Several researchers involved in the SOREC2 project actively participated in the recent Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS24). They contributed to the event by delivering oral and poster presentations that highlighted the project’s ongoing research.
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Valentina Gacha, a PhD student at ICFO and a member of the SOREC2 project, recently presented her thesis proposal which focuses on improving the efficiency of a crucial component in solar energy technology: the photoanode.
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Alastair Cunningham, from the ICFO Knowledge and Technology Transfer (KTT) unit, took the stage at the Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2024 to deliver the talk entitled “Light for Energy, Light for Health, Light for Information”. Held on February 26th in Beat Barcelona spot, the official networking space fostered by the Barcelona city council, the Mobile World Capital and the MWC24, the talk explored the transformative power of photonics in addressing some of the world’s most pressing social challenges, specifically in energy, health, and communication.
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UNIFE Renewable Energy
Researchers from UNIFE and SOREC2 team members, Serena Berardi and Stefano Caramori, met with researchers from the ENI Versalis Research Center in Ravenna, Italy, on January 24th. The purpose of the meeting was to present UNIFE’s ongoing research activities that Berardi’s group is currently carrying on in the fields of renewable energy and CO2 reduction.
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SOREC2 project organized its first consortium meeting on 9 and 10 November. The meeting was held at ICFO, which is the project’s leading institution. As it was the first in-person event of the project, the consortium members had the opportunity to interact directly amongst them since the start of the project since the kick-off meeting celebrated last in January was online.
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“The European Researchers’ Night” took place in 26 European countries on the last 29th of September simultaneously. One of the scheduled activities organized in Catalonia (La Nit de la Recerca) was the ‘European Corner‘ a virtual place where ongoing European-funded projects can showcase their work through informative posters.
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The European Commission’s Climate Action, Environment, Biodiversity, and Energy Executive Agency (CINEA) organized the 8th edition of the Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) & Alternative Fuels Cluster meeting on September 20th 2023. The event brought together the representatives of European funded projects and policymakers working in the area of CCUS and alternative fuels. The one-day meeting provided a unique interactive forum for participants to discuss the challenges and opportunities of these technologies in achieving climate neutrality.
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The outreach event “Path to Discover the Magic of the Elements: Earth, Fire, Water, Air” featured a presentation on the SOREC2 project last June 16th. Professor Stefano Caramori, a team member of SOREC2 from UNIFE, gave the talk titled “Converting Solar Energy with Semiconductors” during the fourth session of the conference cycle.
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Dimitrios Raptis, researcher at ICFO and member of SOREC2 consortium, attended the 3rd follow up meeting organized by CINEA and presented the SOREC2 project to the project coordinators who are part of the Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS) and Alternative Fuels Cluster.
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Carolina Gimbert, member of the SOREC2 consortium from UAB, participated in the 4th International Conference on Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer (PCET4), held in Tarragona from 5th to 9th of June. Gimbert presented a poster entitled “Transferring homogeneous water splitting catalysts to the surface of electrodes.”
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