Name: ESS Science Symposium - Neutrons for Future Energy Strategies
Start: 2013-05-27T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2013-05-29T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Paul Scherrer Institut

ESS Science Symposium - Neutrons for Future Energy Strategies

from Monday 27 May 2013 (08:00) to Wednesday 29 May 2013 (20:00)

Monday 27 May 2013

08:00

08:00 - 09:00
Room: OSGA / E06
09:00
09:00 - 09:10
Room: OSGA / E06
Contributions

09:00 Opening - K.N.Clausen - Kurt N. Clausen (PSI)
09:10
09:10 - 10:30
Room: OSGA / E06
Contributions

09:10 Energy Research at the Paul Scherrer Institute - Alexander Wokaun (Paul Scherrer Institut)

09:50 Solar Fuels : from natural to artificial photosynthesis - chemistry for the production of hydrogen from solar energy and water - Stenbjörn Styring (Photochemistry and Molecular Science, Department for Chemistry – Ångström laboratory. The Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden)
10:30 Coffee Break I
Coffee Break I
10:30 - 11:00
Room: OSGA / E06
11:00
11:00 - 12:50
Room: OSGA / E06
Contributions

11:00 Protein dynamics tunes energy levels for efficient light harvesting in photosynthesis - Jörg Pieper (University of Tartu)

11:40 The investigation of materials related to nuclear technologies by means of neutron imaging methods - Stephane Valance (PSI)

12:20 Neutron diffraction supporting mechanical metallurgy - Steven Van Petegem (PSI)
12:50 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:50 - 14:30
14:30
14:30 - 17:00
Room: OSGA / E06
Contributions

14:30 THE CATALYTIC CARBON DIOXIDE – FORMIC ACID CYCLE FOR HYDROGEN STORAGE AND DELIVERY - Gabor Laurenczy (EPFL)

15:10 Watching the formation of metal hydrides in situ - Holger Kohlmann (Leipzig University)

15:50 Phases of electrolytes controlled the degradation behavior in electrolyte-supported solid oxide fuel cell - Tzu-Wen Huang Huang (EMPA)

16:20 Dedicated Sample Environment for Energy Research - Dirk Wallacher (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Hahn-Meitner Platz 1, D-14109 Berlin, Germany)
17:00 Coffee Break II
Coffee Break II
17:00 - 17:30
Room: OSGA / E06
17:30
17:30 - 18:30
Room: OSGA / E06
Contributions

17:30 Materials Science for Future Energy Applications - Martin Mansson (Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism (LQM), EPF Lausanne)

18:00 Bottom-up approach to high performance magnets - Mogens Christensen (Aarhus University)
Tuesday 28 May 2013
09:00
09:00 - 11:00
Room: WBGB / 19
Contributions

09:00 Using neutron and synchrotron sources for in industrial catalysis - Alfons Molenbroek (Haldor Topsøe A/S)

09:40 Status Report of the J-PARC MLF (The J-PARC Materials & Life Science Experimental Facility)Status Report of the J-PARC MLF (The J-PARC Materials & Life Science Experimental Facility) - Masatoshi Arai (J-PARC Center JAEA)

10:20 Neutron imaging and advanced electrochemical analysis of operating fuel cells - Pierre Boillat (Paul Scherrer Institut)
11:00 Coffee Break III
Coffee Break III
11:00 - 11:30
Room: WBGB / 19
11:30
11:30 - 13:20
Room: WBGB / 19
Contributions

11:30 Improving Performance and Efficiency of an Existing Energy Solution - Stuart Holdsworth (EMPA)

12:10 Neutron scattering studies of structure and dynamics of proton conducting perovskites for next-generation fuel cells - Maths Karlsson (Chalmers University of Technology)

12:50 Nanostructure of the aqueous phase and impact on proton transport in radiation-grafted fuel cell membranes - Sandor Balog (Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg) Urs Gasser (PSI / LNS)
13:20 Lunch
Lunch
13:20 - 14:30

14:30 PSI tour
PSI tour
14:30 - 16:30

16:30 Coffee break IV
Coffee break IV
16:30 - 17:00
Room: WBGB / 19
17:00
17:00 - 18:50
Room: WBGB / 19
Contributions

17:00 Molecular Spectroscopy, Computer Modelling and the State of the Art in INS spectroscopy for Energy Materials - Ramirez-Cuesta Timmy (ISIS STFC)

17:40 Proton dynamics in polymeric electrolyte membranes for high-temperature fuel cells: incoherent neutron scattering study - Oxana Ivanova (Juelich Centre for Neutron Science, Outstation at FRM-II (MLZ), Forschungszentrum Juelich, Garching, Germany)

18:10 ESS – Instrumentation at the European neutron source of the future - Markus Strobl (ESS-AB)
18:50 Closing Remarks / Discussion
Closing Remarks / Discussion
18:50 - 19:30
Room: WBGB / 19

20:15

20:15 - 23:15
Wednesday 29 May 2013

09:00 Departure
Departure
09:00 - 12:00