Chemical strategies to merge conversion, storage and integration of energy for a sustainable society

Efficiency, stability, sustainability and integration of energy devices are milestone targets towards world electrification and renewable sources-dependent society. Chemistry covers a leading role in this scenario. In this talk, new strategies for materials design, use of biosourced components, unconventional device architectures and structure-propriety-performance correlation will be shown for the design of different energy devices for the storage and conversion of energy. In particular, the lecture will cover these intriguing aspects in the current energy scenario: • Solar fuels from emerging conversion technologies; • The design of stable cell components for post-Li batteries; • The transition towards aqueous photovoltaics; • The use new materials for allowing the design of integrated conversion/storage systems for cities and industries. The importance of considering sustainability, stability and industrial scalability as main targets in the research work will be stressed, along with a real consideration of efficiency results presented in the literature.