Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Dynamics of Transport and Utilization of Hydrogen
Discussion Leader: Martin Dornheim (University of Nottingham)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Hanna Breunig (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States)
"High-Throughput Screening of Hydrogen Storage Materials for Stationary Applications"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Bill David (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory / University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Green Energy Storage, Transportation and Utilisation: Old Roads Leading to New Destinations"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Hydrogen Carriers: Energy Storage in Chemical Bonds
Discussion Leader: Craig Buckley (Curtin University, Australia)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Mark Bowden (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States)
"Thermodynamic Properties to Optimize Hydrogen Storage in Sorbents and Liquid Carriers"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Hyangsoo Jeong (Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)
"Pushing the Limits of Sodium Borohydride Hydrolysis for On-board Applications"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Todd Brix (OCOchem, United States)
"Scaling the Formate Energy Economy: Industrial Considerations in Building Large-Scale Gas Diffusion Electrode-based Modular Reactors for CO2 Electroreduction into Formate and Formic Acid as Liquid Molecular Carriers for Storing and Moving Green Hydrogen"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Group Photo / Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Sarah Shulda (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Selected Poster Presentations
Discussion Leader: Chiara Milanese (University of Pavia, Italy)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:10 pm - 6:15 pm
Discussion
6:15 pm - 6:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Catalysis and Hydrides in Chemical Conversions
Discussion Leader: Petra De Jongh (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Christophe Coperet (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Bimetallic Supported Catalysts in Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation Reactions"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Zhaomin Hou (RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Japan)
"Molecular Metal Hydride Clusters for Dinitrogen Activation and Functionalization"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Long Qi (Ames National Laboratory, United States)
"Carbon-Based Catalysts for Acceptorless Dehydrogenation without Precious Metals"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Hydrogen Adsorption
Discussion Leader: Thomas Gennett (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:40 pm
Martin Head-Gordon (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"Computational Explorations of Multiple Hydrogen Binding at Open Metal Sites in MOFs: Progress and Prospects"
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:40 pm
Valeska Ting (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
"Neutron Scattering for Characterisation of Hydrogen in Nanoporous Materials"
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Ion Conduction: Hydrides, Protons, Anions and Cations
Discussion Leader: Shin-ichi Orimo (Tohoku University, Japan)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Soshi Iimura (NIMS, Japan)
"Hydride ion Conducting Solid Electrolytes: The Transport Property and Electronic Structure"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Bernard Dam (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"Reversible Phase Segregation as a Mechanism for the Photochromism in REH3-2x Ox "
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Ryan O'Hayre (Colorado School of Mines, United States)
"Application of High-Throughput Electrochemical Characterization Methods to Elucidate Reaction Mechanisms and Proton Transport Dynamics in Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Hydrides Under Pressure
Discussion Leader: Claudia Zlotea (CNRS ICMPE, France)
6:00 pm - 6:40 pm
ChangQing Jin (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"New Polyhydrides Stabliesd at High Pressures"
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:40 pm
Gregory Geneste (CEA, France)
"Hydrides Under Pressure"
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Borides and Clusters: Synthesis, Characterization and Energy Storage
Discussion Leader: Beth Bosley (Boron Specialties, LLC, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Alexander Spokoyny (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
"Redox Active Boron Hydride Clusters"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Takahiro Kondo (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
"Hydrogen Boride Sheets: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Hans Hagemann (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
"Chemistry of Boron Hydrogen Species in Relation to Hydrogen Storage and Synthesis of Novel Ionic Conductors"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Keynote Session: Forty Years of Hydrogen Metal Systems and the Dynamic Future
Discussion Leaders: Ned Stetson (U.S. Department of Energy, United States) and Michael Hirscher (Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany)
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Etsuo Akiba (Kyushu University, Japan)
"Hydrogen Absorbing Alloys for Reducing Carbon Emissions: Materials and Applications"
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 7:10 pm
Paul Lucchese (CEA, France)
"Why Do We Need R&D and International Collaboration to Accelerate Hydrogen Deployment: The Example of IEA Hydrogen TCP"
7:10 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:50 pm
Robert Bowman (RCB Hydrides, LLC, United States)
"Forty Years of Metal Hydrides Evolution: This is Not Your Parents Hydride"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure