Imperial College London Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Lecture 2026 - Towards Solar Fuels and Fertilisers

Join Imperial College London for the Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Lecture 2026, an in-person chemistry lecture exploring how solar energy could help shape the future of fuels and fertilisers. The event is suitable for a broad audience and is centred on the scientific challenges and possibilities of using renewable energy to drive important chemical transformations.

The lecture focuses on the movement and control of protons and electrons in catalysis, and how molecular design can help direct that energy towards useful products rather than hydrogen gas. It also looks at how catalysts, light and electricity may be used to make fuels, fertilisers and other valuable molecules more sustainably.

Professor Jonas C Peters will share insights from his research, with particular emphasis on converting nitrogen from the air into ammonia. The talk offers a chance to hear about cutting-edge chemistry at the intersection of renewable energy, catalysis and sustainability.