This symposium invites contributions on the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, focusing on different aspects of technology development. This includes electrolyzer- and electrolysis system design and construction, the use of gas diffusion electrodes, optimizing operation conditions and performing long-term experiments. Contributions on the latest scientific findings (e.g., novel catalysts, membranes, etc., allowing operation at elevated current densities) are also welcome, but we do require the presenters to highlight the real practical applicability of these concepts/materials. In this symposium, we would like to spark a lively and open discussion which could facilitate the development of this field
- Scale-up of electrodes and electrolysis systems
- Membranes for CO2 electrolyzers
- Alternative anode catalysts
- Multi-step electrochemical CO2 valorization (e.g., CO reduction)
- Electrolysis of realistic CO2 streams (e.g., containing contaminants)
- Alternative anode processes coupled with CO2 electrolysis
- Process modelling of CO2 electrolysis
- Set-up development for stable operation at different scales
Luca BohnLuca BohnDr. Deepak Pant is a Senior Scientist at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Belgium. His research focuses on bioenergy, specifically, the design and optimization of bio-electrochemical systems for energy recovery from wastewater and microbial electrosynthesis for production of value-added chemicals through electrochemically driven bio-processes. He has 3 books (on Springer, Elsevier and CRC Press), 4 Patents, 125 peer-reviewed publications with >9300 citations (h-index 55) and 28 book chapters to his credit. He is a member of scientific communities like ISMET, ISE, BES, BRSI, IFIBiop and AMI. He is an Editorial board member for ‘Bioresource Technology’, ‘Electronic Journal of Biotechnology’, ‘Biofuel Research Journal’, ‘Heliyon’ and ‘Frontiers in Environmental Science’ and Editor for the new Elsevier Journal “Bioresource Technology Reports”.
Peter Strasser is the chaired professor of �Electrochemistry for energy conversion and storage� at the Chemical Engineering Division of the Department of Chemistry at the Technical University of Berlin. Prior to his appointment, he was Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Houston. Before moving to Houston, Prof. Strasser served as Senior Member of staff at Symyx Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, USA. In 1999, Prof. Strasser earned his doctoral degree in Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry from the �Fritz-Haber-Institute� of the Max-Planck-Society, Berlin, Germany, under the direction of the 2007 Chemistry Nobel Laureate, Professor Gerhard Ertl. In the same year, he was awarded the �Otto-Hahn Research Medal� by the Max-Planck Society. In 1996, Dr. Strasser was visiting scientist with Sony Central Research, Yokohama, Japan. He studied chemistry at Stanford University, the University of Tuebingen, and the University of Pisa, Italy. Professor Strasser is interested in the fundamental Materials Science and Catalysis of electrified liquid solid interfaces, in particular for renewable energy conversion, energy storage, production of fuels and chemicals.