Invited seminar
Author: Prof. Emilio Palomares
Affiliation: Institut Català d'investigació Química (ICIQ)
When: Friday, October 21, 2022 - 11:30 to 13:00
Where: Saló d'actes, Escola Superior de Tecnologia
Presented by: Dr. Nishant Singh
Abstract: 

Exploring and mapping, at the molecular level, the interface in hybrid electronic devices is one of the ultimate frontiers in materials science. In this Lecture, I will explain our approach to understand how is the interface in hybrid perovskite thin films and what controls the physical and chemical processes occurring therein at the molecular scale. Moreover, I will also introduce how interfaces, between two different materials, must also solve important challenges in catalysis for the reduction of CO2 into chemical products such as ethylene, ethanol, methane and/or methanol.

The future of either chemical approaches, towards a sustainable circular economy, and/or energy efficient electronic devices will greatly depend on catalytic processes involving heterogenous hybrid molecular catalysts and tuning hybrid organic/inorganic interfaces, respectively.