1. Milan – University of Milan Experiment with C.reinhardtii –3g of dry mass in 1l of culture –No H 2 production detected (algae too dilute) –Need to filter/centrifuge algal waste and send sludge Offer of PhD student Ann-Louise for 1 year –Investigating C.reinhardtii nutrient requirements (interest in denitrification potential) H 2 fermentation CH 4 fermentation Municipal waste Algal waste Bacteria 1 Bacteria 2 Landfill waste % v/v H2H2 CH 4 Yield Production rate % of algal waste Andrea Schievano (Hypothesis Lisbon) Hydrogen and biogas from (municipal) waste

2. Turin – Hysydays Conference Committee (all IAHE members and IJHE editors) –Prof Fabio Orecchini Sapienza University of Rome Dr Paola Artuso (PV cell and electrolysis system) –Prof Ibrahim Dincer University of Ontario Institute of Technology Editor-in-chief of International Journal of Energy Research World Hydrogen Energy Summit (15 th -17 th July 2010, Istanbul) http://www.whes2010.org/ http://www.whes2010.org/ –Prof John Sheffield Missouri University of Science and Technology Plug-in hydrogen hybrid Concepts De Falco (hythane as a route to H 2 economy) Martavaltzi (using CaO as a catalyst for methane reforming AND an absorbent for carbon capture) Materials Miyamato (selectively H 2 permeable Pd membranes) Siracusano (IrO 2 catalysts) Mura (TiO 2 nanotube arrays) Collaboration Parissis (STORIES project – renewable energy on islands) Anger (Energy from waste by thermochemical processes) Romagnoli (LCA of biophotolytic routes to solar hydrogen)

3. 216 th Meeting of ECS Vienna, 4-9 th October 2009 Sessions: F1 Current trends in Electrodeposition F5 Semiconductors, metal oxides … B9 Semiconductor Electrolyte Interface & Photoelectrochemistry Specific Lectures: Dieter Kolb (2009 Olin Palladium Award) John Stickney (2009 ECS Electrodeposition Div. Research Award) Rudiger Memming (Gerischer Award of the Eur. Section. NO lecture, but some interesting reminiscences!)

4. F1: Electrodeposition Stickney: electrochemical atomic layer deposition –Deposition of compound semiconductors (CIGS): layer-by-layer growth Others: –temporal/spatial organisation in electrodeposition (Nakanishi): growth of metal networks via oscillatory processes –protein additives and effect on morphology of electrodeposits (Schwartz) –Patterns in electrodeposits (Dobrovolska): “electrochemical Belousov–Zhabotinsky reactions” in silver alloy deposition.

5. F5: Semiconductors, Metal Oxides Rajeshwar: electrodeposition of semiconductors – review –Growth of II-VI, plus TiO 2, p-Cu 2 O Others: –Josell: CdTe on interdigitated electrodes –Ribeaucort (Lincot): CIGSe –Izaki: p-Cu 2 O (E g ca. 2.0 eV) –TiO 2 /Au nanoparticles composite. Interesting because TiO 2 by electrodeposition. –Electrodeposited Fe 2 O 3 and TiO 2 /WO 3 composite Fe 2 O 3 by electrochemically initiated precipitation

6. B9: Semiconductor-Electrolyte Interfaces Major focus:- DSSCs. Characterisation, modelling etc. –Impedance and IMPS methods (NB a commercial IMPS system is now on the market) Hydrogen production Photoelectrochemistry of Fe 2 O 3 : –SD: two significant questions: do I need to invoke surface states to model the material performance? Presence of oxygen? –Heli Wang (NREL): nanorod Fe 2 O 3 (not their own, but good performance), application in a photoelectrochemical diode. Other: –PV assisted photoelectrolysis with C-TiO 2 (Khan); WO 3 -Fe 2 O 3 “heterojunction”; (In,Ga)N.