Earth-Abundant Metal Catalysis for Sustainable Energy

Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM · 3 hr. (US/Central)
Salon M (Marriott Rivercenter)
Oral Session
This session includes 7 presentations

Information

Catalytic technologies that produce chemical fuels in a sustainable fashion are a critical buttress to current energy infrastructure and will continue to gain prominence as traditional sources of energy, such as fossil fuels, are gradually phased out. In this vein, catalyst technologies based on earth-abundant metals are an important emerging strategy as they offer many of the advantages of legacy catalysts with the added benefit of employing more sustainable materials. Work in this area has traditionally encompassed separate spheres including homogeneous catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, and biological catalysis. Contributions from each of these areas are notable, yet there are exciting opportunities for transformative advancements in energy technologies by leveraging the unique approaches and perspectives from experts in these different fields in a focused manner. This symposium aims to bring together these disparate areas of catalysis to showcase advancements in renewable energy, biofuels, catalysis, and energy storage based on earth-abundant metals. By assembling scientists and industry experts from separate areas of catalysis we seek to inform, connect, and inspire those working on complex energy challenges. The symposium will feature a diversity of practitioners across academia and industry working in areas of homogeneous catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, and biologically-related catalysis in a single forum with the common theme of earth-abundant metal catalysis. We anticipate that this collective effort will ensure that proposed solutions are not only scientifically sound but also relevant and applicable in practical situations. Moreover, we anticipate that attendees will receive new ideas for future projects shaped by the presentations and discussions with scientists in different sub-fields from their own.
Themes
Green Energy & FuelsSynthesis & Catalysis
Session Organizer/Presider List
Zachary Tonzetich (Organizer) | Ghezai Musie (Organizer) | Fang Xu (Organizer) | Zachary Tonzetich (Presider) | Fang Xu (Presider)

Includes the following presentations

Introductory Remarks

Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:30 AM to 9:35 AM
Salon M (Marriott Rivercenter)

Redox properties of two-dimensional copper boride

Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:35 AM to 9:55 AM
Salon M (Marriott Rivercenter)

Mechanochemical synthesis of Cu-Ni catalysts on Al2O3 and ZnO for steam reforming of methanol

Thursday, June 18, 2026 9:55 AM to 10:15 AM
Salon M (Marriott Rivercenter)
Dominic Awuzah · North Carolina A &T State University

Next-generation electrolyzers and electrolysis

Thursday, June 18, 2026 10:15 AM to 10:35 AM
Salon M (Marriott Rivercenter)
Haotian Wang · Rice University

Investigating the interaction between novel polynuclear iron(III) and copper(II) complexes and carbohydrates: Synthesis, structure, and spectroscopic study of their interactions with monosaccharides

Thursday, June 18, 2026 10:35 AM to 10:55 AM
Salon M (Marriott Rivercenter)

Networking Coffee Break

Thursday, June 18, 2026 10:55 AM to 11:10 AM
Salon M (Marriott Rivercenter)

Pincer ligands incorporating heavy group 16 elements as chalcogen-bond donors: Towards the design of new secondary coordination spheres for CO2 reduction

Thursday, June 18, 2026 11:10 AM to 11:30 AM
Salon M (Marriott Rivercenter)

WITHDRAWN

Thursday, June 18, 2026 11:30 AM to 11:50 AM
Salon M (Marriott Rivercenter)

First row transition metal photocatalysts for CO2 reduction: Exploitation of a long-lived excited state for self-sensitized catalysis

Thursday, June 18, 2026 11:50 AM to 12:10 PM
Salon M (Marriott Rivercenter)
Elizabeth Papish · The University of Alabama

Roundtable Discussion

Thursday, June 18, 2026 12:10 PM to 12:30 PM
Salon M (Marriott Rivercenter)

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