245th ECS Meeting Topic Close-up: Z04 –Electrochemistry for Chemical Manufacturing 2

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Symposium: Z04—Electrochemistry for Chemical Manufacturing 2

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Deadline for submitting abstracts:

December 1, 2023

Symposium focus: We encourage submission of abstracts to this symposium that explore advances in fundamental and applied electrochemistry and electrochemical systems to enable efficient, economical, and sustainable chemical manufacturing. With renewable electricity increasing its penetration into the grid, opportunities to use electrochemistry in chemical manufacturing economically and sustainably are ever growing. By utilizing electrochemical methods, processes can be decarbonized when using renewable electricity, wastes and hazardous intermediates can be reduced or eliminated, alternative feedstocks can be used, and modular chemical production units can be implemented.

This symposium covers topics including:

1. Electrolysis of organics such as those used for manufacturing of commodity chemicals, fine chemicals, and pharmaceuticals;
2. Water electrolysis for hydrogen and oxygen utilization in chemical manufacturing;
3. Inorganic electrolysis including, but not limited to, chloro-alkali and aluminum electrowinning;
4. Electrochemical separations for chemical manufacturing;
5. Electrolysis for recycling/upcycling;
6. Materials degradation issues impacting chemical manufacturing processes and equipment.

Traditional petrochemical and mineral feedstocks are considered in addition to emerging feedstocks such as biomass, CO₂, nitrate, and waste streams. Contributions may address areas including electrocatalyst, electrolyte, and membrane development; electrochemical reaction engineering; reactor design; separation unit design; integration of electrochemical units into chemical production processes; process intensification; corrosion/degradation; and techno-economic/life cycle analyses. Experimental, computational, modeling, and simulation presentations, as well as process development efforts, are solicited. Invited and submitted presentations from industry, national labs, and academia are encouraged. A panel discussion is part of the symposium.

Symposium Organizers:

• Elizabeth Biddinger, The City College of New York
• Chockkalingam Karuppaiah, Vetri Labs
• Wenzhen Li, Iowa State University
• René Böttcher, Technische Universität Ilmenau
• Paul Kenis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Scott Calabrese Barton, Michigan State University
• Martin Leimbach, Technische Universität llmenau
• Jagjit Nanda, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
• David Hickey, Michigan State University

For more information, please consult the Call for Papers.