Probing Fast High Temperature Transformation in Nanoparticles for Energy Applications

The high temperature reactivity of metal/metal oxides are important in a wide variety of industrial applications including solar-thermal hydrogen generation, CO2 sequestering, chemical-looping combustion, and energetic materials, among others.  In this seminar I will discuss the reactivity of nanometals and metal oxides, towards developing a conceptual picture of rate limiting and phenomenological processes, in particular for application to energetic materials.  This discussion will naturally lead to what makes nanoscale materials attractive for these applications, as well as some of their limitations.