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Materials for sustainable energy and sensing

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Engineered nanomaterials for energy and environment: from synthesis to applications

Developing sustainable energy sources and protecting the environment are among the most pressing global issues. The ever-growing energy crisis and environmental pollution have stimulated the rapid development of catalysts for renewable and more sustainable energy conversion and storage, mitigating and valorizing CO2 emissions (reducing it into value added products) and generating carbon-free power, and for environmental remediation, degrading pollutants in air, water and soil.

Scope:

The design and realization of efficient, low-cost, and environmentally friendly advanced nanoscale materials is considered promising for a series of applications related to sustainable development and environmental remediation, including monitoring and recovery of air, water and soil, as well for renewable energy applications.
For this purpose, the involvement of multidisciplinary research fields is needed, including chemistry, materials science, engineering as well as environmental science, aspiring to improve human health and life quality.
We aim to discuss the role of advanced nanomaterials (including composite structures) in a broad perspective, highlighting on one hand their critical role in the development of major techniques for environmental monitoring and remediation. Among others, sensing, adsorption, filtration, catalytic and photocatalytic remediation, and electrochemical processes will be considered.
Another objective of the proposed Symposium consists in providing a roadmap for stakeholders such as industry, academia, national laboratories and funding agencies on research and development of nanoscale materials towards more efficient, cost-effective, and clean energy, including hydrogen production, carbon capture and storage and solar cells.
The overall focus of this Symposium is to establish a platform where pioneering global experts take part in collaborative discussions, exchange ideas and offer recommendations on future perspectives. At the same time, it is expected to be beneficial to train young researchers and students.
We subscribe to basic principles of equity, diversity and inclusion. As such, we will feature a diverse list of invited speakers and encourage submissions in the broadest possible sense.

Hot topics to be covered by the symposium:

  • Materials for water and wastewater treatment (emerging contaminants in water, adsorption, porous materials)
  • Materials for photocatalytic degradation of pollutants
  • Materials for biocatalysts/biomass catalysis in environmental remediation
  • Materials for CO2 reduction to valuable organic products/ capture/sequestration
  • Air pollution and treatment
  • Sensors/biosensors for monitoring environmental pollutants in air, water, soil
  • Frontiers of computation methods in designing efficient catalysts for environmental applications
  • Treatment of specific pollutants (for instance, nitrogen and phosphorus)
  • Materials for hydrogen production through water splitting
  • Materials for hydrogen storage
  • Ceramics for Fuel cells and Solar cells.

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Symposium organizers
Alberto VOMIEROLuleå University of Technology

97187 Luleå, Sweden

alberto.vomiero@ltu.se
Elisa MORETTI (Main organizer)Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Via Torino 155, 30172 Venezia, Italy

elisa.moretti@unive.it
Federico ROSEIUniversity of Trieste

34127 Trieste, Italy

federico.rosei@units.it
Gengfeng ZHENGFudan University

2205 Song-Hu Road, Shanghai, P. R. China

gfzheng@fudan.edu.cn