Guest lecture Prof. Kyle Brinkman (Clemson, SC, USA): "The Oxygen and Proton Kinetics of BCFZY Triple Conducting Electrode Materials for Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells"

Lecture in English language

It is well known that crystallite size has an influence on properties of semiconductors. Several examples will be presented, which demonstrate that also shape has huge impact on optical, optoelectronic, (photo-)catalytic or magnetic functionalities of the materials (ZnO, TiO2, CH3NH3PbX3, EuO). We will also reflect on, how defects are not only modulating properties, but may be the decisive factor. Minimization of size and ultimate definition of shape is possible for molecular semiconductors, and this will be discussed in the second part of the presentation on -conjugated surfactants with inorganic head groups.

Kyle Brinkman is the chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Clemson University in Clemson, SC. Brinkman received a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering and a Master of Science in materials science and engineering both from Clemson. He graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland with a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering. Brinkman then served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute in Japan as part of a program sponsored by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science and later worked as a principal engineer in the Science and Technology Directorate of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory.

He has authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed technical publications and government reports, four patents and currently serves as an editor for the Journal of Materials Science and Co-director of Clemson’s Nuclear NEESRWM “Nuclear Environmental Engineering Sciences and Radioactive Waste Management Center and as a DOE-NETL Faculty Fellow. He was the recipient of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society TMS Brimacombe Medalist Award (2020), was awarded the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers, ACerS/NICE  Karl Schwartzwalder-Professional Achievement in Ceramic Engineering (PACE) Award in 2015 and was elected an American Ceramic Society (ACERS) Fellow in 2020, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in 2023, and Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics in 2023.

Prof. Dr. Kyle Brinkman
Clemson University, SC, USA

Kyle Brinkman is the chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Clemson University in Clemson, SC. Brinkman received a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering and a Master of Science in materials science and engineering, both from Clemson. He graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland with a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering. Brinkman then served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute in Japan as part of a program sponsored by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science and later worked as a principal engineer in the Science and Technology Directorate of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory. 
He has authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed technical publications and government reports, four patents and currently serves as an editor for the Journal of Materials Science and Co-director of Clemson’s Nuclear NEESRWM “Nuclear Environmental Engineering Sciences and Radioactive Waste Management Center and as a DOE-NETL Faculty Fellow. He was the recipient of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society TMS Brimacombe Medalist Award (2020), was awarded the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers, ACerS/NICE Karl Schwartzwalder-Professional Achievement in Ceramic Engineering (PACE) Award in 2015 and was elected an American Ceramic Society (ACERS) Fellow in 2020, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in 2023, and Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics in 2023.