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SUMMARY:Catalysts for CO2 reduction: from molecules to solids - Prof. Marc
  Fontecave\, College de France
DTSTART:20160114T143000Z
DTEND:20160114T153000Z
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CONTACT:Sharon Connor
DESCRIPTION:The development of renewable energies\, such as solar energy i
 n particular\, requires new efficient technologies for storing them in the
  form of energy-dense chemicals. One example is hydrogen\, derived from wa
 ter\, which can be used as an energy vector. Another example is carbon-bas
 ed compounds\, such as carbon monoxide\, formic acid\, methanol and hydroc
 arbons\, derived from reduction of CO2. To achieve this goal one needs to 
 optimize cheap and stable metal-based catalysts for electro-reduction of C
 O2 and also to combine them with photosensitizers/semiconductors to achiev
 e photo-reduction of CO2. This field has recently been revivified with the
  objective to generate artificial photosynthetic devices. During this pres
 entation\, an overview of the best and most recent electrocatalysts and ph
 otocatalysts will be given. We also discuss various strategies developed i
 n our laboratory to achieve this goal based on: (i) homogeneous Co- and Ni
 - complexes\; (ii) bioinspired molecular W- and Mo-based complexes (iii) h
 eterogenous Cu- based materials\; (iv) supramolecular Metal-Organic-Framew
 orks.\n\nFinancial support from the French National Research Agency (ANR\,
  Carbiored ANR-12-BS07-0024-03\; Labex program ARCANE\, ANR-11-LABX-0003-0
 1 and DYNAMO\, ANR-11-LABX-0011) and from Fondation de l’Orangerie for i
 ndividual philanthropy and its donors is gratefully acknowledged. \n
LOCATION:Pfizer Lecture Theatre\,  Department of Chemistry
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