When: 17 – 18 June 2024
Where: Pickavance Theatre (Building R22), Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Fermi Avenue, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX
We held our annual summer conference on the 17th and 18th of June. The conference took place at the Pickavance Theatre (Building R22), Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire – https://www.harwellcampus.com/visit-harwell/. The event was hybrid so people had the option to attend virtually. Thanks to all our speakers, our chairs, our sponsors World Scientific Publishing and EES Catalysis, and everyone for attending. Congratulations to our three poster prize winners Maciej Walerowski (Southampton), Dr. Muhammad Zaheer (Lahore University of Management Sciences LUMS) and Dr. Maicon Delarmelina (Cardiff).
The conference started at lunchtime on the 17th and the main conference concluded in the afternoon on the 18th June. There was a poster session on the evening of the 17th June and dinner at The Cosener’s House, Abingdon.
Speakers at the UK Catalysis Hub summer conference included researchers from the Catalysis Hub, internationally renowned speakers and industrialists covering a range of topics in catalysis.
Speakers include:
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Dr Katharina Brinkert (Warwick)
Dr Marina Carravetta, (Southampton) – watch recording
Dr Mario Falsaperna (Bath)
Dr Anna Hankin (Imperial)
Dr Santhosh Matam, (Cardiff)
Dr Matthew Potter (Bath) – watch recording
Dr Matthew Quesne, (Cardiff) – watch recording
Prof Junwang Tang (UCL/ Tsinghua University)
Prof Wataru Ueda (Kanagawa University) – watch recording
Dr Dong Xia, (MMU) – watch recording
Prof Rong Xu (Nanyang Technological University)
VIRTUAL VIEWING:
We will send you the Zoom details for viewing the conference virtually closer to the time.
Programme:
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17 June 2024
12:00 -12:05 – Welcome & Instructions – Prof Charlotte Williams, Oxford
Session 1 – Pickavance Lecture Theatre (R22) Chair: Prof Graham Hutchings, Cardiff
12:05 -12:50 – Prof Wataru Ueda (Kanagawa University) – Toward uniform structurization of solid catalysts for achieving high performance and for better understanding of catalysis – watch recording
12:50 -13:15 – Dr Matthew Quesne, (Cardiff) – Towards a rational design of novel green catalysis: A computational perspective – watch recording
13:15 -13:40 – Dr Santhosh Matam, (Cardiff) – Methanol diffusion dynamics in microporous materials as a function of acid site density by quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS)
13:40 -14:40 – Buffet Lunch – Pickavance Coffee Lounge (R22)
Session 2 – Pickavance Lecture Theatre (R22) Chair: Prof Adrian Mulholland, Bristol
14:40 -15:25 – Dr Marina Carravetta, (Southampton) – Solid state NMR on catalytic materials – watch recording
15:25 -15:50 – Dr Dong Xia, (MMU) – Sonochemical CO2 reduction over copper-based catalysts – watch recording
16:00 -18:00 – Drinks & Posters, Research Complex at Harwell (R92) – Poster Prize sponsored by World Scientific Publishing & EES Catalysis
18:00 – Coach to The Cosener’s House
19:30 – Dinner Invitation only: The Cosener’s House Hotel
18 June 2024
8:30 -8:55 – Tea and Coffee, Pickavance Lecture Theatre (R22)
Session 3 – Pickavance Lecture Theatre (R22) Chair: Christopher Hardacre, Manchester
9:00 -9:05 – Introduction
9:05 -9.50 – Prof Junwang Tang (UCL/ Tsinghua University) – Photon-phonon co-driven catalysis for methane transformation – Presenting virtually
9:50 -10.35 – Dr Anna Hankin (Imperial) – Developing electrodeposition methods for directly synthesizing Ni-based catalysts on porous carbon transport layers (PTL) for application in zero gap AEM electrolysers
10:35 -11:20 – Dr Matthew Potter (Bath) – Using in-depth characterization techniques to explore the behaviour and structure of catalysts – watch recording
11:20 -11:40 – BREAK: Tea and Coffee, Pickavance Lecture Theatre (R22)
Session 4 – Pickavance Lecture Theatre (R22) Chair: Dr Amanda Jarvis, Edinburgh
11:40 -11:45 – Introduction
11:45 -12:30 – Dr Katharina Brinkert (Warwick) – Photoelectrochemical Devices for Space Applications
12:30 -13:15 – Prof Rong Xu (Nanyang Technological University) – Flame Synthesis of Catalysts and Applications
13:15 -13:40 – Dr Mario Falsaperna (Bath) – Influence of Lithium on Phase Transition of Amorphous Iridium Oxohydroxide for Oxygen Evolution Reaction
13:40 -13:45 Closing remarks
13:45 -14:45 – Buffet Lunch, Pickavance Lecture Theatre (R22)
14:45 – CLOSE