SCS Spring Meeting 2025
«Electrocatalysis: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives»

The SCS Spring Meeting is a one-day symposium and provides a high-quality program with national and international speakers on a certain topic. The topic of the 2025 symposium is «Electrocatalysis: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives».

Electrocatalysis is a cornerstone of sustainable energy conversion, enabling key transformations in fuel cells, electrolyzers, and organic electrosynthesis. By integrating novel catalyst materials and electrolyte concepts, researchers are unlocking new levels of efficiency, selectivity, and stability in electrochemical processes.

This symposium brings together leading experts to explore the latest advancements in electrochemistry and electrocatalysis, spanning fundamental insights and applied innovations. Topics will include the design of colloidal nanocrystals for selective and stable catalysis, the role of high-entropy materials in catalytic behavior, and interfacial transformations governing the oxygen evolution reaction. Discussions will also delve into how electrochemistry can be leveraged to control thermochemical catalysis and the mechanisms driving electrolytic water splitting. By bridging fundamental understanding with practical applications, this meeting aims to highlight emerging strategies for optimizing catalytic performance in energy and chemical transformations.

For the first time, there will also be a poster session at the spring meeting and we encourage you to submit your abstract during the registration process.

Speakers

Prof. Yogesh Surendranath, MIT

Prof. Yogesh Surendranath
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

Dr. Anna Loiudice, EPFL Lausanne

Dr. Anna Loiudice
EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland

Prof. Robert Francke, Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse, Germany

Prof.Robert Francke
Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse, Rostock, Germany

Prof. Dmitry Katayev, University of Bern

Prof. Dmitry Katayev
University of Bern, Switzerland

Prof. Peter Strasser, TU Berlin

Prof. Peter Strasser
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

Prof. Jan Rossmeisl, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Prof. Jan Rossmeisl
University of Copenhagen,
Denmark

Dr. Emiliana Fabbri, PSI

Dr. Emilia Fabbri
Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland

Pictures sources: official websites of the invited speakers (see links)

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Meeting Chairs

Prof. Matthias Arenz
University of Bern

Prof. Peter Broekmann
University of Bern

Symposium Sekretariat

SCS Head Office
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