LMER

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

joint lab of EPFL and Empa

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NEWS

 

 

26. July 2024 Seminar talk “HTM development and surface engineering for efficient and stable PSC”

10:30 – 11:30, EPFL Valais/Wallis in Sion, 4th floor, Zeuzier Room

Prof. Sanghyun PAEK

Department of Chemistry and Energy Engineering in Sangmyung University, Seoul, South Korea

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1. July 2024 Dr. Loris LOMBARDO

Post Doc

Hydrogen storage in metals and complex hydrides

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10. June 2024 “Tailoring nanocatalysts and reaction interfaces for water and CO2-electrolysis”
Dr. Thi Ha My PHAM

16:00 Zeuzier room, 4th 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, Hong Kong, 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, Shanghai, China

Hydrogen storage in nano Mg-based alloys and hydrogen sorption materials

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16. May 2024 The 5th 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, , 4th 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), 7th 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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LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Development of Ti-Zr-Mn based AB 2 type metal hydrides alloys for an 865 bar two-stage hydrogen compressor

R. Li; A. Penmathsa; T. Sun; N. Gallandat; J. Li et al. 

International Journal Of Hydrogen Energy. 2024-06-27. Vol. 72, p. 687-693. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.05.336.

Graphene membranes with pyridinic nitrogen at pore edges for high-performance CO2 capture

K-J. Hsu; S. Li; M. Micari; H-Y. Chi; L. F. Villalobos et al. 

Nature Energy. 2024-06-11.  p. s41560-024-01556-0. DOI : 10.1038/s41560-024-01556-0.

All Platinum Group Metal-Free and Durable Catalysts for Direct Borohydride Fuel Cells

Y. Ko; J. Park; X. Zhang; L. Kang; T. H. M. Pham et al. 

Acs Applied Energy Materials. 2024-01-10. Vol. 7, num. 2, p. 639-648. DOI : 10.1021/acsaem.3c02578.

Tailoring nanocatalysts and reaction interfaces for water- and CO2-electrolysis

T. H. M. Pham / A. Züttel (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

A diversity-driven discovery of potential nanoporous materials for energy-related applications

S. Majumdar / B. Smit (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Solvent- and catalyst-free reduction of CO2 with ammonia borane

L. Lombardo; T. Nishiguchi; Y. Ko; L. Zhong; N. Horike et al. 

Green Chemistry. 2024-01-05. DOI : 10.1039/d3gc04399a.

Harnessing Porous Materials for Efficient Gas Capture: A Computational Exploration of Structure, Function, and Workflow Automation

M. J. Pougin / B. Smit (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Nanoscale engineering of solid-state materials for boosting hydrogen storage

Y. Wang; Y. Xue; A. Zuttel 

Chemical Society Reviews. 2023-12-19. Vol. 53, num. 2, p. 972-1003. DOI : 10.1039/d3cs00706e.

Zinc carboxylate optimization strategy for extending Al-air battery system’s lifetime

M. Wei; K. Wang; P. Pei; L. Zhong; A. Zuttel et al. 

Applied Energy. 2023-11-15. Vol. 350, p. 121804. DOI : 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121804.

Elucidating the Mechanism of Fe Incorporation in In Situ Synthesized Co-Fe Oxygen-Evolving Nanocatalysts

T. H. M. Pham; T-H. Shen; Y. Ko; L. Zhong; L. Lombardo et al. 

Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2023-10-20. Vol. 145, num. 43, p. 23691-23701. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.3c08099.