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Faraday Discussions 151: Hydrogen Storage Materials

03 May 2011

Faraday Discussion 151 took place from the 18th to 20th April, here are just a few of the highlights…

The topic of Hydrogen Storage Materials was covered during the most recent Faraday Discussion at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratories in Didcot, UK. Following a very interesting and insightful introductory lecture by Katsuhiko Hirose, five papers were presented during the first session prompting plenty of lively discussion and debate. The topics covered included: “The role of Ni in increasing the reversibility of the hydrogen release from nanoconfined LiBH4” and “Analysis of hydrogen storage in nanoporous materials for low carbon energy applications” by Petra de Jongh and Tim Mays, respectively.

The Tuesday morning session (chaired by Dag Noreus) provided further discussion. Of particular note was the discussion over Tom Autrey’s paper “Control of hydrogen release and uptake in amine borane molecular complexes: thermodynamics of ammonia borane, ammonium borohydride, and the diammoniate of diborane”. The afternoon session began with notable contributions from Andreas Borgschulte, and plenty of in-depth lively discussion between Tom Autrey and Craig Jensen over Inge Lindemanns paper.

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After a gloriously sunny day the conference dinner took place on Tuesday night. The poster prize was awarded to Delphine Thibault for the poster entitled “Hydrogen trapping properties of Zr2Fe alloy in the presence of contaminant gases“.

The Wednesday morning session was chaired by Duncan Gregory. The topics covered in this session had more of an applied twist, including a hydrogen powered canal boat (presented by Alex Bevan) and hydrogen storage for automotive applications (Chris Nuttall). The discussion closed with some concluding remarks by Bill David, highlighting some of the elements from the introductory lecture and what lies ahead for hydrogen storage materials, and acknowledgements were made by the chairman Stewart Parker.

We would like to thank everyone who attended the conference and all who were involved in ensuring that Faraday Discussion 151 proceeded so smoothly. All in all a great success!

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Emma Eley and Erica Wise

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Hydrogen Storage Materials Conference – registration open

04 Feb 2011

***Register by the 18 February for early bird discount registration***

Faraday Discussion 151: Hydrogen Storage Materials
18 – 20 April 2011
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxon, UK

Early bird registration and poster abstract deadline: 18 February 2011

This meeting aims to bring together the diverse range of workers in the field of hydrogen storage materials, from those involved in materials discovery and characterisation, to those studying mechanisms or developing applications – register now to get discounted rates!

Themes:

Application of theory and spectroscopic methods to understand hydrogenation/dehydrogenation mechanisms
Novel approaches such as catalysed hydrogenation/dehydrogenation of organic molecules, encapsulation of nanosized materials in carbon or polymers
Chemical hydrogen: characterisation and properties of main group and transition metal borohydrides and alanates, ternary and quaternary metal hydrides, reactive hydride composites
Adsorbed/physisorbed hydrogen on or in MOFs, promoted carbons and other materials with large internal or external surface area
Applications including uses for automotives and novel battery materials

Faraday Discussion 151: Hydrogen Storage Materials – Register today!

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Faraday Discussion 155: Artificial Photosynthesis

29 Oct 2010

Faraday Discussion 155: Artificial Photosynthesis
5 – 7 September 2011
Edinburgh, UK

Deadline for Oral Abstracts: 18 November 2010
Submit now to events@rsc.org

There is a growing conviction that the only real prospect for our long-term energy provision relies on the ability to collect and store sunlight in the form of chemical potential. The need for alternative fuels and reduction of excess carbon dioxide left over from our era of fossil fuel consumption, focuses the attention on the design of effective artificial photosynthetic systems. This is a growing global problem and it will soon become the dominant scientific issue.

Applying new knowledge to old problems: FD155 will focus on possible solutions to long-standing problems in the development of artificial synthesis. This topical and important area of science covers many disciplines. The combination of biology, chemistry, physics and theory makes for an exciting blend of discussion points.

Themes

•   Electronic energy transfer
•   Fuel production / carbon dioxide reduction
•   Oxygen evolution
•   Integrated photo-systems
•   Electron transfer

Confirmed speakers

•   Graham Fleming, University of California, Berkeley, USA
•   Sir Richard Friend FRS, University of Cambridge, UK
•   Michael Graetzel, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
•   Dirk Guldi, University of Erlangen , Germany
•   Devens Gust, Arizona State University, USA
•   Osamu Ishitani, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
•   Tom Mallouk, Pennsylvania State University, USA
•   Stefan Matile, University of Geneva, Switzerland
•   Garry Rumbles, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
•   Stenbjörn Styring, Uppsala University, Sweden
•   Licheng Sun, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Submit an abstract for an oral presentation by 18th November 2010 to events@rsc.org adding ‘FD155 abstract’ in the subject line.

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FD 151: Hydrogen Storage Materials – submit an abstract now!

16 Jul 2010

Faraday Discussion 151 will be on the exciting and highly topical subject of Hydrogen Storage Materials

Submit an abstract today for oral presentation to take part in this unique and dynamic conference!

It is being held at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, UK, and has a host of top invited speakers, including:

• Katsuhiko Hirose (Introductory) -Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan
• Bill David (Closing) – University of Oxford, UK
• Tom Autrey – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
• Andreas Borgshulte – EMPA Switzerland
• Maximilian Fichtner – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
• Craig Jensen – University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
• Scott Jorgensen – General Motors, USA
• Michel Latroche – CNRS Thiais, France
• Martin Schroder – University of Nottingham, UK

The discussion will focus on both themes, from synthesis and characterisation to application of such novel materials. The focus will be on the wider issues involved in synthetic routes, characterisation, materials properties, rather than simply on examples. The importance of the interplay of theory and experiment will be stressed.

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