Christine Courillon

METHASOL is a research and innovation project funded by the European union under the Horizon 2020 programme. It aims to produce methanol through a sustainable and cost-effective CO2 conversion using nothing more than light. If you have a visionary idea, we will give you some tips to design an individual proposal allowing you to build a team aiming at developing and implementing this idea. At this session, the main features of ERC individual and synergy grants will be presented, as well as testimonials from an ERC grantee in the field of Material Sciences. Young investigators as well as advanced researchers who work at the forefront of their field of expertise are encouraged to attend.

ECO2Fuel means "Large-scale low-temperature electrochemical CO2 conversion to sustainable liquid fuels" and is a EU project under Horizon2020 (Green Deal). It aims to design, manufacture, operate, and validate the worldwide first low-temperature 1MW direct, electrochemical CO2 conversion system to produce economic and sustainable liquid e-fuels. The projects goal is to build a low-carbon, climate resilient future.

FlowPhotoChem aims to develop and model an integrated modular system based on continuous-flow heterogeneous photo(electro)catalytic reactors to produce relevant chemicals, such as ethylene, among many other high-value chemicals, using abundant resources such as water, carbon dioxide and light. Project funded by the European union under the Horizon 2020 programme.

Artificial photosynthesis mimics the natural process of converting sunlight to energy stored in chemical bonds. In LICROX we will fabricate and test a photoelectrochemical cell (PEC), an artificial photosynthesis device for converting sunlight, water and carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon-based molecules containing 1 carbon (C1) or 2 carbons (C2), capable of storing chemical energy. Project funded by the European union under the Horizon 2020 programme.

Soap Film based Artificial Photosynthesis – SoFiA Develop a radically new technology to overcome the scientific and engineering roadblocks towards commercialization of Artificial Photosynthesis.
The EU-funded SoFiA project is developing soap films as photocatalytic membranes, integrated as building blocks in a scalable architecture, using stream of regenerative soap bubbles, continuously flowing through a conduit exposed to light. The concept uses molecular catalysts and photosensitizers to form self-assembled catalytic surfaces at the junction between soap bubble pairs. It proposes a technology paradigm shift through this responsible research & innovation project, aimed at developing renewable solar fuel production, exploiting the unique self-assembling property of surfactants, and proton transport properties in soap films. The project has designed the concept of an economic artificial photosynthetic membrane in form of stable soap film with engineered photocatalytic surfaces. The presentation will begiven by Dr. Indraneel Sen who is the project manager working with Coordinator Prof. Leif Hammarström from Uppsala University Sweden. The talk will introduce the foundational concepts and the premises under which they were developed. The workplan, the current status of the project tasks, and future plans will be shared.