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SUMMARY:Catalyzing New Routes for the Sustainable Production of Fuels and 
 Chemicals
DTSTART:20141211T101500
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Thomas F. Jaramillo\, Dept. of Chemical Engineering\, St
 anford University\, USA\nBio : Thomas Francisco Jaramillo is an Associate 
 Professor of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University. A native of Puer
 to Rico\, Prof. Jaramillo first came to Stanford University to pursue his 
 B.S. in Chemical Engineering\, followed by graduate school at the Universi
 ty of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) where he earned his M.S. and Ph.D
 . in Chemical Engineering. Prof. Jaramillo then conducted post-doctoral re
 search in the Department of Physics at the Technical University of Denmark
  (DTU) as a Hans Christian Ørsted Post-doctoral Fellow prior to returning
  to Stanford to embark on his independent research career.\nProf. Jaramill
 o's research efforts are aimed at developing materials and processes that 
 can accelerate important chemical transformations related to energy conver
 sion with improved efficiency and durability. The overarching theme is the
  development of cost-effective\, clean energy technologies that can benefi
 t societal and economic growth while minimizing impacts to the environment
 . In pursuit of these goals\, Prof. Jaramillo conducts fundamental studies
  into semiconductors and catalyst materials to understand the physical and
  chemical factors that govern their performance\, insights which he then l
 everages to engineer improved materials and devices for sustainable energy
 .\nProf. Jaramillo has won a number of awards for his efforts\, including 
 the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers (PECASE\, 2
 011)\, the U.S. Dept. of Energy Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Program Research & 
 Development Award (2011)\, the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Aw
 ard (2011)\, and the Mohr-Davidow Ventures (MDV) Innovator Award (2009).\n
 Abstract : This talk will describe recent efforts to develop new\, sustain
 able pathways to the same kinds of fuels and chemicals that are convention
 ally derived from fossil resources\, Figure 1. Technology in this area has
  tremendous potential to curb CO2 emissions and to provide clean energy fo
 r all. The talk will focus on two particular areas of sustainable technolo
 gy development in this light: (1) Solar water-splitting for the direct\, r
 enewable production of H2\, and (2) CO2 electrolysis to convert CO2 into c
 arbon-based fuels and chemicals using renewable electricity as input.\nIn 
 particular\, this talk begin by describing research efforts to develop H2 
 evolution catalysts that are active\, stable\, and comprised of only earth
 -abundant elements.1-3 Next\, we will describe recent efforts to integrate
  these catalysts onto semiconductor surfaces to provide corrosion protecti
 on as well as enhanced interfacial catalysis for PEC water-splitting.4 The
  talk will then focus on electrocatalyst development for CO2 conversion to
  fuels and chemicals.5-7 Based on advanced methods that we have developed 
 to identify and quantify reaction products\, we characterize a wide range 
 of catalyst surfaces for CO2 electrolysis and establish a framework for de
 scribing their catalytic activity and selectivity to hydrocarbons and alco
 hols.7\nReferences\n(1) J. Kibsgaard\, T.F. Jaramillo\, F. Besenbacher\, "
 Building an appropriate active site motif into a hydrogen evolution cataly
 st with thiomolybdate [Mo3S13]2- clusters\," Nature Chemistry\, vol. 6\, p
 p. 248-253\, 2014.\n(2)  J.D. Benck\, T.R. Hellstern\, J. Kibsgaard\, P. 
 Chakthranont\, T.F. Jaramillo\, "Catalyzing the Hydrogen Evolution Reactio
 n (HER) with Molybdenum Sulfide Nanomaterials\," ACS Catalysis\, accepted 
 and in press\, 2014.\n(3) J. Kibsgaard and T.F. Jaramillo\, " Molybdenum P
 hosphosulfide: An Active\, Acid-Stable Earth-Abundant Catalyst for the Hyd
 rogen Evolution Reaction\," Angewandte Chemie\, accepted and in press\, 20
 14.\n(4) .J.D. Benck\, S.C. Lee\, K.D. Fong\, J. Kibsgaard\, R. Sinclair\,
  T.F. Jaramillo\, "Designing active and stable silicon photocathodes for s
 olar hydrogen production using molybdenum sulfide nanomaterials\," Advance
 d Energy Materials\, accepted and in press\, 2014.\n(5) K.P. Kuhl\, E.R. C
 ave\, D.N. Abram\, T.F. Jaramillo\, "New insights into the electrochemical
  reduction of carbon dioxide on metallic copper surfaces\," Energy & Envir
 onmental Science\, Vol. 5\, pp. 7050-7059\, 2012.\n(6) T. Hatsukade\, K.P.
  Kuhl\, E.R. Cave\, D.N. Abram\, and T.F. Jaramillo\, "Insights into the e
 lectrocatalytic reduction of CO2 on metallic silver surfaces\," Physical C
 hemistry Chemical Physics\, vol. 16\, pp. 13814-13819\, 2014.\n(7) K.P. Ku
 hl\, T. Hatsukade\, E.R. Cave\, D.N. Abram\, J. Kibsgaard\, and T.F. Jaram
 illo\, "Electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to methane and metha
 nol on transition metal surfaces\," Journal of the American Chemical Socie
 ty\, vol. 136\, pp. 14107–14113\, 2014.
LOCATION:ME B3 31 http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=MEB331
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