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, May 27, 2013 (8:00 AM) to Wednesday, May 29, 2013 (8:00 PM)

Monday, May 27, 2013

8:00 AM

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: OSGA / E06
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
Room: OSGA / E06
Contributions

9:00 AM Opening - K.N.Clausen - Kurt N. Clausen (PSI)
9:10 AM
9:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: OSGA / E06
Contributions

9:10 AM Energy Research at the Paul Scherrer Institute - Alexander Wokaun (Paul Scherrer Institut)

9:50 AM 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 AM Coffee Break I
Coffee Break I
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: OSGA / E06
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:50 PM
Room: OSGA / E06
Contributions

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

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

12:20 PM Neutron diffraction supporting mechanical metallurgy - Steven Van Petegem (PSI)
12:50 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:50 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: OSGA / E06
Contributions

2:30 PM THE CATALYTIC CARBON DIOXIDE – FORMIC ACID CYCLE FOR HYDROGEN STORAGE AND DELIVERY - Gabor Laurenczy (EPFL)

3:10 PM Watching the formation of metal hydrides in situ - Holger Kohlmann (Leipzig University)

3:50 PM Phases of electrolytes controlled the degradation behavior in electrolyte-supported solid oxide fuel cell - Tzu-Wen Huang Huang (EMPA)

4:20 PM Dedicated Sample Environment for Energy Research - Dirk Wallacher (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Hahn-Meitner Platz 1, D-14109 Berlin, Germany)
5:00 PM Coffee Break II
Coffee Break II
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: OSGA / E06
5:30 PM
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: OSGA / E06
Contributions

5:30 PM Materials Science for Future Energy Applications - Martin Mansson (Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism (LQM), EPF Lausanne)

6:00 PM Bottom-up approach to high performance magnets - Mogens Christensen (Aarhus University)
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: WBGB / 19
Contributions

9:00 AM Using neutron and synchrotron sources for in industrial catalysis - Alfons Molenbroek (Haldor Topsøe A/S)

9:40 AM 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 AM Neutron imaging and advanced electrochemical analysis of operating fuel cells - Pierre Boillat (Paul Scherrer Institut)
11:00 AM Coffee Break III
Coffee Break III
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: WBGB / 19
11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 1:20 PM
Room: WBGB / 19
Contributions

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

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

12:50 PM 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)
1:20 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:20 PM - 2:30 PM

2:30 PM PSI tour
PSI tour
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

4:30 PM Coffee break IV
Coffee break IV
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: WBGB / 19
5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 6:50 PM
Room: WBGB / 19
Contributions

5:00 PM Molecular Spectroscopy, Computer Modelling and the State of the Art in INS spectroscopy for Energy Materials - Ramirez-Cuesta Timmy (ISIS STFC)

5:40 PM 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)

6:10 PM ESS – Instrumentation at the European neutron source of the future - Markus Strobl (ESS-AB)
6:50 PM Closing Remarks / Discussion
Closing Remarks / Discussion
6:50 PM - 7:30 PM
Room: WBGB / 19

8:15 PM

8:15 PM - 11:15 PM
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

9:00 AM Departure
Departure
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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