Session 1 Chair: Bin Ren

09:00 -09:05 Opening and Welcome, Su-Yuan Xie – Chairman of the symposium

09:05 - 09:30 Jing-Li Luo, University of Alberta, Canada

Application of Nano Surface/Interface in Fuel Cells for Co-Generating Power and Valuable Products from Greenhouse Gases

09:30 - 09:55 Olaf Magnussen, Kiel University, Germany

Electrode Structure, Reactivity, and Surface Dynamics: Lessons Learned from Atomic-scale In Situ and In Operando Studies

09:55 - 10:20 Nian-Qiang Nick Wu, West Virginia University, USA

Plasmonic Resonance Energy Transfer and Charge Transfer from Metals to Semiconductors for Solar Energy Harvesting

Coffee break

Session 2 Chair: Bing-Wei Mao

10:40 - 11:05 Timo Jacob, Ulm University, Germany

Measuring an Electrocatalyst’S Vital Signs: The Need for in Operando Studies

11:05 - 11:30 Jolanta Swiatowska, CNRS – Chimie ParisTech, France

Contribution of Surface Spectroscopic Techniques to Characterization of Electrode/Electrolyte Interphases in Li-ion Batteries

11:30 - 11:55 Shi-Gang Sun, Xiamen University, China

Structure Design and Function Control of Electrochemical Energy Materials

Session 3 Chair: La-Sheng Long

14:30 - 14:55 Wen-Bin Lin, The University of Chicago, USA

Metal-Organic Frameworks for Artificial Photosynthesis

14:55 - 15:20 Wen-Feng Lin, Loughborough University, UK

Synthesis and Catalysis Mechanism Studies of High Performance Nano-catalysts for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells Applications

15:20 - 15:45 Hong-Xin Wang, University of California at Davis, USA

Nuclear Resonant Vibrational Spectroscopy to Pinpoint Active Site Clusters Inside Hydrogenases and Nitrogenases

Coffee break

Session 4 Chair: Dong-Ping Zhan

16:05 - 16:30 Philippe Marcus, CNRS-Chimie ParisTech, France

Nanostructures of Thin Oxide Films Thermally or Electrochemically Formed on Metal Surfaces

16:30 - 16:55 Shan-Lin Pan, The University of Alabama, USA

Photoelectrochemical Investigations of Semiconductor Surfaces and Catalyst Interfaces for Solar Water Splitting

16:55 - 17:20 Ai-Cheng Chen, University of Guelph, Canada

Synthesis and Electrochemical Study of Graphene Based Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage

17:20 – 17:45 Shuai Wang, Xiamen University, China

Alkanal-Alkene Prins Condensation Reactions on Brønsted Solid Acids

Session 5 Chair: Nan-Feng Zheng

09:00 - 09:25 Yasuhiro Iwasawa, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan

Unprecedented Approaches to the Origin of Active and Durable Interfacial Catalysis Based on Advanced XAFS

09:25 - 09:50 Lai-Sheng Wang, Brown University, USA

Photoelectron Spectroscopyof Size-Selected Boron Clusters: From Planar Structures to Borophenes and Borospherenes

09:50 - 10:15 Ping-Yun Feng, University of California, Riverside, USA

Crystalline Chalcogenide Tetrahedral Clusters and Their Superlattices for Energy Related Applications

Coffee break

Session 6 Chair: Chang-Jian Lin

10:35 - 11:00 Jin-Shan Pan, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Passive Film and Breakdown on Advanced Alloys – Studied by Electrochemical and Synchrotron-Based Techniques

11:00 - 11:25 Xiao-Dong Zhou, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA

The Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Materials: On Electrochemically Driven of Phase Transition, Degradation and Accelerated Test

11:25 - 11:50 Su-Yuan Xie, Xiamen University, China

Novel Fullerenes Synthesized by Chlorination/Hydrogenation in Carbon Arc and Combustion

Session 7 Chair: You-Zhu Yuan

14:30 - 14:55 Uri Banin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Colloidal Quantum Nanostructures; From Basic Science to Applications

14:55 - 15:20 Yi-Ying Wu, The Ohio State University, USA

Interface Synthesis for Dye-Sensitized Solar Fuels

15:20 - 15:45 Yu-Huang Wang, University of Maryland, USA

Quantum Defects as a New Tool for Exciton Engineering

Coffee break

Session 8 Chair: Xu Hou

16:05 - 16:30 Xian-Hui Bu, California State University, Long Beach, USA

Conceptual Advance in the Synthetic Development of Crystalline Porous Materials

16:30 - 16:55 Edman Tsang, University of Oxford, UK

Conversions of Biomass Molecules on Tailored Catalytic Surface/Interface to Useful Products

16:55 - 17:20 Markus Raschke, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

Multimodal Tip-Enhanced Spectroscopy: Imaging Structure, Coupling, and Dynamics on the Molecular Scale

17:20 – 17:45 Nan-Feng Zheng, Xiamen University, China

Surface Coordination Chemistry of Metal Nanomaterials

Session 9 Chair: Yong Yang

09:00 - 09:25 Pieter Stroeve, University of California Davis, USA

Surface Modified Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles (MSN) and Core-Shell MSN for Controlled Release of Chemical Species and Proteins

09:25 - 09:50 Davide Bonifazi, Cardiff University, UK

Supramolecular Colorlands

09:50 - 10:15 Stefano Passerini, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Nanostructures for Combined Conversion/Alloying Materials as Lithium-Ion Anodes

Coffee break

Session 10 Chair: Su-Yuan Xie

10:35 - 11:00 Hye Ryung Byon, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea

Towards Controlling of Li2O2 Structures for Improvement of Charging Overpotential in Lithium-Oxygen Batteries

11:00 - 11:25 Emiel J.M. Hensen, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Structure-Performance Relations: Towards Redictions for Supported Nanoparticle Systems

11:25 - 11:50 Xu Hou, Xiamen University, China

Bioinspired Multi-Scale Pores and Channels

11:50 -11:55 Closing