MERIT Scientific Workshop on Microwave-Driven Energy Materials
About the Workshop
The MERIT Scientific Workshop will bring together researchers from the MERIT project and invited research groups to discuss recent advances in microwave-driven redox materials and processes for sustainable energy applications. The event aims to present selected scientific results and experimental progress from the MERIT project, while encouraging scientific exchange with the broader research community.
Participants will gain a deeper understanding of fundamental microwave–matter interactions, advanced material design strategies, and reactor concepts enabling low-temperature hydrogen production, oxygen separation, and related redox technologies.
This two-day event, including a dedicated scientific writing course on the second day, will be of particular interest to researchers, early-career scientists, and members of the scientific community working.
Day 1. 25th-November
- 10:00 – 10:30 Welcome & Opening Remarks
- 10:30 – 11:30 Microwave–Matter Interaction: A New Paradigm for Redox Chemistry at Low Temperature.
- 11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break
- 12:00 – 13:00 Understanding Microwave-Induced Reduction: Engineering Solid-State Ionic Materials for Efficient Microwave-Driven Water Splitting.
- 13:00 – 14:00 Advanced Microwave Reactors for Fundamental Microwave–Matter Interaction Studies
- 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch Break
- 15:00 – 16:00 Microwave Reactors for Redox Processes: Design, Diagnostics and Scale-Up.
- 16:00 – 17:00 Beyond Hydrogen: Future Perspectives and Applications of Microwave-Driven Redox Processes
Day 2. 26th-November
- 09:30 – 10:00 Introduction to the Course
- 10:00 – 11:30 Training Course: Scientific Writing and Publishing. Part 1.
- 11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break
- 12:00 – 14:00 Training Course: Scientific Writing and Publishing. Part 2.
- 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch Break
- 15:00 – 16:00 Round Table: Challenges and Opportunities for Microwave-Driven Technologies in Energy Systems
- 16:00 – 17:00 Closing Session
