You are invited to participate in the International Conference on Advances in Semiconductors and Catalysts for Photo electrochemical Fuel Production (SolarFuel16), to be held in Berlin, Germany, from 5-6 September 2016.

This conference focuses on the photo-electrochemical(PEC) and photo-catalytic conversion of cheap and abundant resources, such as water and CO2, to chemical fuels. Although much progress has been made in recent years, several bottlenecks remain to be solved before practical and scalable PEC solar fuel converters become a reality. The challenges range from developing new light absorbers and catalysts with high efficiency and stability to the design, modeling, and optimization of (photo-)electrochemical reactors and devices. A key aspect is the understanding and optimization semiconductor/catalyst and catalyst/electrolyte interfaces, where advanced characterization method sand theoretical modeling offer new insights into the chemical structure and the electronic charge transfer processes in these systems.

You are invited to participate in the International Conference of Fundamental Processes in Semiconductor Nanocrystals (FQDots16), that will take place from 5 to 6 September 2016 in Berlin,Germany.

Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystalsexhibit electronic quantum-confinement in one-, two- or three dimensions, leading to unique physical and chemical properties. After two-decade long research, these properties can be rationally engineered through mature synthesis methods. Of tremendous interests are optical properties and charge transport in nanocrystal solids. Questions also arise as to actual competitiveness of semiconductor nanocrystals in novel optoelectronic devices and in life sciences. Another pressing challenge is to extend all exciting findings obtained with toxic cadmium, lead, and mercury based nanocrystals to environmentally friendly materials. ThenanoGe meeting will bring together speakers that will discuss challenging problems in chemistry and physics of semiconductor nanocrystals.

You are invited to participate in the International Conference on Solution Processed Innovative Solar Cells (SPINS16), which will be held from 8 to 9 September 2016, in Berlin, Germany.

The conference has been established as a major forum for a variety of exciting topics regarding fundamentals, applications, and experimental methods in solution processed photovoltaics. The SPINS16 conference this year aims to sum on world renowned experts in the fields of solution processed inorganic and hybrid thin film solar cells. This year's conference content will make a balanced presentation in the progress of thin film solar cells with focus on solution-based and other routes to address the efficiency, stability and scalability challenges that stand on the way to future terawatt-scale photovoltaics. Some examples include Perovskite, Quantum Dot, emerging earth-abundant absorbers, nano-crystalline semiconductor solar cells and novel tandem/multijunction architectures. The aim of this conference is to bring together scientists working in thin film photovoltaics (inorganic/organic), device physics, materials science, and theoretical physics to discuss those novel material platforms, exchange knowledge, communicate challenges and potentially identify synergies.

You are invited to participate in the International Conference on Solution-based Two-dimensional Nanomaterials (Sol2D16), to be held in Berlin, Germany, from 8-9 September 2016.

Ultrathin 2-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials (nanosheets) are attracting increasing research efforts due to their extraordinary electronic, phononic, optical and mechanical properties, which makes them promising materials for a myriad of applications (spintronic devices, field-effect transistors, nanoscale sensors, batteries, photodetectors, LEDs). Well-known examples are graphene and transition-metal dichalcogenides. Nanosheets are typically obtained by exfoliation of bulk materials or grown on substrates by MBE or CVD. These methods are however not suitable to produce large amounts of free-standing 2D nanosheets and lack control over their shape and lateral dimensions. Solution-based "bottom-up" colloidal chemical methods offer an appealing alternative, and are emerging as promising routes to free-standing solution-processable 2D nanosheets and nanoribbons of a variety of materials, including graphene and inorganic semiconductors. This conference intends to bring together the multidisciplinary scientific community working on this nascent field, and will address not only the bottom-up solution synthesis of 2D nanomaterials, but also their chemistry, physics and applications in devices.

You are invited to participate in the International Conference on Charge Carrier Dynamics at the Nanoscale (CCDNano16), to be held in Berlin, Germany, from 12-13 September 2016.

Unraveling the nature of charge carrier dynamics taking place at the nanoscale is of pivotal interest for many different scientific disciplines. Furthermore, from a practical point of view, tuning charge transfer, recombination and transport in organic and inorganic nanocomposites and bulk materials represents a the key aspect for the further optimization of novel nanostructured-based applications (e.g. solar cells, batteries, sensors, molecular electronics, catalysts...). The CCDNano meeting will bring together experts from different scientific fields in order to trigger interdisciplinary discussions and collaborations. We expect this conference to serve as a platform in order to share, advance and potentially unify methodologies and theories from different research sub-fields. Ultimately, the aim of the conference is to break the boundaries between chemistry, physics, biology and engineering concerning the nature of charge transfer, recombination and transport processes taking place at the nanoscale.

You are invited to participate in the International Conference on Semiconductor Ferroelectrics and Photoferroelectrics (SEFERR16), to be held in Berlin, Germany, from 12-13 September 2016.

Non-conventional photovoltaic and photoelectric properties of non-centrosymmetric materials are nowadays seeing a revival in the interest in the scientific community. Currently both oxide and non-oxide perovskites with ferroelectric and semiconductor properties have produced important and encouraging results, however the mechanisms of FerroicPhotovoltaics are poorly understood yet. This workshop is the second monographic meeting on this exciting topic and will unite a number of outstanding experts. The format of the meeting encourages discussion in order to promote a public analysis of the physical mechanisms and materials properties of ferroelectric semiconductors for PV applications.