Department of Chemistry
Researcher:
David Yu-Hang Chui, Lecturer (nanotech@hku.hk)
Hao Hu, Assistant Professor (haohu@hku.hk)
Kwong-Yu Chan, Professor (hrsccky@hku.hk)
Project Title:
Modeling of Ionic Interfaces in Porous and Composite Materials
Project Description:
The fundamental properties of the electrochemical interfaces are critical to the performance of batteries, fuel cells, capacitors, and other energy devices. The adorption of ions into nanopores transport of ions confined in nanopores are still not well quantified, particularly for multi-scale porous structures.
We will apply multi-scale modeling techniques including semi-empirical, quantum mechanical, and statisical mechanics, molecular simultations, and continuum modeling techniques to study various complex ionic interfaces.
Project Duration:
1 year
Project Significance:
The results will provide the new understanding of ions in nanopores, e.g. capacitance and desolvation effects that have been observed experimentally.
There will be important publications in high impact factor journals. The work is supported by GRF and NSFC/RGC grants.
