Symposium Program

Catalysed Energy Storage in Chemicals - Conference 2017 – Final Program

26th to the 28th of April 2017, Clayton Victoria.

Abstracts are embedded in the table below.

Day 1 – Wednesday, 26 April 2017 
08:00 Registration, Tea and Coffee Ian Wark Reception Foyer and Canteen display area.
09:00 Welcome and Conference Opening – Rachel Caruso
9:15 Plenary - Professor Emilio Bunel (Argonne National Laboratory) Chemical Catalysis for Energy storage in an American context
10:00 Keynote – Professor Rose Amal (UNSW)  Light Enhanced Catalysis
10:30  Morning Tea
Session Theme Catalysed conversion of CO2 to Fuels and Chemicals – Chair: Rachel Caruso
11:00 Plenary -  Prof. Sang-Eon Park, Lab of Nano-Green Catalysis, Dep't of Chemistry, Inha University, Republic of Korea Catalysed conversion of CO2 to Fuels and Chemicals
11:45 Ani Kulkarni, CSIRO Turning CO2 into energy storage media in efficient High Temperature Electrochemical Membrane Reactors
12:05 Renata Lippi, CSIRO/ U Adelaide New Synthesis Route for a Highly Active, Selective and Stable CO2 Methanation Catalyst
12:25  Lunch
Session Theme Catalysed conversion of CO2 to Fuels and Chemicals - Chair: Ani Kulkarni
1:20 Christian Vogt, Monash University CO2 conversion to methane using a Ru-modified MIL-140C metal-organic framework
1:40 Marcello B. Solomon, University of Sydney Electroactive materials as a platform for the transformation of CO2
2:00 Discussion: How do CO2 utilisation and Catalysed chemical production make a part of the Australian roadmap for energy storage? Chair : Danielle Kennedy and Jim Patel
Session Theme Broad Catalysed production of Chemicals
2:20 Huai-Yong Zhu, Queensland University of Technology Alloy Nanoparticles of Plasmonic Metal and Catalytic Active Metal as Visible light Photocatalysts for Organic Syntheses
2:40 Zongli Xie, CSIRO Nanostructured catalysts for emission control
2:55  Afternoon Tea
 Session Theme Broad Catalysed production of Chemicals - Seng Lim
3:15 Alfonso Ballestas-Barrientos, University of Sydney Enhanced photoelectrochemical efficiency of TiO2 films with high surface energy facets by Ag nanoparticles photodeposition
3:30 Xiaofang Chen Growth of Graphitic carbon nitride nanosheet on TiO2 mesoporous spheres with highly improved photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation
3:45 Xiayan Wu, Queensland University of Technology Boosting visible-light-driven photocatalytic lignin model compounds cleavage with an integrated plasmonic metal Au/Ag-Ni(OH)2 system
4:00 Vahid Shadravan, University of Newcastle Hydrogenation of CO and CO2, in presence of light hydrocarbons, over nickel catalysts
4:15

Samuel Yick, CSIRO Generating high purity nanoparticles via transfer arc plasma

4:35

Early Career Scientist Poster Pitches (5 min)

Kevin Qi Xiao, CSIRO Alloying Gold with Copper Makes for a Highly Selective Visible-Light Photocatalyst for the Reduction of Nitroaromatics to Anilines

Marcello B. Solomon, University of Sydney Salen metal complexes in Metal‑Organic Frameworks and Porous‑Organic Polymers for the electrochemical reduction of CO2

Ganchimeg Perenlei, Queensland University of Technology Computational prediction and experimental confirmation of electronic and optical properties of transition metal substituted A2B2O7 structures

Tibra Mozammel, RMIT Catalytic partial oxidation of methane on Hydrotalcites supported Rhodium catalysts : Role of Mg/Al ratio in varying the exothermicity and its relation to the activity
5:00 – 5:45 Poster Session, Roof of New Horizons Building Monash University, Research Way, Clayton
6- 9pm BBQ, Roof of New Horizons Building Monash University, Research Way, Clayton


* Early Career Scientist   

 

 Day 1 – Wednesday, 26 April 2017      
   Title Presenter
P1  Alloying Gold with Copper Makes for a Highly Selective Visible-Light Photocatalyst for the Reduction of Nitroaromatics to Anilines Kevin Qi Xiao
P2 Salen metal complexes in Metal‑Organic Frameworks and Porous‑Organic Polymers for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 Marcello B. Solomon
P3 Computational prediction and experimental confirmation of electronic and optical properties of transition metal substituted A2B2O7 structures Ganchimeg Perenle
P4 Catalytic partial oxidation of methane on Hydrotalcites supported Rhodium catalysts : Role of Mg/Al ratio in varying the exothermicity and its relation to the activity Tibra Mozammel
P5 Water resistant Fe-Mn based Catalyst for NOx abatement at Low Temperature Leonardo V. Moura
P6 Photocatalytic Oxidation of Organic Pollutants using Bi2O3/TiO2Modified Natural Fiber S. M. Ashiqur Rahman
P7 Partially single-crystalline Ta3N5 nanomeshes for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution Mu Xiao
P8 Catalytic ammonia decomposition for on demand hydrogen production Krystina Lamb
P9 DFT studies of UV-vis spectrum and photovoltaic properties of new ruthenium complexes Frederick Backler
P10 DFT study of potential catalyst series: sandwich metallocenes Shawkat Islam
P11 Mesoporous TiO2/g-C3N4 Microspheres with Enhanced Visible-light Photocatalytic Activity Hao Wei

 

 

Day 2 – Thursday, 27 April 2017 
08:45 Registration, Tea and Coffee Ian Wark Reception Foyer and Canteen display area.
9:00

Chair : Danielle Kennedy

Plenary - Prof Li, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of MoE, Tianjin University Methanation from syngas on Mo - based catalyst and methanation from CO2 on Ni - based catalyst
9:45 Keynote – Xingdong Wang, CSIRO Titania nanomaterials as photocatalysts
10:15 Songcan Wang Synergistic crystal facet engineering and self-doping of BiVO4 photoanode for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting
10:30  Morning Tea
Session Theme Catalysed H2 Production - Chair: Renata Lippi
11:00 Ian D R Mackinnon, Queensland University of Technology Using Renewables to Deliver the Hydrogen Economy
11:20 Anthony P O’Mullane, Queensland University of Technology Electrochemical Synthesis of Amorphous Materials for Water Splitting
11:40 Sarina Sarina, Queensland University of Technology Direct Photocatalysts of Metal Nanoparticle: Not Only Surface Plasmon
12:00 Yun Wang, Griffith University Theoretically exploring feature-performance relationships of electrocatalysts for hydrogen production
12:20  Lunch
Session Theme Advanced Catalysed Processes - Chair: Sam Yick
1:05 Keynote- Professor Barbara Messerle, Executive Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Australia. Approaches to Transition Metal Catalysis - Multimetallic and Hybrid Systems
1:35 Matthew Drewery, University of Newcastle Utilisation of solid oxide fuel cells for conversion of biodiesel waste streams
1:50 Luke Harvey, University of Newcastle The role of heterogeneous catalysts in the mitigation of biodiesel waste
2:10 Matthew Y. Lui, University of Sydney Unravelling Some of the Key Transformations in the Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Lignin
2:30 Jingsan Xu, Queensland University of Technology Graphitic Carbon Nitride Films and Their Use in Optoelectrical Devices
2:50 S. F. Motevalizadeh, University of Melbourne Fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural conversion catalysed by sulphate functionalized zirconium titanium oxide mesoporous nanospheres
3:10 Guangyu Zhao, University of Newcastle Direct Conversion of Methane to Value-added Products Using N2O Over Fe-based Catalysts
3:30  Afternoon Tea
3:50

Chair: Zongli Xie

Plenary- Prof. Dr. Robert Schlögl, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society Towards a sustainable energy system - The German model
4:35 – 5:30  Discussion: How do Catalysed Hydrogen production and Advanced Catalysed processes make a part of an Australian roadmap for energy storage? Moderator: Danielle Kennedy

 

Day 3 – Friday, 28 April 2017 
08:30 Registration, Tea and Coffee Ian Wark Reception Foyer and Canteen display area.
9:00

Chair: Shaun Howard

Plenary - Yulong Zhang, NICE energy Chemical Catalysis for Energy Storage in a Chinese Context
9:45 Plenary – Gary Bennington, Johnson Matthey Catalysed Energy Storage: An Industry Perspective
10:30  Morning Tea
11:00

Chair: Derrick Ng

Erandi Prangige, Queensland Univerisity of Technology New Insights into Photocatalytic Alkyne Hydroamination Reaction with Au-Co Alloy Nanoparticles
11:20 Christian H. Hornung, CSIRO 3D printed Catalytic Static Mixers for Continuous Flow Organic Synthesis
11:40

Final discussion of Roadmap for Australia - Chair : Danielle Kennedy and Jim Patel
12:20  Lunch
1:15 Catalysis Society of Australia Committee Meeting    OR     Laboratory Tour- Environmental catalysis Laboratory
2:30 Laboratory tour- CSIRO Hybride Energy Storage centre
3:15 Laboratory tour- CSIRO RAMP and High throughput Catalysis laboratory
4:00 Laboratory Tour- Energy Catalysis laboratory
4:45 Laboratory Tour 2- CSIRO FloWorx