Laboratory of Materials for Renewable Energy ‐ EPFL

**Energy storage materials – Hydrogen – Hydrides – CO₂ Reduction – Hydrocarbons – Catalysis**

NEWS


	10. June 2024 “Tailoring nanocatalysts and reaction interfaces for water and CO₂-electrolysis” Dr. Thi Ha My PHAM 16:00 Zeuzier room, 4^th floor, EPFL Valais/Wallis, rue de l’industrie 17, 1950 Sion School of Basic Sciences Laboratory of Materials for Renewable Energy Doctoral program in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Congratulations!
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	1. June 2024 Ms. Wai Kwan LIU Starts PhD on Hydrogen storage and synthetic hydrocarbons Graduated from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China with a MPhil in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering – Energy technology Concentration
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	1. June 2024 Mr. Yinghui LI PhD student from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Hydrogen storage in nano Mg-based alloys and hydrogen sorption materials
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	16. May 2024 The 5^th Taiwan-Switzerland Joint Business Council Meeting -Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Forum AGENDA 16:00 Opening remarks 16:10 short talks on Swiss & Taiwanese hydrogen implementations 17:10 Expert panel Q&A 17:30 MoU Ceremony 17:40 Networking and Apéro riche
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	15. May 2024 Seminar talks EPFL Valais/Wallis, , 4^th floor, Zeuzier Room 13:30 – 14:00, “Conversion of core@shell nanoparticles to high entropy alloy nanoparticle catalysts“, Prof. Sara SKRABALAK, Center for Single-Entity Nanochemistry and Nanoccrstal Design, Indiana University Bloomington, IN, USA 14:00 – 14:30, “High-throughput experimentation in Materials Science“, Dr. Cedric David KOOLEN, SCIDENTIFY, LMER-EPFL-Valais, Sion, Switzerland 14:30 – 15:00, “High-Throughput Structural and Compositional Characterization of Metal Nanocrystals of Varied Symmetry“, Mrs. Megan KNOBELOCH, Center for Single-Entity Nanochemistry and Nanoccrstal Design, University of Indiana Bloomington, IN, USA
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	5. May 2024 Paper: “CO₂ Neutral Energy Security for Switzerland” (7.7 MB) Providing renewable energy on demand: what technology can be used and how much does it cost? Switzerland can become CO₂ neutral in 2050 with the combination of renewable energy converters, e.g. hydropower, PV and wind turbines, and day/night as well as seasonal energy storage. Redundancy of power production and reserves of energy carriers allow the production of electricity on demand at anytime. Supplementary information (3.3 MB) Story slides english (4.6 MB) Diapositives en français (4.6MB) Folien auf Deutsch (4.6 MB)
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	23. April 2024 SATW Forum «Wasserstoff und synthetische chemische Energieträger für die Mobilität und Energiespeicherung» Die Rolle von Wasserstoff in der zukünftigen Energieversorgung und Speicherung Prof. Dr. Andreas Züttel (EPFL/SATW) Impulsreferat und Diskussion Veranstaltungsort: ETH Zürich, Leonhardstrasse 21, 8092 Zürich, Raum LEE E 308 Schweizerische Akademie der Technischen Wissenschaften SATW St. Annagasse 18 \| 8001 Zürich \| +41 44 226 50 11 \| [email protected] \| www.satw.ch
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	15. March 2024 Master thesis “MODELLING OF HIGH-PRESSURE METAL HYDRIDE HYDROGEN STORAGE WITH HEAT CAPACITY ESTIMATION FOR VAN’T HOFF’S EQUATION.” Gudbjörn ARNARSON Congratulations!
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	28. February 2024 PhD defence “Tailoring nanocatalysts and reaction interfaces for water and CO₂-electrolysis” Thi Ha My PHAM School of Basic Sciences Laboratory of Materials for Renewable Energy Doctoral program in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Congratulations!
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	11. – 16. December, 2023 16th INT’L SYMPOSIUM HYDROGEN & ENERGY Symposium B-3 Hydrogenomics & ISHE (International Symposium Hydrogen& Energy), 7^th E-MRS & MRS-J Bilateral Symposium
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	16. – 18. November, 2023 International Conference and Expo on Renewable and Sustainable Energy (ICERSE-2023) Rome, Italy Plenary talk Prof. Dr. Andreas ZÜTTEL
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	3. October, 2023 Swissmem-Industriesektor «New Energy Systems» (NES) Besuch an der EPFL Valais/Wallis “Unser Beitrag zur Energiewende” Prof. Dr. Andreas ZÜTTEL
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	31. August, 2023 EPN TAGUNG „ERNEUERBARE ENEGIEN“ EUROPEAN POWER NETWORK Gastgeber: Thema: Lonza AG Erneuerbare Energien Tagungsort: Beginn: Lonza Arena Eissport- und Eventhalle / Torweg 3, 3930 Visp
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	30.August, 2023 Departure of Yunting WANG Thank you for your contributions and all the best!
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	14. July, 2023 Public PhD defence Mr. Cedric David KOOLEN 17:00 – 18:00, EPFL Valais/Wallis in Sion, 4th floor, Zeuzier Room “Metal Catalysts for the Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂“ CONGRATULATIONS!
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	14. July, 2023 Master thesis defence Mr. Guillaume Béranger Rod 14:00 – 16:00, EPFL Valais/Wallis in Sion, 4th floor, Emosson Room “Understanding the size-dependent surface chemistry of nickel catalyst for CO₂ hydrogenation to methane using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy coupled with a DC magnetron sputtering deposition system” CONGRATULATIONS!
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	25. – 30. June, 2023 GRC on Hydrogen-Metal Systems Gordon Research Conference, Les Diablerets, Switzerland Prof. Dr. Andreas ZÜTTEL Poster: Future Swiss Energy Economy
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	22. June, 2023 Vortrag SKÅL International Bern Hotel Ambassador Seftigenstrasse 99, 3007 Bern “Schweizer Tourismus mit erneuerbarer Energie” Prof. Dr. Andreas ZÜTTEL
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	19. June, 2023 AKTIV Radio Interview Zum Thema erneuerbare Energie mit Herr Daniel SAUSER. Prof. Dr. Andreas ZÜTTEL
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	1. June, 2023 Interview und Vortrag youtube: Grenzen des Wissens von Gert Ganteför “Die technischen und wirtschaftlichenHerausforderungen der Energiewende” Prof. Züttel zur VOLKSABSTIMMUNG zum Klimagesetz \| #72. Energie und Klima Interview Prof. Züttel zum Schweizer Klimaschutzgesetz (Teil 2) \| #73. Energie und Klima
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	31. May, 2023 PhD Candidacy exam Mr. Rui LI 14:00 – 16:00, EPFL Valais/Wallis in Sion, 4th floor, Emosson Room “Investigation and Optimization of Hydrogen Storage Performance and Thermal Conductivity of Metal Hydrides for High Pressure Hydrogen Compressors” Jury: Prof. Dr. Berend SMIT (president) Prof. Dr. Andreas ZÜTTEL (PhD director) Dr. Noris GALLANDAT(PhD supervisor) Prof. Dr. Oliver KRÖCHER (expert) CONGRATULATIONS!
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	29. May, 2023 Bachelor thesis Jessica RUFFINER BSc. Student in Physics at the University of Fribourg “Thermodynamics of Hydrogen Adsorption on Nanomaterials” Prof. Dr. Andreas ZÜTTEL (Supervisor)
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	28. May – 1. June, 2023 GRC on Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage Gordon Research Conference, Les Diablerets, Switzerland Prof. Dr. Andreas ZÜTTEL Poster: Sustainable Aviation Fuel for Swiss Armed Forces (SAF for SAF)
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	22. May, 2023 PhD defence Mr. Cedric David KOOLEN 15:00 – 17:00, EPFL Valais/Wallis in Sion, 4th floor, Emosson Room “Metal Catalysts for the Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂“ Jury: Prof. Dr. Berend SMIT (president) Prof. Dr. Andreas ZÜTTEL (PhD director) Dr. Maarten NACHTEGAAL (expert) Prof. Dr. Sara Skrabalak, (ext. examiner) Prof. Dr. Balázs Endrődi (ext. examiner) CONGRATULATIONS!
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	17. May, 2023 Vortrag Hauptversammlung Licht & Wasser Kandersteg, Gemeindesaal Kandersteg, Switzerland “Wie ist die Energiewende möglich” Prof. Dr. Andreas ZÜTTEL
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	7. May, 2023 Artikel in der Sonntagszeitung “Energie wird deutlich teurer, wenn wir Öl, Gas und AKWs ersetzen” Herr Mischa Aebi, Bundeshausredaktor 13. May, 2023 Zwei ETH-Professoren sprechen sich gegenseitig Kompetenz bei der Energiewende ab
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	1. May .- 31. July, 2023 Internship Zoe MULLER Formulation and cosmetic chemical engineer École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse ENSCMu Mulhouse, France “Dynamic Porous Polymer Network Development” Dr. Chongnan YE (Supervisor)
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	1. May .- 31. August, 2023 Internship Boyu OUYANG Master Student in Chemistry at EPFL “Ammonia as energy carrier” Dr. Cédric KOOLEN (Supervisor)
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	24. April, 2023 PhD Candidacy Exam Mr. Akhil PENMATHSA 16:00 – 18:00, EPFL Valais/Wallis in Sion, 4th floor, Emosson Room “Design, Optimization and Control of Thermal Management Systems for Metal Hydride based Hydrogen Storage and Compression Systems” Jury: Prof. Dr. Berend SMIT (president) Prof. Dr. Andreas ZÜTTEL (PhD director) Dr. Noris GALLANDAT(PhD supervisor) Prof. Dr. Jan VAN HERLE (expert) CONGRATULATIONS!
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	28. March – 2. April, 2023 The 4th Taiwan-Switzerland Joint Business Council Meeting Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Forum 第4屆臺瑞（士）經濟合作會議暨氫能及燃料電池產業商機論壇
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	15. März, 2023 Vortrag 10:00 Kantonsschule Rychenberg, Switzerland “Wie erneuerbare Energie die fossilen Energieträger ablösen wird” Andreas ZÜTTEL, EPFL Valais/Wallis
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	17. February 2023 PhD public defense Mr. Youngdon KO 16:00 – 17:00, EPFL Valais/Wallis in Sion, 4th floor, Zeuzier Room “Using Complex Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage and Direct Borohydride Fuel Cells for Electricity Production” CONGRATULATIONS!
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	16. February, 2023 Vortrag 19:00 Lions-Club, Tropenhaus Frutigen, Switzerland “Wie erneuerbare Energie die fossilen Energieträger ablösen wird” Andreas ZÜTTEL, EPFL Valais/Wallis
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	6. February, 2023 Presentation of Master Thesis 14:00 – 15:00 EPFL Valais/Wallis in Sion, 4th floor, Room Zeuzier “Optimizing the Energy Demand within the SAF Production System by Constructing a Model” Jury: Prof. Dr. Elison MATIOLI (president) Prof. Dr. Andreas ZÜTTEL (supervisor) CONGRATULATIONS!
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	22. – 27. January, 2023 15th INT’L SYMPOSIUM HYDROGEN & ENERGY Chair: Andreas ZÜTTEL Conference Manager: Ivana SUTER SEEBLICK HÖHENHOTEL Emmetten, Switzerland
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	16. January 2023 PhD defense Mr. Youngdon KO 16:00 – 18:00, EPFL Valais/Wallis in Sion, 4th floor, Zeuzier Room “Using Complex Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage and Direct Borohydride Fuel Cells for Electricity Production” Jury: Prof. Dr. Berend SMIT (president) Prof. Dr. Jan VAN HERLE (expert) Prof. Dr. Vijay RAMANI (ext. expert) Prof. Dr. Marian CHATENET (ext. expert) CONGRATULATIONS!
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	16. January 2023 Prof. Dr. Marian CHATENET, Seminar Talk 14:00 – 15:00, EPFL Valais/Wallis in Sion, 4th floor, Zeuzier Room “Advantages and drawbacks of (alkaline) direct borohydride fuel cells” Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP (Institute of Engineering), LEPMI, 38000 Grenoble, France
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