Symposium FD
Fuel Cells, Water Electrolysis and Photo/Electro Catalytic Materials for a Low-Carbon and Resilient Transition
Conveners:
Antonino ARICO’, ITAE-CNR, Italy
Marta BOARO, Università di Udine, Italy
Gabriele CENTI, University of Messina, Italy
Siglinda PERATHONER, University of Messina, Italy
Members:
Scott A. BARNETT, Northwestern University, USA
Zhong CHEN, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Juergen FLEIG, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Teruhisa HORITA, AIST, Japan
Frederic JAOUEN, Institut Charles Gerhardt, France
Cheng-Xin LI, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Manfred MARTIN, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Norbert MENZLER, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
Leonardo PALMISANO, University of Palermo, Italy
Hyunwoong PARK, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
Subhash C. SINGHAL, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
Stephen SKINNER, Imperial College London, UK
Ifan STEPHENS, Imperial College London, UK
Jennifer STRUNK, Technical University Munich, Germany
Albert TARANCON, ICREA, Spain
Andre WEBER, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Jinlong YANG, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Peidong YANG, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Antonino ARICO’, ITAE-CNR, Italy
Marta BOARO, Università di Udine, Italy
Gabriele CENTI, University of Messina, Italy
Siglinda PERATHONER, University of Messina, Italy
Members:
Scott A. BARNETT, Northwestern University, USA
Zhong CHEN, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Juergen FLEIG, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Teruhisa HORITA, AIST, Japan
Frederic JAOUEN, Institut Charles Gerhardt, France
Cheng-Xin LI, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Manfred MARTIN, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Norbert MENZLER, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
Leonardo PALMISANO, University of Palermo, Italy
Hyunwoong PARK, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
Subhash C. SINGHAL, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
Stephen SKINNER, Imperial College London, UK
Ifan STEPHENS, Imperial College London, UK
Jennifer STRUNK, Technical University Munich, Germany
Albert TARANCON, ICREA, Spain
Andre WEBER, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Jinlong YANG, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Peidong YANG, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Farid AKHTAR, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden
Federico BAIUTTI, IREC, Barcelona, Spain
Federico BELLA, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Edith BUCHER, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria
Serhiy CHEREVKO, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany
Giovanni DI LIBERTO, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Flurin EISNER, Queen Mary University, UK
Roberto FIORENZA, University of Catania, Italy
Angela GONDOLINI, CNR-ISSMC, Italy
Alessandro GOTTUSO, University of Trento, Italy
Yu KATAYAMA, Osaka University, Japan
Soonhyun KIM, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), South Korea
Ruud KORTLEVER, TU Delft, Netherlands
Markus KUBICEK, TU Wien, Austria
Miguel LAGUNA-BERCERO, INMA-CSIC, Spain
Christian LENSER, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
Cheng-Xin LI, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Wenlu LI, Hubei University, China
Zhenyu LI, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Xingbo LIU, West Virginia University, USA
Anna MECHLER, Helmholtz Institute Erlangen Nurnberg, Germany
Bastian MEI, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Hyunwoong PARK, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
Aimaro SANNA, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Massimo SANTARELLI, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Carlo SANTORO / Mohsin MUHYUDDIN, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Daria VLADIKOVA, IEES - BAS, Bulgaria
Eric WACHSMAN, University of Maryland, USA
Mengnan WANG, Swansea University, UK
Xiaojun WU, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Shan-Lin ZHANG, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Jin ZHAO, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Federico BAIUTTI, IREC, Barcelona, Spain
Federico BELLA, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Edith BUCHER, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria
Serhiy CHEREVKO, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany
Giovanni DI LIBERTO, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Flurin EISNER, Queen Mary University, UK
Roberto FIORENZA, University of Catania, Italy
Angela GONDOLINI, CNR-ISSMC, Italy
Alessandro GOTTUSO, University of Trento, Italy
Yu KATAYAMA, Osaka University, Japan
Soonhyun KIM, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), South Korea
Ruud KORTLEVER, TU Delft, Netherlands
Markus KUBICEK, TU Wien, Austria
Miguel LAGUNA-BERCERO, INMA-CSIC, Spain
Christian LENSER, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
Cheng-Xin LI, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Wenlu LI, Hubei University, China
Zhenyu LI, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Xingbo LIU, West Virginia University, USA
Anna MECHLER, Helmholtz Institute Erlangen Nurnberg, Germany
Bastian MEI, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Hyunwoong PARK, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
Aimaro SANNA, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Massimo SANTARELLI, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Carlo SANTORO / Mohsin MUHYUDDIN, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Daria VLADIKOVA, IEES - BAS, Bulgaria
Eric WACHSMAN, University of Maryland, USA
Mengnan WANG, Swansea University, UK
Xiaojun WU, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Shan-Lin ZHANG, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Jin ZHAO, University of Science and Technology of China, China
The use of renewable energy to drive the chemical and energy processes and the chemical storage of renewable energy is a crucial element of moving to a low-carbon and resilient economy, developing a sustainable society and fostering the transition in energy and chemistry. There is a fast-growing scientific interest in this subject, with emerging new directions and applications also at the industrial level.
Clean hydrogen is widely considered as an appropriate energy vector for sustainable development and, especially, it can allow for a deep decarbonisation of transport, buildings, and industry.
Accordingly, a wide use of clean hydrogen mediating between renewable energy sources and final uses constitutes a crucial step towards enabling the decarbonisation of the energy system and encouraging the pursuit of climate neutrality. The technological areas relating to the clean hydrogen are numerous and support homogeneous and widespread penetration. Electrolysis and fuel cells operating at high, intermediate and low temperature can provide solutions to address the different challenges for clean hydrogen production and utilisation.
Of particular interest for the symposium are recent developments of advanced materials, novel processes, novel stack designs, emerging electrochemical cell technologies including co-electrolysis of CO2 and water, fuel cells for automotive, portable, and CHP applications, optimization and breakthroughs in performance and durability, protocols for testing these electrochemical systems and field-testing activities for technology validation at different TRLs.
Advanced photo/electrocatalytic materials, and in general, materials able to use renewable energy sources to drive the conversion of small molecules such as CO2, N2, H2O and CH4 to produce fuels and chemicals (e-refinery and e-chemistry) is a key topic of fast-growing interest.
The multi-functional properties of these materials are also widely utilized in various areas, from photocatalytic environmental remediation, water splitting for hydrogen fuel, CO2 reduction, self-cleaning coatings, electrochromic devices and sensors, and low-cost solar cells. The nano-architecture design of these materials is of crucial relevance to achieve these different functional characteristics and realize an efficient energy conversion.
Among the recent developments that will be highlighted in the symposium are advances in the synthesis of novel materials with tailored nano-architecture, the preparation of thin films and nanostructures, the advanced characterization by experimental and theoretical methods of these materials and of their structure-performance relationships, and design approaches for advanced applications.
Clean hydrogen is widely considered as an appropriate energy vector for sustainable development and, especially, it can allow for a deep decarbonisation of transport, buildings, and industry.
Accordingly, a wide use of clean hydrogen mediating between renewable energy sources and final uses constitutes a crucial step towards enabling the decarbonisation of the energy system and encouraging the pursuit of climate neutrality. The technological areas relating to the clean hydrogen are numerous and support homogeneous and widespread penetration. Electrolysis and fuel cells operating at high, intermediate and low temperature can provide solutions to address the different challenges for clean hydrogen production and utilisation.
Of particular interest for the symposium are recent developments of advanced materials, novel processes, novel stack designs, emerging electrochemical cell technologies including co-electrolysis of CO2 and water, fuel cells for automotive, portable, and CHP applications, optimization and breakthroughs in performance and durability, protocols for testing these electrochemical systems and field-testing activities for technology validation at different TRLs.
Advanced photo/electrocatalytic materials, and in general, materials able to use renewable energy sources to drive the conversion of small molecules such as CO2, N2, H2O and CH4 to produce fuels and chemicals (e-refinery and e-chemistry) is a key topic of fast-growing interest.
The multi-functional properties of these materials are also widely utilized in various areas, from photocatalytic environmental remediation, water splitting for hydrogen fuel, CO2 reduction, self-cleaning coatings, electrochromic devices and sensors, and low-cost solar cells. The nano-architecture design of these materials is of crucial relevance to achieve these different functional characteristics and realize an efficient energy conversion.
Among the recent developments that will be highlighted in the symposium are advances in the synthesis of novel materials with tailored nano-architecture, the preparation of thin films and nanostructures, the advanced characterization by experimental and theoretical methods of these materials and of their structure-performance relationships, and design approaches for advanced applications.
Session Topics
FD-1 SOFCs, PEMFCs and Electrolysers (SOECs, PEMWEs)
- High and intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells
- High and intermediate temperature solid oxide electrolysers
- Reversible solid-oxide fuel cells
- Materials issues in solid oxide fuel cells and electrolysers
- Oxygen ion, proton and mixed conductors: conduction mechanisms
- Ceramic and metallic interconnects; sealing materials
- Mechanical and thermal properties; Surface and interface reactions
- New frontiers in solid oxide fuel cells
- Additive manufacturing, automated stack assembling, 3D printing t.
- SOFC & SOEC cell and stack design, electrochemical performance, reliability, degradability, fuel versatility
- Modelling of materials, devices and processes
- New and improved proton-conducting polymer membranes including fluorine-free membranes
- Hybrid organic-inorganic materials, polyaromatic polymers, nanocomposites….
- Electrode materials and electrocatalysts
- Electrode membrane assembly
- PEM FC stacks for automotive & stationary generation
- Modelling of materials, fuel cell and electrolysers performance & durability
- Advanced alkaline fuel cells and eletrolysers
- Novel and improved anion-conducting polymer membranes
- Electrode materials and electrocatalysts
- Electrode membrane assembly
- AFCs, AEMFCs, AELs, AEMWEs cells and stacks
- Modelling of materials, fuel cells and electrolysers performance & durability
FD-3 Direct Fuel Cells & e-Fuels production
- Electrocatalysts for alcohol oxidation
- Methanol/ethanol tolerant cathode electrocatalysts
- Non-noble metal catalysts
- Methanol/ethanol impermeable membranes
- Direct methanol and direct ethanol FCs for portable and assisted power unit (APU) applications
- High & low temperature CO2-water co-electrolysis and e-fuels production
- Direct oxidation of renewable organic fuels in high temperature fuel cells
- Direct ammonia fuel cells
FD-4 Advanced concepts for the design of photo/electro-functional materials
- Band-gap engineering of photocatalysts: optical, electronic, and catalytic modifications
- Multiphoton band-gap engineering, photonic materials, hot carriers
- Emerging photoelectronic materials such as nanoscale plasmonic metal particles, quantum dots, and 2D materials
- Hybrid photocatalytic nanomaterials, heterojunctions
- Nanostructured electrodes and electrocatalytic materials
- Structure-activity relations for an advanced design
- Single-atom electrodes
- Optimizing interfaces in multilayer systems
- Photocharges transport and semiconductor architecture
- New types of quantum dots and robust sensitizers, antenna effects
- 2D and 3D printing of electrodes and tailored surfaces
FD-5 Understanding fundaments of charge-induced processes and charge transport
- Charge transfer and recombination
- Charge-induced surface processes in photo- and electro-catalysis
- Charge confinement, stabilization, and electrical field-induced processes at the interface
- Role of charge transport in controlling performances and selectivity
- Charges transport and electric bias
- Theoretical and computational investigation
- Computational screening of new photo/electro materials
- Relation between nanostructure and functional behaviour, control of the selectivity
- Photoelectrochemical devices
- Use of AI in discovery and understanding photo/electro materials
- Multiscale modelling in Solar-to-X devices
- Modelling electrolyte and electrode-electrolyte interfaces
- Modelling nanostructures electrodes
FD-6 Design approaches for advanced applications
- Development of high surface area and porous photocatalytic materials and photoanodes
- Photoactive nanodevices, hierarchical photoactive materials
- Innovative materials for third-generation solar cells (dye sensitized solar cells, quantum dot cells, tandem/multi-junction cells, hot-carrier cells, etc.)
- Advanced devices for photo/electro catalytic solar fuel (H2, CO2 reduction, N2 fixation)
- Photo/electro catalytic activation of small molecules (O2, N2, H2O, CH4)
- Selective photo-oxidations for organic synthesis, tandem systems
- Tandem and paired photo/electro catalytic advanced applications
- Environmental applications: air / water treatment, anti-bacterial surfaces
- Photocatalytic fuel cells, artificial leaf and tree
- Designing elements to improve stability, scalability, and cost
- Metal-free photocatalysis
- Superhydrophilic, amphiphilic and antifogging surfaces
- Hybdrid photo/electro systems with micro-organisms