International Conference on Resource Chemistry

Conference / March 08, 2021 - March 09, 2021

ICRC 2021 - Review

The ICRC will took place from March 8-9, 2021. Due to the ongoing situation regarding COVID-19 in an online format. Read here our summary and review of the conference.

More information on the program, the sessions as well as the talks, please see below.

The aim of the event was to discuss current developments in resource chemistry.

In times of increasing pressure on industry and politics with respect to environmental protection and climate change, material sciences and chemistry have to join forces to provide answers to some of the world‘s most challenging technological tasks. Under the aspect to secure and provide indispensable materials in a limited environment, this conference specifically focused on applied resource chemistry and new recycling technologies.

The conference covered a wide range of research areas, from the substitution of critical elements, to the development of sustainable materials, and the establishment of efficient material life cycles.

This unique conference tackled these challenges and brought together scientists and experts from various fields such as resource & green chemistry, biology, environmental science & technology, as well as material sciences.

Congratulations to our poster award winners! Please find more information on the award, the winners as well as the poster sessions here.

Sponsors and Partners:

GDCh, Department of Solid State Chemistry and Materials Research; TU Darmstadt; Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, BASF, Technologieland Hessen, De Causmeacker and Partner, hte

Media partner: ChemPhysChem - Wiley VCH

Speakers

John C. Warner, Distinguished Professor of Green Chemistry, FACS, FRSC, FR, Monash University

Prof. Dr. Martin Bertau, TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Prof. Dr. Lars Borchardt, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart, Leuphana University Lüneburg

Dr. Matthias Buchert, Öko-Institut e.V.

Prof. David Cahen, Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel)

Prof. Dr. Maximilian Fichtner, Helmholtz Institute Ulm und Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

Prof. Dr. Bernd Friedrich, RWTH Aachen

Dr. Roland Gauß, EIT RawMaterials GmbH

Prof. Dr. Oliver Gutfleisch, TU Darmstadt

Dr. Christian Hagelüken, Umicore

Liisa Hakola, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Dr. Stefan Hanstein, Fraunhofer IWKS

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Albert Heuberger, Fraunhofer IIS

Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Hofmann, TU Darmstadt

Prof. Dr. Wolfram Jaegermann, TU Darmstadt

Prof. Dr. Bohumil Kasal, Fraunhofer WKI

Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Martins, Uninova / CEMOP, Caparica (Portugal)

Dr. Elke Metzsch-Zilligen, Fraunhofer LBF

Prof. Dr. Thomas Müller-Kirschbaum, Advisor on Innovation & Sustainability

Jan Neuber, Otto A. Müller Recycling GmbH

Prof. Dr. Stuart Parkin, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics

Dr. Manfred Renner, Fraunhofer UMSICHT

Prof. Dr. Vera Susanne Rotter, Technische Universität Berlin

Prof. Dr. Michael Saliba, University of Stuttgart

Prof. Dr. Liselotte Schebek, TU Darmstadt

Prof. Dr. Gisela Schuetz, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

Prof. Kevin Sivula, EPFL

Prof. Guido Sonnemann, Université de Bordeaux

Dr. Badrinath Veluri, Grundfos

further speakers tbc.

Program

MONDAY, 08 March 2021
09:00 - 09:30	Welcome Prof. Dr. Anke Weidenkaff, Fraunhofer IWKS, Conference Chair Prof. Dr. Barbara Albert, TU Darmstadt
09:30 - 10:00	Keynote: John C. Warner, Distinguished Professor of Green Chemistry, FACS, FRSC, FR, Monash University “Green Chemistry: Inventing a Circular Economy”
10:00 - 10:10	Q&A Chat
10:10 - 10:15	Coffee break
10:15 - 11:45	Session 1 “Urban Mining & Recycling“ Session Chair: Dr. Andrea Gassmann, Fraunhofer IWKS Prof. Dr. Bernd Friedrich, RWTH Aachen “European waste to product concepts – the role of electric arc furnaces in the future circular economy“ Prof. Dr. Martin Bertau, TU Bergakademie Freiberg “The COOL-process: Lithium recovery from primary and secondary resources“ Prof. Dr. Lars Borchardt, Ruhr-Universität Bochum “Syntheses without solvents – sustainable pathways towards carbons, polymers, and nanostructured materials“
11:45 - 12:30	Lunch break
12:30 - 14:00	Session 2 “Critical Raw Materials” Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Oliver Gutfleisch, TU Darmstadt; Prof. Dr. Lambert Alff, TU Darmstadt Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Martins, Uninova / CEMOP, Caparica (Portugal) “Materials for a sustainable green deal and world prosperity“ Dr. Badrinath Veluri, Grundfos "Rare Earths: Sustainability, Transparency and Standardization" Dr. Roland Gauß, EIT RawMaterials GmbH "The European Raw Materials Alliance. A concerted action to establish a resilient Circular Economy"
14:00 – 14:15	Coffee break
14:15 – 15:45	Session 3 “Substitutional Design of High-tech Functional Materials“ Session Chairs: Prof. Dr. Anke Weidenkaff, Fraunhofer IWKS; Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser, Max Planck Institute Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids Prof. Dr. Gisela Schuetz, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems “Magnetism in reduced dimensions“ Prof. Dr. Oliver Gutfleisch, TU Darmstadt “Magnetic refrigeration – substitution on element, process and product levels“ Prof. Dr. Wolfram Jaegermann, TU Darmstadt “Artificial leafs using advanced photoelectrosynthetic cells – physical boundary conditions and material science challenges“
15:45 – 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00	Panel discussion - "A world without waste - how can this become a reality?" Dr. Matthias Buchert, Öko-Institut e.V. Dr. Manfred Renner, Fraunhofer UMSICHT Dr. Christian Hagelüken, Umicore Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart, Leuphana University ------ Moderated by Prof. Dr. Anke Weidenkaff and Prof. Dr. Armin Reller
17:00 - approx. 18:00	Poster session & networking Short presentation of posters and open discussion

Tuesday, 09 March 2021
08:30 - 10:30	Session 4 “Circular Economy“ Session Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Melz, Fraunhofer LBF Prof. Dr. Vera Susanne Rotter, Technische Universität Berlin “Incinerating, recycling, decarbonizing? – plastics in the circular economy“ Dr. Elke Metzsch-Zilligen, Fraunhofer LBF “Circular economy: A new generation of stabilizers for high quality polyolefin recyclates“ Prof. Dr. Liselotte Schebek, TU Darmstadt “How to assess resource efficiency of circular economy?“ Prof. Guido Sonnemann, Université de Bordeaux “Recommendations for supporting the development and take-up of sustainable chemical products and materials in the context of a circular economy based on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment“
10:30 - 10:45	Coffee break
10:45 – 12:15	Session 5 “Substituting Rare or Toxic Metals in Chemistry“ Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Wolfram Jaegermann, TU Darmstadt Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Hofmann, TU Darmstadt “Transition metal sulfides and phosphides as electrocatalysts for water splitting“ Prof. Dr. Michael Saliba, University of Stuttgart “The versatility of polyelemental perovskite compositions“ Prof. Dr. Maximilian Fichtner, Helmholtz Institute Ulm “New battery concepts on a sustainable materials basis"
12:15 – 13:00	Lunch break
13:00 – 14:30	Session 6 “Polymer-based and Renewable Organics“ Session Chairs: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Elsner, Fraunhofer ICT; Prof. Dr. Anke Krüger, Fraunhofer IWKS Prof. Dr. Bohumil Kasal, Fraunhofer WKI “Materials from renewable resources – are they really sustainable?“ Prof. Dr. Thomas Müller-Kirschbaum, Advisor on Innovation & Sustainability “On our way towards a climate-positive circular economy“ Jan Neuber, Otto A. Müller Recycling GmbH & Dr. Stefan Hanstein, Fraunhofer IWKS “A Circular Economy view based on upcycling by-products“ & „Hemicelluloses from food processing residues as a feedstock for bio-based coatings“
14:30 - 14:45	Coffee break
14:45 - 16:15	Session 7 “Green ICT“ Session Chairs: Dr. Sebastian Klemenz, Fraunhofer IWKS; Dr. Patrick Bressler, Fraunhofer Group for Microelectronics Prof. Dr. Stuart Parkin, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics “Ionitronic devices for energy efficient data storage and computing technologie“ Liisa Hakola, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland “Different ways to increase sustainability in electronics industry“ Prof. Dr.-Ing. Albert Heuberger, Fraunhofer IIS "Green ICT - saving energy and resources in information and communication technology"
16:15 - 17:45	Session 8 “Green Materials 4 Green H2“ Session Chair: Dr. Marc Widenmeyer, TU Darmstadt Prof. Kevin Sivula, EPFL "Organic semiconductors for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production by water splitting" Prof. Dr. Peter Strasser, Technische Universität Berlin "Eliminating critical PGM materials in the electrocatalytic production and utilization of green hydrogen and synthetic fuels" Prof. David Cahen, Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel) "Sustainability of hydrogen containment/storage and transport options"
17:45 - approx. 19:00	Poster session & networking Short presentation of posters and open discussion
approx. 19:00	End of conference

WEDNESDAY, 10 March 2021
09:00 - 15:30	DFG Roundtable for the Priority Program "Resource Chemistry - Sustainable Cycles for Materials (SuCyMat)" Organizers: Prof. Dr. Anke Weidenkaff, Fraunhofer IWKS Dr. Marc Widenmeyer, TU Darmstadt Dr. Sebastian Klemenz, Fraunhofer IWKS

WEDNESDAY, 10 March 2021

09:00 - 15:30

DFG Roundtable for the Priority Program "Resource Chemistry - Sustainable Cycles for Materials (SuCyMat)"

Organizers:

Prof. Dr. Anke Weidenkaff, Fraunhofer IWKS

Dr. Marc Widenmeyer, TU Darmstadt

Dr. Sebastian Klemenz, Fraunhofer IWKS

Scientific Committee

Prof. Dr. Anke Weidenkaff, Fraunhofer IWKS

Dr. Patrick Bressler, Fraunhofer Group for Microelectronics

Prof. Dr. Lambert Alff, TU Darmstadt

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Elsner, Fraunhofer ICT

Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids

Prof. Dr. Oliver Gutfleisch, TU Darmstadt

Prof. Dr. Wolfram Jaegermann, TU Darmstadt

Dr. Sebastian Klemenz, Fraunhofer IWKS

Prof. Dr. Anke Krüger, Fraunhofer IWKS, Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Würzburg

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Melz, Fraunhofer LBF

Prof. Dr. Armin Reller, Uni Augsburg

Prof. Dr. Liselotte Schebek, TU Darmstadt

Dr. Marc Widenmeyer, TU Darmstadt

ICRC 2021

International Conference on Resource Chemistry

Conference / March 08, 2021 - March 09, 2021

ICRC 2021 - Review

Sponsors and Partners:

John C. Warner

Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart

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