IC-5 Workshop

 International Solar Fuels Roadmapping Workshop: Mission Innovation Converting Sunlight in Solar Fuels and Chemicals Roadmap 2020-2050 (November 2020)

LiSA partnered with the Center for Hybrid Approaches in Solar Energy to Liquid Fuels (CHASE, https://solarhub.unc.edu) and Mission innovation IC-5 leads from the European Commission to co-lead a virtual workshop to help finalize the Mission Innovation “IC-5: Converting Sunlight into Storable Solar Fuels Roadmap 2020-2050.”  This roadmap supports the IC-5 Mission Innovation initiative on Global Actions for Sunlight Conversion (http://mission-innovation.net/our-work/innovation-challenges/converting-sunlight/).  Additional information on mission innovation challenges can be found at: http://mission-innovation.net/our-work/innovation-challenges/.  This workshop was the third in a series of international workshops for solar fuels roadmapping. The first two workshops were organized by the IC-5 Roadmap leaders from Europe and Asia and were  held in Europe in October 2019 during a SUNRISE consortium & Mission Innovation meeting (https://sunriseaction.com/sunrise-consortium-mission-innovation-meeting/) and Japan in November 2019 with participants from the 3rd International Solar Fuels Conference (ISF-3, http://photoenergy-conv.net/ICARP2019/).  These first two workshops created the overall framework and draft for the roadmap document that served as the starting point for the November 2020 workshop.

The published roadmap, IC-5: Converting Sunlight into Storable Solar Fuels Roadmap 2020-2050,” can be found at: http://mission-innovation.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Converting-Sunlight-into-Solar-Fuels-and-Chemicals-MI-Challenge-5-roadmap-Feb-2021-final.pdf 

The objective of the November 2020 workshop was to discuss, review and help finalize the IC-5 roadmap.  The workshop was held virtually (using Zoom) in two 2-hour sessions on November 10 and November 23, 2020:

Session 1—November 10, 2020: 1pm-3pm   US Eastern Time (ET); 7pm-9pm CET

Session 2—November 23, 2020  11am-1pm US Eastern Time (ET); 5pm-7pm CET

A list of participants for the third workshop who were from the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Japan and the EU is provided below in alphabetical order along with their institution.  Many workshop participants provided specific comments and edits on the roadmap during and after the workshop. 

Workshop Participants 

  • Harry Atwater, California Institute of Technology

  • Kathy Ayers, Nel Hydrogen

  • Curtis Berlinguette, University of British Columbia

  • Federique Chandezon, CEA, France

  • Lin Chen, Argonne National Lab

  • Javier Concepcion, Brookhaven National Lab

  • Jillian Dempsey, UNC-Chapel Hill

  • Todd Deutsch, National Renewable Energy Lab

  • James Durrant, Imperial College

  • Carina Faber, Engie

  • Chris Fecko, US DOE Basic Energy Science

  • Karen Goldberg, University of Pennsylvania

  • Leif Hammerström, Uppsala University

  • Sossina Haile, Northwestern University

  • Frances Houle, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

  • Shaffiq Jaffer, Total

  • Thomas Jaramillo, Stanford University

  • Edson Roberto Leite, CNPEM, NanoLab, Brazil

  • Arturo Francis Madrigal, UNAM, Mexico

  • Thomas Mallouk, University of Pennsylvania

  • Tony McDaniel, Sandia National Lab

  • Gail McLean, US DOE Basic Energy Science

  • Gerald Meyer, UNC-Chapel Hill

  • Eric Miller, US DOE-EERE Hydrogen Fuel Cells Technologies Office

  • Shelly Minteer, Utah University

  • Joe Powell, Shell

  • Paul Roessler, Consultant

  • Ana Ruz, CORFO

  • Ted Sargent, University of Toronto

  • Kazuhiro Sayama, AIST, Japan

  • Thomas Schleker, European Commission

  • Philippe Schild, European Commission

  • Lance Seefeldt, Utah State University

  • Yang Shao Horn, MIT

  • Wendy Shaw, Pacific Northwest National Lab

  • Ellen Stechel, Arizona State University

  • Rodrigo Vásquez Torres, GIZ, Chile

  • William Tumas, National Renewable Energy Lab

  • Peter Vach, BMWI

  • Roel van der Krol, Helmholtz Berlin

  • Mike Wasielewski, Northwestern University

  • Al Weimer, University of Colorado

This workshop was chaired by leaders from the European Union and leaders from LiSA and CHASE: 

  • EU Chairs: Leif Hammerström, Philippe Schild, Thomas Schleker, James Durrant

  • US Co-Chairs: Harry Atwater, Jerry Meyer, Jillian Dempsey, Bill Tumas

The workshop consisted of an overview presentation, breakout groups focusing on sections of the roadmap and discussion sessions to collect feedback, edits and comments.  The workshop had five breakout sessions with break-out discussion leaders:

  • Vision/Introduction: Philippe Schild, Bill Tumas

  • Materials/Devices: Leif Hammerström, Gerald Meyer

  • Thermochemical: Ellen Stechel, Frances Houle

  • Biological Approaches: Thomas Schleker

  • Systems: James Durrant, Harry Atwater