The recent years witnessed the surge of waterborne organic semiconductors for energy conversion and storage The extreme tunability and unique properties of organic semiconductors have stimulated intense research efforts, spanning from photocatalytic applications to water-processed (photo)electrode materials.. This symposium aims to highlight the most recent breakthroughs in the field of organic photocatalysis, organic photoelectrochemical cells and waterborne organic materials.
We invite contributions on a wide array of topics, including the development of novel organic semiconductors in aqueous media, tailor-made photocatalysts (i.e. for hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, CO2 reduction, N2 fixation, H2O2 production, pollutant degradation), photophysics, nanoengineering, interfacial engineering, surface chemistry, and mechanistic exploration of photocatalytic reactions. Furthermore, photoelectrocatalysis, organic photoelectrochemical cells, or water-processed organic semiconductors for energy conversion and storage will be considered.
Through this symposium, we aim to bring together expertise spanning from organic synthesis, nanoengineering, photocatalytic processes, photophysics, organic photoelectrochemistry, and water-processed organic semiconductors. To this end, leading researchers in the related topics will present their most exciting work. We actively seek for the participation of early-career and young researchers through oral and poster contributions, promoting interactions, exchanges and the development of the next generation of leading researchers.
- Organic photo(electro)catalysts
- Conjugated polymer nanoparticles
- Conjugated porous polymers (CPP)
- Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs)
- Conjugated polyelectrolytes
- Organic photocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
- Organic photocatalysts for CO2 reduction
- Water splitting systems
- Organic materials for electrode materials
- Organic photoelectrochemical cells
Dr. Alexandre Holmes has been a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Ergang Wang’s group at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) since December 2023. His research focuses on developing photocatalysts and aqueous dispersions for hydrogen generation and water remediation. He received his PhD in 2023 from the Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour (France), where he developed aqueous inks for organic photovoltaics under the supervision of Dr. Christine Lartigau-Dagron and Dr. Antoine Bousquet. He has co-authored 14 peer-reviewed articles, 8 of them as first author, in the fields of organic electronics and photocatalysis.
Marta Liras is Senior Researcher in the IMDEA Energy Institute in the Photoactivated Processes Unit.. She got her PhD in 2003 at UCM by her works is solid state laser dyes based on BODIPY developed at IQOG-CSIC and ICTP-CSIC. During 2004 she enjoyed a postdoctoral fellowship, funded by Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid (CM) at IQFR-CSIC. Next, she was awarded with a postdoctoral grant into the Juan de la Cierva Programme (2005-2007) at Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche. She was postdoctoral fellow at the University of Ottawa (Canada) under the supervision of J. C. (Tito) Scaiano (2008-2009). She come back to ICTP-CSIC with a JAE-Doc award (2009-2012) and she continues her research within both ICTP-CSIC (2012-2013) and IQOG-CSIC (2013-2015). At the end of 2015 she enjoys IMDEA energy Institute to work in the Photoactive Processes Unit. The same year she was awarded with a Ramon y Cajal Grant (2015 call) being promoted to Senior Assistant Researcher. Since 2022 she is Senior Researcher at IMDEA Energy Institute. She leads the Specialized Photochemistry Group of Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry GRUFO-RSEQ. Nowadays, she is using her expertise, in special in the polymer science, to develop new technologies in the energy field such as the design of multifunctional hybrid photo(electro)catalyst as well as the design of energy storage systems. She is co-author of more than 85 peer review journals. Attending to Google Scholar she holds h-index of 32 and i10 of 63. She has participated in a large number of Project at regional, national and European level (ERC-CoG, ERC -PoC (2), FET-Proactive, CSA-flagship, supervisor of Marie Curie grand). Currently, she is PI of two national project. During her career she has supervised more than 8 post-doctoral researchers and co-directed 4 PhD Thesis (3 of them on going). Also, during last five year she has supervised 8 master thesis works as well as 11 FP students
James Durrant is Professor of Photochemistry and Sustainable Energy in the Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, following his previous professorial appointments at Imperial College London and the University of Swansea. His research focuses on the use of transient optical spectroscopies to investigate the function of new materials for sustainable energy conversion, including materials for artificial photosynthesis, photocatalysis, solar cells and electrolysis. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2017 and appointed a CBE for services to photochemistry and solar energy research in 2022.
Martin HeeneyDr. Christine Lartigau-Dagron is Associate Professor at Universite de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour (UPPA, France). She obtained her doctorate on Physical Chemistry of Polymers in 1996 at UPPA, on thermoset polymers before moving to conjugated polymers for light-emitting diodes, during her postdoc under the supervision of Prof. WJ Feast, at the University of Durham (UK). Since 1998, recruited at UPPA, she has been working on the elaboration of conjugated polymers for organic electronics, in particular photovoltaics. In 2010, she defended the ‘Habilitation à diriger les recherches’ at IPREM (Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physico-chemistry for Environment and Materials), for which she is currently Deputy Director. From 2008 to 2014, she was the leader of the french network (CNRS) NANORGASOL on organic and hybrid photovoltaics and served on committees in the same field (GDR Electronique Organique, COST Action MP1307). Since 2005, she is a regular expert and committee member in the field of photovoltaics, nanoelectronics and polymers. She (co)supervised 20 PhDs, coordinated or was workpackage leader for 34 projects, and co-authored 69 papers, 2 patents and a book chapter, on the topic of organic materials for electronic devices. In recent years, she has been working on the development of friendly processes to prepare semi-conducting water-based inks for photocatalysis and performing organic photovoltaic devices.
Iain McCulloch holds positions as Professor of Chemical Science within the Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering of KAUST, and a Chair in Polymer Materials within the Chemistry Department at Imperial College. He is also a co-founder and director of Flexink Limited. He is co-inventor on over 60 patents and co-author on over 300 papers with a current h-index of 68. His papers have been cited over 19000 times, including two papers with over 1000 citations. He was cited in Thompson Reuters “Global Top 100 Materials Scientists, 2000-10, Ranked by Citation Impact” at number 35 globally and number 2 in the UK, and was listed on ISI Highly Cited Researchers List 2014, based on ESI Highly Cited Papers 2002-2012. He was awarded the 2009 Royal Society of Chemistry, Creativity in Industry Prize, the 2014 Royal Society of Chemistry Tilden Prize for Advances in Chemistry and a 2014 Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award.
Kevin Sivula obtained a PhD in chemical engineering from UC Berkeley in 2007. In 2011, after leading a research group in the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces at EPFL, he was appointed tenure track assistant professor. He now heads the Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Optoelectronic Nanomaterials (http://limno.epfl.ch) at EPFL.
Seb obtained his PhD from The University of Manchester developing catalytic systems and their application in the synthesis of organic field-effect transistors in particular polytrarylamines. He moved to the University of Liverpool to pursue postdoctoral work in the area of conjugated microporous polymers initially working on solution processible materials. He then focused on using the extended conjugation of these materials by studying their ability to act as photocatalysts for water splitting. He was promoted to a Research Lead position within the same group leading a team that worked on solar water splitting using a range of organic photocatalysts. He joined the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde in June 2020 as an independent researcher with the goal of developing scalable systems for environmental applications initially particularly focusing on solar fuels generation and pathogen inactivation.
Haining TianDr. Ergang Wang is a full professor at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology. He was promoted to full professor in 2023, after having been a professor since 2019. His academic path at Chalmers includes previous roles as an Associate Professor (2016-2019) and Assistant Professor (2012-2016), as well as a postdoctoral fellowship in the same department from 2008 to 2011. He holds a PhD in Materials Science, awarded in 2008, and completed his Docentship in 2015. Professor Wang has been recognized with a Wallenberg Academy Fellowship in 2017, which was prolongated in 2022. His academic journey has also included enriching experiences as a visiting researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara (2016-2017), and MIT (2024).
His primary research interests focus on the development of innovative conjugated polymers, 2D materials, and graphene-like materials, with applications spanning organic solar cells, photodetectors, light-emitting electrochemical cells, electrochromic devices, photocatalytic hydrogen production, supercapacitors, and thermal management. His work is characterized by a strong emphasis on green energy and sustainable development.
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