The POWER CO₂ Days! | September 7–9, 2026 | Lyon, France Day 3: Visions of the Field We are thrilled to welcome Xavier Arnauld de Sartre for a thought-provoking Keynote (in collaboration with Brice Auvet). Promoted heavily by industrial and regulatory bodies, Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) are often presented as the definitive technical solution for decarbonizing aviation. Because they generate very little debate in public spheres—such as the press, NGOs, and social media—

The POWER CO₂ Days! | September 7–9, 2026 | Lyon, France Day 3: Hybrid Pathways Photoelectrochemical (PEC) CO₂ reduction offers a promising route to convert solar energy into chemical fuels while enabling carbon-neutral energy storage. We are glad to welcome Negar Naghavi as a Keynote Speaker to discuss the role of advanced photovoltaic absorbers in this strategy! Among the materials currently being researched, Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ (CIGS) stands out for PEC applications thanks to its

The POWER CO₂ Days! | September 7–9, 2026 | Lyon, France Day 3: Hybrid Pathways Converting CO₂ into chemicals and fuels represents a significant challenge in sustainable energy research. We are thrilled to welcome Bertrand Reuillard as a Keynote Speaker to discuss molecular (bio)hydrid materials for CO₂ conversion! Over the past ten years, combining molecular centers and enzymes at the surface of electrode materials has proven to be a powerful approach to developing efficient

The POWER CO₂ Days! | September 7–9, 2026 | Lyon, France Day 3: Hybrid Pathways Hybrid approaches combining electrochemical conversion and biological processes is a strategy in CO₂ valorization. We are excited to welcome Isabelle Rougeaux as a Keynote Speaker to present her team's research, co-authored with Yassine Naciri and Gatien Fleury on the POWERCO2 project! In this project, carbon-based molecules generated via CO₂ electroreduction are utilized as complementary substrat

The POWER CO₂ Days! | September 7–9, 2026 | Lyon, France Day 2: Nano Engineering We are excited to announce the upcoming Oral Presentation by Emilien Chaigne on the design of benzodithiophene-based porous polymeric macroligands! To advance the efficiency of photocatalytic CO₂ reduction, Emilien and his Ph.D. supervising team lead by Jerome Canivet synthesized Porous Organic Polymers (POPs) incorporating benzodithiophene (BDT) units. These structures are investigated as photos

The POWER CO₂ Days! | September 7–9, 2026 | Lyon, France Day 2: Advancing TRL We are thrilled to welcome Bruno Chaudret as a Plenary Speaker to discuss the field of Magnetically Induced Catalysis (MIC) applied to CO2 conversion. MIC exploits magnetically active materials to trigger or enhance catalytic processes. By applying external magnetic fields, researchers can achieve localized and selective energy transfer through magnetic induction heating. These "self-heating" cataly

The POWER CO₂ Days! | September 7–9, 2026 | Lyon, France Day 1: Next frontier C3+ We are proud to welcome Catherine Batiot-Dupeyrat (UMR CNRS 7285 – IC2MP, Université de Poitiers) who will present her team's latest research: "Investigation of the Ni–Ce–Zr Synergy for Efficient CO₂ Methanation under Non-Thermal Plasma." (Co-authored with Nathan Cordier and Elodie Fourré) About the Research: In the push for efficient CO₂ conversion with non-thermal plasma, the team synthesized

The POWER CO₂ Days! September 7 - 9 2026 in Lyon Day 2, 8th September: Nano Engineering How can we engineer highly efficient interfaces to drive biological CO₂ conversion? We are excited to share that Alan Le Goff will be presenting his Keynote: "Engineering of the bio/nano-interface for enzymatic CO₂-to-CO conversion and the water-gas shift reaction." To improve the efficiency and stability of supported enzymes, developing specialized enzyme-electrode interfaces is a critica

The POWER CO₂ Days! | Sept 7–9, 2026 | Lyon Day 2: Nano Engineering Can we efficiently convert sunlight into clean energy carriers? The promise of solar fuels has driven researchers to seek out cheap, eco-compatible, and sustainable processes for CO2 reduction. We are excited to announce that Fabrice Odobel (Université de Nantes, CNRS) will be delivering a Keynote on the cutting-edge "Hybrid Semiconductor–Molecular Systems" aming at such goal. The first half of his presenta