Deadline for Abstracts Submission:

The Organizing Committee would like to announce the postponement of the deadline for abstracts submission: March 31, 2017.

Plenary Lectures:

The Organizing Committee is glad to announce that the Plenary Lectures are now fully confirmed. More details in the page Speakers.

Conference Best
Presentation Awards:

The International Society of Electrochemistry will award the Best Oral and Best Poster presentations given by PhD students and young researchers up to the age of 30. More details in the page Conference Awards.

Conference Accommodation Grants:

The Hyceltec 2017 Organizing Committee will offer some accommodation grants to a number of presenting PhD students up to the age of 30. More details in the page Conference Awards.

Scope and Topics

Our society is nowadays experiencing a great transformation, creating new paradigms. Among others, there is a strong feeling of urgency for moving towards carbon-free forms of energy, namely to renewable sources. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) there is 50 % chance that we spend the entire carbon budget for keeping the planet below 1.5 ºC of global temperature increase within 10 years. Fuel Cells, Hydrogen and Battery science and technology are part of the great worldwide endeavor to make the energy from renewable sources economically competitive and HYCELTEC 2017 will provide ground to facilitate fruitful exchanges of ideas, results and technology knowledge.

It is our goal for this 6th edition of HYCELTEC to offer an overview of the most advanced studies and recent trends in the topics under discussion, highlighting the multidisciplinary approaches and the emerging areas.

The event aims at bringing together scientists from academic research, applied research and industry, with common and complementary R&D interests. Decision makers from companies and governments are also welcomed. HYCELTEC 2017 intends to stimulate contacts, to highlight recent developments and to create an interdisciplinary forum for discussion, to allow the germination of new ideas, based on the presence of experts from different fields. In particular, young researchers are encouraged to participate and to interact closely with senior scientists. HYCELTEC 2017 wants really to be a milestone on the way to “Integration for Innovation without Fragmentation”, the motto of the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020.

Topics to be Covered by the Conference:

1. Hydrogen.
1. Production (chemical, electrochemical, photoelectrochemical).
2. Purification (physical and chemical processes).
3. Storage and transportation.
4. Integration with renewable energy sources.
5. Environmental and social impacts.


2. Fuel Cells.
1. Low and high temperature FCs.
2. Applications of the different types of FCs.
3. Development of methods, components and materials.
4. Mechanisms of FCs deterioration.
5. Device integration.


3. Advanced Batteries.
1. The different types of batteries (lithium, sodium, etc.).
2. Redox flow batteries.
3. Supercapacitors.
4. Electrochromic energy storage devices.
   


4. Other Relevant Topics.
1. Electrolysis and CO₂ electroreduction.
2. Modelling and simulation.

Important Dates

October 18^th, 2016
First Circular, Conference Announcement

December 31^st, 2016
Second Circular, Website Opening

January 16^th, 2017
Registration and Abstracts Submission Opening

March 3^rd, 2017
Deadline for Abstracts Submission

March 31^st, 2017
Extended Deadline for Abstract Submission

April 24^th, 2017
Abstracts Acceptance Notification

May 12^th, 2017
Deadline for Early Bird Registration

May 31^st, 2017
Deadline for Late Abstracts Submission (only for poster presentation)

June 1^st, 2017
Opening for Manuscripts Submission for the Special Issue in IJHE

June 24^th, 2017
Opening for Manuscripts Submission for the Special Issue in Electrochimica Acta

September 15^th, 2017
Extended Deadline for Manuscripts Submission for the Special Issue in IJHE

October 8^th, 2017
Deadline for Manuscripts Submission for the Special Issue in Electrochimica Acta