Young Electrochemists: Recent Advances in Theoretical and Computational Electrochemistry
All times are CET (Barcelona, UTC+1), all presentations are 30 min + 10 min questions + 5-minute breaks. Free attendance, no registration needed.
Day 1 (Thursday, December 9)
Link: https://ub-edu.zoom.us/j/98401000757?pwd=cFlreXJnVFp3dzZnT3NjVDFUTXFVQT09
09:30 Tej Choksi (Nanyang Technological University). Enhancing the selectivity of oxygen- and CO2-reduction electrocatalysts by tailoring chemical environments beyond the binding site.
10:15 Núria López (ICIQ, Spain). TBD.
11:00 Kai Exner (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany). A new perspective on the theoretical description of the oxygen electrocatalysis.
11:45 Egill Skúlason (University of Iceland, Iceland). TBD.
BREAK: 12:30
14:00 Santiago Builes (Eafit University, Colombia). Incorporating adsorbate-solvent interactions into computational electrocatalysis models.
14:45 Raffaella Buonsanti (EPFL, Switzerland). Tailored Cu-based nanocrystals to unlock selectivity pathways in the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction.
15:30 Max García-Melchor (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland). Modelling and accelerated rational design of electrocatalysts for water splitting.
16:15 Ian McCrum (Clarkson University, USA). Alkaline hydrogen evolution: insights from theory and experiments for catalyst design.
END: 17:00
Day 2 (Friday, December 10)
Link: https://ub-edu.zoom.us/j/99773828735?pwd=UmxIencvZ3FTOWZkNUhkZm9tY2Qrdz09
09:30 Alexander Bagger (University of Copenhagen, Denmark). Predicting selectivity from a correlation perspective; CO2RR, NOxRR, N2RR…
10:15 Hideshi Ooka (RIKEN, Japan). Shift of the volcano apex with applied overpotential: microkinetic prediction and experimental verification.
11:00 Paula Sebastián-Pascual (University of Copenhagen, Denmark). Experimental assessment of the surface structure and electrolyte effects on CO electroreduction on Cu well defined surfaces.
11:45 Heine Hansen (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark). Understanding the water splitting reaction on ceria.END: 12:30