2018年10月25日新加坡南洋理工大学楼雄文 (Xiong Wen Lou) 教授 学术报告

Abstract: We use metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as a unique platform to synthesize nanostructured functional materials with both controlled composition and structure. Due to the atomically arranged metal ions and organic ligands, as well as the wide variety of compositions and porous structures, MOFs can serve as unique precursors for easy preparation of metal-based materials, carbonaceous materials and nanocomposites with high porosity and tunable composition/structure. It is also possible to introduce designed species during the synthesis of MOFs so that functional nanomaterials can be synthesized.  In this talk, I will briefly discuss some recent progress we have made in this area. Specifically, I will mention some examples of designed synthesis of nanostructured metal oxides, sulfides, phosphides and carbides using MOF precursors. I will also mention some examples of designed synthesis of nanostructured metal oxides, chalcogenides and phosphide starting with Prussian blue analogue (PBA) nanostructures. These MOF-derived nanomaterials exhibit interesting properties in batteries and photo-/electro-catalysts.

References:

1.  H. B. Wu, B. Y. Xia, L. Yu, X. Y. Yu, X. W. Lou,* Nat. Commun., 2015, 6, 6512

2.  H. Hu, B. Y. Guan, B. Y. Xia, X. W. Lou,* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 5590 – 5595

3.  B. Y. Xia, Y. Yan, N. Li, H. B. Wu, X. W. Lou,* X. Wang,* Nature Energy, 2016, 1, 15006

4.  P. L. He, X. Y. Yu, X. W. Lou,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 3897 - 3900.

5.  S. B. Wang, B. Y. Guan, Y. Lu, X. W. Lou,* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 17305-17308.

6.  S. B. Wang, B. Y. Guan, X. W. Lou,* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 5037-5040.

Biography

Dr. David Lou received his B.Eng. (1st class honors) (2002) and M.Eng. (2004) degrees from the National University of Singapore. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University in 2008. Right after graduation, he joined Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor since September 2013, and to Full Professor since September 2015. He has published over 290 papers with a total citation of >52,500 (ISI) or >60,500 (Google scholar), and an h-index of 138 (ISI) and 147 (Google scholar) as of October 2018. Among which, 146 papers are ESI highly cited papers.

His main research interest is on designed synthesis of nanostructured materials for energy applications. He also explores the applications of novel nanostructured materials for electrocatalysis and photocatalysis. He was listed as a Highly Cited Researcher by Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics for 4 years consecutively in 2014-2017.