31 May 2019

SCI Electrochemistry Postgraduate Conference 2019

Organised by: SCI's Electrochemical Technology Group

In partnership with RSC and ISE. An ISE Regional Student Meeting

Newcastle, UK

Registration opens 2/13/2019

Registration Closed

This event is no longer available for registration.

Synopsis

SCI's Electrochemistry Postgraduate Conference 2019 is a one day conference for postgraduate students around the United Kingdom to showcase their research and advancements in the field of electrochemistry. This event is free of charge where students can present their work in two modalities; either oral presentation or poster exhibition. The four key benefits for postgraduate students who will be attending to the conference are as follows:

Raise awareness of your research among the electrochemistry community
Present your research in a friendly environment
Receive feedback from appointed staff and peers
Knowledge exchange and networking opportunities

Programme

09.45: Registration
10.20: Welcome
10.30: Polymers of intrinsic microporosity in electrochemistry
Prof Frank Marken, University of Bath
11.10: Critical factors affecting biocathode development and bio-production from CO₂ reduction in microbial electrosynthesis (MES)
Paniz Izadi, Newcastle University
11.30: Electrodeposition of tin from deep eutectic solvents using pulse current
Xiaomeng Su, University of Strathclyde
11.50: Development of a multifunctional electrochemical flow platform for high-throughput synthesis and optimisation of catalysts
Christiane Schotten, University of Leeds
12.10: Lunch and poster session
13.10: Design and realisation of ultrasonic reactor for maskless microfabrication
Prof Sudipta Roy, University of Strathclyde
13.50: Application of bipolar electrochemistry for characterising the corrosion behaviour of ferritic stainless steels
Yiqing Zhou, University of Manchester
14.10: Simultaneous azo-dye decolorization and electricity generation in air cathode microbial fuel cell coupled activated sludge process
Mohammad Khan, Newcastle University
14.30: Refreshment break and poster session
15.00: Hierarchical porous-structure carbon derived from hollow fibres for binder-free electrode based supercapacitors
Xi Wang, University of Manchester
15.20: Fundamental studies of poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) (PPO) based anion exchange membranes prepared via Friedel-Crafts reaction and followed by quaternary amination
Zhiming Feng, Newcastle University
15.40: Recycling CO₂ to produce renewable fuels
Dr Shahid Rasul, Northumbria University
16.10: Poster and oral presentation prizes
16.20: Close

Venue and Contact

Newcastle University

Old Library Building
Newcastle University
Claremont Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RG

Conference Team

Tel: +44 (0)20 7598 1561

Email: conferences@soci.org

Fees

Attendance to this event of free of charge.

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Booking Process/Deadlines

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Call for Abstracts

PhD students and postdoctoral researchers are invited to submit their abstracts for an oral or poster presentation to conferences@soci.org by Friday 17 May 2019.