2017 Workshop on “Redox Films for Energy Conversion – bioelectrochemical and molecular systems”

September 28th-29th, 2017, Marseille

This workshop focusses on bioelectrochemical systems and molecular catalysts, and their incorporation into protective matrices. We will discuss the latest advances and future priority research directions to open up the applications of highly active but highly fragile catalysts.

Topics to be covered include:

Specific degradation pathways of biological catalysts (oxidative/reductive stress, reaction with dioxygen and reactive oxygen species…)
Specific degradation pathways of molecular (non-biological) catalysts (hydrolysis, ligand exchange, degradation due to redox cycling, side-reactions for example with O₂, H₂O₂, CO…)
Challenges and limitations in the engineering of tolerant/robust catalysts, including enzymes (the robustness/activity compromise, …)
Protection needs for electrocatalysts
Design, assembly, characterization and modelling of redox films and other protection matrices
Challenges and limitations in the design of the protection matrices
Bio-inspired protection
Engineered tolerance/protection synergies

Program

September 28th:

8h45: Welcome
Dr Jean Michel Savéant (Laboratoire d’Electrochimie Moléculaire, Paris, FR), “Nanodiffusion in electrocatalytic films. Possible consequences on product selectivity.“
Dr Bertrand Reuillard (Dpt of Chemistry, Cambridge University, UK) “Increasing the stability and selectivity of heterogenized bio-inspired molecular catalysts for solar fuel production.“
Coffee break
Dr. Ulf-Peter Apfel (Inorganic Chemistry, Bochum, Germany) “Learning From Enzymes – A Design Strategy Towards Functional Materials -” (cancelled)
Dr Elisabeth Lojou (Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, Marseille, France) “Enzymatic catalysis for H2/O2 biofuel cells : from self-assembled-monolayers to mesoporous carbon materials.“
Dr Adrian Ruff (Ruhr-Universität-Bochum, Analytische Chemie – Elektroanalytik & Sensorik, Germany) “Designs of redox polymers for the electrical wiring and protection of H₂ oxidation catalysts.“
Dr Vincent Fourmond (Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, Marseille, France) “Theoretical bases for the optimisation of redox films.“
13h: Lunch
Pr Marc Koper (Faculty of Science, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, NL) “Mechanisms of CO₂ electroreduction on immobilized molecular catalysts.“
Dr Holger Dau (Free University of Berlin, Germany), “From photosynthetic water oxidation to dynamic oxide films with molecular properties.“
Dr Jan Vaes (HYDREGONICS, Belgium) “Electrolytic hydrogen as key-enabler for a CO₂ neutral future – state of the art and outlook“
Coffee break
Dr Gustav Berggren (Uppsala Univ., SE) “H2 production from hydrogenases – Exploring enzymes using a combination of chemical and biological tools.“
Dr Lars Jeuken (Faculty of Biological Sciences, Leeds University, UK) “Membrane enzymes as robust biocatalysts? Engineering lipid environment and bioelectrochemical systems.“
Pr Sean Elliott (Boston University, USA), “Wiring’ Internal and External Redox Cofactors by Multi-component Metalloenzymes.“
18h: closing

September 29th:

8h45: Pr Shelley Minteer (Dpt of Chemistry, Univ of UTAH, USA), “Redox Polymers for Mediated Bioelectrocatalysis and Hybrid Electrocatalysis.“
Dr Alan Le Goff (Dpt de chimie moléculaire, Grenoble, France) “Enzymes and their synthetic models in noble-metal-free hydrogen fuel cells.”
Coffee break
Dr Thierry Tron (ISM2, Marseille, France) “Controlling the orientation of laccases at the surface of materials. Does it matter?“
Pr Fred Lisdat (Technical University of Applied Sciences, Wildau, Germany), “Integration of Photosystem I into 3D electrode structures by means of different redox proteins and coupling with enzyme catalysis.“
Pr Wolfgang Lubitz, (Max Planck Institute, Mulheim, Germany), “Summary of the meeting – and some recent results from Muelheim on hydrogenases and related model compounds embedded in polymer matrices.“
13h: Lunch