The replacement of fossil fuels by a clean and renewable energy source is one of the most urgent and challenging issues our society is facing today, which is why intense research is devoted to this topic recently. Nature has been using sunlight as the primary energy input to oxidize water and generate carbohydrates (a solar fuel) for over a billion years. Inspired, but not constrained, by nature, artificial systems can be designed to capture light and oxidize water and reduce protons or other organic compounds to generate useful chemical fuels. Significant progress has been made recently in artificial photosynthesis based on molecular chemistry and material science. However, developments in these two areas have occurred more independently than what is perhaps desired. In the present meeting, we will bring together researchers in these two scientific communities to explore possible synergistic effects of “fusion” between molecular and materials systems.
Key Sessions
fundamentals of light capturing and conversion
water oxidation catalysis
proton and CO2 reduction catalysis
interfacing molecules and materials for photosynthesis
complete cells for the generation of solar fuels
Target Audience
This conference will appeal to researchers from both molecular and materials communities interested in the latest findings for artificial photosynthesis. We expect to see attandance from Professors, Postdocs and Graduate Students from across these disciplines.
Learning Objectives
To exchange ideas and get updated on the state-of-the art of the field of artificial photosynthesis based on molecular and bulk as well as nanostructured materials.
Student Bursaries Available!
We have $800 student awards available. Please submit an abstract via email (admin@fusion-conferences.com), for short-talk or poster consideration, before November 30th. The chairs will select the successful students shortly after this date.
2018 MMAP Poster & Oral Presentation Prizes
The conference chairs will be awarding 3 poster cash prizes and 3 oral presentation cash prizes at the meeting. To be in with a chance of winning, please submit your abstract before the appliciable deadlines.
Student Offer
Take advantage of this fantastic opportunity for students! Register an academic at the standard rate of $1,798 and bring a student for only $745. Unfortunately, Postdocs are not eligible. Both registration packages include; accommodation for the 02, 03, 04 March 2018 (on a shared basis for students, note guest rooms are open plan) and a 24hour all-inclusive food and beverage package for the conference period. Once registered, please contact Jack Peters (jack@fusion-conferences.com) to obtain a special registration link for your student.
Confirmed Plenary Speakers
Heinz Frei (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
HIERARCHICAL NANOSCALE ASSEMBLIES FOR THE PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION OF CO2 BY H2O
Dirk Guldi (Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg)
MOLECULAR SINGLET FISSION IN PENTACENE MATERIALS
Osamu Ishitani (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
PHOTOCATALYTIC CO2 REDUCTION
Can Li (DICP, China)
Ron Naaman (Weizmann Institute of Science)
THE ROLE OF THE ELECTRON SPIN POLARIZATION IN WATER SPLITTING
Kirk Schanze (University of Texas at San Antonio)
CHROMOPHORE-CATALYST ASSEMBLIES FOR SOLAR FUELS
Confirmed Invited Speakers
Victor Batista (Yale University)
Gary Brudvig (Yale University)
MOLECULAR CATALYSTS FOR WATER OXIDATION
Neelu Chouhan (University of Kota)
Jason Cooper (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTRUM OF MATERIALS
Tanja Cuk (UC Berkeley)
OBSERVING THE MOLECULAR AND DYNAMIC PATHWAY OF WATER OXIDATION AT SURFACES
Filippo De Angelis (CNR-ISTM)
ORIGIN OF HIGH OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE IN METAL-HALIDE PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS EMPLOYED IN PV-DRIVEN WATER SPLITTING
Victor de la Pena (IMDEA)
NEW ADVANCES IN CO2 PHOTOREDUCTION VI ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Fabio Di Fonzo (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)
Dennis Friedrich (Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin)
CHARGE CARRIER DYNAMICS IN METAL OXIDES ABSORBERS FOR SOLAR FUEL PRODUCTION
Etsuko Fujita (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND STORAGE
Qingfeng Ge (Southern Illinois University)
TURNING THE OXYGEN AFFINITY FOR SELECTIVE ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CO2
Sayantani Ghosh (UC Merced)
PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER-SPLITTING DRIVEN BY PLASMONIC INTERACTIONS IN N-TYPE LOW DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTORS INTERFACED WITH METALLIC NANOPARTICLES
Craig Hill (Emory University)
Idan Hod (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Yung-Jung Hsu (National Chiao Tung University)
SEMICONDUCTOR NANOHETEROSTRUCTURES FOR PHOTOCONVERSION APPLICATIONS
Takahiko Kojima (The University of Tsukuba, Japan)
PHOTOCATALYTIC CO2 REDUCTION AND H2 EVOLUTION USING Ni(II) COMPLEXES AS CATALYSTS
Coleman Kronawitter (University of California, Davis)
Connie Lu (University of Minnesota)
INNOVATING BIMETALLIC ACTIVE SITES FOR SMALL-MOLECULE CATALYSIS
Tong-Bu Lu (Sun Yat-Sen University)
SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND WATER SPLITTING PROPERTIES BASED ON GRAPHDIYNE MATERIAL
Xiaojun Lv (Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry)
ENHANCED WATER SPLITTING ACTIVITY USING THE NOBLE METAL FREE CATALYSTS
Dongling Ma (Institut national de la recherche scientifique)
Gary Moore (Arizona State University)
MOLECULAR SURFACE COATINGS FOR APPLICATIONS IN ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS
James Muckerman (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
DEVELOPMENT OF A DFT MODEL OF THE MECHANISM OF SYNGAS PRODUCTION BY [Ru(tpy)(Mebim-py)(OH2)]2+ (tpy = 2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine; Mebim-py = 3-methyl-1-pyridyl-benzimidazol-2-ylidene) IN WATER
Karen Mulfort (Argonne National Laboratory)
MECHANISTIC INSIGHT INTO H2 PHOTOCATALYSIS BY A MOLECULAR COBALT MACROCYCLE
Elizabeth Papish (The University of Alabama)
CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION USING EARTH ABUNDANT METALS AND PROTON RESPONSIVE PYRIDINOL BASED PINCER LIGANDS
Mariachiara Pastore (Université de Lorraine & CNRS)
FIRST PRINCIPLE MODELING OF MATERIALS AND INTERFACES FOR SOLAR WATER SPLITTING
Greta Ricarda Patzke (University of Zurich)
COBALT-BASED CUBANE WATER OXIDATION CATALYSTS WITH EDGE-SITE MOTIFS: BRINDGING THE GAP BETWEEN MOLECULAR AND HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS)
Yuan Ping (UC Santa Cruz)
LIGHT ABSORBERS, INTERFACES AND CATALYSTS FOR SOLAR-TO-FUEL CONVERSION: FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS
Albert Poater (Universitat de Girona)
HOW THE O-O BOND FORMATION TAKES PLACES IN HOMOGENEOUS WOC
Jungki Ryu (UNIST)
MODULAR PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES FOR SOLAR-TO-CHEMICAL CONVERSION
Philippe Schild (European Commission)
Sven Schneider (University of Göttingen)
CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF N2
Menny Shalom (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDE LAYERS AS LIGHT-HARVESTING SEMICONDUCTORS FOR PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
Daniel Strongin (Temple University)
THEORY AND COMPUTATION WORKING WITH EXPERIMENT TO UNDERSTAND AND IMPROVE WATER SPLITTING CATALYSIS
Kazuhiro Takanabe (KAUST)
Lionel Vayssieres (Xi’an Jiaotong University, China)
ON THE STABILITY & PERFORMANCE OF LOW-COST DEVICES FOR SOLAR HYDROGEN GENERATION
Lichang Wang (Southern Illinois University)
UNDERSTANDING AND DESIGNING WANNIER EXCITONS IN ORGANIC MOLECULES
Shuang Xiao (Hong Kong University)
NANOMATERIAL STRUCTURES AND INTERFACES FOR SOLAR FUEL PRODUCTION
Xuan Zhao (University of Memphis)
ELECTRONIC AND STERIC EFFECTS ON CATALYTIC H2 PRODUCTION BY COBALT COMPLEXES WITH PENTADENTATE LIGANDS
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