2006), and Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad from China Scholarship Council (2006). He is one of the founding members of Young Academy of Science of Hong Kong.
“Electrocatalysts and their fuel cell performance“
Low temperature fuel cells are electrochemical devices that convert chemical energy directly to electricity. They have great potential for both stationary and transportation applications and are expected to help address the energy and environmental problems that have become prevalent in our society. Despite their great promise, commercialization has been hindered by lower than predicted efficiencies and high loading of Pt-based electrocatalysts in the electrodes. For more than five decades, extensive work has being focused on the development of novel electrocatalysts for fuel cell reactions. In this talk, I will present recent progress in developing advanced electrocatalysts and their fuel cell performance, with an emphasis on core-shell and non-precious metal materials.