Workshop: Advance in Materials and Catalysis for a Sustainable Future

Time: June 19^th, 13.00-16:45 (CEST)

Place: Lecture Hall K1, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Teknikringen 56, floor 3

(https://www.kth.se/places/room/id/19814134-e285-49bc-9683-2f5c2edadbcf?l=en)

Our world demands for a sustainable development, and a global action is needed. This work will discuss the latest advance in materials and catalysis that we consider crucial to enable a sustainable future. Materials scientists, pioneers in industrial innovation and also our PhD student will jointly present and discuss their views and actions on this topic in this workshop. Participants are welcome to register and join our workshop. For registration, please click here, it takes less than 1 min to complete.

Free registration: https://stockholmmaterial.com/matsus

Program

13:00–13:10 Opening, Jiayin Yuan

Chair: Jiayin Yuan / Mahiar Hamedi

13:10–13:40 Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University, USA, "Advances in Synthesis and Elactrocatalytic Applicaitons of

MXenes".

13:40–14:10 Arne Thomas, Technical University University of Berlin, Germany, "Covalent Organic Frameworks for Catalysis and

Energy Applications".

14:10–14:30 Coffee break.

Chair: Mirva Eriksson

14:30–15:00 Simon Weston, former ExxonMobile Research & Engineering project leader, USA, "Some

approaches to a Decarbonized Sustainable Future with Novel Materials, Contactors and Processes"

15:00–15:30 Biswanath Das & Sharon Berkowicz, CarbGen AB, Sweden, "Integrating CO₂ from Flue Gas into a

Circular Economy via Novel Electrocatalytic Technology".

15:30–15:50 Coffee break.

Chair: Baltzar Stevensson

15:50–16:10 Maja-Stina Svanberg Frisinger (PhD student talk), Stockholm University, Sweden, "Immobilization

of Thermostable Carbonic Anhydrase on Aminated Mesostructured Silica for Enzymatic

Enhancement of CO₂ Capture".

16:10–16:40 Naser Tavajohi, Umeå University, Sweden, "The Potential and Challenges of Polymeric Membranes

in Contributing to a Sustainable Future".

16:40–16:45 Wrap-up.