H9: Nanostructures for Energy Conversion 2

Wednesday, May 15, 2013: 14:00-18:00
Simcoe/Dufferin, Second Floor (Sheraton)
Chairs:
Prashant V Kamat, PhD and Hiroshi Irie
14:20
(Invited) Crumpled Graphene Balls for Scalable Energy Applications
Jiaxing Huang, PhD, Northwestern University
14:40
Tuning Photoresponse with CdSSe Quantum Dots. Towards the Design of Rainbow Solar Cell
Pralay Santra, PhD, University of Notre Dame; Prashant V Kamat, PhD, University of Notre Dame
15:00
(Invited) Colloidal Quantum Dot Photovoltaics
Zhijun Ning, University of Toronto; Edward H Sargent, University of Toronto
15:20
(Invited) Nb-Doped AgTaO3 as a Water-Splitting Photocatalyst Under Visible Light
Hiroshi Irie, University of Yamanashi; Lei Ni, University of Yamanashi
15:40
Coffee break
16:20
16:40
(Invited) Influence of Atomic Level Surface Local Structure on Photo-Induced Oxidation Reaction of Water At Single Crystal TiO2 Surface
Akihito Imanishi, Ph.D., Osaka University; Toshinori Sakao, Osaka University; Etsushi Tsuji, Dr. Sci., Hokkaido University; Ken-ichi Fukui, Ph.D., Osaka University
17:00
Structural and Chemical Characterization of ALD Pt on N-Doped Graphene Using Atomic Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy
Samantha Stambula, Department of Material Science and Engineering, McMaster University; Nicolas Gauquelin, Department of Material Science and Engineering, McMaster University; Matthieu Bugnet, Department of Material Science and Engineering, McMaster University; Sandeep Gorantla, Institute for Complex Materials Department of Micro & Nanostructures, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden; Stuart Turner, EMAT, University of Antwerp; Shuhui Sun, Energy Materials Telecommunications Research Centre, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique; Xueliang (Andy) Sun, University of Western Ontario; Gianluigi A. Botton, Department of Material Science and Engineering, McMaster University
17:40
(Invited) TiO2 Nanotube (T_NT) Surface Treatment Revisited: Implications of ZnO, TiCl4, and H2O2 Treatment On the Photoelectrochemical Properties of T_NT and T_NT/CdSe
Vaidyanathan (Ravi) Subramanian, University of Nevada, Reno; Bratindranath Mukherjee, University of Nevada, Reno; Winn Wilson, University of Nevada