Dear Colleagues,

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) will host the virtual meeting “Workshop on physics and chemistry of solid/liquid interfaces for energy conversion and storage” on May 24-28, 2021.

The purpose of the online workshop is to bring together scientists working on the characterization of electrochemical interfaces at the atomistic level and developing characterization methods, to discuss developments, current challenges, and perspectives.
The workshop is dedicated to the characterization of electrochemical interfaces by means of advanced experimental and theoretical techniques. The focus will be on the understanding at atomic level of interface structure and stability, charge dynamics and charge transfer, chemical adsorption and reactivity. Space will be devoted to advances in interface-sensitive characterization techniques. Consequences of the progress in the field will be discussed in the context of applications to catalysis, energy conversion and storage, and environmental remediation.

Topics
• Atomic structure of electrochemical interfaces
• Charge dynamics and charge transfer
• Electrochemical reactions at interfaces
• Interface-sensitive experimental techniques
• Computer simulations of electrochemical interfaces

Speakers
A. BIEBERLE-HÜTTER, DIFFER, The Netherlands
R. KRAMER CAMPEN, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
K. CHAN, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
J. CHENG, Xiamen University, China
T. CUK, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
J.R. DURRANT, Imperial College London, UK
A. GROSS, University of Ulm, Germany
J. LIBUDA, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
D. PRENDERGAST, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
R. SCHLÖGL, Fritz Haber Institute, Germany
M. SPRIK, University of Cambridge, UK
P. STRASSER, TU Berlin, Germany
M. TODOROVA, MPI for Iron Research, Germany
F.M. TOMA, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
R. VAN DE KROL, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Germany

How to apply
To apply, please fill the online form available at the ICTP website for the workshop:
http://indico.ictp.it/event/9536/overview
(click “Apply here” on the left side of the page)
The deadline for application is May 10, 2021.
There is no registration fee.

Program
The program of the workshop is available at the following website:
http://indico.ictp.it/event/9536/other-view?view=ictptimetable

Contributed talks and posters
All the attendees at the workshop are highly encouraged to present their current research at the virtual poster session. Some of the participants may be selected for contributed talks based on their submitted abstract.

Organizers
Ralph Gebauer (ICTP, Trieste)
Simone Piccinin (CNR-IOM, Trieste)
Nicola Seriani (ICTP, Trieste)
Marialore Sulpizi (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)