Faculty seminar "Electrochemistry of Nanoporous Gold" | Faculty of Chemistry at the Gdańsk University of Technology

The Faculty of Chemistry at Gdańsk University of Technology cordially invites you to a seminar that will take place on May 21, 2026, at the Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, at 12:15 in room 1.4, Chemistry C Building.

Title: Functional Materials Discovery for Future Green Technologies

Speaker: Prof. Dr. habil. Adam Slabon (Chair of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Wuppertal, Germany)

Abstract:

The chemical industry is in transition from established fossil-based processes toward environment-neutral technologies that minimize the dependence on geopolitical risks. This transition is inevitable connected to the choice of chemical feedstocks and complete product life-cycles. Within this respect, materials provide the opportunity to address these challenges at the molecular level by discovery of efficient catalysts, and electro- and photochemically active materials. In this talk, I will discuss on selected examples the challenges and opportunities of inorganic materials for green technologies. This includes solar-driven electrochemical biomass valorization^1-3, CO₂ reduction⁴, photocatalyzed generation of hydrogen peroxide⁵, and batteries recycling⁶. I will also highlight the role of materials interfaces and the synthetic strategies to tune materials functionality.

References:

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2. Lindenbeck, Slabon et al. Green Chem. 2025, 27, 9927.
3. Manzolli, Slabon et al. Acc. Mater. Res. 2026, 7, 1, 3.
4. Phan, Slabon, Martín-Matute et al. ChemSusChem 2025, 18 (3), e202401084.
5. Gopakumar, Slabon, Das et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 6, 2603.
6. Piątek, Slabon et al. Adv. Energ. Mater. 2021, 11, 2003456.
7. Bernhardt, Slabon et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, 65, e19283.
8. Agosta, Slabon, Selloni, Jaworski et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 11, 11583