Sunlight-powered chemical industries
- 👤 Speaker: Professor Erwin Reisner (Department of Chemistry, Cambridge)
- 📅 Date & Time: Tuesday 13 February 2024, 20:30 - 22:00
- 📍 Venue: Peterhouse Theatre
Abstract
You are cordially invited to the Kelvin Club’s second talk of the term, which will take place on Tuesday 13th February. Wine, cheese, and other refreshments will be served in the Lubbock Room at Peterhouse from 8:30 pm for an 8:45 pm start. Dr Erwin Reisner will be speaking on the subject of sunlight-powered chemical industries.
Professor Reisner will present emerging technologies that can use waste, water and air as precious resources in a solar-powered economy. He will make a case for solar energy and the need to produce sustainable fuels and chemicals for energy storage, transportation and the chemical industry to meet net zero targets. The concept and prototypes of solar fuel panels and reactors to synthesise renewable energy carriers and chemicals for a post-fossil future will be presented. More information: www-reisner.ch.cam.ac.uk/
Please ask for directions to the Theatre at the Peterhouse Porters Lodge on Trumpington St. All are welcome.
Series This talk is part of the Kelvin Club - Peterhouse Scientific Society series.
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Professor Erwin Reisner (Department of Chemistry, Cambridge)
Tuesday 13 February 2024, 20:30-22:00