HRVATSKA AKADEMIJA ZNANOSTI I UMJETNOSTI
RAZRED ZA MATEMATIČKE, FIZIČKE I KEMIJSKE ZNANOSTI
I INSTITUT FRANÇAIS ZAGREB
pozivaju Vas na
J A V N O P R E D A V A N J E
prof. dr. sc. Marc Fontecavea
Laboratoire de Chimie des processus Biologiques, Collège de France
u okviru održavanja manifestacije Rendez-vous, festival Francuske u Hrvatskoj
koje će se održati
u utorak 26. svibnja 2015. s početkom u 18 sati
u dvorani Knjižnice
Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti
Strossmayerov trg 14
Chemistry and Energy Issues: Fuels from water, carbon dioxide and sun
The increase in energy consumption by humanity, the limitations in fossil fuels and the emission of large
quantities of carbon dioxide on earth requests a technological revolution towards a new world based on
renewable sources of energy, the main one being solar energy. This revolution will be possible only if equitable
efforts are accepted by all the countries of the planet and if great investments are made to support scientific
and technological research. In this seminar we will describe the current energetic situation, the potential of
solar energy and the technologies to (i) convert it into electricity (photovoltaics); (ii) store it either through
water splitting to produce hydrogen or via photosynthesis and biomass or via conversion of CO2 into useful
organic compounds. We will in particular emphasize the crucial role of basic and applied chemistry in these
technological developments and in the practical achievement of that revolution.
Događanje organizirano u okviru manifestacije Rendez-vous, festival Francuske