Today, the focus on climate and responsible research is emerging as an ultimate global goal that will shape the future of our civilisation. The role of nanomaterials in the production of new, greener energy, including the long-term potential hazards of their use, was addressed by renowned researchers at the International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices-Nanomat, held in Warsaw, Poland, from 27th to 30th August 2023. In such a setting, the understanding and pioneering role of the University of Leoben through the Strategic Core Research Area, SCoRe A+ Hydrogen and Carbon, in meeting these global challenges gained international visibility and attention. Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jürgen Eckert, Chair of Materials Physics and ESI, and the active support of Dr. Lidija Rafailovic and Dr. Christoph Gammer, our young PhD students played an active role in the Nanomat conference. Adam Elbataioui, MSc, gave a talk on the importance of fundamental aspects for the preparation of free-standing electrodes for electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction1, research partly supported by FFG Energieforschung project FFG Pr. No: 896701. Daniela Neumüller, MSc, presented novel and exciting results on correlative characterisation methods to identify changes in the electrocatalyst during hydrogen evolution2 and was awarded 2nd prize by the jury.
1Abdalaziz Aljabour, Adam Elbataioui, Daniel Bautista, Inge Mühlbacher, Sandra Schlögl, Jürgen Eckert, Lidija Rafailovic, The effect of thermally induced polymer processing on electrospinning of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers, International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices 2023, 27.-30 August, Warsaw, Poland
2Daniela Neumüller, Lidija D. Rafailovic, Christoph Gammer, Jürgen Eckert, Combined electrochemical evaluation and identical location TEM for elucidation of NixMoy catalyst alteration during the hydrogen evolution reaction, International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices 2023, 27.-30 August, Warsaw, Poland
