The replacement of fossil fuels by a clean and renewable energy source is one of the most urgent and challenging issues our society is facing today, which is why intense research is devoted to this topic recently. Nature has been using sunlight as the primary energy input to oxidize water and generate carbohydrates (a solar fuel) for over a billion years. Inspired but not constrained by nature, artificial systems can be designed to capture light and oxidize water and reduce protons, CO₂ or N₂ to generate useful chemicals and fuels. Significant progress has been made recently in the field of solar fuels based on molecules, materials and biological systems. However, developments in these areas have occurred more independently than what is perhaps desired. In the present meeting, we will bring together researchers in these scientific communities to explore possible synergistic effects.

Key Sessions

• Fundamentals of light capturing and conversion
• Water splitting catalysis
• CO₂ and N₂ reduction catalysis
• Interfacing molecules and materials
• System design and engineering for the generation of solar fuels and chemicals

Student Offer

Take advantage of this fantastic opportunity for students! Fully paying academics can bring a student for only €830 Unfortunately, Postdocs are not eligible. Both registration packages include; accommodation for the 13, 14, 15 July 2021 (on a shared basis for students) and a food and beverage package for the conference period. Once registered, please contact Jack Peters to obtain a special registration link for your student.

Confirmed Plenary Speakers

Kyoung-Shin Choi (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Ib Chorkendorff (Technical University of Denmark)
Kazunari Domen (Shinshu University)
Gerald Meyer (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
CENTER FOR HYBRID APPROACHES IN SOLAR ENERGY TO LIQUID FUELS, CHASE RESEARCH
Beatriz Roldán Cuenya (Fritz Haber Institute)

Confirmed Invited Speakers

Gustav Berggren (Uppsala University)
Tom Burdyny (Tu Delft)
Federico Calle-Vallejo (University of Barcelona)
Sophie Carenco (CNRS, Sorbonne University)
Karen Chan (DTU)
Aleix Comas-Vives (UAB)
Alex Cowan (University of Liverpool)
Lele Duan (SUSTech)
Maria Escudero-Escribano (University of Copenhagen)
Pelayo Garcia de Arquer (ICFO)
Christopher Hahn (SLAC, Stanford University)
Nejc Hodnik (National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana)
A BOTTOM-UP APPROACH TO THE UNDERSTANDING STRUCTURE-STABILITY RELATIONSHIPS OF PRACTICAL NANOPARTICULATE ELECTROCATALYSTS AT THE ATOMIC LEVEL
Jianfeng Huang (Chongqing University)
Kuo-Wei Huang (KAUST)
Christopher Seiji Kley (Helmholtz Center Berlin for Materials and Energy, Fritz Haber Institute)
Benedikt Lassalle (Synchrotron SOLEIL)
Charles McCrory (University of Michigan)
THE ELECTROCHEMICAL CONVERSION OF CO2 TO CO WITH POLYMER-ENCAPSULATED CATALYSTS: MODULATING ACTIVITY AND SELECTIVITY BY CONTROLLING THE CATALYST’S COORDINATION ENVIRONMENT
Camille Petit (Imperial College London)
Nicolas Plumeré (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
Olaf Rüdiger (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion)
Hana Shafaat (The Ohio State University)
Francesca Maria Toma (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Ludovic Troian-Gautier (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Although the programme has not yet been released, we are able to confirm that the conference should begin no earlier than 14:00 with opening comments on 13th July 2021. The conference will conclude no later than 12:30 on 16th July 2021.