Abstract
Replacement of precious metal catalysts by commercially available alternatives is of great importance among both fundamental and practical catalysis research. Nanostructured carbon and graphene-based materials demonstrated promising catalytic properties in a wide range of energy generation/storage applications. Specifically engineering graphene and porous carbon with guest atoms can improve its catalytic activity for electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER),thus can be considered as potential substitutes for the expensive Pt/C catalyst in fuel cells or metal-air batteries etc. In this presentation, we will talk about the synthesis ofmetal free elements-doped graphene (B,N-graphene, S,N-graphene), 3-D porous g-C3N4@Carbon materials and other materials,as well as their application on electrocatalysis. The excellent ORR, OER and HER performance (high catalytic activity andefficiency)and reliable stability (much better than the commercial Pt/C) indicate that new materials are promising candidates for the next generation of highly efficient electrocatalysts.
We will also briefly introduce our work on the synthesis of other carbon-based materials and their applications on energy storage and conversion.

Bio:
Prof. Shi-Zhang Qiao received his PhD degree in chemical engineering from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2000,and is currently a professor (Chair of Nanotechnology) at School of Chemical Engineering of the University of Adelaide, and an Honorary Professor at The University of Queensland, Australia. His research expertise is in nanomaterials and nanoporous materials for drug/gene delivery and new energy technologies. He has co-authored more than 200 papers in refereed journals (9880 citations with h-index 51), including Nature, Nature Communications, J. Am. Chem. Soc, Angew. Chem., Adv. Mater., and has filed several patents on novel nanomaterials that are promising for drug/gene delivery, fuel cells, photocatalysis and lithium ion battery.
Prof. Qiao was honoured with a prestigious  ARC Discovery Outstanding Researcher Award (DORA, 2013), a Emerging Researcher Award (2013, ENFL Division of the American Chemical Society) and a UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award (2008). He has also been awarded an ARC ARF Fellowship, an ARC APD Fellowship and an inaugural UQ Mid-Career Research Fellowship. Professor Qiao is currently an Associate Editor of Journal of Materials ChemistryA.