乔世璋教授，澳大利亚科学院及工程院双院院士，现任澳大利亚阿德莱德大学化工学院纳米技术首席教授，能源与催化材料中心主任，澳大利亚研究理事会电池回收培训中心主任。他主要从事新能源技术纳米材料领域的研究，包括电催化、电池、光催化等。作为通讯作者，乔世璋教授在 Nature、Nature Energy、Nature Nanotechnology、Nature Catalysis、Nature Chemistry、Nature Materials、Nature Synthesis等国际顶级期刊发表学术论文超过600余篇，引用超过15.5万次，h指数为202。

乔世璋教授已获得多项重要奖励与荣誉，其中包括澳大利亚研究理事会工业桂冠学者（2023年）、南澳大利亚年度科学家奖（2021年）、澳大利亚研究理事会桂冠学者（2017年）、埃克森美孚奖（2016年）以及澳大利亚研究理事会杰出研究者奖（2013年）等。乔世璋教授是国际化学工程师学会会士、澳大利亚皇家化学会会士、英国皇家化学会会士。同时，他担任国际刊物英国皇家化学会杂志EES Catalysis的主编，也是科睿唯安（Clarivate Analytics）/ 汤姆森路透（Thomson Reuters）化学、材料科学和环境与生态三个领域的高被引科学家。

Powered by renewable electricity (e.g., solar, wind and hydro power), oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) can efficiently split water into green hydrogen. A crucial step in realizing this prospect is the knowledge-guided design of optimal electrocatalysts with high activity and selectivity. In this presentation, I will talk about our recent progress in mechanism understanding and material innovation for electrocatalytic water/seawater splitting for green hydrogen production.

Aqueous zinc-based batteries (AZBs) and metal-sulphur batteries (MSBs) hold significant potential for energy storage due to their low cost, high safety, impressive energy density, and environmental friendliness. However, they face major challenges for commercialization, including the lack of advanced cathode materials for AZBs and slow reaction kinetics for MSBs. For AZBs, I will introduce our latest advancements that demonstrate the exceptional durability of Zn-I2 batteries in industrial-scale pouch cells, which are operated under conditions of high active mass loading for cathodes and limited Zn supply for anodes. For MSBs, I will introduce our recent research progress on developing fundamental designing principal of nanocomposite catalysts capable of enabling high-power performance in Li||S battery systems.