Tuesday, March 16, 2021
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
On Zoom
Students for Sustainability have created a platform for raising scientific engagement on the complexity of sustainability by hosting a series of meetings called the ‘Sustainability Seminars.’
You are invited to the 2nd webinar of the 2021 Sustainability Seminar series on March 16, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. entitled ‘Electrochemical Energy Storage for a Sustainable and Green Future‘ by Prof. Husam Alshareef.
Abstract
Electrochemical energy storage is playing an increasingly important role in our society and is expected to continue its phenomenal growth in the years ahead. It has already transformed our society through the massive deployment of Li-ion batteries in portable electronics. Yet, electrochemical energy storage is at the cusp of additional transformative developments in the areas of transportation, home-based, and grid-level renewable energy systems.
By enabling clean and renewable energy, electrochemical energy storage can have a significant positive impact by reducing global warming and its negative environmental effects.The talk will present an overview of electrical energy storage including the advantages it offers compared to other storage technologies. It will also cover the basics, historical development, current status, and emerging trends in this important field.
Although Li-ion batteries have driven most of the growth in this field, conventional Li-ion batteries are hitting performance limits. Further, the rapid growth in market size is expected to put pressure on the cost of Li, which has low abundance, and therefore alternate battery technologies may need to be developed. Selected alternate battery technologies will be discussed and compared with Li-ion batteries. On the application side, the status and projections of battery development in the context of transportation (electric vehicles), home-based storage, grid-level storage, and micropower-level energy storage for the internet of things and sensor network applications will be presented.
About the speaker
Husam Alshareef is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He obtained his Ph.D. at NC State University in 1996 followed by a post-doctoral Fellowship at Sandia National Laboratory, USA. He then embarked on a 10-year career in the semiconductor industry, holding positions at Micron Technology and Texas Instruments. There he worked on developing new materials and processes for the microelectronics industry. In 2009 he joined KAUST, where he initiated an active research group focusing on the development of nanomaterials for electronics, sensors, and energy storage devices.
He has won the UNDP Undergraduate Fellowship, Seth Sprague Physics Award, NC State Dean’s Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education Electronic Materials Fellowship, Sandia Laboratory post-doctoral Fellowship (1996), the SEMATECH Corporate Excellence Award (2006), two Dow Sustainability Awards (2011) and (2014), AH Shoman Award for Excellence in Energy Research (2016), KAUST Inaugural Distinguished Teaching Award (2018), and the Kuwait Prize for Sustainable and Clean Technologies (2018). He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer in Nanotechnology. He is a Clarivate Analytics Highly-cited Researcher in Materials Science (2019, 2020). He is the author of 450 refereed journal articles and has nearly 70 issued and pending patents. He serves on the editorial board of several international journals.
Should you have any questions, please contact us at s.square@kaust.edu.sa.
