Ting Liao
EXTENDED ABSTRACT: Nanomaterials have attracted an increasing attention for their unique properties which cannot be obtained from the corresponding bulk forms, such as super-high chemically reactive surfaces, rapid "in-plane" charge transport, significant quantum-confinement effect, etc. In this presentation, nanomaterials and their hybrids design using coordination engineering strategies has been studied, with the aim of understanding the nature and mechanisms of their electronic coupling, charge transfer, and catalytic activity in hydrogen evolution reactions (HER), oxygen evolution reactions (OER), and dissociative adsorption reaction of small molecules. Low dimensional nanomaterials and their hybrids, which promote electronic coupling and efficient charge separation arise from the effects of adsorbent nature, quantum size engineering, and defect assistance, are therefore boost their promising energy correlated applications.
Keywords: Density Functional Theory; Electrochemical Catalyst; Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Oxygen Evolution Reaction.
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Prof. Ting Liao is a full Professor at the School of Mechanical, Medical, and Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. She received her PhD in 2009 from Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Since then, she was awarded four prestigious fellowships and worked at National Institute for Materials Science(NIMS), Japan, the University of Queensland, Australia, and University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia. In 2017, she joined Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia, as a Senior Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow, and promoted to a full Professor in 2023. Prof. Liao is interested on the unique properties of low dimensional materials and focuses on nanoscale design of low dimensional materials in diverse energy applications, including photovoltaics, catalysis, and energy storage. She has published 130+ peer reviewed papers in high impact journals with a citation over 7500 times and ah-index of 48. Prof. Liao is currently an Editor of Sustainable Materials & Technologies, a leading Ql SCI journal with an IF= 9.6 (2023).