LMER – Laboratory of Materials for Renewable Energy

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

joint lab of EPFL and Empa

NEWS


	June 30 – July 5, 2019 SCCER Summer School HELIX at Dorint · Blüemlisalp · Beatenberg/Interlaken, Switzerland Hubel 114 · 3803 Beatenberg · Schweiz Chair: Thomas Schmidt, Jörg Roth, PSI 3. July 2019 Day program: Hydrogen Production, Storage & Applications 1. Hydrogen Production 1.1. Elektrolysis & Photoelectrolysis: Kevin Sivula, confirmed 1.2. Battolyzer: Fokko Mulder, confirmed 1.3. High Temperature Electrolysis: Ligang Wang (Jan Van Herle), confirmed 2. Hydrogen Storage 2.1. Fundamentals of Hydrogen Storage: Andreas Züttel, confirmed 2.2. Metal Hydrides & Complex Hydrides: Andreas Züttel, confirmed 2.3. Organic liquid hydrides: Peter Wasserscheid, Erlangen, confirmed 3. Applications 3.1. Fuel cells: Felix Büchi, confirmed 3.2. Mobility: Christian Bach, confirmed 3.3. Demonstrators & GRZ: Noris Gallandat, GRZ, confirmed Workshop Design a system that covers the energy demand of a one family house.
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	June 30 – July 5, 2019 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Hydrogen-Metal Systems Chairs: Ned Stetson and Michael Hirscher Rey Don Jaime Grand Hotel Castelldefels, Spain Applications for this meeting must be submitted by June 2, 2019 June 29-30, 2019 Gordon Research Seminar chaired by Hope Sartain and Giovanni Capurso
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	May 5 – 10, 2019 Gordon Research Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Chair Marco Mazzotti, Vice Chair Roger Aines Les Diablerets Conference Center Eurotel Victoria Les Diablerets, CH Applications for this meeting must be submitted by April 7, 2019
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	18. – 19. 5. 2019, 10:00 – 17:00 SCIENTASTIC ENERGYPOLIS Sion, 1^st floor, Lab LMER & SSDSReception: Ivana SUTER, Lena SUTER, Hugo TOMÉ SSDS: Yannick BAEHLER, LMER Lab: CO₂ reduction, methan reactor: Marco CALIZZI, Emanuele MOIOLI, Robin MUTSCHLER, Kun ZHAO, Jie ZHANG, Qin ZHANG LMER Lab: Hydrogen storage, Hydrides: Heena YANG, Loris LOMBARDO, Victoria HE LMER Lab: XPS & Cluster source: Wen LUO, Mo LI, Alexandre BORSAYTalk par Andreas ZÜTTEL: “LA DEUXIEME EVOLUTION ENERGETIQUE EN VALAIS” Talk par Emanuele MOIOLI: “LA PREMIÈRE RÉALISATION D’UN RÉACTEUR DE TAILLE INDUSTRIEL DE L’EPFL EN COLLABORATION AVEC GAZNAT
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	16. 5. 2019, 10:30 – 11:30 ENERGYPOLIS SEMINAR ENERGYPOLIS Sion, 4^th floor, ZEUZIER Seminar room “e-Infrastructure to compile and provide e- Learning Content and Engineering Tools” Olaf JEDICKE Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Institut für Kern- und Energietechnik (IKET), Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
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	10. 4. 2019, 10:30 – 11:30 ENERGYPOLIS SEMINAR ENERGYPOLIS Sion, 4^th floor, ZEUZIER Seminar room “CO₂ conversion to oxygenate fuels using nanocomposite photocatalysts” Sanaz SOODI Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan 45137-66731, Iran
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	22. 3. 2019, 14:00 – 18:30 General Assembly of HYDROPOLE The Swiss Hydrogen Association HYDROPOLE (since 2001) General Assembly and site visit at the Power2gas demonstrator of HSR IET in Rapperswil
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	21. 3. 2019, 10:30 – 11:30 ENERGYPOLIS SEMINAR ENERGYPOLIS Sion, 4^th floor, ZEUZIER Seminar room “Al-N-Compounds – Possible Materials for Hydrogen Storage” Michael FELDERHOFF Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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	7. 3. 2019, 10:30 – 11:30 ENERGYPOLIS SEMINAR ENERGYPOLIS Sion, 4^th floor, ZEUZIER Seminar room “Transformation of waste into new biochemical and biofuels” Jorge Mario MARCHETTIThe Reactor Engineering and Catalysis Group, located in the Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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	1. 3. 2019 Victoria HE (Master student, TU Munich & EPFL)
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	15. 2. 2019 Qin ZHANG (Master student, ISIC, EPFL) Master semester work “CO2 reduction to ethanol”
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	15. 2. 2019 Alexandre BORSAY (Master student, ISIC, EPFL) Master work “Metal Clusters investigated by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy”
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	Jan. 20 – 25, 2019 13th INT. SYMPOSIUM HYDROGEN & ENERGY GYEONG WON JAE AMBASSADOR Incheon, South KOREA
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	11. 2. 2019, 10:30 – 11:30 ENERGYPOLIS SEMINAR ENERGYPOLIS Sion, 4^th floor, ZEUZIER Seminar room “Hydrogen storage systems for mobile and stationary applications: an overview“ Prof. Dr. Sabrina SATORI Department of Technology Systems, University of Oslo, Norway
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	7. 1. 2019 David AUBERT (Civil service)
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	1. 1. 2019 Ivana SUTER Administrative assistant, Secretary LMER Administration and Finances
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LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Renewable energy storage via CO2 and H-2 conversion to methane and methanol: Assessment for small scale applications

E. Moioli; R. Mutschler; A. Zuettel

Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2019-06-01. Vol. 107, p. 497-506. DOI : 10.1016/j.rser.2019.03.022.

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Identifying Reaction Species by Evolutionary Fitting and Kinetic Analysis: An Example of CO2 Hydrogenation in DRIFTS

K. Zhao; L. Wang; E. Moioli; M. Calizzi; A. Züttel

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2019-03-11. Vol. 123, num. 4, p. 8785-8792. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b11105.

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The role of malachite nanorods for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to C-2 hydrocarbons

M. Spodaryk; K. Zhao; J. Zhang; E. Oveisi; A. Zuettel

Electrochimica Acta. 2019-02-20. Vol. 297, p. 55-60. DOI : 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.11.124.

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Hydrogen storage and electrochemical properties of LaNi5-xCux hydride-forming alloys

M. Spodaryk; N. Gasilova; A. Zuttel

Journal Of Alloys And Compounds. 2019-02-15. Vol. 775, p. 175-180. DOI : 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.10.009.

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Incarceration of Iodine in a Pyrene-Based Metal-Organic Framework

A. Gladysiak; T. N. Nguyen; M. Spodaryk; J-H. Lee; J. B. Neaton et al.

Chemistry-A European Journal. 2019-01-07. Vol. 25, num. 2, p. 501-506. DOI : 10.1002/chem.201805073.

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Parametric sensitivity in the Sabatier reaction over Ru/Al2O3 - theoretical determination of the minimal requirements for reactor activation

E. Moioli; N. Gallandat; A. Zuttel

Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 2019-01-01. Vol. 4, num. 1, p. 100-111. DOI : 10.1039/c8re00133b.

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Single-layer graphene membranes by crack-free transfer for gas mixture separation

S. Huang; M. Dakhchoune; W. Luo; E. Oveisi; G. He et al.

Nature Communications. 2018-12-01. Vol. 9, num. 1, p. 2632. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-018-04904-3.

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Fast real time and quantitative gas analysis method for the investigation of the CO2 reduction reaction mechanism

R. Mutschler; W. Luo; E. Moioli; A. Zuttel

Review Of Scientific Instruments. 2018-11-01. Vol. 89, num. 11, p. 114102. DOI : 10.1063/1.5047402.

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CO2 hydrogenation reaction over pristine Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Al2O3 supported Ru: Comparison and determination of the activation energies

R. Mutschler; E. Moioli; W. Luo; N. Gallandat; A. Zuettel

Journal Of Catalysis. 2018-10-01. Vol. 366, p. 139-149. DOI : 10.1016/j.jcat.2018.08.002.

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Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation from a Visible-Light-Responsive Metal–Organic Framework System: Stability versus Activity of Molybdenum Sulfide Cocatalysts

T. N. Nguyen; S. Kampouri; B. Valizadeh; W. Luo; D. Ongari et al.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2018-09-12. Vol. 10, num. 36, p. 30035-30039. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.8b10010.

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