Faraday Discussion 140 was organised by the RSC Faraday Division.
The need to develop cleaner/greener methods of both energy production and chemical synthesis has been driving renewed interest in electrocatalysis. Experimental advances in the application of spectroscopic methods such as IR, INS, NMR, and XAS, and structural probes such as STM, AFM, high resolution TEM, and XRD are providing a wealth of data that enable structure/property relationships in electrocatalysis to be investigated.
Similarly, developments in theoretical methods (MD simulations, DFT calculations, and Monte Carlo simulations combined with ab initiomethodologies) are providing new insights regarding old catalysts and promise to provide direction in the search for new catalysts. The advent of high throughput catalyst preparation methods means that many more electrocatalyst formulations are being screened for an ever-wider variety of reactions. Directing this effort will require the combined efforts of theoretical models and the development of new experimental techniques.
FD140 brought surface scientists and electrochemists together and fostered the development of both in situ spectroscopic methods in electrochemistry and the study of single crystal electrode surfaces.
The meeting was very well attended with 135 delegates from 18 different countries. In total 24 papers were presented over the course of 3 days at the University of Southampton and 47 posters were presented at the lively poster and networking session.
University of Southampton, UK
Professor Elisabet Ahlberg
Göteborg University, Sweden
Professor Carol Korzeniewski
Texas Tech University, USA
Professor Elena Savinova
Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France
Professor Patrick Unwin
University of Warwick, UK
We are grateful to the US Army Research Office, the University of Southampton and IJ Cambria Scientific Ltd for their generous sponsorship support.
The need to develop cleaner/greener methods of both energy production and chemical synthesis has been driving renewed interest in electrocatalysis. Experimental advances in the application of spectroscopic methods such as IR, INS, NMR, and XAS, and structural probes such as STM, AFM, high resolution TEM, and XRD are providing a wealth of data that enable structure/property relationships in electrocatalysis to be investigated.
Similarly, developments in theoretical methods (MD simulations, DFT calculations, and Monte Carlo simulations combined with ab initiomethodologies) are providing new insights regarding old catalysts and promise to provide direction in the search for new catalysts. The advent of high throughput catalyst preparation methods means that many more electrocatalyst formulations are being screened for an ever-wider variety of reactions. Directing this effort will require the combined efforts of theoretical models and the development of new experimental techniques.
FD140 brought surface scientists and electrochemists together and fostered the development of both in situ spectroscopic methods in electrochemistry and the study of single crystal electrode surfaces.
The meeting was very well attended with 135 delegates from 18 different countries. In total 24 papers were presented over the course of 3 days at the University of Southampton and 47 posters were presented at the lively poster and networking session.
Discussion Topics
- Structure in Electrocatalysis: from single crystals to nanoparticles
- Structural effects in electrocatalysis and fuel cells
- Hydrogen reactions and novel electrocatalysts
- Biological electrocatalysis and alcohols as fuels
Scientific Committee
Professor Andrea Russell (Chair)University of Southampton, UK
Professor Elisabet Ahlberg
Göteborg University, Sweden
Professor Carol Korzeniewski
Texas Tech University, USA
Professor Elena Savinova
Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France
Professor Patrick Unwin
University of Warwick, UK
Co-sponsors and Sponsors
We would like to thank the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) and the Electrochemical Society (ECS) for their co-sponsorship support.We are grateful to the US Army Research Office, the University of Southampton and IJ Cambria Scientific Ltd for their generous sponsorship support.
