Symposium EC4-Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels

While solar energy will undoubtedly play a dominant role in a sustainable future, the conventional photovoltaic approach of converting sunlight to electrical power faces limitations due to the diurnal and diffuse nature of sunlight. The conversion of solar energy to chemical fuels seeks to address the challenges of storage and distribution of this resource. By storing the energy in chemical bonds, stable fuels in the liquid or gaseous phase can be produced and utilized in widespread applications.

Numerous approaches to solar-to-fuels conversion have been postulated, each with the goals of efficient and stable energy conversion, ideally utilizing abundant and scalable materials. The main reactions of interest include the electrolysis of water to yield hydrogen fuel and the reduction of carbon dioxide to generate hydrocarbon fuels. This symposium will reveal the latest advances in solar-to-fuels conversion by photocatalytic, electrocatalytic, photoelectrochemical, and photovoltaic approaches, and various combinations thereof. It will also include special attention to electrode architectures, device design, and analyses of the feasibility and techno-economic aspects of complete solar-to-fuels conversion systems.

• Photoelectrochemical water splitting
• Photocatalytic water splitting
• Solar charging redox flow batteries
• Photoelectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide and nitrogen
• Experimental developments in electrocatalysts for water splitting
• Device design and novel architectures for PV-PEC tandem cells and artificial leafs
• Integrated systems for solar-to-fuels conversion: modeling, construction, field tests
• Techno-economic and life cycle analyses of integrated systems for solar-to-fuels conversion
• Screening, simulation, and modeling of semiconductors and catalysts for solar water splitting

• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _0 (Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Germany)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _1 (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _2 (California Institute of Technology, USA)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _3 (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _4 (Universitat Jaume I, Spain)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _5 (University of Oregon, USA)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _6 (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _7 (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _8 (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _9 (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _10 (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _11 (Michigan State University, USA)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _12 (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _13 (University of Tokyo, Japan)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _14 (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _15 (Stanford University, USA)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _16 (University of Wisconsin, USA)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _17 (Stanford University, USA)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _18 (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _19 (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _20 (University of North Carolina, USA)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _21 (US Department of Energy, USA)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _22 (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _23 (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _24 (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
• EC4_Materials, Devices and Systems for Sustainable Conversion of Solar Energy to Fuels _25 (Northwestern University, USA)