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International Conference on New Energy and Green Chemicals was successfully held

On September 21, 2018, International Conference on New Energy and Green Chemicals was successfully held at the New International Conference Center in the University of Nottingham Ningbo China.


The conference was organised by Ningbo Association of Science and Technology ,  University of Nottingham Ningbo China and The Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 12 leading researchers in the field of new energy and green chemicals were invited to give a presentation to share newest research result, which attracted the high participation and attention of the professors and PhD students. 

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The opening ceremony was hosted by Prof Mike George, Professor in Chemistry, University of Nottingham. Prof Alain Chong, Dean of the Graduate School, and Prof Guiling Yang, Deputy Director of CNITECH, CAS, gave welcome speech at the begining of the conference.

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The meeting lasted one whole day. During the meeting, 12 distinguished researchers gave speeches to the conference. They were:

Prof Sir Martyn Poliakoff, leading Green Chemist and Engineer, University of Nottingham 

Prof George Chen, LDS Chair Professor in Electrochemical Technologies, UNNC 

Prof Wei Chen, Professor in Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, CAS 

Prof Minghui Yang, Professor in CNITECH

Prof Yongbo Kuang, Professor in CNITECH

Prof Mike George, LDS Chair Professor in Chemistry, UNNC

Prof Guang Zhu, LDS Chair Professor in Nanomaterials and Devices, UNNC

Prof Ziyi Ge, Professor in CNITECH 

Dr Junsong Sun, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, CAS 

Dr Ziqi Tian, Associate Professor in CNITECH

Prof Pingqi Gao, Professor in CNITECH

Dr Di Hu, Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, UNNC

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This conference discussed about Knowledge Exchange in Action: Chemical Reactions in Supercritical Fluids, Electrochemical Processing of Carbon Dioxide in Liquid Salts, Electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to oxygenates, Stabilising oxide photoanodes for efficient low-bias water splitting, and Photochemistry, Spectroscopy and Supercritical Fluids:  From Organometallic Alkane Complexes and C-H Activation to the Synthesis of Anti-Malarial Drugs, and so on, the topics of researchs and explorations of new technology in the field of new energy and green chemicals.

Attendees all listened carefully and communicated actively, and the conference was a complete success. 

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Published on 25 September 2018