Café Scientifique
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« The contribution of chemistry to renewable energies : current applications and future solutions offered by scientific
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Elodie Rousset is a scientist specialised in inorganic chemistry, an area of chemical science exploring the properties of the metal elements
of the periodic table. She pursued her international Masters and joint PhDs living between France and Canada. For the past five years, she
has been working between France and Australia on the properties of lanthanide elements, one of the often-forgotten rows at the bottom of the
periodic table! Part of Elodie’s research included the development of molecules capable of mimicking the photosynthesis function of plants.
Transforming sunlight into usable energy falls into one of the biggest challenges our world is currently facing: developing renewable
energies to reduce our consumption of fossil fuels.
In this café scientifique, Elodie will present the contribution of chemistry to the grand plan of renewable energy development with a focus on the potential of hydrogen economy.
The presentation will be followed by a discussion and Q&A.