Materials chemistry, sustainability, and photocatalysis @ the University of Strathclyde. Husband, and dad of two.

Glasgow, Scotland
Joined March 2018
Good @RSC_Photochem committee meeting in sunny London this afternoon, including the opportunity to meet some of the new recently elected committee members.
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One week to go to the abstract submission deadline (24/03/25) for contributed talks at the 5th International #SolarFuels conference, which we're organising together with the @RoySocChem in Newcastle, UK, this September.
Oral abstract submission is open for the 5th International #SolarFuels conference! We’re working together to share all things solar fuels – if that includes your research, we want to hear from you. A brighter future for fuels is possible. Join in: rsc.li/isf2025
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Two weeks to go before applications for the @RSC_Photochem Photophysics and Photochemistry Group Early Career Researcher Lectureship closes at 5 pm on Monday the 31st of March. For more details about the lecturship and how to apply see 👇 tweet below.
Replying to @RSC_Photochem
@RSC_Photochem Applications are open for The Photophysics and Photochemistry Group Early Career Researcher Lectureship inspired by Prof. A. P. de Silva. Nominations for the 2025 lectureship award are open until 5 pm on the 31st of March 2025. rsc.org/membership-and-commu…
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Sebastian Sprick retweeted
☀️🫶A huge thank you to everyone who attended the Solar Chemicals Symposium of the @SolarFuels_UK Network this week @imperialcollege. We saw amazing talks and posters on sustainable fuel and material research. So much inspiration! Great to organise it with @CoatingsSolar
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Delighted to be invited to two incredible symposiums in Madrid: the FOTOFUEL & SUNERGY Workshop on e-fuels for a climate-neutral Europe! I shared our research on novel materials for green fuels, scaling strategies & the @nextccus project. Thanks to @SUNERGY_EU, @SolarFuels_UK.
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Sebastian Sprick retweeted
Really nice talk by @SebSprick about conjugated polymers as photocatalysis. #fotofuel school at @IMDEA_Energia
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Sebastian Sprick retweeted
⬛Join the Catalyst Design Strategies for Photo & Electrochemical Fuel Synthesis #ECAT25 @nanoGe_Conf & share your work on hydrogen evolution, CO₂ reduction,nitrogen fixation & catalyst design 📍Madrid,Spain 🗓️10-11 February 2025 🔗Send an oral abstract:nanoge.org/ECAT25/home
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⚠ Update Meet the @RoySocChem PPG! Don't hesitate to get in touch with suggestions, comments or anything that could be useful to the #community! #chemistry #society @PikramenouGroup @ZwijCompChem @Cathy_de_Castro @SebSprick @GroupGuldi @DrAdrienChauvet @EslavaGroup
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Happy to have contributed to this paper by Ewan @McqueenEwan (@SebSprick group, Glasgow, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) and Nori (Ishitani group, Tokyo/Hiroshima, 🇯🇵) on the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to formate by a hybrid conjugated-polymer-based photocatalyst
🚨 New Publication Alert 🚨 📢 Published in Chemical Science 📰🧪 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti… ☀️🧪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇯🇵🧪☀️ Beyond pleased to see our excellent piece of collaborative research published! There's a thread below if you are interested in more details on the research motivations.
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Sebastian Sprick retweeted
🚨 New Publication Alert 🚨 📢 Published in Chemical Science 📰🧪 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti… ☀️🧪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇯🇵🧪☀️ Beyond pleased to see our excellent piece of collaborative research published! There's a thread below if you are interested in more details on the research motivations.
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New group preprint out on @ChemRxiv in which we study the optical properties of phenylthiolate capped CdS nanoparticles using GW-BSE doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-20… (1/n)
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Sebastian Sprick retweeted
It was great to host Kei Kamogawa from Prof. Ishitani’s group at Strathclyde yesterday. Great discussions on the science of photocatalytic CO2 reduction using metal complexes and conjugated materials ☀️🧪 irn bru and haggis also got the nod of approval 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Our great @RoySocChem Photophysics and Photochemistry Group ECR Meeting 2024 is over! This edition was sponsored by the New Journal of Chemistry (NJC), Dalton Transactions, Photonics Solutions, and @KerryScientific! 1/4
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Sebastian Sprick retweeted
Presented some of my PhD research at the RSC Photochemistry Photophysics group conference at the University of Sheffield. Really enjoyed the breadth of research discussed over the past 2 days ☀️🧪 big thank you to @SolarFuels_UK for the travel grant 👍🏼
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One year to go until the 5th International #SolarFuels conference – is it in your diary yet? 📆 Newcastle, 2–5 Sep 2025 We’re looking forward to bringing you world-changing science & vibrant networking at this internationally renowned conference: rsc.li/isf2025
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👨‍🔬 We're excited to sponsor the @RSC_Photochem Group's Early Careers Meeting. 🔬 We're in Sheffield with info and demo units from OPOTEK, Quantum Composers and @light_con. #Event #PhotonicSolutions #RSC
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Thank you for joining and supporting! Last day of the fantastic annual meeting @RSC_Photochem Great presentations #ECR Thanks @DrAdrienChauvet for organising!
👨‍🔬 We're excited to sponsor the @RSC_Photochem Group's Early Careers Meeting. 🔬 We're in Sheffield with info and demo units from OPOTEK, Quantum Composers and @light_con. #Event #PhotonicSolutions #RSC
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Happy to share the latest article to be published from my PhD is now available in @JMaterChem A. A great collaboration between @LboroScience @StrathChem and @EdinburghChem @SebSprick @McqueenEwan Take a look 👀 doi.org/10.1039/D4TA03584D
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