Electrochemistry conference back in Stockholm after 50 years
This week, a large conference for electrochemists was held at KTH. 290 researchers from all over the world were present in Stockholm.
”It has gone very well! We have been lucky with the weather and had interesting speakers. People are happy to meet in person and Stockholm is showing its best side,” says Professor Rakel Wreland Lindström.
The organization behind the conference, the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), organizes a major conference for all subject areas within electrochemistry each year, where up to 2,000 people gather. In addition, smaller topical meetings are held a few times a year.
“This is a topical conference that deals with batteries, fuel cells, electrolysis and various aspects of it, from the atomic level up to the system level. The conference has had a special focus on methods, such as various electrochemical experimental techniques, in-situ methods and calculation and simulation methods."
The theme for this year's conference is pressing and the issues discussed are important for the transition to a more electrified vehicle fleet and industry – which will be required to achieve the environmental goals.
"Electrolysis for fossil-free steel and hydrogen storage, batteries and fuel cells for vehicles and stationary applications and CO2 reduction, are the processes we need for the future. All research fields are growing, which is noticeable in how many people work in it," says Rakel Wreland Lindström.
It was 50 years since an ISE conference was last held in Stockholm. That it ended up here this year was according to Rakel Wreland Lindström after pressure from ISE.
“It was planned long before the pandemic that the annual meeting would be in China and then it was said that the subject conference must be in Europe as there is a very strong culture around electrochemistry here. And then they saw that it was 50 years ago that we were here in Stockholm. So they wanted to come here.”
Text: Jon Lindhe
Read more about ISE: www.ise-online.org