25 Feb - 28 Feb 2016
Cancun, Mexico
Early Bird - Expired • Talk Submission - Expired • Poster Submission - Expired • Registration & Payment Deadline - Expired
The second Molecules and Materials for Artificial Photosynthesis has focused on new developments in the areas of solar to fuel conversion and related molecular and material systems that have been attracting increasing attention such as organ-metal perovskites, plasmonic metal structures, and catalysts based on metal or metal oxides. The meeting brought together experts in materials chemistry, physical chemistry, computational chemistry, electrical engineering, materials science and engineering, physics, catalysis, spectroscopy
The meeting was chaired by Antoni Llobet (ICIQ, Spain) and Jin Zhang (UCSC, USA).
The first day focused on materials and fundamental issues related to water splitting. The meeting was kicked off by keynote speaker, Prof. Kazunari Domen from The University of Tokyo, on the topic of RECENT ADVANCEMENTS TOWARD LARGE-SCALE APPLICATION OF WATER SPLITTING REACTION. His talk was followed by invited talks by Dr. James Muckerman from Brookhaven National Laboratory, Prof. Mario Lanza from Soochow University, China, Prof. Lionel Vayssieres from Xian Jiaotong University, China, Prof. Zetian Mi McGill University from Canada, Prof. Dr. Rong Xu from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, Dr. Aleksandra Vojvodic, from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Prof. Douglas Grotjahn from San Diego State University, Prof. Richard Finke from Colorado State University, Dr. Max García-Melchor from Stanford University and Prof. Ken Sakai from Kyushu University Japan.
The first session of second day on Novel Materials for Solar Energy Conversion and Fuel Generation started with the keynote talk by Prof. James Durrant from mperial College London on CHARGE CARRIER DYNAMICS IN OXIDE PHOTOELECTRODES FOR WATER OXIDATION. His talk was followed by invited talks given by Prof. James McCusker from Michigan State University, Prof. Xiaolin Zheng from Stanford University, Dr. Tzarara Lopez-Luke from Centro de investigaciones en Optica, Prof. Kirk Schanze from University of Florida, Prof. Dr. Matthias Driess from Technische Universitaet Berlin, Prof. Dr. Greta Ricarda Patzke from University of Zurich and Dr. Menny Shalom from Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.
The second session of the second day on CO2 Conversion: Molecules, Materials, and Fundamental Issues was started by the keynote lecture by Prof. Marc Robert from University Paris Diderot on MOLECULAR CATALYSIS OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL AND PHOTOCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CO2 WITH EARTH ABUNDANT METAL COMPLEXES IN APROTIC SOLVENT AND IN PURE WATER. This was followed by invited talks given by Dr. Etsuko Fujita from Brookhaven National Laboratory, Prof. Qingfeng Ge from Southern Illinois University, Prof. Ying Li from Texas A&M University, Mr. Ernest Pastor from Imperial College London (contributed talk), Dr. Inke Siewert from Georg-August-University Goettingen, Prof. Yulia Pushkar from Purdue University, Prof. Lichang Wang from Southern Illinois University, Prof. Curtis Berlinguette from The University of British Columbia. The session ended with a contributed talk by Mr. Maurin Antoine from Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Moléculaire on NONCOVALENT IMMOBILIZATION OF AN IRON BASED MOLECULAR CATALYST ON CARBON ELECTRODES FOR EFFICIENT CO2-TO-CO CONVERSION IN WATER.
The first session of day three on Dynamics in Solar Energy Conversion started with the keynote lecture by Prashant Kamat from University of Notre Dame on SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS AND ORGANIC LEAD HALIDE PEROVSKITES FOR NEXT GENERATION PHOTOVOLTAICS. This was followed invited talks by Prof. Charles Schmuttenmaer from Yale University, Prof. Ying-Chih Pu from National University of Tainan, Prof. Shaohua Shen from Xi'an Jiaotong University, Dr. Craig Richmond from University of Zurich, Prof. Tianquan Lian from Emory University, Dr. Elizabeth Gibson from Newcastle University, Prof. Jeanne McHale from Washington State University, and Prof. Bart Bartlett from University of Michigan
The second session of day three on Molecular Systems for Soar Fuel Generation featured a keynote lecture by Prof. Antoni Llobet from Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) on MOLECULAR WATER OXIDATION CATALYSIS WITHIN THE ENERGY CONTEXT. This was followed by invited talks by Prof. Shihe Yang from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Prof. Oliver Wenger from University of Basel, Dr. Dennis Hetterscheid from Leiden University, Prof. Kevin Sivula from EPFL and Prof. Victor Batista from Yale Univeristy. The session ended with a contributed talk from Prof. Nicolai Lehnert from University of Michigan.
The final session on day four on Molecules and Artificial Photosynthesis started with an invited talk by Prof. Xuan Zhao from University of Memphis on ELECTRO- AND PHOTOCATALYTIC H2 PRODUCTION BY COBALT COMPLEXES WITH PENTADENTATE LIGANDS IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS. His talk was followed by several invited and contributed talks given by Dr. Elisabet Romero from VU University Amsterdam, Dr. Marten Ahlquist from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Dr. Laia Francas Forcada from Imperial College London, Dr. Albert Poater from Universitat de Girona, Dr. József Sándor Pap from MTA Centre for Energy Research, Prof. Elizabeth Papish from The University of Alabama and Mr. Vincent M. Friebe from VU University Amsterdam.
Eight poster presentations were given and four poster awards were presented to the top four presenters; Dr. Fritz Knorr, Dr. Anna Reynal, Dr. Carolina Gimbert-Suriñach and Dr. Jahan Dawlaty.
The meeting was highly interactive with enthusiastic question and answer sessions following each talk. In particular, there is good interaction among researchers including younger faculty, postdoctors, and graduate students. This meeting remains unique with respect to the breadth of participants and focus on new approaches to artificial photosynthesis.
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 or other organic compounds to generate useful chemical fuels. Significant progress has been made recently in artificial photosynthesis based on molecular chemistry and material science. However, developments in these two areas have occurred more independently than what is perhaps desired. In the present meeting, we will bring together researchers in these two scientific communities to explore possible synergistic effects of “fusion” between molecular and materials systems.
Solar Fuels Network is proud to be a gold sponsor of the #2 Molecules and Materials for Artificial Photosynthesis Conference. Solar Fuels Networks will be providing financial support towards travel and registration fees for PhD students and early-career postdocs who are Solar Fuels Network (SFN) members living in the UK. Solar Fuels Network membership is free and you can sign up at http://solarfuelsnetwork.com/membership/. To apply for funding please use the following link and complete the form following the instructions https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19RSrmH-xQVE8E6LvK6H3luLRC-c-3TRXw9CO9pGDnCU/viewform. Applications must be received before 4th February 2016. There is a limited number of bursaries available, apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Successful applicants will receive up to £500 for travel and registration fees, which will be awarded after a completed expense claim form, original receipts and report of the conference have been received by the SFN. For any enquires regarding the bursaries, please contact Linnea Luuppala at l.luuppala@imperial.ac.uk.
Antoni Llobet (Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia)
MOLECULAR WATER OXIDATION CATALYSIS WITHIN THE ENERGY CONTEXT
James Durrant (Imperial College London)
CHARGE CARRIER DYNAMICS IN OXIDE PHOTOELECTRODES FOR WATER OXIDATION
Prashant Kamat (University of Notre Dame)
SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS AND ORGANIC LEAD HALIDE PEROVSKITES FOR NEXT GENERATION PHOTOVOLTAICS
Kazunari Domen (The University of Tokyo)
RECENT ADVANCEMENTS TOWARD LARGE-SCALE APPLICATION OF WATER SPLITTING REACTION
Marc Robert (Paris Diderot University)
MOLECULAR CATALYSIS OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL AND PHOTOCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CO2 WITH EARTH ABUNDANT METAL COMPLEXES IN APROTIC SOLVENT AND IN PURE WATER
Greta Ricarda Patzke (University of Zurich)
COBALT-BASED WATER OXIDATION CATALYSTS: BIO-INSPIRED CUBANES VS. SOLID STATE DESIGN
Kevin Sivula (LIMNO | EPFL)
SOLUTION-PROCESSED PHOTOELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR DIRECT AND ECONOMICAL SOLAR FUEL PRODUCTION
James T. Muckerman (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER OXIDATION AT THE SEMICONDUCTOR AQUEOUS INTERFACE: GAN, ZNO AND THE GAN/ZNO ALLOY
József S. Pap (Hungarian Academy of Sciences for Energy Research Center)
CU COMPLEXES WITH BRANCHED PEPTIDES IN SOLUTION AND ANCHORED TO ELECTRODE SURFACE – REDOX PROPERTIES AND ROUTES TO WATER OXIDATION
Shihe Yang (Honk Kong University of Science and Technology)
SOLUTION-PROCESSED NANOSTRUCTURES AND INTERFACES FOR ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Tim Lian (Emory University)
EFFICIENT LIGHT-DRIVEN LONG DISTANCE CHARGE SEPARATION AND H2 GENERATION IN SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM RODS
Shaohua Shen (International Research Center for Renewable Energy)
NANODESIGNED MATERIALS FOR PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL AND PHOTOCATALYTIC SOLAR HYDROGEN GENERATION
Lionel Vayssierres (Xi’an Jiaotong University)
LATEST ADVANCES IN LOW COST SOLAR WATER SPLITTING
Ying Li (Texas A&M University)
SOLAR FUEL PRODUCTION THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOREDUCTION OF CO2 WITH H2O
James K. McCusker (Michigan State University)
FIRST-ROW TRANSITION METAL-BASED CHROMOPHORES FOR SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Etsuko Fujita (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
REDUCTION OF CO2 USING METAL COMPLEXES: SECOND COORDINATION SPHERE EFFECTS AND HYDRIDE TRANSFER REACTIONS
Dennis Hetterscheid (Leiden University)
ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDIES AND IN SITU CHARACTERIZATION OF MOLECULAR WATER OXIDATION CATALYSTS
Victor Batista (Yale University)
STUDIES OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Curtis Berlinguette (The University of British Columbia)
LOW-TEMPERATURE SYNTHESES OF AMORPHOUS MIXED-METAL OXIDE ELECTROCATALYSTS
Inke Siewert (The University of Göttingen)
ELECTROCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING USING COBALT AND COPPER COMPLEXES
Marten Ahlquist (Royal Institute of Technology)
CARBOXYLATED PYRIDINES AS STABILIZING, ACTIVATING AND REACTIVE LIGANDS
Tzarara Lupez-Luke (Centro de investigaciones en Optica)
IMPROVING PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTIES OF MULTILAYERED CDS/CDSE/CDSETE/ZNS QUANTUM DOT SENSITIZED TIO2 SOLAR CELLS FABRICATED BY SILAR AND ELECTROPHORESIS METHODS
Mario Lanza (Soochow University)
METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR (MOS) STRUCTURE BASED SILICON PHOTOANODES FOR PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING DEVICES
Xuan Zhao (University of Memphis)
ELECTRO- AND PHOTOCATALYTIC H2 PRODUCTION BY COBALT COMPLEXES WITH PENTADENTATE LIGANDS IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
Rong Xu (Nanyang Technological University)
METAL-ORGANIC-FRAMEWORK BASED PHOTOCATALYSTS FOR WATER REDUCTION AND OXIDATION
Bart M. Bartlett (University of Michigan)
DESIGNING CHEMICALLY ROBUST SOLAR-RESPONSIVE OXIDE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION REACTIONS
Elisabeth Gibson (Newcastle University)
DYE-SENSITIZED NIO PHOTOCATHODES FOR SOLAR FUEL DEVICES
Oliver Wenger (University of Basel)
LIGHT-DRIVEN CHARGE ACCUMULATION IN MOLECULAR SYSTEMS
Richard G. Finke (Colorado State University)
ELECTROCHEMICALLY DRIVEN WATER-OXIDATION CATALYSIS BEGINNING WITH COBALT-POLYOXOMETALATES: DETERMINATION OF THE TRUE, HOMOGENEOUS VS HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST
Zetian Mi (McGill University)
PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING AND CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION ON METAL-NITRIDE NANOWIRE ARRAYS
Qingfeng Ge (Southern Illinois University)
MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF CATALYTIC AND ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CO2
Matthias Driess (Technical University Berlin)
HOW TO UNIFY CATALYTIC PROCESSES FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES? MERGING OXYGEN EVOLUTION AND OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTIONS WITH METAL OXIDE CATALYSTS
Lichang Wang (Southern Illinois University)
UNDERSTANDING AND TUNING TRANSVERSE EXCITONS IN ORGANIC MOLECULES
Yulia Pushkar (Purdue University)
RU COMPLEXES UNDER CATALYTIC CONDITION OF WATER OXIDATION
Charles Schmuttenmaer (Yale University)
THZ SPECTROSCOPY: STUDYING CARRIER DYNAMICS AND SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION IN NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS
Ying-Chih Pu (National University of Tainan)
ULTRAFAST EXCITON DYNAMICS IN ORGANOLEAD BROMIDE PEROVSKITE NANOCRYSTALS
Albert Poater Teixidor (University of Girona)
MECHANISTIC INSIGHT OF THE O-O BOND FORMATION DURING WOC BY IRIDIUM COMPLEXES
Menny Shalom (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft)
CARBON NITRIDE MATERIALS FOR ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Xiaolin Zheng (Stanford Univeristy)
ACTIVATING AND OPTIMIZING MOS2 BASAL PLANES FOR HYDROGEN EVOLUTION THROUGH FORMATION OF STRAINED SULPHUR VACANCIES
Kirk Schanze (University of Florida)
LIGHT HARVESTING POLYMERS FOR ENERGY CONVERSION AND SOLAR FUELS
Aleksandra Vojvodic (Stanford University)
WATER SPLITTING BY TRANSITION-METAL OXIDE MATERIALS
Max García Melchor (Stanford University)
COMPUTATIONALLY PROBING THE PERFORMANCE OF HYBRID, HETEROGENEOUS AND HOMOGENEOUS IR-BASED CATALYSTS FOR WATER OXIDATION
Elizabeth Papish (The University of Alabama)
WATER OXIDATION WITH PROTON RESPONSIVE LIGANDS
Douglas Grotjahn (San Diego State University)
TETRADENTATE 2,2'- BIPYRIDINE-6,6'-DIPHOSPHONATE AND RELATED HYBRID PENTADENTATE LIGANDS FOR WATER OXIDATION CATALYSTS
Ken Sakai (Kyushu University)
IMPROVING ROBUSTNESS AND TOF OF COBALT PORPHYRIN WATER OXIDATION CATALYSTS
Vincent M. Friebe (VU University Amsterdam)
HACKING PHOTOSYNTHESIS: BIO-HYBRID PIGMENT-PROTEIN PHOTOELECTRODES
Elisabet Romero (VU University Amsterdam)
LESSONS FROM NATURE ON HOW TO BUILD SOLAR-ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS: QUANTUM COHERENCE IS THE KEY
James Durrant
Professor, Imperial College London
Marc Robert
Professor, University Paris Diderot
Kazunari Domen
Professor, The University of Tokyo
Prashant Kamat
Professor, University of Notre Dame
Victor Batista
Professor, Yale Univeristy
Greta Ricarda Patzke
Inorganic Chemistry, University of Zurich
Curtis Berlinguette
Professor, The University of British Columbia
Mario Lanza
Young 1000 Talent Professor, Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (Soochow University)
Oliver Wenger
Professor, University of Basel
James Muckerman
Senior Chemist Emeritus, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Inke Siewert
Professor, Georg-August-University Goettingen
Shihe Yang
Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Etsuko Fujita
Senior Chemist, Group Leader, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Kevin Sivula
Professor, EPFL
József Sándor Pap
head of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis Department, research fellow, MTA Centre for Energy Research
Lichang Wang
Professor, Southern Illinois University
Zetian Mi
Associate Professor, McGill University
Elizabeth Gibson
Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, Newcastle University
Charles Schmuttenmaer
Professor of Chemistry, Yale University
Richard Finke
Professor of Chemistry, Colorado State University
Dennis Hetterscheid
Assistant Professor, Leiden University
Matthias Driess
University Professor, Technische Universitaet Berlin
Ying-Chih Pu
Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science, National University of Tainan
Rong Xu
Professor, Nanyang Technological University
Shaohua Shen
Prof., Xi'an Jiaotong University
Bart Bartlett
Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Michigan
Kirk Schanze
Distinguished Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio
Ying Li
Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
Xiaolin Zheng
Associate Professor, Stanford University
Xuan Zhao
Assist Prof, University of Memphis
Lionel Vayssieres
Thousand Talent Scholar, Xian Jiaotong University
Qingfeng Ge
Professor, Southern Illinois University
Marten Ahlquist
Associate Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Yulia Pushkar
Associate Professor, Purdue University
Menny Shalom
Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Jeanne McHale
Professor, Washington State University
Elizabeth Papish
Associate professor, The University of Alabama
Douglas Grotjahn
Professor, San Diego State University
Vincent Friebe
PhD Candidate, VU University Amsterdam
Albert Poater
Researcher, Universitat de Girona
Max GarcÃa-Melchor
Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford University
Aleksandra Vojvodic
Staff Scientist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Tianquan Lian
Professor, Emory University
James McCusker
MSu Foundation Professor, Michigan State University
Tzarara Lopez-Luke
CIO, Centro de investigaciones en Optica AC
Ken Sakai
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University
Elisabet Romero
Postdoc, VU University Amsterdam
Thursday 25th February 2016 |
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14:00 – 14:45 |
Registration & Reception |
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14:00 – 14:45 |
Group Welcome Lunch |
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Water Splitting: Materials and Fundamental Issues Session Chair – Jin Zhang |
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14:45 – 15:00 |
Opening Comments |
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15:00 – 15:35 |
Prof. Kazunari Domen |
RECENT ADVANCEMENTS TOWARD LARGE-SCALE APPLICATION OF WATER SPLITTING REACTION |
15:35 – 16:00 |
Dr. James Muckerman |
PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER OXIDATION AT THE SEMICONDUCTOR AQUEOUS INTERFACE: GaN, ZnO AND THE GaN/ZnO ALLOY |
16:00 – 16:25 |
Prof. Mario Lanza |
METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR (MOS) STRUCTURE BASED SILICON PHOTOANODES FOR PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING DEVICES |
16:25 – 16:50 |
Prof. Lionel Vayssieres |
LATEST ADVANCES IN LOW COST SOLAR WATER SPLITTING |
16:50 – 17:15 |
Prof. Zetian Mi |
PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING AND CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION ON METAL-NITRIDE NANOWIRE ARRAYS |
17:15 – 17:35 |
Refreshments |
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17:35 – 18:00 |
Prof. Dr. Rong Xu |
METAL-ORGANIC-FRAMEWORK BASED PHOTOCATALYSTS FOR WATER REDUCTION AND OXIDATION |
18:00 – 18:25 |
Dr. Aleksandra Vojvodic |
WATER SPLITTING BY TRANSITION-METAL OXIDE MATERIALS |
18:25 – 18:50 |
Prof. Douglas Grotjahn |
TETRADENTATE 2,2'- BIPYRIDINE-6,6'-DIPHOSPHONATE AND RELATED HYBRID PENTADENTATE LIGANDS FOR WATER OXIDATION CATALYSTS |
18:50 – 19:15 |
Prof. Richard Finke |
ELECTROCHEMICALLY DRIVEN WATER-OXIDATION CATALYSIS BEGINNING WITH COBALT-POLYOXOMETALATES: DETERMINATION OF THE TRUE, HOMOGENEOUS VS HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST |
19:15 – 19:25 |
Dr. Max García-Melchor |
COMPUTATIONALLY PROBING THE PERFORMANCE OF HYBRID, HETEROGENEOUS AND HOMOGENEOUS IR-BASED CATALYSTS FOR WATER OXIDATION |
19:25 – 19:50 |
Prof. Ken Sakai |
IMPROVING ROBUSTNESS AND TOF OF COBALT PORPHYRIN WATER OXIDATION CATALYSTS |
19:50 – 22:00 |
Dinner at Leisure & Free Time |
Friday 26th February 2016 |
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07:00 – 08:30 |
Group Breakfast |
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Novel Materials for Solar Energy Conversion and Fuel Generation Session Chair - Jin Zhang |
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08:30 – 09:05 |
Prof. James Durrant |
CHARGE CARRIER DYNAMICS IN OXIDE PHOTOELECTRODES FOR WATER OXIDATION |
09:05 – 09:30 |
Prof. James McCusker |
FIRST-ROW TRANSITION METAL-BASED CHROMOPHORES FOR SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES |
09:30 – 09:55 |
Prof. Xiaolin Zheng |
ACTIVATING AND OPTIMIZING MOS2 BASAL PLANES FOR HYDROGEN EVOLUTION THROUGH FORMATION OF STRAINED SULPHUR VACANCIES |
09:55 – 10:20 |
Dr. Tzarara Lopez-Luke |
IMPROVING PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTIES OF MULTILAYERED CdS/CdSe/CdSeTe/ZnS QUANTUM DOT SENSITIZED TiO2 SOLAR CELLS FABRICATED BY SILAR AND ELECTROPHORESIS METHODS |
10:20 – 10:50 |
Refreshments |
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10:50 – 11:15 |
Prof. Kirk Schanze |
LIGHT HARVESTING POLYMERS FOR ENERGY CONVERSION AND SOLAR FUELS |
11:15 – 11:40 |
Prof. Dr. Matthias Driess |
HOW TO UNIFY CATALYTIC PROCESSES FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES? MERGING OXYGEN EVOLUTION AND OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTIONS WITH METAL OXIDE CATALYSTS |
11:40 – 12:05 |
Prof. Dr. Greta Ricarda Patzke |
COBALT-BASED WATER OXIDATION CATALYSTS: BIO-INSPIRED CUBANES VS. SOLID STATE DESIGN |
12:05 – 12:30 |
Dr. Menny Shalom |
CARBON NITRIDE MATERIALS FOR ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS |
12:30 – 16:00 |
Lunch at Leisure & Free Time |
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CO2 Conversion: Molecules, Materials, and Fundamental Issues Session Chair - Lionel Vayssieres |
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16:00 –16:35 |
Prof. Marc Robert |
MOLECULAR CATALYSIS OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL AND PHOTOCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CO2 WITH EARTH ABUNDANT METAL COMPLEXES IN APROTIC SOLVENT AND IN PURE WATER. |
16:35 – 17:00 |
Dr. Etsuko Fujita |
REDUCTION OF CO2 USING METAL COMPLEXES: SECOND COORDINATION SPHERE EFFECTS AND HYDRIDE TRANSFER REACTIONS |
17:00 – 17:25 |
Prof. Qingfeng Ge |
MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF CATALYTIC AND ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CO2 |
17:25 –17:50 |
Prof. Ying Li |
SOLAR FUEL PRODUCTION THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOREDUCTION OF CO2 WITH H2O |
17:50 – 18:00 |
Mr. Ernest Pastor |
CHARGE SEPARATION ACROSS MULTI-JUNCTION ARCHITECTURES: THE ROLE OF THE CATALYST |
18:00 – 18:30 |
Refreshments |
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18:30 – 18:55 |
Dr. Inke Siewert |
ELECTROCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING USING COBALT AND COPPER COMPLEXES |
18:55 – 19:20 |
Prof. Yulia Pushkar |
RU COMPLEXES UNDER CATALYTIC CONDITION OF WATER OXIDATION |
19:20 – 19:45 |
Prof. Lichang Wang |
UNDERSTANDING AND TUNING TRANSVERSE EXCITONS IN ORGANIC MOLECULES |
19:45 – 20:10 |
Prof. Curtis Berlinguette |
LOW-TEMPERATURE SYNTHESES OF AMORPHOUS MIXED-METAL OXIDE ELECTROCATALYSTS |
20:10 – 20:20 |
Mr. Maurin Antoine |
NONCOVALENT IMMOBILIZATION OF AN IRON BASED MOLECULAR CATALYST ON CARBON ELECTRODES FOR EFFICIENT CO2-TO-CO CONVERSION IN WATER |
20:20 – 22:30 |
Dinner at Leisure & Free Time |
Saturday 27th February 2016 |
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07:00 – 08:30 |
Group Breakfast |
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Dynamics in Solar Energy Conversion Session Chair - Charlie Schmuttenmaer |
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08:30 – 09:05 |
Prof. Prashant Kamat |
SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS AND ORGANIC LEAD HALIDE PEROVSKITES FOR NEXT GENERATION PHOTOVOLTAICS |
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09:05 – 09:30 |
Prof. Charles Schmuttenmaer |
THZ SPECTROSCOPY: STUDYING CARRIER DYNAMICS AND SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION IN NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS |
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09:30 –09:55 |
Prof. Ying-Chih Pu |
ULTRAFAST EXCITON DYNAMICS IN ORGANOLEAD BROMIDE PEROVSKITE NANOCRYSTALS |
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09:55 – 10:20 |
Prof. Shaohua Shen |
NANODESIGNED MATERIALS FOR PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL AND PHOTOCATALYTIC SOLAR HYDROGEN GENERATION |
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10:20 – 10:30 |
Dr. Craig Richmond |
SAME CATALYST, DIFFERENT RATE LAW: AXIAL GROUP INFLUENCES ON Ru-BDA TYPE WOCS |
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10:30 – 10:50 |
Refreshments |
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10:50 – 11:15 |
Prof. Tianquan Lian |
EFFICIENT LIGHT-DRIVEN LONG DISTANCE CHARGE SEPARATION AND H2 GENERATION IN SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM RODS |
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11:15 – 11:40 |
Dr. Elizabeth Gibson |
DYE-SENSITIZED NIO PHOTOCATHODES FOR SOLAR FUEL DEVICES |
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11:40 – 12:05 |
Prof. Jeanne McHale |
EFFECTS OF AGGREGATION AND PROTON-COUPLED ELECTRON TRANSFER IN SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION BY BETANIN-SENSITIZED TITANIUM DIOXIDE |
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12:05 – 12:30 |
Prof. Bart Bartlett |
DESIGNING CHEMICALLY ROBUST SOLAR-RESPONSIVE OXIDE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION REACTIONS |
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12:30 – 16:00 |
Lunch at Leisure & Free Time |
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Molecular Systems for Soar Fuel Generation Session Chair - Jeanne McHale |
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16:00 – 16:35 |
Prof. Antoni Llobet |
MOLECULAR WATER OXIDATION CATALYSIS WITHIN THE ENERGY CONTEXT |
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16:35 – 17:00 |
Prof. Shihe Yang |
SOLUTION-PROCESSED NANOSTRUCTURES AND INTERFACES FOR ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS |
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17:00 – 17:25 |
Prof. Oliver Wenger |
LIGHT-DRIVEN CHARGE ACCUMULATION IN MOLECULAR SYSTEMS |
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17:25 –17:50 |
Dr. Dennis Hetterscheid |
ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDIES AND IN SITU CHARACTERIZATION OF MOLECULAR WATER OXIDATION CATALYSTS |
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17:50 – 18:15 |
Prof. Kevin Sivula |
SOLUTION-PROCESSED PHOTOELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR DIRECT AND ECONOMICAL SOLAR FUEL PRODUCTION |
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18:15 – 18:40 |
Prof. Victor Batista |
STUDIES OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS |
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18:40 – 18:50 |
Prof. Nicolai Lehnert |
NOVEL METHODS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION AND APPLICATIONS IN (PHOTO)ELECTROCATALYSIS |
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18:50 – 20:00 |
Poster Session, Cocktails & Refreshments |
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20:00 – 23:00 |
*Gala Dinner, Group Photo & Poster Awards* |
Sunday 28th February 2016 |
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07:00 – 08:30 |
Group Breakfast |
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Molecules and Artificial Photosynthesis Session Chair - Lichang Wang |
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08:30 – 08:55 |
Dr. Xuan Zhao |
ELECTRO- AND PHOTOCATALYTIC H2 PRODUCTION BY COBALT COMPLEXES WITH PENTADENTATE LIGANDS IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS |
08:55 – 09:20 |
Dr. Elisabet Romero VU University Amsterdam |
LESSONS FROM NATURE ON HOW TO BUILD SOLAR-ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS: QUANTUM COHERENCE IS THE KEY |
09:20 – 09:45 |
Dr. Marten Ahlquist |
CARBOXYLATED PYRIDINES AS STABILIZING, ACTIVATING AND REACTIVE LIGANDS. |
09:45 – 09:55 |
Dr. Laia Francas Forcada |
PHOTOCHEMICAL WATER OXIDATION USING MOLECULAR CATALYSTS |
09:55 – 10:20 |
Dr. Albert Poater |
MECHANISTIC INSIGHT OF THE O-O BOND FORMATION DURING WOC BY IRIDIUM COMPLEXES |
10:20 – 10:45 |
Dr. József Sándor Pap |
CU COMPLEXES WITH BRANCHED PEPTIDES IN SOLUTION AND ANCHORED TO ELECTRODE SURFACE – REDOX PROPERTIES AND ROUTES TO WATER OXIDATION |
10:45 – 11:10 |
Prof. Elizabeth Papish |
WATER OXIDATION WITH PROTON RESPONSIVE LIGANDS |
11:10 – 11:35 |
Mr. Vincent M. Friebe |
HACKING PHOTOSYNTHESIS: BIO-HYBRID PIGMENT-PROTEIN PHOTOELECTRODES |
11:35 – 11:45 |
Closing Comments |
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11:45 – 12:15 |
Refreshments |
Monday 29th February 2016 |
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08:15 – 17:30 |
Chichen-Itzá Group Tour |
Fiesta Americana Condesa
This stylish hotel features contemporary Mexican architecture, including one of the largest and most impressive thatched-roof "palapas" in the entire country. There are cultural activities, arts and crafts and sports programs to keep you constantly entertained, plus time to relax and enjoy the Mayan culture, soak up the Caribbean sunshine and revel in the international ambiance that settles in after the sun goes down.
Throughout your stay delegates will enjoy a full meal plan, inclusive of beverages. Take your pick from the aromatic Asian delights at Kaumbu, traditional fare at El Mexicano, delicious international cuisine at Kalmia Buffet or perhaps sample the sumptuous Italian dishes at Rosato. There are also several other dining opportunities such as the Cevichería, Pizzeria, Sushi Corner, pool and lounge bar areas. The Gala Night with either a Mayan or Caribbean theme takes place on the third evening of the conference with a mouth-watering feast of local cuisine, an open bar and amazing local entertainment. We welcome all delegates and their accompanying persons to the Gala Night – a truly fun filled night not to be missed!
Hotel Facilities
The Fiesta Americana Condesa, Cancun is the 2015 Winner of the Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence and also received the Travellers Choice Award in 2014.
The remains of ancient Mayan cities are scattered throughout the Yucatan Peninsula and no trip to Cancun would be complete without a visit to these majestic temples and pyramids set amongst lush tropical vegetation. We will be working very closely with a reputable tour company who will be organising trips to Tulum, Chichen Itza, Coba and Xcaret to name a few, some of which may require a full day. Full day excursions will be arranged pre or post conference and may be on an individual or group booking so we would recommend booking extra nights to extend your stay as early as possible to avoid disappointment should these excursions be of interest to you and/or your party. For further information please contact us.
Venue Rating
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Currency
US Dollar (USD)
Address
Fiesta Americana Condesa, Blvd.Kukulkán km 16.5 Zona Hotelera, Cancun, 77500 Mexico
Nearest Airport
Cancun International Airport
Cancun is a delightful combination of natural beauty, islands, ecological reserves and white sandy beaches. However, besides sun, sand and sea, this destination also offers an infinite variety of underwater activities to choose from: the diving, snorkelling and fishing here are outstanding and you will find an undersea world packed with tropical fish that live on the second largest barrier reef in the world. Sports enthusiasts might choose one of the many eco-tourism activities, such as cycling or hiking through the tropical forest or kayaking through mangroves, or something a little more adventuresome, like zip lining through the treetops.
Apart from the more well-known ancient Mayan archealogical sites such as Tulum, Cobá and Chichén Itzá you may like to visit the Aktun Chen caverns, voted one of the Top 10 underwater walks by National Geographic described as a truly magical experience.
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