Electrosynthesis of Sustainable Chemicals and Fuels

讲座名称：Electrosynthesis of Sustainable Chemicals and Fuels

讲座人：Prashanth W. Menezes 教授

讲座时间：10月26日11:30-18:30

讲座地点：长安校区会议中心101报告厅（沛霖报告厅）

讲座人介绍：

Prashanth W. Menezes，博士，教授，现任德国亥姆霍兹柏林材料与能源研究中心（Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin，HZB）催化材料化学部主任、澳大利亚南昆士兰大学（University of Southern Queensland，UniSQ）兼职教授，并担任德国柏林工业大学（Technische Universität Berlin）化学研究所无机材料研究团队负责人。Menezes教授长期致力于可持续能源转化与利用领域的高性能催化材料设计、可控制备及构效关系研究，重点围绕新型无机纳米材料合成、原子与分子尺度界面调控及催化反应机制开展系统性研究。其研究方向涵盖氧化还原催化、光（电）催化、电催化水分解、电化学氧化还原反应、电池材料及高附加值化学品电合成等领域，在新型功能催化材料开发、催化活性位点识别及反应机制解析等方面取得了一系列重要研究成果。迄今已在 Nature Reviews Chemistry、Journal of the American Chemical Society、Energy & Environmental Science、Advanced Materials、Joule、Angewandte Chemie International Edition 等国际知名学术期刊发表论文200余篇，主编学术著作2部，发表会议论文50余篇，拥有专利4项；H指数超过61，论文总被引次数超过13,900次。曾连续多年入选全球前2%顶尖科学家榜单，并获得多项国际学术荣誉，在能源催化与功能材料领域具有较高的国际学术声誉和广泛的学术影响力。

讲座内容：

The transition towards sustainable chemicals and fuels requires electrochemical technologies that combine renewable energy with abundant and renewable feedstocks. Hybrid water electrolysis offers a promising approach by replacing the kinetically demanding oxygen evolution reaction with the selective oxidation of biomass- and waste-derived molecules, while simultaneously producing green hydrogen. This talk will present recent advances in the design of non-noble and intermetallic electrocatalysts for sustainable chemical synthesis and fuel production. The developed systems demonstrate high selectivity, excellent mass activity, and long-term stability under practically relevant current densities, highlighting their potential for scalability. The talk will also discuss catalyst reconstruction under operating conditions, the formation of catalytically active interfaces, and the role of operando characterization in establishing structure–activity relationships. By combining catalyst design, mechanistic understanding, process optimization, and techno-economic considerations, these studies aim to establish electrosynthesis as a viable platform for circular chemical manufacturing and the development of a decarbonized chemical and energy industry.

主办单位：先进材料与纳米科技学院

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