Date: Thursday 16 November 12:15-13:00
Venue: Medisin og helsefagbygget: Auditorium 7
The Department of Chemistry and the CHOCO research group invites to a seminar where our collaborators from Aarhus University Prof. Kim Daasbjerg will talk about his work on "Electrocatalysts and Catalyst Supports for the Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide" and Dr. Stine Kristensen will present "Open Science – An Open Platform for Approaching Technology, Nucleate Ideas, and Meet Collaborators"
High-Performing Electrocatalysts and Catalyst Supports for the Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide
Kim Daasbjerg, Carbon Dioxide Activation Center (CADIAC), Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
Rising concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere is a huge concern since it is one of the main contributors to global warming. In the Carbon Dioxide Activation Center (CADIAC) we believe that CO2 can be used for not only storing intermittent electrical energy but also as a valuable feedstock for production of important chemicals. Electrochemical reduction of CO2 is one of the most important methods for accomplishing this. However, the use of high-performing catalyst supports and electrocatalysts for lowering the large overpotential associated with the direct electroreduction is needed to drive the process.
Open Science – An Open Platform for Approaching Technology, Nucleate Ideas, and Meet Collaborators
Stine Kristensen, SPOMAN Open Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
Fundamental research is most often conducted in a closed society, where only a limited amount of information about hypothesis, methods and findings is shared with outsiders. But what if fundamental research found its way into the world and into the industry. What if fundamental research could solve some of the problems faced by the industry or maybe unknown research territories was the missing piece of the puzzle. What if fundamental research was done in an open collaboration between the industry and the university, a collaboration where inputs from everyone were welcome. This is exactly what we propose through a new type of scientific community, an open science platform.