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Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Catalytic Transformations for Sustainable Chemicals

May 7 - 8, 2022

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Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco

Via Giovanni Pascoli

Lucca (Barga), Lucca, Italy

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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The 2022 GRS on Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels in Lucca (Barga), Italy, 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 of this meeting will discuss the variety of challenges in renewable energy production and storage. This meeting will focus on the renewably-powered conversion of CO2, H2O, and N2 into fuels and commodity chemicals. Research that broadly fall under the following topics are encouraged to apply:

Heterogeneous catalysis (electro/photo)
Molecular catalysis
Computational chemistry
Artificial photosynthesis

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
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm	Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm	Keynote Session: Clean Energy Materials Discussion Leader:
3:15 pm - 3:20 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:20 pm - 3:50 pm	"Ada: A Self-Driving Laboratory for Clean Energy Materials"
3:50 pm - 4:00 pm	Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Insights from Molecular Catalysts to Materials Discussion Leader:
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
5:40 pm - 5:50 pm	"Tracking Heterogeneous Structural Motifs and the Redox Behaviour of Copper-Zinc Nanocatalysts for the Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction Using Operando Time Resolved Spectroscopy and Machine Learning"
5:50 pm - 5:55 pm	Discussion
5:55 pm - 6:05 pm	"Self-Assembled Liposomes Enhance Electron Transfer for Efficient Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction"
6:05 pm - 6:10 pm	Discussion
6:10 pm - 6:20 pm	"In situ X-ray Absorption Spectroelectrochemistry Study of CO₂ Reduction by Iron Porphyrins"
6:20 pm - 6:25 pm	Discussion
6:25 pm - 6:35 pm	"Metal-Organic Frameworks Hosting Molecular Photosystems for Solar Fuel Production"
6:35 pm - 6:40 pm	Discussion
6:40 pm - 6:50 pm	"Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂ to Light Hydrocarbons Using Iron Phthalocyanine Catalyst in a Flowing System"
6:50 pm - 6:55 pm	Discussion
6:55 pm - 7:05 pm	"Pulsed Electrochemical CO Reduction on Mass-Selected Cu Nanoparticles"
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm	Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:30 pm	General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am	Approaches to Light-Driven Fuel Formation / Mentorship Component: Panel Discussion - Applying Solar Fuels Research Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:05 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:15 am	"Polymer Dots as Photoactive Membrane Vesicles for [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Self-Assembly and Solar-Driven Hydrogen Evolution"
9:15 am - 9:20 am	Discussion
9:20 am - 9:30 am	"Unifying the Principles of Electro- and Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction with Formate Dehydrogenase Interfaced with Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Dots"
9:30 am - 9:35 am	Discussion
9:35 am - 9:45 am	"BODIPY Anchoring for Water Splitting Applications"
9:45 am - 9:50 am	Discussion
9:50 am - 11:00 am	Panel Discussion Applying Solar Fuels Research
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	Scaling up CO₂ Reduction Discussion Leader:
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:35 pm - 1:45 pm	"Molecular Inhibition for Selective CO₂ Conversion"
1:45 pm - 1:50 pm	Discussion
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm	"Non-Covalent Immobilization of a Nickel Cyclam Catalyst on Carbon Electrodes for CO₂ Reduction Using Aqueous Electrolyte"
2:00 pm - 2:05 pm	Discussion
2:05 pm - 2:15 pm	"Electrochemical Conversion of Reactive Carbon Capture Solution"
2:15 pm - 2:20 pm	Discussion
2:20 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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