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Events (archive)

Events (archive)

We believe in our duty to share knowledge through weekly seminars, regularly workshops and other events. on this page you'll find events organized in the past. If you're interested in upcoming events visit the Events page. Our weekly seminars at DIFFER cover a wide range of topics and are open to everybody. Please, read more on our dedicated Seminars page. You can find specific information for external visitors and subscribe to our seminar mailinglist on this page.

Large scale storage for a heat revolution in the built environment

Seminar, to
DIFFER event
Most energy in the built environment is used in the form of heat. This heat is produced for 75% from natural gas. Large scale electrification of the heat supply (with heat pumps) will need significant investments in the electricity networks.
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How Charge Transforms Chemical Bonds at Solid-Liquid Interfaces

Seminar, to
DIFFER event
The principles that govern catalysis at solid-liquid interfaces are at the heart of energy storage technologies, enabling chemical reactions required to store energy in batteries, to release it in fuel cells, and to convert it in solar-to-fuel systems.  Catalysis at this interface proceeds from the localization of charge onto surface atoms, forming catalytic intermediates.
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Photovoltaics to and beyond ultra-low-cost electricity

Seminar, to
DIFFER event
Photovoltaic solar energy (PV) has demonstrated spectacular cost reduction and performance enhancement over the past decades. Cumulative global installations are expected to grow to the multi-terawatt level in the coming decades, making solar energy one of the most important sources of sustainable energy for mankind.
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Renewable Energy Driven Chemistry

Workshop,
DIFFER event
At Wednesday April 5th 2017, DIFFER will host the workshop Renewable Energy Driven Chemistry focusing on the synthesis of clean fuels and chemical products from renewable energy and CO2, H2O and N2.
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Fundamental aspects of electrocatalysis

Seminar, to
DIFFER event
This talk will outline a simple but general analysis for multiple proton-electron transfer reactions, based on the microscopic theory of proton-coupled electron transfer reactions, recent developments in the thermodynamic theory of multi-step electron transfer reactions, and the experimental realization that many multiple proton-coupled electron transfer reactions feature decoupled proton-elect
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