Promotional image from the Royal Society of Chemistry asking "Is your work defining the future of solar fuels?" with an abstract background of swirled yellow and orange lines.
We loved hosting #ISF2025 in September. If you would like your own work to feature in a specially curated collection of research that will continue the conference conversation, read our call for papers and submit your work for consideration ➡️ https://rsc.li/4ol8n7V #ChemSky
At the Indonesia Sustainability Forum #ISF2025, our Asia Lead Pallavi Kalita urged leaders to recognize nature as an asset, align climate & nature finance, and empower local & Indigenous communities as equal partners vital steps for a resilient future. #ISF2025 #NaturePositive #Sustainability
I had so much fun in Newcastle last week at #ISF2025 ☀️ Really impressed by all the amazing research being shared!
#Scientists using #creativity to turn the energy of the #sun into #chemical bonds at the @rsc.org Solar Fuels Conference #ISF2025 ☀️➡️🧪
Also happy to present my early steps into liquid-solid-liquid #photocatalysis 🟠🟡🔵
Stay tuned for more on that coming out soon 🤞📢
Snaps from the 5th International Solar Fuels Conference in Newcastle 🎉🎉🎉Big thanks to the organizers for putting together such a great event 🙌🙌🙌
@rsc.org @aicooper.bsky.social #ISF2025
Finally, the final plenary talk speaker, and a notable member of the @reisnerlab.bsky.social received the Tilden Prize from the @rsc.org 🏆
Congratulations, Erwin 👏👏🥳
#ISF2025
And here is a beautiful collage of poster presenters 📊
Nice to see the happy faces of our PhD students Afreen, Ariffin, Beverly, and Sampurna 😁😁😁
@rsc.org #ISF2025
I was happy to present Robert Hoye (Oxford) with the @rsc.org's Beilby medal this morning before his invited talk at #ISF2025
Recently graduated, jointly supervised by our and @biophotoelectro.bsky.social's lab, Rachel Egan summarises her thorough PhD exploration on wired photosynthetic #cyanobacterias on #electrodes 👏👏🦠⚡️
@rsc.org #ISF2025
One of our #bio-hybrid enthusiast alumni, Shafeer Kalathil, now Assistant Professor at @northumbriauni.bsky.social, giving updates on his independent research since he left our lab 🦠☀️
@rsc.org #ISF2025
Now lecturer at @qmul.bsky.social, Lin Su still finds it hard to detach from the @reisnerlab.bsky.social ❤️
He joined us to share his experience with E. coli and artificial #photosynthesis 🦠🍃🌞
@rsc.org #ISF2025
#Bacteria 🦠 and #light 💡 team up to convert #CO2 into complex products in the story of Santiago Rodríguez-Jiménez's committed research in our lab
@rsc.org #ISF2025
A colourful, enthusiastic journey into the secret life of #enzymes on #semiconductors unravelled by our Yongpeng Liu 🚀
@rsc.org #ISF2025
Sophia Haussener giving her talk
Erwin Reisner giving his talk
Sophia Haussener (Lausanne 🇨🇭) and Erwin Reisner (Cambridge 🇬🇧) kick started the final day of #ISF2025 with plenary talks on the engineering of solar fuel devices and on going from waste to solar chemicals, respectively
One more member of the early days of the lab, Moritz Kühnel, now Professor at @unihohenheim.bsky.social, showcasing his latest results on O2-tolerant #photocatalysis for #enzymatic and bio-driven #chemical conversion 🎈☀️♻️
@rsc.org #ISF2025
It’s the last day of #ISF2025 😱
It’s time for Erwin Reisner’s Tilden Prize Lecture! I actually worked on the same corridor as @reisnerlab.bsky.social for 5 years; let’s forget the time that someone from our lab accidentally hit their emergency power-off button 😅
#ChemSky #solarfuels
More insight from #ISF2025: James Durrant, Professor of Photochemistry at Imperial College London says the 300+ delegates in Newcastle this week are part of a community researching new technologies to harness the power of the sun. #RSCSustainability #SolarFuels
One of the earliest members of the lab, Chia-Yu Lin, now professor at National Cheng Kung University, giving insights into iodide-enhanced
#CO2RR to C2+ products.
@rsc.org #ISF2025
Seb Sprick giving his talk
A sharp dressed Seb Sprick (@sebsprick.bsky.social , Glasgow 🏴) finished the last organic materials themed session of #ISF2025 by reviewing the work of him and his collaborators on photocatalytic polymer films
Our recent alumnus @virgilandrei.bsky.social, now Assistant Professor at NTU Singapore, presenting an overview of his work on #PEC devices developed through years of PhD and postdoctoral research in our lab 💪💪☀️⚡️
@rsc.org #ISF2025
Filip Podjaski giving his talk
Filip Podjaski (London 🇬🇧) gave a stimulating talk on the application of Tetra Herz spectroscopy to polymer and carbon nitride photocatalysts #ISF2025
The International Solar Fuels Conference returns after six years, drawing hundreds of scientists to Newcastle. Co-organiser Jenny Zhang shares why #ISF2025 matters. More interviews coming soon! #RSCSustainability #SolarFuels #ChemSky
My former UCL colleague Junwang Tang, now at Tsinghua University 🇨🇳, gave a keynote on combining photo and thermal catalysis to activate small molecules #ISF2025
Xinchen Wang giving his talk
Xinchen Wang (Fuzhou 🇨🇳) gave the second plenary of the morning on carbon nitride photocatalysts #ISF2025
Andy Cooper giving his plenary talk
Andy Cooper (@aicooper.bsky.social , Liverpool 🇬🇧) kick started the penultimate day of #ISF2025 with a plenary talk on the use of robotics and AI in (photo)catalyst discovery and optimization
It's @andrea-rogo.bsky.social's turn presenting his exploration into liquid-solid-liquid #photocatalysis 🟠🟡🔵
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@rsc.org #ISF2025
Day 4 of #ISF2025 and Sideshow Bob in @chemicalscience.rsc.org Editor-in-Chief @aicooper.bsky.social’s plenary lecture was *not* on my bingo card!
#ChemSky #solarfuels #TheSimpsons
Emma Eley is executive editor of our @ees-journals.rsc.org. Speaking at our #ISF2025 International Solar Fuels Conference, Emma shares why we're committed to supporting researchers in solar fuels and how this exciting field offers fresh opportunities for academics worldwide...
Zeinab Hamid
Arnau Bertran
Keren Ai
Matyas Daboczi
Final organic photocatalysts session of the day with contributions by Zeinab Hamid (Oxford 🇬🇧), Arnau Bertran (Lausanne 🇨🇭), Keren Ai ( London 🇬🇧) and Matyas Daboczi (Budapest 🇭🇺) #ISF2025
Salvador Eslava
Masayuki Yagi
Rhys Bourhill
Bibhuti Bhusan Rath
More organic talks this afternoon; on heterojunctions (Salvador Eslava, London 🇬🇧), materials for H2O2 synthesis (Masayuki Yagi, Niigata 🇯🇵), materials for glucose oxidation (Rhys Bourhill, Glasgow 🏴) and solar batteries (Bibhuti Bhusan Rath, Stuttgart 🇩🇪) #ISF2025
