New Frontiers of Electrocatalysis Workshop

这个为期4天的电催化研讨会的目标是开发实验和理论上的方法和指南，以帮助发现新的电催化剂，特别是那些具有重要技术意义的反应(如氧气还原和水氧化)，并更好地了解反应机理。它将汇集这一领域的科学家和工程师，他们致力于理论[如密度泛函理论(DFT)]、催化剂表面原位表征、电催化剂合成的仿生和组合方法以及反应机理确定。智力上的功绩。在正式和非正式的环境中，理论家和实验者之间的互动将产生对电催化剂材料的更好的理解，以及在这个重要研究领域的新想法。更广泛的影响。这次研讨会将促进在电催化领域具有广泛和互补研究兴趣的科学家之间的互动，他们通常没有机会见面。这种交流和新的互动可以导致与能源相关的科学方面的重要进展，特别是在开发替代、更清洁和更有效的能源技术方面。

CBET-0808335ZoskiThe goal of this 4 day-workshop on electrocatalysis is to develop approaches and guidelines, experimental and theoretical, to aid in the discovery of new electrocatalysts, especially those for technologically important reactions (like oxygen reduction and water oxidation) and to obtain a better understanding of the reaction mechanisms. It will bring together scientists and engineers in this field working on theory [e.g. density functional theory (DFT)], in situ catalyst surface characterization, biomimetic and combinatorial approaches to electrocatalyst synthesis, and reaction mechanism determination. Intellectual Merit. Interactions among theoreticians and experimentalists in both formal and informal settings will generate a better understanding of electrocatalyst materials, as well as new ideas, in this important area of research. Broader Impact. This workshop will facilitate interactions between scientists with broad and complementary research interests in the area of electrocatalysis who would normally not have the opportunity to meet. Such exchanges and new interactions can lead to important advances in energy related-science, particularly in the development of alternative, cleaner, and more efficient energy technologies.