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Debye Institute 35th anniversary Symposium
On November 29th we celebrated the 35-year existence of the Debye Institute. The symposium was opened with an historical overview by Alfons van Blaaderen who shared his memories and rare archival photos of the early years of the Institute and some episodes of its rich history. Exciting ongoing research in the institute was highlighted by five…
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BatteryNL
On November 21, many of the battery team from Utrecht (both UU and HU, see photo) attended the BatteryNL consortium meeting in Amsterdam at the ETCA Shell campus. Here they learned about the most recent advances of consortium partners in different research directions. In addition, within the work package led by Petra de Jongh, Jonas,…
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Gravitation program ANION kicks off in Leiden!
On October 18th the Gravitation program ANION held its festive kick-off meeting in Leiden, in which several Debye chemists and physicists participated. In ANION the fundamentals of electrochemical processes are investigated for electrocatalysis and battery applications and Utrecht is the node for Nanomaterials research. Three projects were awarded in the first round: “Course Graining from…
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Research paper on promoters for ethylene epoxidation catalysts
Claudia Keijzer et al. published a research paper on “the influence of Re and Cl on Ag catalysts in ethylene epoxidation” in Catalysis Science and Technology. In their research, they studied a series of silver catalysts promoted with rhenium to determine the effects on ethylene epoxidation. This work was funded by the Advanced Research Center…
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Nong Artrith gives a talk at the 2024 edition of NextGenChem@NL
On the 29th and 30rd of August, the 2024 edition of NextGenChem@NL was held in Nijmegen. Nong Artrith was invited to give a talk: From data to clean energy – open science and machine learning in battery innovation.
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Nong Artrith is featured in the KNCV ‘Eye Opener’
Nong Artrith is featured in the KNCV initiative ‘Eye Opener‘, which is among others sponsored by ARC-CBBC. In the video, Nong Artrith predicts which new materials have the most potential using AI. This way, AI can attribute to creating a greener future.
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European Microscopy Congress 2024 in Copenhagen
26-30 August 2024 Dr. Jessi van der Hoeven and Marta Perxés Perich attended the European Microscopy Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark, where they got to learn about the recent advances in the (transmission) electron microscopy field. Marta gave an oral presentation on ‘In Situ Analysis of Gas Dependent Redistribution Kinetics in Bimetallic Au-Pd Nanoparticles’ and Jessi…
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Electrochemistry 2024 in Germany
Our electrocatalysis and battery team had the privilege of attending the Electrochemistry 2024 conference in Braunschweig, Germany; where Matt Peerlings and Jonas Hehn gave oral presentations on CO2 utilization and solid-state battery research. In addition dr. Peter Ngene contributed with a keynote lecture on hydride-based nanocomposite solid electrolytes. Beyond the scientific program, we enjoyed the dynamic…
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The 13th International Conference on Inelastic X-ray Scattering in Japan
Our group members participated in the 13th International Conference on Inelastic X-ray Scattering (IXS2024), which was held in Himeji, Japan from 8 to 13 September 2024. Prof. dr. Frank de Groot was invited as a plenary speaker. Qijun Che and Masoud Lazemi presented posters on X-ray spectroscopy of infinite-layer nickelates and perovskite transition metal oxides.…
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Presentations at the 18th International Congress on Catalysis
Our group members participated in the 18th International Congress on Catalysis, which was held in Lyon on July 14-19, 2024. Prof. dr. Petra de Jongh was invited as keynote speaker for this congress (Image 1-2). Additionally, prof. dr. Petra de Jongh and dr. Jessi van der Hoeven were part of the organization for the themed sessions at…
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