March 28 - April 1, 2016
Phoenix, Arizona
2016 MRS Spring Meeting

Symposium EE14-Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications

As a versatile semiconductor material of low cost, titanium oxide (TiO2) offers a wide range of functionalities for various important applications, such as photocatalytic solar fuel generation and environmental remediation, new generation solar cells, self-cleaning coatings, electrochemical energy storage, biomedical and electrochromic devices and sensors. Fundamental understanding and innovative design of TiO2-based materials are of particular importance for advancing the field of TiO2 research, particularly in renewable energy conversion and storage sectors.

This symposium aims to bring together top researchers across various disciplines in TiO2-related fields to exchange their latest advances in synthesis, structural and facet control, simulation, electronic structure engineering, surface modification, reaction mechanisms, and various applications of TiO2-based materials.

Topics will include:

  • TiO2-based nanocomposites and their applications
  • Superhydrophilic, amphiphilic, and antifogging surfaces
  • TiO2 nanomaterials: controllable synthesis and characterization
  • Fundamental mechanism understanding: charge transfer and recombination
  • Fundamental properties investigation: theoretical and computational study
  • Band-gap engineering of TiO2: optical, electronic, and catalytic modification
  • Photocatalysis reaction mechanism understanding: charge transfer and recombination
  • Photocatalysis: solar fuel generation, CO2 reduction, photo-oxidation, self-cleaning coating, water purification
  • Solar cells: Electrodes for third generation solar cells including perovskite based solar cells
  • Sensors and detectors, biomedical applications, electrochromic devices and charge storage systems

Invited Speakers:

  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _0 (University of Washington, USA)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _1 (Stanford University, USA)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _2 (University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _3 (University of California, Riverside, USA)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _4 (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _5 (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _6 (J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _7 (Ehwa Womans University, Republic of Korea)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _8 (Sun Yat-sen University, China)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _9 (Xiamen University, China)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _10 (Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _11 (Yonsei University, Republic of Korea)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _12 (University of California, San Diego, USA)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _13 (University College London, United Kingdom)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _14 (Princeton University, USA)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _15 (University of Queensland, Australia)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _16 (University of California, Riverside, USA)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _17 (Wuhan University of Technology, China)
  • EE14_Titanium Oxides—From Fundamental Understanding to Applications _18 (Chinese University of Hong Kong, USA)

Symposium Organizers

Yang Yang Li
City University of Hong Kong
Department of Physics and Materials Science
Hong Kong

Zhiqun Lin
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Materials Science and Engineering
USA

Limin Qi
Peking University
College of Chemistry
China

Patrik Schmuki
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Department for Materials Science
Germany

Topics

catalytic defects energy generation energy storage morphology nanostructure oxide photovoltaic semiconducting waste management