Symposium ES7-(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance

Carbon neutral energy sources that are scalable, deployable, and cost effective will be required at an unprecedented scale to halt irreversible climate change. Expanded utilization of solar energy requires efficient and inexpensive storage of intermittent power for use on demand. Solar fuels from water splitting are one of the most promising methods to store bulk renewable energy because they can provide an energy-dense fuel, with a minimal carbon footprint, and without competing with food stocks.

Photoelectrochemical systems that perform direct reduction of carbon dioxide to solar fuels represent an attractive route towards the production of next generation fuels on demand. However, the availability of (photo)electrocatlytic systems that can efficiently and selectively reduce carbon dioxide is currently limited. In addition, materials system integration poses significant challenges as catalyst//semiconductor and/or protection layer/semiconductor interface formation adds complexity in addressing functionality and performance issues. Therefore, deep understanding of materials property as isolated as well as integrated systems is absolutely vital to promote fast advancements in this field.

This symposium fosters a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach to production of solar fuels. Latest results and advancements in photoelectrochemical systems, with specific focus on CO₂ reduction, are presented. Specific focus on catalyst discovery with high activity and selectivity for CO₂ reduction, as well as light absorbers, protection layers, and membranes for product sepatation will be address. In addition in situ and in operando measurements, and fundamental understanding to enable new materials discovery will be presented.

• Biohybrid approaches for solar fuel formation
• Electrocatalysts and photoelectrocatalysts for selective and efficient CO₂ reduction
• Photoelectrochemical integrated systems for solar fuel production (H₂ and CO₂ reduction)
• Interfacial band-edge energetics and mitigation of loss mechanism
• In situ and operando characterization of (photo)electrocatalytic systems
• Novel materials discovery and fundamental understanding of materials property for solar fuel production
• Novel materials architectures for confined catalysis, improved light harvesting and light management, and excited states photocatalysis
• Cell design and operating conditions for photoelectrocatalytic CO₂ reduction

• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _0 (California Institute of Technology, USA)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _1 (Proton OnSite, USA)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _2 (University of Oregon, USA)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _3 (University of Padova, Italy)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _4 (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _5 (Technical University of Dresden, Germany)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _6 (University of Chicago, USA)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _7 (Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _8 (Kyusyu University, Japan)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _9 (Osaka University, Japan)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _10 (Tohoku University, Japan)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _11 (Opus12, Cyclotron Road, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _12 (California Institute of Technology, USA)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _13 (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _14 (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _15 (Toyota Central R&D Labs, Japan)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _16 (Harvard University, USA)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _17 (University of Wyoming, USA)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _18 (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _19 (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _20 (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _21 (Boston College, USA)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _22 (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
• ES7_(Photo)Electrocatalytic Materials and Integrated Assemblies for Solar Fuels Production—Discovery, Characterization and Performance _23 (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)