活动时间：2024年11月13日16:00

活动地点：主校区综合管理中心第二报告厅

报告题目：Smart materials technology to achieve carbon net zero and future prosperity

报告人：S. Ravi P. Silva

内容介绍：The world needs to go to net carbon zero by 2050 to create a sustainable future for all humanity. The need for reductions in green house gas emissions, and thus to control rising global temperatures is becoming ever more urgent. The continued increase in green house gases is primarily driven by the increased use of energy, and these being dominated by fossil fuel supplies, worldwide.

We will cover some of the key innovations in solar energy provision and printed electronics that make it one of the most versatile forms of ubiquitous routes for not only large scale utility, but also to power the billions of IoT devices expected in modern society. In advanced societies, better and more flexible routes to monitor both buildings and humans are necessary. To achieve this non-invasively with sustainability in mind, nano-scale designs of materials and systems are being developed. A future with energy materials innovation based on plastic electronics will enable a better standard of living to support modern society, and improved quality of life in everyday activities in a sustainable manner.

主讲人简介：

Prof. S. Ravi P. Silva CBE FREng is a Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Advanced Technology Institute at University of Surrey. He joined Surrey in 1995 after completing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at Cambridge University. His research interests include nanotechnology, large-area electronics and renewables, and has resulted in over 700 presentations at conferences, and over 650 journal papers. He has circa 30,000 citations with an H-index of 89, and won research funding in excess of £50M. He is the inventor of 55 patents, including key patents on low temperature growth of carbon nanotubes, fabrication of high-performance large area X-ray detectors and fabrication of large area nanotube-organic solar cells. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, Academician, Chinese National Academy of Engineering, Fellow International Scientific Council and a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences Sri Lanka. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2021 Queen’s New Year Honors’ list.