ISACS17: Challenges in Chemical Renewable Energy

8 - 11 September 2015, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


Introduction
This conference brought together leading scientists from across the world to share scientific developments in renewable energy generation and storage.

The themes for this conference were:

Solar Fuels and molecular catalysis
Photovoltaics
Biofuels
Battery technology/energy storage
Fuel cells

Brazil is considered to have the world's first sustainable biofuels economy. Renewable energy accounted for more than 85.4% of the domestically produced electricity used in Brazil, according to preliminary data from the 2009 National Energy Balance, conducted by the Energy Research Corporation (EPE).

There were two poster prizes awarded at ISACS17 sponsored by Chemistry World and Chemical Science. Tjey were won by the following posters:

Kinetics of water and methanol oxidation on α-Fe2O3 photoanodes
Mesa, Camilo A.; Pendlebury, Stephanie R.; Pastor, Ernest; Francas, Laia; Ma, Yimeng; Le Formal,
Florian; Kafizas, Andreas; Grätzel, Michael; Durrant, James R
Imperial College of London, UK

P02 Photon multiplication through singlet fission down-conversion
Jellicoe, Tom; Tabachnyk, Maxim; Böhm, Marcus; Filippone, Stephen; Friend, Richard; Greenham, Neil;
Rao, Akshay
University of Cambridge, UK
 
Speakers
  • James Durrant Imperial College London, United Kingdom
  • Eduardo Falabella Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and PETROBRAS, Brazil
  • Marc Fontecave Collège de France, France
  • Ernesto R. Gonzalez University of São Paulo, Brazil
  • Hubert Girault EPFL, Switzerland
  • Daniel Nocera Harvard University, United States
  • Erwin Reisner University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • Keith Waldron Institute of Food Research, United Kingdom
  • Karen Wilson Aston University, United Kingdom

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Rio Othon Palace Hotel

Rio Othon Palace Hotel, Avenida Atlântica, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, 3264, Brazil

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