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Plenary Speakers

Taek Dong Chung

Affiliation: Seoul National University

Presentation Title: Looking into Electrochemical Interfaces using Scanning Electrochemical Cell Microscopy and Fourier Transform Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

Michael D. Guiver

Affiliation: Tianjin University

Presentation Title: Membrane and Materials Development for Fuel Cells and Water Electrolyzers

Kohei Ito

Affiliation: Kyushu University

Presentation Title: Quantifying the Limiting Current Density in PEM Water Electrolysis

Anthoy Kucernak

Affiliation: Imperial College London

Presentation Title: Electrokinetic analytical model of the electrochemical oxygen evolution and oxygen reduction reactions – the limiting kinetic current approach

Go Nakanishi

Affiliation: INTEGRAL NEW ENERGY Co., Ltd

Presentation Title: Latest Trends in China's Hydrogen Energy Industry
~ China Aims for a Shale-like Hydrogen Revolution

Minhua Shao

Affiliation: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Presentation Title: Achieving High-Performance Fuel Cell Catalyst Layers

Yun Wang

Affiliation: UC Irvine

Presentation Title: Porous Media Flow Fields for Next-Generation Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Jian Xie

Affiliation: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Presentation Title: Super Stable and Highly Active Pt and Pt Alloy Catalysts over Nanostructured Single-Pt-Atomic-Site Supports for PEMFCs

Takeo Yamaguchi

Affiliation: Institute of Science Tokyo

Presentation Title: Anion exchange membrane water electrolysis

Feng-Yuan Zhang

Affiliation: University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)

Presentation Title: Optimizing Electrochemical Interfaces and Enhancing Transport for Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Electrodes

Keynote Speakers

Takuto ARAKI

Affiliation: Yokohama National University

Presentation Title: Numerical Simulation and In-situ Visualization of Bubble Transport in Electrolyzers

Shangfeng Du

Affiliation: School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK

Presentation Title: Surface coating of porous transport layers for proton exchange membrane water electrolysers

Zhaojun Han

Affiliation: Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo

Presentation Title: Green Hydrogen

Piran R. Kidambi

Affiliation: University of Florida

Presentation Title: Atomically Thin Proton Exchange Membranes: Synthesis, Processing, and Device Integration

Ge Li

Affiliation: University of Alberta

Presentation Title: Electronic Structure and Interfacial Engineering for Advanced Electrocatalysts

Kinya Sakanishi

Affiliation: Managing Director, Energy Agency Fukushima

Presentation Title: Gasification Process of Wood Biomass for the Production of Hydrogen

Samaneh Shahgaldi

Affiliation: University of Quebec at Trois Rivières

Presentation Title: Advancing Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer and Fuel Cell Technology Through Component Engineering

Baoguo Wang

Affiliation: Tsinghua University, China

Presentation Title: Strategy for stabilizing AEM water electrolysis in renewable energy conversion processes

Xiaolei Wang

Affiliation: University of Alberta

Presentation Title: Chain-Length-Adaptive Sulfion Oxidation by Interfacial d–p Orbital Hybridization Engineering for Assisted-Hydrogen Production

Liangfei Xu

Affiliation: Tsinghua University

Presentation Title: AI-Assisted Pressure-Alternating Gas Impedance Technology in High-Power Fuel Cell Control Applications

Jiabao Yi

Affiliation: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Presentation Title: Developing New Materials for Hydrogen Production

Huabin Zhang

Affiliation: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Presentation Title: Advancing Heterogeneous Electrocatalysis with Trans-scale Chemistry

Liang Zhang

Affiliation: Tsinghua University, Beijing Huairou Laboratory

Presentation Title: Machine Learning Assisted Design of Alloy Materials for Sustainable Hydrogen Future

Featured Sessions

Session Title: Challenges in Obtaining Fundamental Parameters of Electrocatalysis

Jun Huang, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Ken Sakaushi, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Chang Hyuck Choi, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea

This new session aims to promote deep, concept-driven discussions on electrochemical interfaces and reaction mechanisms.

Youngkook Kwon

Affiliation: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)

Presentation Title: Engineering Interfaces in AEM Electrochemical Systems

Dae-Hyun Nam

Affiliation: Korea University

Presentation Title: Electrocatalyst Reconstruction: Understanding the Evolution of Active Sites during CO2 Electroreduction

Prof. Hyungjun Kim (Pohang University of Science and Technology)

Prof. Jinho Chang (Hanyang University)

Prof. Kazuhiro Takanabe (University of Tokyo), Presentation Title: Advances in Water Electrolysis Research: Recent Progress from the WInG Project

Prof. Akira Nakayama (University of Tokyo), Presentation Title: Molecular Insights into Adsorption and Conversion at the Liquid/Solid-Oxide Interface

Dr. Piotr Kowalski (Forschungszentrum Jülich)

Invited Young Scholar Speakers

Tung-Han Yang

Affiliation: National Tsing Hua University

Presentation Title: Construction of a Nanocrystal Library of High-Entropy Alloys for Hydrogen Evolution

Zhiqiang Jason Niu

Affiliation: University of Birmingham, UK

Presentation Title: Digital Design of SOEC Electrode Microstructures via Physics-Informed Generative AI

Zhipeng Ma

Affiliation: The University of New South Wales, Australia

Presentation Title: Coupled NOx Production and Electrochemical NOx Conversion Processes for Renewable Ammonia Synthesis from Air

Tutorials

Jun Huang

Affiliation: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH; RWTH Aachen University

Tutorial Title: Physical modeling of impedance of interfaces, interphases, and electrodes

Anthony Kucernak

Affiliation: Imperial College London

Tutorial Title: Measuring true performance of electrocatalysts at the gas-electrolyte interface

Yun Wang

Affiliation: University of California, Irvine

Tutorial Title: Multiphysics Modeling of PEM Fuel Cell and Electrolysis Cell

Gold Sponsor

Organizers

WFCC2026 Speakers

World Fuel Cell Conference 2026

Plenary Speakers

Taek Dong Chung

Michael D. Guiver

Kohei Ito

Anthoy Kucernak

Go Nakanishi

Minhua Shao

Yun Wang

Jian Xie

Takeo Yamaguchi

Feng-Yuan Zhang

Keynote Speakers

Takuto ARAKI

Shangfeng Du

Zhaojun Han

Piran R. Kidambi

Ge Li

Kinya Sakanishi

Samaneh Shahgaldi

Baoguo Wang

Xiaolei Wang

Liangfei Xu

Jiabao Yi

Huabin Zhang

Liang Zhang

Featured Sessions

Session Title: Challenges in Obtaining Fundamental Parameters of Electrocatalysis

Jun Huang, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Ken Sakaushi, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

Chang Hyuck Choi, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea

This new session aims to promote deep, concept-driven discussions on electrochemical interfaces and reaction mechanisms.

Youngkook Kwon

Dae-Hyun Nam

Prof. Hyungjun Kim (Pohang University of Science and Technology)

Prof. Jinho Chang (Hanyang University)

Prof. Kazuhiro Takanabe (University of Tokyo), Presentation Title: Advances in Water Electrolysis Research: Recent Progress from the WInG Project

Prof. Akira Nakayama (University of Tokyo), Presentation Title: Molecular Insights into Adsorption and Conversion at the Liquid/Solid-Oxide Interface

Dr. Piotr Kowalski (Forschungszentrum Jülich)

Invited Young Scholar Speakers

Tung-Han Yang

Zhiqiang Jason Niu

Zhipeng Ma

Tutorials

Jun Huang

Anthony Kucernak

Yun Wang