The Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS25) will take place from the 3rd to the 7th of March 2025, in Sevilla, Spain.
This multisymposium conference dives into the progress that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to satisfy their own demands. The drive for sustainability in materials science and technology encompasses alternative energy technologies to mitigate problems with fossil-fuel technologies, and to increase energy efficiency, as well as the mitigation of undesirable environmental impacts from technology and economic growth; the efficient use of materials, the formation of a healthy and safe environment, and many others. The Conference consists on a combination of symposia of basic and multidisciplinary science, and applied symposia focused on Sustainable Development areas.
Hernán Míguez
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), ES
Hernán Míguez
REBECA MARCILLA
Electrochemical Processes Unit Institute IMDEA Energy, Spain, ES
REBECA MARCILLA
Wolfgang Parak
Electrochemical Processes Unit Institute IMDEA Energy, Spain, ES
Wolfgang Parak
Andrea Aparicio
Conference Manager
Symposia
- Synthesis of chiral metal halide materials
- Photophysical studies (e.g., circular dichroism, photoluminescence, etc.)
- Computational modelling
- Device fabrication and characterization
- Optoelectronics applications
- Technological feasibility
- Materials processes and fabrication
- Beyond optoelectronics
- Perovskite materials fundamentals
- Frontier phenomena
- Synthesis of thin and nanocrystalline halide perovskites and perovskite-inspired materials
- Advanced spectroscopy studies, hot carriers, polarons, excitons
- Computational insights on emerging perovskite derivatives
- Defect chemistry of lead-free perovskite-inspired materials
- Solar cells
- Indoor photovoltaics
- Photocatalysis
- Sustainability potential of lead-free perovskites and derivatives
- Light-matter interactions in metal halide perovskites
- Perovskite defect chemistry and physics
- New modeling and theoretical approaches
- Chiroptical properties of perovskites
- Excitons and many-body photophysics of perovskites
- Photochemistry of metal halide Perovskites
- Emerging photonic applications of perovskites
- From low dimensional metal halides (0D to 1D, 2D) to 3D perovskite networks
- Synthesis, from colloidal nanocrystals and assemblies to bulk materials
- Static and dynamic structural properties, including ultrafast diffraction/ultrafast dynamics
- Photophysics: optical/NLO/pump-probe/ultrafast/terahertz spectroscopies
- Spin dynamics
- Control of light and matter via chirality and light polarization
- Coherent/Collective phenomena/correlated physics
- Many-body physics (Exciton, multi-excitons; fine structure, exciton-phonon; exciton-photon)
- Polaritonics and strong light-matter interaction
- Quantum-engineered devices, including quantum-light sources
- Synthesis and material development of emerging inorganic photoabsorbers
- Dry and wet thin-film processing techniques of emerging inorganic photoabsorbers
- Structural characterization and development of structure-properties relations
- Theoretical predictions of novel inorganic materials
- Charge-carrier dynamics and transport in novel inorganic materials
- Perovskite-based solar cells
- Stability
- Accelerated stress tests
- Field reliability
- Degradation pathways
- Circularity
- Life-cycle analysis
- Lead-free perovskites
- Low dimensional metal halide hybrids
- Stability
- Optical and electronic properties
- Morphology
- Photovoltaics
- LEDs
- Memristors
- Photodetectors and photonics
- 3D and low-dimensional metal halide perovskites with optical/optoelectronic properties for photonics & optoelectronics.
- Visible and infrared emitting LEDs for lighting and telecom.
- Photodetectors, phototransistors and image sensors: near-infrared, visible, UV and X-ray detection.
- Photonics: light waveguiding, metasurfaces, amplification and lasing, polaritonics, nonlinear optical properties and applications, and integrated photonics.
- Emerging PV: PSCs, OPV, DSSC CZTS, SbS, AgBiS, multijunction cells, concentrated solar cells
- Substrate choice: rigid, flexible or hybrid
- Encapsulation strategy
- Device stability and durability
- Unconventional application (BAPV, BIPV, Agrivoltaic, Floating PV, Indoor PV, Space)
- Sustainable materials (lead free perovskite, Indium free device, carbon based electrodes)
- Synthesis of lead-free perovskites (including Sn, Ge, Bi, Sb and Cu-based perovskites, double and vacancy-ordered double perovskites, chalcogenide and chalcohalide perovskites).
- Synthesis of Lead-free perovskite-inspired materials (0D, 1D, 2D, 3D).
- Fundamental understanding of lead-free perovskites and perovskite-inspired materials (using structural, optoelectronic, chemical and electrical characterization).
- Different deposition routes of thin films (solution and vapour-based).
- Solar cells and indoor PV.
- LEDs and lasing.
- Photo and X-ray detectors.
- Transistors and thermoelectrics.
- Water splitting and CO2 reduction.
- Discovery and understanding of novel materials using density functional theory (DFT) and machine learning.
- Photodetectors
- Optical and IR communications
- X- and Gamma ray detectors
- Particle detectors
- Dosimeters
- Scintillators
- Environmental impact and LCA of halide perovskite materials and devices
- On-device Pb sequestration
- Recycling and recovery of halide perovskite materials and devices
- Pb-free halide perovskites
- Green manufacture of halide perovskite devices
- Economic sustainability and supply criticalities
- Solar cells
- Photodetectors
- Thin film transistors
- Color-selective and infrared photodetection
- Image sensors with new generation semiconductors
- Thermodynamic limit of the sensitivity of next-generation photodetectors
- Photomultiplication and amplification
- New materials for photodetection
- Special applications: X-ray detection, biological applications and wearable sensors
- Large area manufacturing
- Novel Materials and Device Engineering for Memristors
- Device Reliability and Failure Accessment
- Device Modeling and Simulation
- Heterogeneous Integration with CMOS Device
- Conventional Memory and In-Memory Computing Technology
- Memristor for Hardware Security Devices
- Neuromorphic and Probabilistic Computing
- Logic and Steep-Slope Devices
- Sodium and potassium batteries
- Multivalent (including Mg-, Ca-, Zn- and Al-based) batteries
- Polymer/organic batteries
- Aqueous and metal-air batteries
- Electrolytes and interphases/interfaces for post-lithium energy storage
- Post Li-ion technologies batteries (e.g.: solid-state lithium metal, anode-less concepts, lithium–sulfur, lithium–air batteries)
- Operando characterisation techniques
- SEI understanding and engineering
- Manufacturing methods for high energy density electrodes
- Solid-state electrolytes
- Solid-solid and solid-liquid interfaces
- Redesign of sustainable binders, electrode and electrolytes
- Recycling energy storage materials
- Reuse of battery cathodes for electrocatalysis
- Sustainable materials & technologies
- Electrochemical energy storage
- Synchrotron X-ray radiation
- In situ-operando
- Processing and manufacturing techniques for sulfide, oxide, and polymer solid electrolyte materials and their compatibility with lithium metal architectures.
- Innovative methods for producing solid-state electrolytes and batteries, including thin-film fabrication, additive manufacturing, and wet-chemistry approaches.
- Techniques for processing and manufacturing lithium metal anodes.
- Advanced characterization techniques for studying the electrolyte/anode interface.
- In-situ and operando methodologies for investigating Li-metal all-solid-state batteries.
- Strategies for mitigating lithium dendrite formation.
- Performance evaluation of battery architectures utilizing lithium metal anodes.
- Application of high-throughput synthesis and characterization techniques, including machine learning, in solid-state battery research.
- Technical, economic, and ecological assessments of solid-state battery production.
- Heterogeneous photocatalytic dinitrogen conversion
- Heterogeneous electrocatalytic dinitrogen conversion
- Reactor concepts for heterogeneous dinitrogen reduction and oxidation
- Nitrate reduction
- Electrocatalytic CO2 conversion into sustainable fuels and chemicals
- Accelerated discoveries powered by open data science and machine learning
- Investigation of reaction pathways and electrode/electrolyte interactions
- Advanced in-situ/operando characterization techniques
- Technological implementations and scalability of electrocatalytic processes
- Life-cycle assessments and techno-economic analysis
- Advanced materials for electrochemical conversion and removal of pollutants in water/soil/air
- New systems for electrochemical water disinfection
- Development of electrocatalysts based on innovative materials and concepts
- Emerging active electrode materials for selective resource recovery/capture
- Organic membranes and electrodes for environmental applications
- Hybrid and multifunctional electrode materials and electrochemical reactors
- Photoelectrocatalysts and photoreactors
- Environmental applications based on carbon electrodes
- Electrochemical waste and biomass valorization
- Electrochemical membrane filtration technologies (e.g., electrodialysis)
- Modeling, simulation and scale-up (incl., material synthesis and reactors)
- Water-Energy Nexus
- MXene Synthesis Techniques
- Energy Storage and conversion Innovations
- Environmental Applications
- Biomedical Uses of MXenes
- Photocatalysis and Electrocatalysis Developments
- Nanocomposites and Hybrid Material Research based on MXenes
- Advances in Optoelectronics
- Photovoltaic (solar) cells, including organics, perovskites, dye-sensitized, etc.
- Light-emitting devices (OLED, PeLED, QLED)
- Numerical device modelling and simulation
- Software, methodologies, codes, etc.
- Machine learning methods
- Binary chalcogenides absorbers (PbCh, Cu2Ch, Ag2Ch, Bi2Ch3, Sb2Ch3…)
- Ternary chalcogenide absorbers (CuInCh2, AgBiCh2, Cu2SnCh3…)
- Quaternary chalcogenide absorbers (Cu2ZnSnCh4…)
- Chalcogenide perovskites (BaZrS3, LaYS3…)
- Mixed compositions such as chalcohalides (BiSI, BiOI…)
- Organic solar cells
- Non-fullerene acceptors
- Conjugated polymers
- Innovations in Synthesis Techniques for MOFs and COFs
- MOFs and COFs for Energy Storage and Conversion
- Catalysis Enabled by MOFs and COFs
- Biomedical Applications of MOFs and COFs
- Environmental Remediation with Microporous Materials
- Biomedical applications of nanomaterials; from sensing to drug delivery
- Electronic and Photonic Applications of MOFs and COFs
- Frontiers in MOFs and COFs: Emerging Concepts and Applications
- Synthetic strategies for novel morphologies
- Synthetic strategies for tailoring optical properties
- Alloyed and core/shell architectures
- Ensemble and single QD level optical spectroscopy
- Degradation, stability, toxicity
- Bio-imaging
- Optoelectronic applications: LEDs, photodetectors, scintillators, photovoltaics
- Photocatalysis
- Theoretical studies of band structure, luminescent excited states, electron-phonon coupling, exciton self-trapping
- Nanocrystals synthesis, characterization and manipulation: defects control, polymer embedding, morphology, doping.
- Nanocrystals fundamentals: photophysical mechanisms, plasmonics, theory and simulations.
- Nanocrystals applications: catalysis, photon management, scintillation, quantum emitters, lasing.
- Open source software
- Open source hardware
- Development and dissemination of new techniques
- Benchmarking and standardization
- Meta-analysis
- Databases
- III-V QDs
- Core-shell structures: III-V@III-V and III-V@II-VI
- Precursor Chemistry and Nucleation
- Theoretical characterization of surfaces/interfaces and optical properties
- Doping and alloying
The conference will be held in Sevilla (Spain) at the Meliá Sevilla.
Early registration deadline: 20th November 2024
Abstracts submission deadline (oral): 20th November 2024
Abstracts submission deadline (poster): 20th January 2025
Scientific program: 11th December 2024