From SUNERGY, FOTOFUEL and The Solar Chemicals Network we invite you to our upcoming event: a space designed to explore and learn about solar fuels and their role in the future of clean energy.
🎯 Join us for keynote speeches and talks on solar fuel innovations and take advantage of the networking opportunities the event offers.
👇 Check out the provisional agenda for more information!
9:30 – 9:45 Welcome: Víctor de la Peña O’Shea (IMDEA Energía / FOTOFUEL)
9:45 – 10:30 Plenary talk: James Durrant (ICL, UK-SCN) – Charge separation and stabilisation in photocatalyst materials for solar driven water splitting
10:30 – 10:50 Gerardo Colon (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla, CSIC) – Themal Assisted Photocatalysis for Energy Applications: H2 Production and CO₂ Valorisation
10:50 – 11:10 Sebastian Sprick (University of Strathclyde) – Conjugated polymers for solar fuels generation
11:10 – 11:30 Ángel Morales (Universidad de Barcelona) – Hydrated Small TiO₂ Nanoclusters: Implications in the Nonradiative Recombination
11:30 – 11:50 Coffee Break
11:50 – 12:10 Víctor de la Peña O’Shea (IMDEA Energía) – New challenges in the development of multifunctional materials for solar chemistry
12:10 – 12:30 Sam Cobb (University of Manchester) – Combining experiment, modelling and enzymes to understand complex (photo)electrochemical systems
12:30 – 12:50 José Ángel Martín Gago (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC) – Use of nanoparticles prepared in vacuum for enhancing photocathode performance
12:50 – 13:10 Salvador Eslava (Imperial College London) – Interface engineering of photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic materials for solar fuels
13:10 – 13:30 Juan Coronado (Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC) – Modulating the Selectivity of the Photothermal Hydrogenation of CO₂
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 15:00 Bill Tumas (NREL) – The renewable energy-chemistry nexus: challenges and opportunities
15:00 – 15:20 Alba Ruiz (Plataforma Solar de Almería) – Hydrogen production by photoreforming of glycerol
15:20 – 15:40 Mojtaba Abdi-Jalebi (University College London) – Next-Generation Electrochemical System for Sustainable CO2 Capture and Conversion to Clean Solar Fuels
15:40 – 16:00 Francisco Fabregat Santiago (Institute of Advanced Materials, UJI) – Combining modulated optoelectronic techniques for the analysis of the photoelectrocatalytic behaviour of BiVO4
16:00 – 16:20 Anna Hankin (Imperial College London) – Lessons from solar water splitting prototype field tests
16:20 – 16:40 Coffee Break
16:40 – 17:00 Maria José Rivero (Universidad de Cantabria) – Photocatalytic hydrogen production from sustainable resources
17:00 – 17:20 Charlie Creissen (Keele University) – Carbon Dioxide Electrolysis for Defossilisation of Plastic Production
17:20 – 17:40 Alexander Missyul (CELLS synchrotron) – Application of synchrotron-based techniques for the studies of photocatalytic materials
17:40 – 18:00 Alex Cowan (University of Liverpool) – Breaking scaling rules in electrocatalysis for fuels production
18:00 – 19:00 Optional lab visit
19:00 – 19:15 Summary and closing
