The 2023 Conference on Chemistry of Energy Materials, hosted by Shandong University, took place in Jinan from Aug 10 to 12.

More than 1,000 experts and scholars in the field of energy materials chemistry gathered to share their insights into green energy and the sustainable development of materials chemistry.

The 2023 Conference on Chemistry of Energy Materials is held in Jinan, Shandong province from Aug 10 to 12. [Photo/view.sdu.edu.cn]

Li Shucai, president of Shandong University, delivered a keynote speech at the conference. He said that the energy materials chemistry is an essential discipline driving sustainable development.

Those working in the field will promote the deep integration of industry, academia, and research, facilitate the green transformation of the economy and help achieve peak carbon emissions and carbon neutrality, he added.

Li Shucai, president of Shandong University, delivers a keynote speech at the conference. [Photo/view.sdu.edu.cn]

According to Li, Shandong University will comprehensively improve its talent cultivation system, advance scientific and technological research in the areas of new energy and new materials and promote collaborative innovation to serve China's distinctive modernization.

The meeting focuses on in-depth discussions of hot topics and cutting-edge areas in energy materials chemistry, which will drive the formation of a series of new concepts, technologies, and methods to accelerate the development of the chemical discipline, particularly in the field of energy materials chemistry, Li said.

Li Yadong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and also president of Anhui Normal University, stated in his speech that energy materials chemistry serves as the cornerstone of societal development and has played a significant role in the evolution of human civilization.

He said he hopes that the conference will serve as an opportunity to strengthen academic exchanges, deepen industrial cooperation, and continue to promote collaborative innovation.

The event also included a series of sub-forums on energy storage, energy catalysis, solar conversion and hydrogen utilization, energy electrochemical characterization and simulation, and solvent thermal coupling functional materials and energy applications. The conference also set up 18 awards to honor and encourage young scholars who have made achievements in the field of energy materials chemistry.