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Catalysis

Gordon Research Conference

Advancing Sustainable Technologies Through Catalysis

June 19 - 24, 2022

Chair

Vice Chair

Colby-Sawyer College

541 Main Street

New London, New Hampshire, United States

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Conference Description

The long-standing basis for chemical manufacturing has been thermal conversion of fossil carbon to useful building blocks, eventually leading to functional and structural materials that have enhanced our standard of living tremendously at an enormous energy cost. As researchers in this area look to the future, we begin to imagine what chemical manufacturing will look like without fossil carbon as its origin. What types of new feedstocks will be available? What kinds of energy inputs will be used? How can materials be manufactured with a greatly reduced environmental footprint?

New types of catalysts and catalytic processes will be central to the future of a sustainable chemical industry. The 2022 Gordon Research Conference on Catalysis will bring together leaders and future leaders from academia, industry, and government laboratories, to discuss how we imagine this transition, and how to achieve it, through talks, posters, and intense discussion.

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Catalysis" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm	Sustainability Metrics for Catalysis Discussion Leader:
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm	Opening Remarks
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm	"New Supply Chains for the Chemical Industry"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm	Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:05 pm	"Challenges and Opportunities for Catalysis in Decarbonization"
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm	Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Applications of Data Science to Enhance Catalysis Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:30 am	"Data-Enhanced Multiscale Modeling for Heterogeneous Catalysis"
9:30 am - 9:45 am	Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am	"Applications-Directed Heterogeneous Catalyst Synthesis: How to Leverage the Past to Become a More Effective Experimentalist"
10:15 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am	"Catalyst Informatics for Discoveries from Scratch"
11:30 am - 11:45 am	Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm	"Interpretable Machine Learning for Accelerating Catalytic Materials Discovery"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm	The GRC Power Hour™ The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring. Organizers: and
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Precision Synthesis of Well-Defined Catalysts Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm	"Well-Defined Nanomaterials for Heterogeneous Catalysis: from Atomic- to Meso-Length Scales"
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm	Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm	"Single-Atom Alloy Catalysts: Born in a Vacuum, Tested In Reactors, and Understood In Silico"
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm	"Second-Sphere Coordination Effects, and the Limits of Homogeneity in Heterogeneous Redox Catalysis"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Catalysis with Alternative Energy Inputs Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:30 am	"Electrochemical Biomass Conversion"
9:30 am - 9:45 am	Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am	"Solar Water Splitting on Semiconductor/Co-Catalyst System"
10:15 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Group Photo / Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am	"Challenges and Opportunities in Plasma Catalysis"
11:30 am - 11:45 am	Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm	"Bio-inspired Electrocatalysis: NADH and FADH Analogs in Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Conversions"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Dynamic Catalytic Behavior Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm	"Dynamic Fluxionality and Metastable Nature of Active Sites of Supported Cluster Catalysts"
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm	Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm	"Rate and Selectivity Oscillations in Heterogeneous Catalysis"
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm	"Dynamic Enhancement of Electrocatalytic Hydrocarbon Oxidation"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Insights from Mechanistic Investigations Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:30 am	"Time-Resolved Experiments of Fast Intermediates and Their Role in Catalyst Selectivity"
9:30 am - 9:45 am	Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am	"Tuning Liquid/Solid Catalytic Interfaces to Harness Control over Free Energy Landscapes"
10:15 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am	"Combined Experimental, Density Functional Theory, and Microkinetic Modeling for Mechanism Determination on Isolated-Site Catalysts"
11:30 am - 11:45 am	Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm	"Learning From and Learning About Selective Oxidation Catalysts"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm	Business Meeting Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Operando Characterization of Catalysts Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm	"Revamping In Situ Spectroscopy Transients: From Intermediates to Kinetics in Heterogeneous Catalysis"
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm	Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm	"Quantitative Operando IR Studies Involving CO and CO2: Matching Surface Intermediates to Reaction Products"
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm	"The Evolving Role of Theory in the XAS Characterization of Atomically-Dispersed Catalysts"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Alternative Feedstocks for Manufacturing Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:30 am	"Enabling Low-Temperature Polyolefin Upcycling via Cracking and Alkylation in Ionic Liquids"
9:30 am - 9:45 am	Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am	"Upcycling Waste Products: Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen Species"
10:15 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am	"Controlling the Catalytic Upgrading of Biomass by Engineering Both Substrate and Catalyst"
11:30 am - 11:45 am	Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm	"Design of Tailored Porous Materials for Catalytic Biomass Conversion"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Keynote Session: Integration of Experiment, Computation and Theory Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:50 pm	"Closing the Gap between Experiments and Calculations for Sustainable Catalytic Technologies"
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm	Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm	Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Departure

Contributors

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Catalysis Science, under Award Number DE- SC 0022978. This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof.

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