報告題目： 
　　In-situ Plasma Synthesis and Deposition of Energy Storage Devices
 　　報告人： 
　　Pravansu S. Mohanty教授
　　報告人背景介紹介紹：
 　　Mohanty教授，Paul Trojan Collegiate Professor，博士畢業于加拿大McGill University，目前于密歇根大學任教授，Additive Manufacturing Process Laboratory實驗室主任。主要研究方向為Thermal Spraying, Laser Materials Processing, Biomaterials, Energy Materials等。
　　Mohanty教授發表論文百余篇，現承擔多個重大項目，其中包括美國海軍的“人造骨骼”項目。發明多項利用熱噴涂制備高容量鋰離子電池材料的技術，其核心技術已經投放市場，形成經濟效益。
　　報告內容摘要：
　　The conventional fabrication process for energy storage device electrodes is a multi-step procedure and involves the synthesis of active electrode material, addition of materials such as conductive carbon and binders, coating the slurry on to a current collector, thermal treatment of the final composite under vacuum, and finally assembling and testing the electrode in a cell for evaluation of electrochemical properties. Since each of the steps is an individual process in its own capacity, the overall effort is a time intensive and expensive procedure. To address this challenge, a plasma assisted in-situ synthesis and deposition technology which offers a high speed, cost effective and scalable “platform” approach to the synthesis of supercapacitor components, battery components, and novel Li ion cell architectures has been developed at the Additive Manufacturing Process Laboratory of the University of Michigan. Inexpensive chemicals are utilized to obtain the active films directly on the current collectors, thereby eliminating the need for a polymer binder, the necessity for handling and heat treating nanopowders, and the need for the off-site powder manufacturing facilities found in the industry today. This manufacturing process yields products that exhibit high energy and power density at high temperatures and which can be conformally applied to fit any form factor.
　　報告時間與地點： 
　　4月12日， 上午9點； 5號教學樓， 材料學院5樓報告廳