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2nd International Workshop

When                 Tuesday, 01.07.2025, 09:00 – 18:00 and Wednesday, 02.07.2025, 09:00 – 18:00

Where                RUB, ZGH seminar room 03/121 (hybrid)

Agenda   (104.6 kB)

From Disorder to Order
in Compositionally Complex Electrocatalyst Surfaces

The 2nd International Workshop of the CRC 1625 focuses on exploring the role of (dis)order in polyelemental surfaces for electrocatalysis. For this, the workshop covers various states of multinary materials, including amorphous, solid solution (high entropy alloys), intermetallic (high entropy intermetallics) and ceramics (high entropy oxides, nitrides). A key topic of discussion will be to elucidate the influence of different degrees of order on electrocatalytic properties, and to evaluate similarities and differences in atomic arrangements of polyelemental surfaces and their consequences for catalysis. The workshop features sessions on how (dis)order on surfaces can be simulated and experimentally characterized. The workshop will be in form of on-site talks but also pre-recorded talks, which will be discussed live and extensively during the workshop. Beyond scientific discussions and knowledge exchange, the workshop aims to establish future collaborations, eventually leading to joint publications of the participants.

 

Confirmed Speakers
We are pleased to announce the following confirmed speakers for the International Workshop:

Prof. Dr. Anthony Shoji Hall
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Prof. Dr. Harry Hoster
Head of Energy Technology Institute, Faculty of Engineering, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

Prof. Dr. Abhishek Sarkar
Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India.

Prof. Dr. Shinya Furukawa
Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Osaka, Japan.

Prof. Takayuki Kojima
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Japan.

Prof. Yonggang Yao
Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.

Prof. Christina M. Rost
Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech University, USA.

Prof. Ye Xu
Associate Professor, Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Louisiana State University, The USA.

Prof. Stephan Barcikowski 
Professor, Technical Chemistry I, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

Prof. Corina Andronescu
Professor, Technical Chemistry III, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

Prof. Ralf Drautz
Professor, Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulation (ICAMS), Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.

Dr. Ben Breitung
Group Leader, Nanomaterials for Energy Storage, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany.

Dr. Simon Schweidler
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany.

Dr. Nicolas Samuel Schlegel
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Dr. Mailde Da Silva Ozorio
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Dr. Sae Dieb
Senior Researcher, Data-Driven Materials Design Group, Center for Basic Research on Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan.

Dr. Marc Heggen
Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany.

Dr. Yujiao Li
Scientist, Center for Interface-Dominated High Performance Materials, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.


Key Topics

Session 1

Compositionally complex amorphous and solid solution electrocatalysts

Session 2

Intermetallic compounds and HEI

Session 3

Oxide, nitrides and further compounds

Session 4

Simulation of (dis)order on surfaces

Session 5

Experimental determination of (dis)order on surfaces