CBC SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT

Professor Li-Zhu WuTechnical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS, Beijing 100190, China

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS FOR SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSIONWith the increasing concern over the global energy crisis and the greenhouse effect caused by carbon dioxide emission,

the development of carbon-neutral and renewable-energy solutions has attracted considerable interest in both the

scientific and industrial communities. Inspired by the ability of natural photosynthesis to convert solar energy into

chemical energy, the scientific community long ago recognized the potential of light-driven reactions (photochemistry) as

a powerful approach to chemical synthesis. From the high energy intermediate generated by photoinduced excitation of

organic molecules, unique reaction manifolds can be accesses that are generally unavailable to conventional thermal

pathways. Our group has long engaged in the photochemistry research related to 1) Artificial photosynthesis for solar

energy conversion; 2) Visible light catalysis for efficient organic transformation; 3) Photoinduced electron transfer, energy

transfer and chemical reactions in supramolecular systems. In this presentation, we will compile several stories to

illustrate photochemical approaches that may be useful in the design of artificial photosynthetic systems for effective

chemical transformation.

Acknowledgements Financial supports from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, the National Natural Science Foundation of

China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are highly acknowledged.

Date: 20th December 2018 (Thursday) Time: 1.30pm – 3.00pmVenue: SPMS Lecture Theatre 5Host: Professor Shunsuke Chiba