Organizers:
Hao Chen (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
Hirohito Ogasawara (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
Gang Wan (Stanford University)
Motivation:
While active sites on solids have been extensively characterized, the more mobile, dynamic species derived from them are emerging frontiers. These species mediate a wide range of critical chemical and energy transformations, including photocatalysis, thermocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and processes in battery. This full-day workshop highlights recent progress and future opportunities in microscopy and spectroscopy aimed at elucidating and controlling these active species in functional materials and devices.
Agenda:
8:00 AM Breakfast
8:50 AM Introduction to the workshop
9:00 AM
Plasmonic Photocatalysis: Light-driven Chemistry with Antenna-Reactor Complexes
Prof. Naomi Halas, Rice University
9:50 AM
Time-resolved Soft X-ray RIXS for Solution Phase Photochemistry – Early Scientific Results from ChemRIXS using LCLS II
Dr. Douglas Garratt, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
10:15 AM
Coffee break (30 min)
10:45 AM
Converting Methane to Fuels and Fixing Nitrogen with Atomically-optimized Plasmon Catalysts
Prof. Jennifer Dionne, Stanford University
11:35 AM
Frontier Molecular Orbital Spectroscopic Investigation of the Electronic Structure of Fe(IV)=O Complexes
Dr. Max Waters, Stanford University
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM
Discerning Active Catalytic Sites via Synthesis, In-situ Characterization, and Theory
Prof. Phillip Christopher, University of California, Santa Barbara
1:50 PM
Operando X-ray Characterization Capabilities at SSRL Give Insight into Catalyst Structure during COx Conversion
Dr. Adam Hoffman, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2:15 PM
Catalytic Interfaces in and out of Equilibrium
Prof. Anastassia Alexandrova, University of California, Los Angeles
3:05 PM
Coffee Break (25 min)
3:30 PM WORKSHOP PHOTO
3:35 PM
Understanding and Engineering Ionomer-Based Electrochemical Devices for Energy Conversion
Prof. Shannon Boettcher, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
4:25 PM
Fluorescent h-BN Point Defects for Single-Ion Sensing in Liquids Toward Energy Solutions
Dr. Yecun Wu, Stanford University
4:50 PM
Session End