The Thomas Young Centre (TYC) held their 5th Energy workshop, entitled “From Atoms to Applications” from the 25th to the 27th of July 2018 at the Department of Chemistry in University College London. The meeting was focussed on the evolution of computational materials design, specifically for Energy Materials. The aim of the workshop was to showcase the latest advances in computational materials design and to promote discussion and debate on bridging theory and experiment. We had a range of excellent speakers on the side of theory and of experiment, and it was clear from the discussions after talks and at the coffee breaks and lunches that the combination of theory and experiment is alive and thriving. The programme featured invited talks from established leaders in the field and from emerging early career researchers in the area. We scheduled 15 minutes for questions after every presentation, and this prompted lively discussion and debate. We had 99 attendees ranging from established academics, to PDRAs, PhD students and even Undergraduate students, with representation by Senior Editors from Nature and Nature Materials. The workshop featured diverse energy applications such as oxide and proton conducting fuel cells, photocatalysis, photovoltaics, LEDs, catalysis, solid state batteries, organic electronics and amorphous oxides semiconductors.

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