From February 15th to 18th, 2025, the 17th International Symposium on Hydrogen & Energy (17th ISHE), hosted by Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) and organized by HIT’s School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and the National Key Laboratory of Space Power, with co-organization by HIT’s School of Energy Science and Engineering and the National Innovation Platform for Integration of Industry and Education in Energy Storage Technology, was held in Harbin. Professor Prof. Andreas Züttel, Fellow of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences and professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Professor Prof. Yong Shuai, Vice President of HIT, and Professor Prof. Xiaohong Wu, Dean of the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at HIT, attended and addressed the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. The symposium was chaired by Professor Prof. Chunyu Du, Vice Dean of the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at HIT and Chair of this year’s symposium.
More than 100 scholars from six countries participated, including Professor Prof. Siyu Ye, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and professor at Guangzhou University, Professor Prof. Min Zhu from South China University of Technology, and Professor Prof. Zidong Wei from Chongqing University, participated in the event.
On-site Scene of the SymposiumConference Scene
In his addressspeech, Professor Prof. Andreas Züttel reviewed the symposium’s development history of the symposium and expressed sincere gratitude to HIT for hosting itthe event. He emphasizedstated his hope that this symposium would create more opportunities for international and inter-university exchanges among different countries, regions, and institutions. He hoped participating experts and scholars could engage in in-depth discussions on cutting-edgekey issues in energy related to hydrogen, and electricity, and related energy fields, and collectivelyjointly contributing contribute to the global development of hydrogen energy.
Professor Speech by Prof. Andreas Züttel delivering the address
Prof. Yong Shuai pointed outnoted that HIT, closely aligning with the national “Dual Carbon” strategy, is fully committed to becoming building a cradle ofleading hub for technological innovation in clean and low-carbon energy, closely aligning with the national “Dual Carbon” strategy. The university continuouslycontinues to deepens the developmentconstruction of specialized academic disciplines, optimizes its talent cultivation training system, and strengthens scientific and technological innovation capabilities. He expressed hope anticipation that through this symposium, would lead to more new breakthroughs will be achieved in multiple fields such as chemical engineering, energy, and materials, continuously further promoting the widespread application of green energy sources like hydrogen energy with low cost, high safety, and high energy density, thereby making new and greater contributions to the sustainable development of global green and low-carbon energy.
Speech by Prof. Shuai Yong delivering the address
Prof. Xiaohong Wu stated that the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering would fully leverage the advantagesits strengths in electrochemical disciplines of its electrochemistry specialty to expand the scale of green hydrogen production and application, increase opportunities for international exchanges and mutual visits, promote the cultivation of internationalized talents, and contribute HIT’s efforts to the construction ofbuilding a national energy system for green and low-carbon development energy system.
Speech by Prof. Xiaohong Wu delivering the address
Professors Prof. Siyu Ye, Andreas Züttel, Min Zhu, and Zidong Wei delivered keynote reports successively. , sharing They shared insightful presentationsinsights on four themes: research and development of fuel cell materials, power generation units substitutingreplacing fossil fuels with renewable energy, the influence of strain on the thermodynamics of hydrogen storage alloys, and the modulation of the micro-environment of catalysts in fuel cells.
On-Site Scene ofKeynote Presentation SessionSpeechess
The International Symposium on Hydrogen & Energy is a high-level expert conference in the hydrogen energy field initiated by Professor Prof. Andreas Züttel in 2007. The symposium is typically held alternately in Europe and Asia each year and has been successfully held organized 16 times prior, with this being the second time in China. This edition of the symposium, themed “Green Energy Development Driven by Hydrogen Energy and Electrochemical Energy Storage,” featured four parallel sessions. During the symposiumevent, through more than 53 engaging oral presentations and 26 poster presentations, were delivered, where numerous top domestic and international experts and scholars from home and abroad engaged comducted in in-depth exchanges on cutting-edge issues topics such as hydrogen energy storage, electrochemical energy storage, renewable hydrogen production, and the coupled utilization of carbon dioxide and hydrogen energy, . There interactions sparking sparked new research inspiration and promoting promoted academic exchanges and cooperation in hydrogen energy and green low-carbon energy technologies.
In the futureLooking ahead, the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering will continue to thoroughly implement the spirit conveyed in the congratulatory letter, focus on tackling key persistently tackle challenges in cutting-edge disciplinary areas, actively create a favorable academic exchange environment for scientific research, continue to strengthen domestic and international cooperation in the fields of hydrogen energy, energy storage, and green low-carbon energy, promote the application of more innovative technologies, and contribute to the global energy transition.
During the symposium, Tthe Hydrogen & Energy Science Awards and the Best Poster Awards were presented during the symposium. After the event, the delegation of experts visited the HIT Aerospace Museum.
Professor Prof. Andreas Züttel presenting the Hydrogen & Energy Science Award to Professors Prof. Siyu Ye and Prof. Zidong Wei
Professor Prof. Andreas Züttel presenting the Best Poster Award to Recipient Dr. Chi Ma
