The Madrid Institute of Materials Science is glad to invite you to this event sponsored by SustainableNano Network and ICMM-CSIC Severo Ochoa & MAX Grants.
Workshop on nanomaterials for sustainable energy production and storage
🗣️ Chairs: Pilar Aranda, Pedro Serena, María González
📆 Tuesday April 7th 2026. 09h to 18h
📍 Salón de Actos ICMM-CSIC & virtual attendance
👉Registration deadline: March 30, 9AM
The workshop 'Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy Production and Storage', sponsored by the SustainableNano Network and the Severo Ochoa and Max-CSIC projects of the ICMM-CSIC, will bring together leading researchers on 7 April 2026 to explore how nanomaterials are transforming the energy landscape towards more sustainable models. Throughout the day, which will combine in-person sessions in the ICMM-CSIC Assembly Hall with virtual attendance, key advances will be addressed in areas such as batteries and their recycling, safe supercapacitors, superconductivity, thermoelectrics, triboelectrics, photonic nanomaterials, photovoltaic technologies, CO₂ capture and storage, and hydrogen technologies.
The programme is structured around the impact of materials on the generation, conversion, transport, storage, and efficient use of energy, reflecting the breadth and strength of the research driven by the SustainableNano Network in the field of nanomaterials. The event will conclude with a roundtable discussion on the future of energy and the strategic role of materials, featuring contributions from institutional representatives and experts from the scientific and technological sectors.
Tentative program
Time | Speaker | Topic | Membership |
9:00-9:10 | José Ángel Martín-Gago, Pilar Aranda | Welcome | ICMM-CSIC |
9:10-9:30 | Xavier Obradors Daniel Fernández-González | Introduction: Nanotechnology & Sustainability | ICMAB-CSIC CINN-CSIC |
9:30-10:10 | Ainara Aguadero | Bateries | ICMM-CSIC |
10:10-10:50 | Bernd Wicklein | Nanogenerators | ICMM-CSIC |
10:50-11:30 | Xavier Obradors | Superconductor | ICMAB-CSIC |
11:30-12:00 | Coffee break | ||
12:00-12:40 | Miguel Muñoz-Rojo | Thermoelectrics | ICMM-CSIC |
12:40-13:20 | Ferry Prins | Photonic nanomaterials | UAM |
13:20-13:50 | Mónica Lira-Cantu | Photovoltaics | ICN2 |
13:50-15:00 | Lunch | ||
15:00-15:40 | Víctor de la Peña | CO2 and energy storage | IMDEA Energía |
15:40-16:20 | Miguel Peña | Hydrogen in energy | ICP-CSIC |
16:20-17:00 | Francisco del Monte | Recycling bateries | ICMM-CSIC |
17:00-18:00 | Moderator: Pedro Serena
| Round Table Discussion: El futuro de la energía y el papel que juegan los materiales (tentative title) | Guest speakers: Teresa Riesgo (MICIU) (to be confirmed) To be appointed (MITECO) Enrique Sastre (DICMA) Xavier Obradors & Daniel Fernández -González (SNSSN) |
18:00-18:05 | Pilar Aranda | Closing | ICMM-CSIC |