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Workshop
7 - 9 September 2010
Energy materials: electro- and photo-chemical interfaces
Time:Tuesday, 7 September 18:00 - Thursday, 9 September 16:00
Venue:Department of Chemistry, Christopher Ingold Lecture Theatre, University College London, WC1E 6BT, London, UK
Local organisers: Jochen Blumberger (UCL), Francesca Baletto (KCL)
Local organisers: Jochen Blumberger (UCL), Francesca Baletto (KCL)
Contact:TYC Admin Team tyc-administrator@ucl.ac.uk
This two-day workshop brings together experimentalists, theorists and computational scientists working in the broad area of energy materials.
PROGRAMME
Tuesday, 7 September
18:00-21:00 Registration and wine reception
Wednesday, 8 September
9:00-9:05 Welcome
9:05-9:15 Opening address: Richard Catlow, Dean of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Faculty, UCL
TOPIC 1: PHOTO-INDUCED ENERGY CONVERSION
Chair: Nicola Marzari, University of Oxford UK
9:15-9:45 Anthony Cheetham Phosphors for solid state lighting and other applications University of Cambridge UK
9:45-10:15 Oleg Prezhdo Time-domain ab-initio studies of quantum dots and molecule-bulk interfaces for solar energy harvesting University of Washington, USA
10:15-10:45 Nikos Doltsinis Computer Simulation of Light-Driven Materials: a Multiscale Approach Kings College London UK
10:45-11:15 Break
Chair: Oleg Prezhdo, University of Washington, USA
11:15-11:45 James Durrant Charge photogeneration for solar energy conversion Imperial College London UK
11:45-12:15 Nicholas Harrison Predictive Modelling of Photovoltaic Materials Imperial College London UK
12:15-12:45 Hicham Idriss Ethanol photoreactions on rutile TiO2 (110) single crystal surface University of Aberdeen UK
12:45-14:00 Lunch
TOPIC 2: HYDROGEN & ENERGY STORAGE
Chair: Mike Gillan, University College London
14:00-14:30 Nicola Marzari Some novel insights into hydrogen-storage materials and lithium-ion electrolytes from molecular dynamics simulations University of Oxford UK
14:30-15:00 Kit Bowen Structure and bonding in aluminium hydride clusters Johns Hopkins University Baltimore USA
15:00-15:30 Ole Martin Løvvik Solid state hydrogen storage and interfaces in PV solar cells: different meeting points between modelling and experiments SINTEF and University of Oslo Norway
15:30-16:00 Break
Chair: Lev Kantorovich, Kings College London
16:00-16:30 Xiao Guo Surfaces and interfaces for hydrogen storage and carbon capture University College London UK
16:30-17:00 Jun Liu Interfacially controlled multiscale materials synthesis for energy storage and conversion PNNL Richland USA
17:00-17:30 Markys Cain Functional materials for energy harvesting and storage NPL UK
17:45-19:30 Poster session - Light refreshments will be served
Thursday, 9 September
TOPIC 3: ELECTROCHEMISTRY & FUEL CELLS
Chair: Mike Finnis, Imperial College London
9:00-9:30 Kevin Rosso Electron Transfer at Cytochrome-Electrode Interfaces: Theory, Simulation, and Single-Molecule Tunneling Measurements PNNL
9:30-10:00 Christophe Léger Biological hydrogen oxidation seen from the electrochemist's point of view CNRS-Marseille France
10:00-10:30 Stefano Fabris Ab-initio modeling of homogeneous metal-oxo catalytic cores for water oxidation Democritos-Elettra Italy
10:30-11:00 Break
Chair: Alex Shluger, University College London
11:00-11:30 Karsten Reuter Beat the heat! First-principles based modeling of micro- and macroscopic heat dissipation in heterogeneous catalysis Universitaet Muenchen GER
11:30-12:00 Francesca Toma Functionalization of carbon nanostructures for efficient water oxidation University of Trieste Italy
12:00-12:30 Dominik Eder Carbon-inorganic hybrid materials for sustainable energy applications University of Cambridge UK
12:30-13:30 Lunch
Chair: Enrico Traversa, MANA-NIMS Tsukuba, Japan
13:30-14:00 Jan Rossmeisl Electro-catalysis of oxygen reduction and water oxidation Technical University of Denmark DK
14:00-14:30 Jean-Sebastien Filhol Ab initio electrochemistry for bulk and interfacial energy materials Université Montpellier II France
14:30-14:45 Break
Chair: Alessandro De Vita, Kings College London
14:45-15:15 Enrico Traversa Interfacial effects on the ionic conductivity of thin film electrolytes for miniaturized solid oxide fuel cells MANA-NIMS Tsukuba Japan
15:15-15:45 Andrea Russell Determination of the structure of Pt particles during oxygen reduction via operando EXAFS of Pt/C cathode catalysts University of Southampton UK
15:45-16:15 Jacob Gavartin Exploring fuel cell cathode materials using ab initio high throughput calculations Accelrys UK
16:15-16:30 Closing Remarks: Adrian Sutton, Head of Condensed Matter Theory group, Imperial College London
Posters
If you would like to submit a poster, please email your abstract to physics-events@ucl.ac.uk by 31 July 2010. Abstracts must be submited using the following template.
Registration Details
Please register under 'Ticket information' below. Upon registration a ticket will be sent to you as an email-attachment. Print the ticket and bring it to the workshop. Early registration fee is £ 25, late registration fee is £ 35 (Please disregard 'free' in the Ticket information box below.)
• Cheques payable to UCL should be sent to Sophie Cross, Physics & Astronomy, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.
• Credit/Debit card.
• BACS transfer.
• Please send an email to Physics Events if you can not make the payment in either of these ways.
Registration is complete only if the registration fee is payed. A confirmation email will be sent to you upon receipt of your payment.
(Please disregard 'free' in the Ticket information box above.)
Accommodation
Click HERE for a list of hotels in the area.
Sponsor
TYC acknowledges NPL, RSC Publishing, Energy&Environmetal Science, PCCP and the IOP Materials and Characterisation Group for their sponsorship.
Invited-Talk_Abstract.pdf
Poster_Abstract.pdf
