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Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy 2022 The Westin Josun Busan August 22~26, 2022 MCARE 2022

Program

Abstract submission due May 15, 2022
On-site Registration (TBA)
Notification acceptance May 31, 2022
Announcement of final program July 15, 2022
Early-Bird Registration June 15, 2022

Symposia at a Glance

MCARE 2022 will address a variety of materials and technologies that are critically needed for development of state-of-art technologies of alternative and renewable energy. The technical program features plenary, keynote and invited talks, contributed oral and poster presentations for thematically-focused technical symposiums.
MCARE 2022 consists of 11 symposia

[Symposium 1] “Materials for Hydrogen Fuel Production and CO2 conversion”

Brief description and scope of symposium
Electrochemical and photoelectrochemical production of hydrogen is considered as one of the practical methods to store intermittent renewable energy in the carbon-free energy carrier, i.e. hydrogen. However, there should still be significant advance in electro (photo) catalysts, gas separators, ion-conducting membranes, photoabsorbers, and other mechanical components for practical hydrogen generation. The state-of-the-art water electrolyzer systems do not meet the requirements for economic and energy-efficient carbon-free hydrogen production as those devices use precious metal catalysts or expensive fluorinated membranes and present insufficient photon-to-chemical conversion efficiency. Electrochemical and photoelectrochemical water splitting technologies require new and inexpensive materials/systems that ensure high performance and satisfactory lifetime for practical applications. This symposium will discuss innovative electrochemical/photoelectrochemical materials and technologies essential to construct more effective hydrogen production systems in the near future.
Session topics

Materials science on electrocatalysts, photocatalysts, photoelectrocatalysts, ion-conducting polymers, porous transport layers, and other device components for the following systems:

  • Alkaline water electrolysis
  • Proton exchange membrane water electrolysis
  • Solid oxide water electrolyzer
  • Anion exchange membrane water electrolysis
  • Hydrogen fuel cells
  • Photoelectrochemical water splitting
  • Photocatalytic water splitting
List of organizers
Point of contact

[Symposium 2] “Advanced Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage”

Brief description and scope of symposium
The electrochemical energy storage markets have grown rapidly in all sectors of mobile IT devices, green transportation, and large-scale energy storage systems, representing a multi-billion-dollar industry. Nonetheless, battery and supercapacitor technology still seeks new concepts in materials design to overcome the current limitations with regard to performance, lifetime, and safety. The relevant community is excited to see continuous progress in identifying novel crystal structures, designing uncommon electrolytes/binders, and developing different cell types based on solid or (non)aqueous electrolytes. This symposium will explore materials and technologies that play a pivotal role in the present and future energy storage technology. In addition, we also strongly welcome abstracts on advanced analyses and computational simulations.
Session topics

Electrode materials/architectures, electrolyte engineering, binder designs, modeling, mechanisms, diagnostics of the following systems:

  • Lithium-ion batteries
  • Lithium metal batteries (LMBs)
  • All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs)
  • Lithium-sulfur batteries
  • Multivalent batteries
  • Metal-air and redox flow batteries
  • High/low temperature batteries
  • Electric-double layer and pseudo-capacitors
List of organizers
Point of contact

[Symposium 3] “Advanced Materials for Next Generation Photovoltaics”

Brief description and scope of symposium

Next-generation thin-film photovoltaic devices are drawing significant attention as off-grid power sources for next-generation electronics and clean energy systems. To this end, various photovoltaic materials have been studied such as perovskite, organic and colloidal quantum dot. In the last few decades, significant advancements have been achieved in next generation photovoltaics, which exhibit power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) up to 25.6% for single-junction cells via optimization materials and, device architectures. Despite the surprising progress in efficiencies, achieving such high photo-stability, less-toxicity, and reasonable mechanical robustness simultaneously are still considered grand challenges. Challenges to overcome include material designs, fabrication processes, novel device structures, and performance characterization under diverse harsh circumstances. This symposium welcomes a collection of abstracts that highlight these major challenges in the state-of-the-art novel photovoltaic material designs, device structures for enhancing mechanical stability, including, but not limited to, the following topics.

Session topics
  • topic 1. Materials synthesis for perovskite, organic, organic/inorganic hybrid, and quantum dot solar cells
  • topic 2. Fundamentals for charge generation, transport, recombination, and extraction
  • topic 3. Photo-physics and device dynamics characterizations
  • topic 4. Theoretical modeling and calculation of photovoltaic materials and devices
  • topic 5. Photovoltaic applications for flexible, stretchable, and wearable devices
List of organizers/co-organizers
Point of contact
  • Prof. Jung-Yong Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea
    E-mail: jungyong.lee@kaist.ac.kr

[Symposium 4] “Advanced Materials for Fuel Cells and Electrolysis”

Brief description and scope of symposium
Fuel cells and electrolysis are devices that convert chemical energy into electrical energy or vice versa. There are many types of such devices available, corresponding to a multi-billion dollar industry. However, the cutting edge technologies about fuel cell and electrolysis systems do not fully satisfy the requirements for effective utilization in transportation, grid and commercial technologies, although the systems keep pursuing new concepts in materials design to overcome the current limitations of performance and lifetime. In this regard, Efforts for addressing such crucial limitations are needed and the development of new and advanced material structures including interfacial reactions to produce next-generation electrode and membrane materials is required, while new solutions on fuel cells and electrolysis enabling high power densities and longer stabilities should be suggested. This symposium will explore novel energy convergence materials and technologies that are critical in making the current fuel cell and electrolysis systems more effective in the future. In addition, we also strongly welcome abstracts on other fuel cell and electrolysis related materials, systems, applications and computational evaluations.
Session topics

Fundamentals, modeling, mechanisms, materials design, screening, electrode architectures, diagnostics and materials characterization and electrode/electrolyte interface characterization of the following systems:

  • Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)
  • High temperature fuel cells (SOFC and MCFC)
  • Direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC)
  • Direct liquid fuel cells (DMFC and DFAFC)
  • Biofuel cells (Enzymatic and microbial)
  • Alkaline fuel cell (AFC)
  • Phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC)
  • High temperature electrolysis (HTE)
  • Water splitting reaction systems
  • Flexible fuel cells
  • Catalysts for fuel cell systems
  • Membranes for fuel cell systems
List of organizers/co-organizers
Point of contact

[Symposium 5] “Frontiers of Functional Nanomaterials for Eco-friendly Devices Applications (Special symposium in honor of Prof. Yoon-Bong Hahn, Jeonbuk National University)”

Brief description and scope of symposium
Functional nanomaterials with intrinsically new and tailored properties are key elements for developing sustainable solutions in eco-friendly applications such as energy harvesting, optoelectronic devices, and sensors. Recent progress of novel nanodevices designs has led to significant advances in the fundamental understanding of functional nanomaterials. This symposium will provide an international forum for presenting technological advances in functional materials and focus on functional nanomaterials toward eco-friendly nanodevices applications such as the emerging class of next-generation solar cells, eco-friendly multifunctional devices, printed electronics, flexible and electronic devices, and chemical and biological sensors. Specifically, this symposium will focus on the development of multifunctional materials and technologies that offer advanced processing, improved properties, and cost and energy-efficient synthesis, with emphasizing the recent innovation in nanotechnological approaches and the assessment of their industrial impact. Interested individuals from academia, laboratories, and industries are invited to contribute by submitting their abstracts along with the following topics.
Session topics

Innovative synthetic route of functional nanomaterials for optoelectronic and bioelectronics devices

  • Optoelectronic devices based on nanoparticles, quantum dots, nanowires, and composites
  • Synthesis, functionalization and assembly of nanomaterials and nanocomposites
  • Understanding of interface-driven functionalities and multi-material heterostructures
  • Integration of functional nanomaterials into multifunctional devices (stretchable bioelectronic devices, printed and flexible display, optoelectronic devices, etc)
  • Simulation of state-of-art semiconductor processing technologies

Advanced materials for next generation photovoltaic devices

  • Frontiers of organic, inorganic, quantum dots, and organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells
  • Advances in materials for composites-based perovskite and hybrid solar cells
  • Interfacial engineering for highly efficient and stable solar cells
  • Next generation electron and hole transport materials
  • Dynamics of charge generation, trapping and transport
  • Nanostructured oxide and nanocomposites for excitonic solar cells

Functional nanomaterials for chemical and biological sensors

  • Functional nanomaterials for chemical and biological sensors
  • Highly selective multi-component detecting chemical and biological sensors
  • Integration of chemical and biological sensors into continuous monitoring systems
Lead-organizers
Co-organizers

[Symposium 6] “Electromechanical Coupling Materials for Nanogenerators and Self-powered Electronics”

Brief description and scope of symposium
Recent advances in energy harvesting research have demonstrated their feasibility and great potential in the realization of self-powered functions for low power-consuming devices such as sensors, body-implantable devices, etc, leading to novel power sources that operate over a broad range of conditions for extended time periods with high reliability and independence. This symposium will aim at fundamental understandings and practical development of the mechanical energy-harvesting strategies, micro/nanometer-scale piezoelectric/triboelectric/ferroelectric/flexoelectric effect and their coupling phenomena that are prevalent in both solid dielectrics and semiconductors. Abstracts on the theoretical and experimental study of piezoelectric/triboelectric/ferroelectric/flexoelectric material development; systematic design and optimization of mechanical energy harvesters (nanogenerators) for self-powered electronics; and coupling effect between piezoelectric or ferroelectric polarization and semiconducting properties including electronic band structure, optoelectronics, photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, catalysts, photoelectrochemistry, etc are greatly welcome.
Session topics
  • Materials and devices for piezoelectric, triboelectric, hybrid nanogenerators
  • Piezoelectric, ferroelectric, flexoelectric nanomaterial synthesis, characterization, and integration
  • Nanomaterials for flexible, stretchable energy storage devices
  • Theoretical and experimental study on nanoscale mechanical-to-electric energy conversion process
  • Fundamental study on band-structure engineering based on piezoelectric or ferroelectric polarization
  • Hybrid energy-harvesting techniques (mechanical, thermal, light, etc.)
  • Power management systems for self-powering small electronics
List of organizers
Point of contact

[Symposium 7] “Materials for Super Ultra-low Energy and Emission Vehicles”

Brief description and scope of symposium
This symposium will aim at fundamental understandings and practical application of the exhaust gas purification system for the Super Ultra Low Energy & Emission Vehicle. Due to the modification of engine driving condition to achieve high fuel efficiency and low emission at the same time, the temperature of the exhaust gas decreases undesirably, which results in the decline of the performance of existing purification system. This symposium will deal with the advanced catalysts and adsorbents to exhibit higher performance at the low temperature, and the mechanism of the sintering and the poisoning of the catalysts for minimizing the deactivation of the catalysts, which eventually leads to the commercialization of the purification system for the future vehicle.
Session topics
  • Catalysts for oxidation of CO, hydrocarbon, and NO
  • Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO using urea
  • Catalyst for combustion of Particulate Matters (PM)
  • Diesel particulate filter (DPF)
  • Adsorbents of NOx or hydrocarbon
  • Mechanism of catalyst sintering and poisoning
  • Reduction or replacement of precious metals in automobile catalyst
  • Establishment of control model
Symposium organizers
Lead point of contact

[Symposium 8] “Materials for Green Ammonia Cycling”

Brief description and scope of symposium
Green ammonia production has received a lot of attention in recent years as an alternative to the traditional Haber-Bosch process to reduce CO2 emission and energy consumption. The extraction of hydrogen from ammonia is also an attractive process using NH3 as the H2 storage medium. This symposium aims to develop key materials and processes for green ammonia production and conversion. The green ammonia process involves the electrochemical reduction of nitrogen and nitrates. It will also cover the photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical reduction of nitrogen for NRR. Green hydrogen production through ammonia conversion and electrocatalytic/photocatalytic water splitting is also included in this symposium. In this special symposium, experts in the green ammonia production/conversion will gather and promote scientific exchange in related research fields.
Session topics
  • Electrocatalytic/photocatalytic ammonia production
  • Electrocatalytic/photocatalytic conversion of ammonia
  • Green hydrogen production
  • Theoretical modelling for green ammonia cycling
  • Analysis of green ammonia cycling process
List of organizers/co-organizers
Point of contact

[Symposium 9] “Semiconductor Nanocrystal Quantum Dots”

Brief description and scope of symposium
Semiconductor nanocrystals in strong quantum confinement regime, also referred to as quantum dots, have garnered surging interest after the materials were first used in commercial display devices. Because of the quantum confinement effect, quantum dots exhibit unique and interesting properties unavailable from conventional bulk materials. Encompassing the study of quantum dots are surface chemistry, spectroscopic analysis, colloidal synthesis, and various applications. The applications range from display, photodetectors, chemical and biological sensors, medical treatments, and solar cells, to name a few. This symposium will be a forum of recent development in the study of colloidal nanocrystals. In addition, we also strongly welcome abstracts on various other systems where quantum dots can be a compliment.
Session topics

Below is a list of session topics that will be a part of our discussion. Yet, the list is not comprehensive, and new topic can be suggested by all means:

  • Synthesis of quantum dots
  • Spectroscopy of quantum dots
  • Quantum dot-based display devices
  • Electroluminescent devices using quantum dots
  • Photodetectors
  • Quantum dot-based solar cells
  • Bio applications of quantum dots
List of organizers/co-organizers
Point of contact

[Symposium 11] “Advanced Biomaterials and Applications”

Brief description and scope of symposium
Biomaterials play an important role in biology at every length scale, from molecular to tissue level. The complexity of the materials and organic nature of living materials and their interfaces require new fundamental frameworks for design and interpretation of new classes of experiments. Behavior of biomaterials results from interactions of constituents on multiple length and time scales which cannot be treated by conventional biomaterials developed with traditional materials in mind. Recent advances in this field include development of the materials and design for the biomaterials from microscopic and molecular level considerations. The goal of these series of session is to facilitate a fruitful interaction between the experts in experimental study of biomaterials on one hand and feasible tools to control them for bioelectronics and energy units.

Biomaterials from inorganic to composite with organic materials are highly interdisciplinary scientific field that has already provided crucial contributions to understanding of human health, diseases, injuries and their treatment. Continued progress in this area will make it an integral part of health care delivery in the future. This session contributes towards this goal by promoting the exchange of ideas in this important field and enabling new interdisciplinary collaborations that will advance understanding of the role of biology in both societies, the American Ceramic Society and Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Session topics

Fundamentals, modeling, mechanisms, materials design, diagnostics and materials characterization for biomaterials, and materials/tissue interface characterization of the following systems:

  • Inorganic biomaterials
  • Bio-inspired materials
  • Advanced bioelectronics
  • Biomaterials using optical nanomaterials
  • Optobiomaterials
  • Modeling for biomaterials
List of organizers
Point of contact

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