Solar fuel production has made significant progress over the past couple of years, as research evolves from laboratory prototypes towards real-world applications. Accordingly, this symposium will focus on key emerging research directions including metal halide perovskite materials for artificial photosynthesis, earth abundant alternatives, system design and scalability, or high-throughput automation for material discovery. Several sessions will focus on lead halide perovskite for solar fuel production. Here, submissions are welcome on the use of perovskite materials in PV-electrolysis systems, as photocatalyst particles in suspension, or as photoelectrodes for H₂ evolution, CO₂ reduction and water oxidation. These sessions will bridge the gap between the fields of photovoltaics, quantum dots and solar fuels, providing a broad interest to researchers working on sustainable energy harvesting systems. These design principles apply to a vast range of solar fuel systems, hence sessions will be dedicated to lead-free, earth-abundant carbonaceous and oxide-based materials for light harvesting, photo- and electrocatalysis, as well as moisture protection. Discussions are welcome on the suitability of these approaches towards large-scale implementation, where focus will be placed on real-world benchmarking, stability, device integration, or reactor design. Here, submissions can address practical considerations on the end-of-life of devices, sustainable material sourcing and recycling. In addition, the symposium will touch upon state-of-the-art directions including experimental automation, high-throughput characterization and autonomous optimization, which will be crucial for the wide-spread implementation of solar fuel production systems.

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