清华大学清洁能源讲坛系列报告（三十九）（CLEAN ENERGY FORUM）

Title：New Breakthroughs in Layered Double Hydroxide Chemistry

Reporter：Dermot O’Hare

Time：3:00pm, Dec. 1, 2017（Friday）

Place：Lecture Hall, Department of Thermal Engineering

Abstract：

We report on the latest developments in the synthesis and properties of the new generation of so called Aqueous Miscible Organic Layered Double Hydroxides “AMO-LDHs”.[1] In some cases AMO solvent treatment of LDHs can lead to stable hydrocarbon dispersions of nanosheets or even exfoliation to single layers. New distinguishing features of AMO-LDHs have been discovered by varying the composition of LDHs, the pH of the synthesis process and by varying the AMO solvent dispersion procedure. The technique can tune the surface of LDHs to be hydrophobic, enabling them to be readily dispersible in nonpolar solvents. We will also report on our recent developments in the synthesis, physical properties and catalytic applications of core@AMO-LDH materials involving silica, zeolite and other inorganic core materials. [2]

References:

1. Wang, Q.; O'Hare, D. Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 6301; Chen, C.; Yang, M.; Q. Wang, Q.; Buffet, J-C.; O’Hare, D. J. Mater Chem., A., 2014, 2, 15102 – 15110; Funnell, N.P.; Wang, Q.; Connor, L.; Tucker, M.G.; O’Hare D.; Goodwin, A.L. Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 8032 – 8036; Yang, M.; McDermott, O.; Buffet, J.-C; O'Hare, D.; RSC Adv., 2014, 4 (93), 51676 – 51682.

2. Chen, C.; Byles, C.F.H.; Buffet, J.-C.; Rees, N.H.; Y. Wu Y.; and O’Hare, D., Chem. Sci., (2016), 7, 1457 -1461; Chen, C.; Felton, R.; J-C. Buffet J.-C.; and O’Hare, D., Chem Commun.,(2015), 3462 – 3465.

Brief Biography：

Dermot O'Hare studied chemistry at Balliol College, Oxford University, where he obtained a BA degree in 1982. He was award PhD 1985 under the direction of Professor M.L.H Green FRS. After his PhD research he was awarded a Royal Commission of 1851 Research Fellowship. In 1986/87 he was a visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at EI Dupont in Delaware, US. In 1987 he returned to Oxford as a University lecturer and a Septcentenary Tutorial Fellow at Balliol College.

Prof Dermot O’Hare is currently Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and SCG Fellow at the Balliol College, Oxford. He is the founding Director of the Oxford-SCG Centre of Excellence in Chemistry at Oxford University. He has published over 415 scientific papers, co-edited 11 books and is an inventor of over 45 patents. His teaching and research has been recognized by a number awards and prizes including, Royal Society Chemistry Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship (1996), the 1996Institüt de France, Académie des Sciences leading scientist in Europe under 40 yrs. Exxon European Chemical and Engineering Prize (1997), Royal Society Chemistry Corday Morgan Medal and Prize (1998), and a University of Oxford Teaching Excellence Award (2010), Oxford University Impact Acceleration Award (2015), Royal Society Chemistry Ludwig Mond Prize (2010), and the Royal Society Chemistry Tilden Medal in 2016.