You are invited to participate in the International Conference on Frontiers in Electrocatalytic Transformations (INTERECT22), which will take place in Valencia, Spain from 21st to 22nd of November 2022.
The International Conference on Frontiers in Electrocatalytic Transformations 2022 aims to bring together researchers developing new routes for driving sustainable synthesis of chemicals and fuels using renewable energy from electricity or sunlight. The focus is to highlight the latest advances in several subdisciplines (including electro- and photoelectrocatalytic conversion, in situ/operando studies, and theory/computation), and to trigger interaction between the disciplines in ways which may bring inspiration and trigger new collaborations.
(in situ) Electrodes, even if they present very well-defined model surfaces, may undergo structural and compositional changes when they are exposed to the electrolyte and electrochemical potentials. In this context, the next natural challenge of the surface science approach in the field of electrochemistry is to correlate the information obtained at the atomic scale to the real performance of the catalyst, revealing fundamental structure-activity relationships as key transfer-knowledge for catalyst design optimization. Current instrumental development to allow atomic scale access under operando conditions and novel in-situ approaches will be one of the key topics in this INTERECT conference.
(photo) Light-driven reactions hold promise for direct utilization of renewable sunlight for driving chemical reactions (artificial photosynthesis). Interestingly, photo(electro)catalysis reactions at molecular or semiconducting interfaces often exhibit distinctly different behaviors than (dark) electrocatalysts. For instance, differences in interfacial electronic structure, thermal management, and plasmonic effects can uniquely affect selectivity and efficiency in light-driven systems. We aim to highlight new developments in understanding and exploiting these types of phenomena.
(theory) Machine learning (ML) has emerged as a powerful tool for accelerating the characterization and discovery of catalysts. In particular, ML models have been trained to bypass time-consuming first principles calculations (e.g., density functional theory), identify descriptors of catalytic performance, and aid with the interpretation of measurements, for example, from spectroscopy. A goal of this INTERECT conference is to introduce the wider electrocatalysis community to related state-of-the-art ML research and to stimulate a discourse between experiment and theory.
(industry/startups) As our energy and resource crises intensify, it becomes continually more important that breakthrough concepts and technologies are matured from the research lab into real-world implementations. We wish to feature examples of academic scientists who transitioned to industry, especially those who founded start-ups derived from their research, in order to hear their stories and to explore how academia and industry can better work together to meet the needs of society.
Livia Giordano- In situ methods for investigation of interfacial processes
- Novel processes in electrosynthesis of chemicals
- Emergent phenomena in photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical synthesis of chemicals and fuels
- Theory-driven approaches to understanding, predicting, and optimizing interfacial processes, including advanced machine learning tools
nanoGe aims to give equal opportunities to participants who work for an institution whose country is listed as "Developing country" (see here) by offering reduced fee tickets.
Get in touch with us before register at the conference and before the deadline, November 3rd 2022*.
For any further information we are happy to support at interect22@nanoge.org
* Applications will only be accepted for participants who use the official email of their institution.
nanoGe offers group discounts. To register a group, contact us at interect22@nanoge.org
In-person tickets:
- This ticket allows you to attend the conference in person. You can also apply to give a talk or present a poster.
- It also allows you the viewing of the broadcast sessions via website.
Online tickets:
- This ticket only allows you the viewing of the broadcast sessions via website.
* Only from September 26th to October 2nd on the occasion of the International Day of Scientific Culture.
The conference will be held in Valencia, Spain, at the Sercotel Sorolla Palace Hotel.
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