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　　由基础与前沿研究院主办的基础论坛第179期巴塞罗那大学-加泰罗尼亚能源研究所Andreu Cabot教授作学术交流。具体安排如下，欢迎师生们参加。

　　主讲人：Prof. Andreu Cabot

　　主　题：Colloidal nanoparticles for energy technologies

　　时　间：2019年7月9日（星期二）16：30

　　地　点：沙河校区 通信楼818室

　　主讲人简介：

　　Andreu Cabot received his PhD from the University of Barcelona in 2003. From 2004 to 2007, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. A. Paul Alivisatos group in the University of California at Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In 2009 he joined the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research – IREC, where he is currently ICREA Research Professor. His research interests include the design and preparation of nanomaterials, the characterization of their functional properties and their use in energy technologies.

　　报告摘要：

　　Nanomaterials are particularly nanocomposites are critical components in a large number of energy conversion and storage systems. Nanomaterials maximize the interaction with the media, which is a fundamental parameter in the fields of catalysis and electrocatalysis, among other. Nanomaterials have associated lower thermal conductivities and improved mechanical properties, which are advantageous properties in the field of thermoelectricity. Additionally, nanomaterials may be able to sustain high volume changes more effectively, which is a key advantage in ion intercalation batteries. While numerous strategies to produce nanocomposites have been developed, most of them lack of a sufficient control over material parameters to fully optimize their performance, or are unpractical for real applications that require low cost and high throughput production processes. In this context, bottom up approaches that make use of colloidal nanocrystals as building blocks to engineer nanocomposites are emerging as a suitable alternative. Colloidal synthesis routes allow an extremely precise control over material parameters without particularly high capital or operating costs (ambient pressures, low temperatures) and with high-throughput production and material yields. Stimulated by its simplicity and huge potential, countless groups all over the world have developed colloidal synthesis strategies to produce nanocrystals of a plethora of materials, making available an extensive library of routes to produce nanocrystals with almost any composition, size and facets. However, for such control over material parameters to truly impact real applications, colloidal nanocrystals need to be properly organized or arranged into functional unsupported superstructures, high resolution patterns, thin films, porous nanomaterials or highly dense nanocomposites, depending on the application. Such nanocrystal arrangement need to ensure proper optical characteristics, charge transport properties, interaction with the media, etc, when compared with competing technologies in each field. In this talk, I will present our work on the arrangement of colloidal nanocrystals into macroscopic nanomaterials and nanocomposites and their use for a few exemplifying applications, underlying the real advantages and remaining challenges.