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FlowPhotoChem global collaboration and tech transfer showcased at Renewable Energy conference in Kampala, Uganda

admin2023-09-08T13:08:47+01:00November 8th, 2022|presentation, Project News, public dissemination|

The Global South continues to lag in technology development and deployment. With the fast-evolving nature of the energy sector, it is the right time to establish partnerships and collaborate with the Global North in developing and deploying technologies. At the Renewable Energy Conference (REC22) held in Kololo Independence Park in Kampala, Uganda on November 3rd, 2022, a session featured FlowPhotoChem researchers, innovators, and practitioners from the Global North with their counterparts from the Global South, Kyambogo University discussing avenues of developing and deploying technology. The session's panel consisted of a delegation from FlowPhotoChem, a multi-national, EU-funded project developing new and sustainable [...]

FlowPhotoChem presented by Dr Janaky at MAT-SUS conference in Barcelona

admin2023-09-08T13:10:29+01:00October 26th, 2022|presentation, Project News, University News|

Dr Csaba Janaky of the University of Szeged delivered an invited talk at MAT-SUS, Materials for Sustainable Development Conference in Barcelona on October 26th, 2022. His talk is titled "Differences and Similarities of Electrochemical CO2 and CO Conversion." "MAT-SUS runs from October 24th- 28th, 2022 and highlights the scientific excellence in the electrochemistry field.

Publication lay summary from EPFL: making Horizon 2020 research accessible to non-specialists

admin2023-09-08T13:13:17+01:00October 19th, 2022|Project News, public dissemination, Publication|

FlowPhotoChem has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 862453. Horizon 2020 is funded with public money. As such, we are making the findings of our publications accessible to a wider audience by posting non-specialist summaries of our work. Prof. Sophia Haussener Dr Etienne Boutin The latest summary was carefully prepared by Dr Etienne Boutin and Professor Sophia Haussener, our partners at the Laboratory of Renewable Energy Science and Engineering (LRESE) at Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne who collaborated on this body of research with our partners [...]

Introducing FlowPhotoChem publication lay summaries for interested non-specialists

admin2023-09-08T13:14:36+01:00October 17th, 2022|Project News, public dissemination, University News|

Stefan D. A. Zondag Special thanks to PhD candidate Stefan Zondag of the University of Amsterdam for kicking things off and setting the bar high with our first FlowPhotoChem publication lay summary. His recent co-authored paper, "Scale-Up of a Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Degradation Using a Photochemical Rotor–Stator Spinning Disk Reactor" gathered a great deal of interest on social media and at a conference as a result of a poster presentation. As a result, Stefan kindly prepared a lay summary of the popular paper describing the importance and relevance of their study in the context of FlowPhotoChem and the photoelectrochemistry field. [...]

Hanka Besic presents FlowPhotoChem at Carbon Capture symposium in Galway

admin2023-09-08T13:15:36+01:00October 10th, 2022|presentation, Project News, University News|

Early-stage researcher Hanka Besic of the University of Galway will present a poster "Sustainable chemicals from sunlight and carbon dioxide" at the October 13th, 2022 Galway Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) Symposium. CarbIE is a joint University of Galway and University of Liverpool project funded by SEAI to investigate the feasibility of CCUS in Ireland. Their Symposium programme will include a broad discussion on the application of CCUS from Irish and International settings, ongoing CCUS industrial examples from Ireland and updates on the ongoing research being conducted by the CarbIE Project team which addresses the entire CCUS lifecycle, from engineering [...]

FlowPhotoChem will be presented at the European Transformation and storage of renewable energy Workshop

admin2023-09-08T13:17:53+01:00October 5th, 2022|PI Spotlight, presentation, Project News|

Dr Josep Albero PI Dr Josep Albero of the Instituto Mixto Universitario de Tecnología Química CSIC-UPV will present FlowPhotoChem at the October 28th, 2022 European Research and Innovation: Transformation and storage of renewable energy Workshop in Barcelona. Part of the NanoGE Fall Meeting 2022, the workshop, organised by Jose Ramón Galán (ICREA Research Professor and ICIQ), is focused on European research and innovation, more specifically on the transformation and storage of renewable energies. During that day, European-funded collaborative project leaders will describe their approach, challenges and the status of their projects. Three additional projects will also be presented: METHASOL, [...]

Here's a 2022 research update from ESR Hanka Besic at the University of Galway

admin2023-09-08T13:19:00+01:00October 3rd, 2022|Project News, public dissemination, University News|

In this short video, Hanka Besic, an early-stage researcher (ESR) at the University of Galway tells us what is happening in the lab in Ireland and how her PhD project is progressing. https://vimeo.com/756329593

FlowPhotoChem study by HZB wins award at Electrochemistry 2022 meeting in Berlin

admin2023-09-08T13:23:04+01:00October 3rd, 2022|presentation, Project News|

Congratulations to Gumaa El-Nagar, Flora Haun, Siddharth Gupta, Sasho Stojkovijk and Matthew T. Mayer of the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin for the award of first prize at the GDCh Electrochemistry 2022 meeting held in Berlin on September 27th- 30th. The prize was awarded for Gumaa's presentation of the study titled: Effects of cation Crossover through Anion Exchange Membranes on the Operation of Zero-gap CO2 electrolysers. The preprint of this study on the impact of unintended cation crossover on CO2RR is now available on https://researchsquare.com/article/rs-2077889/v1 'Electrochemistry' is a successful series of conferences, held every other year. Starting in Gießen (2008), followed by Bochum [...]

HZB PhD candidate Siddharth Gupta is on a FlowPhotoChem presentation circuit

admin2023-09-08T13:25:05+01:00September 12th, 2022|presentation, Project News, public dissemination|

Early-stage researcher Siddharth Gupta, based at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has had a few busy months recently presenting his PhD research at three venues this summer. In a flash presentation before a subsequent poster session at the ISE Regional Meeting at the Clarion Congress Hotel in Prague on August 18th, 2022, Siddharth presented 'CO Reduction in gas diffusion electrolysers: Overcoming operational challenges and developing operando methods'. Siddharth presented a poster 'Impact of cation crossover on the product selectivity of zero gap CO2 electrolysers' at the DTU Surfcat Summer School 2022 in Gilleleje, Denmark on August 9th. Also, on September 5th, 2022 at the [...]

PI Interview: Dr Susana Leão, Leitat Technological Center

admin2023-09-08T13:26:41+01:00September 8th, 2022|PI Spotlight, Project News|

Dr Susana Leão FlowPhotoChem PI Dr Susana Leão is based in the Sustainability Unit of Leitat Technological Center. Founded in 1906, Leitat is one of the reference entities at state and European level in technology management. It has a team of more than 500 professionals, experts in applied research, technical services and management of technological and innovation initiatives. Leitat provides social, industrial, economic and sustainable value, offering comprehensive solutions in multiple sectors and areas: development of new materials, eco-sustainable production, occupational health prevention systems, revaluation of waste and use of natural resources, interconnectivity and digitization of industry, green energy and [...]

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