Young Scientists Discuss Hydrogen Energy Trends at University

10:01, May 22, 2023

The conference was opened by leading experts in the field

On May 19 the Ural Federal University hosted the youth scientific conference "Hydrogen Energy Today". Students, postgraduates and young scientists took part in the conference with their reports and posters.

"I am sure that holding such a conference will become a tradition and even gain international importance over time," said Alexander Germanenko, the UrFU Vice Rector for Science. - Hydrogen power engineering is a global, worldwide issue. The plans for the development of this field at the Ural Federal University and the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences are very broad, and they will be supported financially in the upcoming years. I am sure that all these plans will be implemented. I wish everyone success in their work."

In turn, Yury Zaikov, scientific director of the Institute of UB RAS High Temperature Electrochemistry, thanked the young scientists for their work and wished them further successes in the field. 

"The foundations of High Temperature Electrochemical Power Engineering were laid in the Urals, in Ekaterinburg," Zaikov said. - Today we are living in the electrochemical century. Everything you have on your desk that uses electricity is an electrochemical device. Electrochemical power, hydrogen power - I make no distinction between these terms. And the prospects of this field are absolutely enormous. We have wonderful young people who are engaged in the development of this industry. They are doing very interesting projects, and we are ready to support them by providing grants and competitions. I encourage everyone to take advantage of these opportunities. I wish the participants of the conference interesting projects and discussions".

After the opening, the participants of the conference began to work in scientific sections in four fields: "Technologies of Production of Functional Materials, Coatings and Creation of Devices for Modern Power Engineering", "Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of New Ceramic and Composite Materials, Glass-based Materials", "Current Problems of Development of New Corrosion and Heat Resistant Alloys", "Ecological Aspects of Modern Power Engineering".

A collection of abstracts indexed in the Russian Science Citation Index will be published on the materials of the workshop. The best papers will be recommended for publication in the journal Chimica Techno Acta (Scopus, RSCI).

The news article was translated by UrFU International Marketing Office. 
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