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Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Designing (Photo-)Catalytic Materials: From Fundamentals to Applications

January 27 - 28, 2018

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Ventura Beach Marriott

2055 Harbor Boulevard

Ventura, California, United States

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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels presents a unique forum specifically for graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and other scientific researchers with comparable experience to contribute and share new ideas in the dynamic field of renewable energy research.

The 2018 GRS on Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels in Ventura, CA, invites graduate students and post-docs to present their research both in the form of oral and poster presentations. The meeting will provide a unique opportunity to talk about research, network with leading scientists in the field and gain knowledge about industry experiences. The topics in this meeting will discuss the variety of challenges in solar energy production and storage. This meeting will thereby focus on materials design: from fundamentals to applications. This includes research pertaining to catalysis, materials development, molecular devices, and integrated systems.

This year's Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels GRS will also feature a career development forum to encourage connections across academia, industry, and government. Attendees will be encouraged to engage invited senior scientists in discussions about career paths and potential collaborations for the future.

Related Meeting

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

Conference Program

Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm	Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm	Keynote Session: Catalysis for Renewable Fuels Discussion Leader:
3:45 pm - 4:20 pm	"Catalysis for Renewable Fuels"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm	Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Fundamentals of Energy Research Discussion Leaders: and
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	"Over the Hill: Thermochemical Exploration of Selective Hydride Transfer Using Metal Hydricity Activity Descriptors for H⁺ and CO₂ Reduction Catalysis"
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm	Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm	"Electrochemically-Guided In Situ Analysis of Metal Oxide Catalysed Water Oxidation"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm	"Using Bond Dissociation Free Energies to Understand and Predict NH₃ Oxidation Catalysts for Fuel Production"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm	Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm	General Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm	"Tuning the CO Adsorption Dynamics on Pd Surfaces for Long-Term Formate Production"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm	Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm	"Hydrogen Evolution Activity of Linear Organic Photocatalysts"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm	"The Mechanism of H₂ Splitting at a Square Planar Fe(I) Complex"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm	Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am	Catalysis and Molecular Systems / Mentorship Component: Careers Across Chemical Sciences Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:10 am	"Solar H₂ Evolution with Engineered Diketopyrrolopyrrole Dyes Immobilised on TiO₂ Hybrids"
9:10 am - 9:15 am	Discussion
9:15 am - 9:25 am	"Homogeneous Electro-Catalytic Oxidation of Ammonia with a Ruthenium Catalyst"
9:25 am - 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am - 9:40 am	"Iridium Dinuclear Heterogeneous Catalysts (DHC) for Solar Water Oxidation"
9:40 am - 9:45 am	Discussion
9:45 am - 9:55 am	"Electro-Redeposited Catalysts Control Morphology and Oxidation State for Carbon Dioxide Reduction"
9:55 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:50 am	Panel Discussion Careers Across Chemical Sciences
10:50 am - 11:00 am	General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm	Poster Session Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm	Novel Materials and Applications Discussion Leader:
1:30 pm - 1:40 pm	"Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting with WO₃ Thin Film on Nano/Micro Three-Dimensional Structures"
1:40 pm - 1:45 pm	Discussion
1:45 pm - 1:55 pm	"Bioinspired Surface Coatings for Solar Fuels Production"
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm	Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:10 pm	"Closing the Photosynthetic Cycle on the Nanoscale Under Membrane Separation"
2:10 pm - 2:15 pm	Discussion
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm	Closing Remarks
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Evaluation Period Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm	Seminar Concludes

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