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| September 7, 2010 Announcement for a series of advanced lectures "Chemistry for Life" (Ochanomizu University Graduate School). |
| A series of lectures entitled "Chemistry for Life" will start at
Ochanomizu University from September 25th to October 29th. Dr. Etsuko
Fujita will give 6 lectures (Title: Solar Fuel Generation using
Transition - Metal Complexes) for a Master Student Course "Advanced
Lectures on Inorganic Chemistry" (1 Credit). Registration is open
till September 17th. Undergraduate and Doctor students can attend the
lectures as listeners. All the lectures except for that on September
25th will be conducted in English.
Lecture title: Solar Fuel Generation using Transition - Metal Complexes Schedule : September 25th (Sat) - October 1st (Thr) Total of 6 lectures Lecturer : Dr. Etsuko Fujita (Senior Chemist of Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA) 
Abstract : Solar energy is the most abundant, and therefore the most
promising source of energy among all renewable alternatives. Many
researchers consider solar generation of fuels (stored in the form of
chemical bonds such as hydrogen from water and methanol from CO2) as
the best and essential solution for meeting global energy requirements
in an environmentally benign manner yet sunlight-driven water
splitting of CO2 reduction to methanol/methane remains a formidable
problem. This lecture will focus on the background of chemical energy
conversion, and recent progress and challenges in water splitting and
CO2 reduction by using transition metal complexes. The rational
design of catalysts, synthetic strategies, spectroscopic methods for
characterization of reaction intermediates, mechanistic investigation,
and application of computational methods will be described in detail.
Click here for abstract with pictures. |