Date:
14 Oct 2021
Nanotechnology Crossing Borders 2021 Online
During this year’s Nanotechnology Crossing Borders symposium, we will focus on three applications of nanomaterials that contribute to the transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy: light-powered chemical reactions and processes, innovative battery materials and concepts, and optical coatings and films for energy efficient buildings. Check out our complete online program.
Online program
11.30h – 12.15h
Poster Presentations Students
12.15h – 12.30h
Welcome and opening
by Bert Kip, CEO Brightlands
Chemelot Campus
12.30h – 13.10h
Prof Timothy Noël, University of Amsterdam
Plenary lecture: Applications of continuous-flow photochemistry in organic synthesis
13.10h – 13.30h
Dr. Martin Roeb, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Invite lecture: Sunlight-powered photoelectrochemical and thermochemical water splitting using concentrated natural sunlight
13.40h – 14.00h
Dr. Remko Detz, TNO
Invited lecture: Techno-economics of solar hydrogen production
14.00h – 14.20h
Prof. dr. Sammy Verbruggen, University of Antwerp
Invited lecture: Controlling the stability, activity and mechanistic pathways in plasmonic photocatalysis
14.20h – 14.45h
Dr. Francesc Sastre, TNO
Invited lecture: Sunlight-powered conversion of CO2 and green H2 to C1 chemicals and fuels
14.45h – 14.55h
Break
14.55h – 15.20h
Prof. dr. ir. Momo Safari, Hasselt University/EnergyVille
Invited lecture: Porous electrodes in Li-ion batteries: heterogeneity and performance
15.20h – 15.40h
Dr. Andreas Paulus, Imec/Hasselt University
Employing anionic redox chemistry to tune the electrochemical performance of Li-ion batteries
15.40h – 15.55h
Break
15.55h – 16.15h
Dr. Sébastien Sallard, VITO
Invited lecture: Depositions of thin conducting polymer coating on sulfur powder by dielectric barrier discharge (DBD)-plasma: positive materials for lithium sulfur batteries
16.15h – 16.35h
Bénédicte Vertruyen, University of Liege
Invited lecture: Battery materials: How many needles in the haystack?
16.35h – 16.55h
Break
15.05h – 15.30h
Prof. dr. Ioannis Papakonstantinou, University College London
Invited lecture: Multifunctional Surfaces
15.30h – 15.50h
Lavinia Calvi, Hasselt University
Invited lecture: A Comparative Study on the Switching Kinetics of W/VO2 Micron-Sized Powders and Nanoparticles
15.50h – 16.00h
Break
16.00h – 16.25h
Dr. José Montero, Uppsala University
Invited lecture: Recent Progress in Inorganic Photochromism
16.25h – 16.45h
Dr. Zeger Vroon, Zuyd Hogeschool
Invited lecture: Demo tiny houses at Brightlands Chemelot Campus for testing of energy efficient windows
16.45h – 16.55h
Break
16.55h – 17.20h
Plenary speaker Prof. dr. Thomas Altantzis,
University of Antwerp
Transmission electron microscopy: recent advances in catalysis and energy applications
17.20h – 17.30h
Poster Prizes