(Invited) Electrocatalysis on Tailored Electrochemical Interfaces

The primary barrier to broad applications of electrocatalyst for electrolyzers, fuel cells and metal-air batteries is lack of fundamental understanding of processes that are taking place at solid-liquid interfaces. Moreover, the cost, performance and durability of the current state of the art electrocatalysts are still not at level that would warrant commercialization of these technologies.

 This presentation will bring the most recent progress in the development of advanced interfaces for electrochemical energy conversion and storage.  The structure-function relationships in electrocatalysis that led to establishment of principles for the design of advanced electrocatalysts will be particularly discussed.  It will be also demonstrated that fine tuning of the properties of solid and liquid components at the interfaces can led towards unprecedented improvements in functionality of practical materials for energy conversion and storage applications.