Catalysis in a changing environment – linking fundamental aspects to engineering
CRC-Elsevier Symposium, July 21st - 23rd, 2024.
Local Organizers:
Roland A. Fischer and Jennifer Strunk, TUM.
International Advisory Board:
Evgeny A. Pidko, TU Delft.
Maricruz Sanchez-Sanchez, TU Vienna.
Carsten Sievers, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Program
The reduction of CO2 emissions and the rearrangement of a linear energy and materials economy into a circular one provides a compelling motivation to rethink the nature, role, and synthesis of energy carriers, functional molecules, and materials. In this rapidly evolving industrial landscape, catalysis assumes a pivotal role more than ever, prompting a reimagining of how renewable power is stored in chemical bonds and how molecules are transformed to leverage renewable resources towards achieving a circular carbon economy. The required rapid demands tight collaboration between fundamental and applied science in chemistry and engineering, fostering a transdisciplinary approach that requires a shared language and a deep understanding of each discipline's potential and constraints, including chemical synthesis, kinetics, modeling, and engineering, to effect these transformations.
Th program will focus on three areas, aiming to linking the fundamental insights with engineering concepts, that are seen critical for the progress:
Three-dimensional design of active sites to realize activity and selectivity,
Closing the carbon cycle by utilizing biogenic materials and human waste,
Energy input and energy-matter interactions to facilitate reactivity.
Concise talks (25 + 5 min for discussion) will highlight current findings and future challenges. Round table discussions should allow charting potential ways for the chemical and energy sectors, e.g. to store and retrieve renewable power in the chemical bonds of energy molecules. This exchange forms the core of the symposium. We will summarize the results of these sessions in short documents, which should help to form networks to promote catalysis.
Speakers
Arnadottir; Liney; Oregon State Univ., USA; Bordiga, Silvia; Torino University, Italy. Centi, Gabriele; Univ. Messina, Italy; Chin, Cathy (Ya-Huei); University of Toronto, Canada. Corma, Avelino; ITQ-CSIC, Spain; Diebold, Ulrike; TU Wien, Austria; Gagliardi, Laura; University of Chicago, USA; Flaherty, Dave; Georgia Tech., USA; Fischer, Roland, A., TU Munich, Germany. Iglesia, Enrique; UC Berkeley, USA; Jentys, Andreas, TU Munich, Germany; Lemonidou, Angeliki; AUTH, Greece; Liu, Yue; Beijing Univ., China; Neurock, Matthew; Univ. Minnesota, USA; Nikolla, Eranda; Univ. Michigan, USA; Olsbye, Unni; Univ. of Oslo, Norway; Pidko, Evgeny; TU Delft, Netherlands; Sanchez-Sanchez, Maricruz; TU Vienna, Austria; van Santen, Rutger; Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands; Sievers, Carsten; Georgia Tech, USA; Strunk, Jennifer, TU Munich, Germany; Tromp, Moniek; University of Groningen, Netherlands; Wang, Yong; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. USA.