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