1. Title : Solar hybrids for environmental remediation and fuel generation<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

2. Speaker : Prof. Hyunwoong Park

(<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />School of Physics and Energy Science, Kyungpook National Univ.)

3. Date : May 10 (Mon), 5:00~6:15 P.M.

4. Venue : Building 302, Room 720

5. CV :

1999.02  B.S. in Environmental Science & Biotechnology, Hallym Univ.

2001.02  M.S. in Environmental Science & Engineering – Photoelectrocatalysis, POSTECH

2004.08  Ph.D. in Environmental Science & Engineering - Photo(electro)catalysis, POSTECH

6. Abstract :

Our modern society is facing the crisis of energy and the environment. We are depleting the energy resources. Their increased use (e.g., fossil fuels) since the beginning of the industrial age has increased the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere by 30%, and has probably also increased the earth’s temperature. Now tough choices have to made. If we want to reduce the quantity of fossil fuels burned because we’re concerned about global warming, what substitutes should be made? With this in mind, we are focusing our all efforts on the development of renewable and environmentally benign energies with solar light as a primary energy source. Currently, we are making solar light active nano-integrate catalyst materials for converting solar light into fuels via water splitting (photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting) and electricity from photoelectrochemical cells (e.g., dye-sensitized solar cell). Also, the environmentally toxic and hazardous chemicals are being remediated by a variety of photo-induced advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) and electrochemically advanced oxidation processes (eAOPs). This talk will cover briefly the recent progresses regarding solar hybrid technologies and make us think about genuine energy and environmental hybrid technologies.

7. Contact : Prof. Jyongsik Jang (☏880-7069)