Our annual All-Hands meeting will be held in Boulder, CO at the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) building located at 4001 Discovery Dr. The regular sessions are Tuesday, February 11, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Professional development for our graduate students will continue from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
On the evening of Tuesday, February 11, we will host a dinner session featuring Dr. Iain McCulloch. This dinner session will be held at the Boulder Marriott, 2660 Canyon Blvd. Boulder, CO 80302.
We will provide morning coffee/pastry, lunch, and afternoon snacks at RASEI on Tuesday and Wednesday. Dinner will be provided at the Boulder Marriott on Tuesday. You will be on your own for breakfast.
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Start Time | Description | Speaker(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | First shuttle from Marriott to RASEI departs | Boulder Marriott front drive | |
| 8:50 AM | Second (last) shuttle from Marriott to RASEI departs | Boulder Marriott front drive | |
| 9:00 AM | State of the Center & Goals for the meeting | Erin Ratcliff | RASEI |
Project 1: Optoelectronic and chemical signatures of polarons in model systems | |||
Start Time | Description | Speaker(s) | Location |
| 10:00 AM | (Title TBD) "Redox Ladders..." | Matt Bird, BNL | RASEI |
| 10:45 AM | "A Theoretical and Spectroelectrochemical Approach to Understanding Local Environmental Effects on Polaron Properties" | Megan Brown, Zhiting Chen, Hong Li, Arianna Magni, Joel Bombile, Jean-Luc Bredas, Neal Armstrong, Chad Risko, Erin Ratcliff | RASEI |
| 11:05 AM | "Spectroscopic Investigation Into P(NDI2OD-2T) Charge Localization" | Jonathan Thurston & Shuya Li | RASEI |
| 11:25 AM | Full EFRC discussion and Q&A | Chad Risko (moderator) | RASEI |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | RASEI | |
Project 2: Polymer Physics and Transport Considerations | |||
Start Time | Description | Speaker(s) | Location |
| 1:00 PM | "Unraveling the differences in disorder between flexible-chain and hairy-rod conjugated polymers" | Henry Kantrow & Yael Tsarfati | RASEI |
| 1:20 PM | "Probing the Effect of Phase Morphology on Electrochemical Doping in Conjugated Hairy-Rod Polymer Blends" | Jude Kpare, Henry Kantrow, Arianna Magni, Spencer Yeager, Casey Davis, Michel De Keersmaecker | |
| 1:40 PM | "Implications of ordering in Thiophene-Based Polymer for Driving Electrochemical Reactions" | Casey Davis & Spencer Yeager | RASEI |
| 2:00 PM | Full EFRC discussion and Q&A | Natalie Stingelin (moderator) | RASEI |
| 2:30 PM | BREAK | RASEI | |
Project 3: Competing Processes in Photocathodes | |||
Start Time | Description | Speaker(s) | Location |
| 3:00 PM | "Polaron-Mediated Exciton Dynamics of P(NDI2OD-T2) Unveiled by Transient Absorption Spectroscopy under Electrochemical Conditions" | Tim Lian & Eui Hyun Suh | RASEI |
| 3:30 PM | "P(NDI2OD-T2): From the characterization of its polymorphs to the description of mixed ion-electron transport in polymer-electrolyte systems" | Chamikara Karunasena | RASEI |
| 3:50 PM | "The changes to photoinduced charge dynamics of a PTB7-Th:N2200 blend induced by aqueous environments and their structural origins" | Abhisek Mohaptra & Will Kopcha | RASEI |
| 4:10 PM | Full EFRC discussion and Q&A | Tim Lian (moderator) | RASEI |
| 5:00 PM | Tuesday working session Ends | ||
| 5:15 PM | First shuttle from RASEI to Marriott | ||
| 5:45 PM | Second (last) shuttle from RASEI to Marriott | ||
| 6:00 PM | Welcome Reception | Boulder Marriott | |
| 6:30 PM | Dinner Service starts | Boulder Marriott | |
Start Time | Description | Speaker(s) | Location |
| 6:50 PM | Dinner Presentation | Iain McCulloch | Boulder Marriott |
| 8:00 PM | End | ||
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
| Start Time | Description | Speaker(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | First shuttle from Marriott to RASEI departs | Boulder Marriott front drive | |
| 8:50 AM | Second (last) shuttle from Marriott to RASEI departs | Boulder Marriott front drive | |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome and Announcements | Erin Ratcliff | RASEI |
Project 4: Catalytic site attachment and electron transport polymers | |||
| 9:30 AM | "Theoretical Models and XPS Characterizations of Pt NP Deposition on Conductive Polymers" | Zhiting Chen & Hong Li | RASEI |
| 9:50 AM | "Electron Transport Polymers and Interface Modification for SPECs" | Yunping Huang, Suman Kulia, Aiswarya Abhisek Mohapatra, Yadong Zhang, Erin L. Ratcliff, Neal R. Armstrong, Ann L. Greenaway, Stephen Barlow and Seth R. Marder | RASEI |
| 10:20 AM | Full EFRC discussion and Q&A | Stephen Barlow (moderator) | RASEI |
| 11:00 AM | Small Group Breakouts - discussion of research for August 2025 publications | (accepting moderators) | RASEI |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | RASEI | |
| 1:00 PM | Professional Development - how to write a proposal: communicating in large teams, and other points | Neal Armstrong & Garry Rumbles | RASEI |
| 1:45 PM | Break | RASEI | |
| 2:00 PM | Professional Development with April Rodd, Wiley | RASEI | |
| 3:10 PM | First Shuttle for hotel guests back to Boulder Marriott | RASEI - pick up loc. TBD | |
| 3:30 PM | Second (last) Shuttle for hotel guests back to Boulder Marriott | RASEI - Pick up loc. TBD | |
The 2025 SPECS All Hands meeting is being held at the University of Colorado Boulder Renewable And Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), in the SEEC and SEEL Building located at 4001 Discovery Dr. Boulder, CO 80303.
PARKING
Paid Parking is available in Lot 550, the southwest parking lot in front of the SEEL building. There are 92 spaces of which 6 are for ADA-accessible parking only. There are additional ADA-accessible spaces in the circle in front of the SEEC building.
Please contact Jen Garcia jennyj@arizona.edu to receive the SPECS booking link for full-day parking.
LODGING & TUESDAY EVENING DINNER
Designated lodging has been contracted at the Boulder Marriott, 2660 Canyon Boulevard, Boulder, CO 80302.
Distance from Denver International Airport: 42 miles
Distance from RASEI to Marriott: 2.1 miles (7 minutes driving) or 1.6 miles walk (40-minute walk)
GROUND TRANSPORTATION AIRPORT : MARRIOTT
Airport Transportation suggested by Marriott: Eight Black Airport Shuttle; Fee $24.00 one way. Call 720-223-5474, Text 720-853-2272, or email for booking: bookings@eightblackairportshuttle.com
SHUTTLE BETWEEN RASEI & MARRIOTT
Tuesday, February 11
- 8:30 am departure from Marriott to RASEI
- 8:50 am departure from Marriott to RASEI
- 5:15 pm departure from RASEI to Marriott
- 5:35 pm departure from RASEI to Marriott
Wednesday, February 12
- 8:30 am departure from Marriott to RASEI
- 8:50 am departure from Marriott to RASEI
- 1:00 pm departure from RASEI to Marriott
- 3:15 pm departure from RASEI to Marriott
- 3:35 pm departure from RASEI to Marriott