Prof. Michael Grätzel is a professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) where he directs the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces since 1977. He graduated from the Free University of Berlin and in 1971 he earned the Doctor of Philosophy in natural science from the Technical University of Berlin. In 1976 he earned […]

Carolina Gimbert Suriñach obtained her PhD from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in 2008 under the supervision of Prof. A. Vallribera, working on the development of new sustainable organocatalytic processes. After one year as an assistant professor at the same university, she moved to the University of New South Wales (UNSW) to undertake postdoctoral […]

Prof. Dr. Max Fleischer studied technical physics and received his PhD from TU- Munich, his habilitation and honorary professorship from the TU-Budapest and became an honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Science. He has been a long-years member of the Corporate Technology of Siemens, advancing gas sensors for various applications, tunable laser and IR-spectroscopy […]

The LICROX consortium gathered virtually for a two-day meeting on the 17th and 18th of March to share updates and developments six months after its kick-off meeting. The representatives from the seven consortium partners were joined by Francesco Matteucci, European Innovation Council (EIC) representative, who gave a short introduction and explanation about the launch of […]

Last week the LICROX consortium participated in the virtual gathering “Research Meets Industry” organized by the FET project BRIEFING: Bridging the FET Innovation Gap. During the event, the participating projects presented their breakthrough innovations to an audience of companies, corporates, research institutions and business stakeholders. Prof. Antoni Llobet introduced the audience to LICROX, during the […]

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Basic Sciences category has gone in this thirteenth edition to Michael Grätzel from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) member of LICROX’s External Advisory Board (EAB), and Paul Alivisatos from University of California, Berkeley (United States) for their fundamental contributions to the development of new […]

COVID-19 Cancellation “As the impacts of COVID-19 continue, we have taken the difficult decision to cancel the 4th Molecules and Materials for Solar Fuels and Chemicals conference, originally scheduled to take place from 13-16 July 2021 in Portugal. The safety and wellbeing of our participants is of paramount importance. We plan to reschedule the conference […]

On October 8th, 2020 the project celebrated its virtual kick-off meeting, which served to introduce the team members, overview the project structure and organisation, look at the different tasks and management arrangements, and plan the main actions for the first months. This is the first of the consortium meetings, which will be celebrated every 6 […]

Achieving artificial photosynthesis would be one of the most efficient paths to fight climate change. Photoelectrochemical cells (PECs) have the potential to become efficient and cost-effective technologies, able to directly convert sunlight into chemical energy. The LICROX project will implement a new type of PECs that mimics photosynthesis. By incorporating three complementary light-absorbing elements, the […]

This  FET Proactive call sought for proposals for cutting-edge high-risk / high-reward research and innovation projects that aim to demonstrate a new technological paradigm within the scope of one of the following sub-topics: a. Human-Centric AI.b. Implantable autonomous devices and materialsc. Breakthrough zero-emissions energy generation for full decarbonization. FET Proactive projects should establish a solid […]