Chemical Energy Seminar

The Chemical Energy Division Seminars in 2026 will primarily take place online via Zoom, though a few will be in-person meetings.

Seminars are usually scheduled for 13:00 pm on the fourth Thursday of the month.

Schedule 2026

Thursday, 28^th of May, 13:00 pm | Zoom link
Dr. Luis Fernando Arenas
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Southampton (UK)
"Understanding and probing limitations in organic flow batteries for renewable energy storage"

Thursday, 25^th of June, 13:00 pm |
Dr. Sha Li
Research Institute of Aeroengineering, Beihang University
Topic: Solar thermochemical fuel production

Thursday, 16^th of July, 13:00 pm |
Dr. Ludmilla Steier
University of Oxford
Topic: CO₂ conversion

Thursday, 20^th of August, 13:00 pm |
Prof. Katharina Brinkert 
University of Bremen
Topic: Electrolysis in microgravity

Past events

Thursday, 15^th of January, 11:00 am | LMC H132 | Zoom link 
Prof. Dr. Tobias Lau
HZB - Department Highly Sensitive X-ray Spectroscopy
"Metal centers, oxidation states, spin states, and oxygen-centered radicals in molecular transition-metal oxides: steps towards understanding elusive reaction-intermediates"

Monday, 2^nd of February, 11:00 am | LMC H132| Zoom link 
Prof. Erin Ratcliff
Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
"In Situ Electrochemical Methods of Metal Halide Perovskites for (Opto)Electronics"

Thursday, 19^th of February, 11:00 am | Zoom link 
Prof. Francesco Ciucci
University of Bayreuth (Germany)
"Distribution of Relaxation Times from Bayesian Statistics to the Analysis of Large EIS Datasets"

Thursday, 19^th of March, 13:00 pm | Zoom link 
Prof. Timo Jacob
Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University (Germany)
"Fundamental Insights into Cathodic Corrosion: Fabrication of Nano- and Microstructured Metals"

Thursday, 16^th of April, 13:00 pm | Zoom link 
Dr. Anna Hankin
Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London (UK).
"Photoelectrochemical H₂ production: Lessons from field tests"