NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute for FY 2012 in Korea

Korenblit Yair, Boca Raton FL

Investigators

Abstract

This action funds Yair Korenblit of Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct a research project, entitled "Nanometer-sized manganese oxide: applications in high energy density batteries," during the summer of 2012 at Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST) in Ulsan Metropolitan City. The host scientist is Dr. Jaephil Cho. The Intellectual Merit of the research project lies in continued development of low-cost catalysts for metal-sir batteries to compare with such expensive and unsustainable catalysts as platinum-carbon composites. These substitutes are made by adding a pseudo two-dimensional catalyst on a conductive substrate. Broader Impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce.