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Scientific Scope: Currently, our world is facing serious problems with regards to expensive and inefficient energy storage and energy conversion systems. Thus, innovative scientific solutions are sought in order to solve this challenge, especially from the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering. To this end, the fields of electrochemistry and catalysis are of tremendous importance. Specifically, oxygen electrocatalysis is considered as the most critical phenomenon in almost all electrochemical industries because it involves the most sluggish reactions that govern the overall reaction rate in electrochemical cells. In this meeting, we shall cover two main topics in oxygen eletrocatalysis: (i) oxygen reduction to water and (ii) oxygen evolution from water. It is expected that the meeting will provide an excellent opportunity for an international group of scientists and researchers to a) present their relevant observations and development of oxygen electrocatalysts, b) discuss the various unique attributes of recent novel catalysts, and c) report the latest developments in electrode construction in fuel cells, water electrolysis, metal-air batteries, and solar fuel research.

Key Topics:

▶ Noble and non-noble electrocatalysts
▶  Operando analysis
▶ Catalyst design based on theory
▶ Catalyst support
▶ Bi-functional catalysts
▶ Fuel Cells
▶ Water electrolysis
▶ Metal-air batteries
▶ Fuels from CO₂
▶  Electrode architecture

Abstract submission: 28 October 2015