8 K J E M I 1 2 0 2 4 Approximately 30 persons appeared as audience members and 24 persons were streaming online. The 2023 theme was designed to highlight cases of successful innovation where Norwegian science has been commercialized. The theme was «From research on inorganic and materials Chemistry to technology development in Norwegian Business». To cater to the dynamic and exciting topic of innovation, the format of the event was organized with two parts. First lectures by representatives from Ceramic Powder Technology AS (Cerpotech) and CoorsTek Membrane Sciences AS, followed by an interactive panel discussion where the audience could ask for reflections and insights on the innovation of chemistry-based science within the Norwegian and global business landscapes over the past twenty years. The session was opened at 13:00 by an address from the NKS president Jørn Hansen, who reminded the audience of the NKS’s long 130-year history and the origins of this Industry Lecture series, which was established in 1971. Lecture 1: The first lecture was given by representatives Prof. Mari-Ann Einarsrud (co-founder) and Anne Dalager Dyrli (CEO) from Cerpotech. Cerpotech or Ceramic Powder Technology AS is a Norwegian ceramic powder manufacturer that spun off from a group of researchers at NTNU in 2007. Co-founder Prof. Mari-Ann Einarsrud explained how the 1990’s and early 2000’s were an exciting period for oxide development in Norway, with many groups across the major institutions like NTNU, UiO and SINTEF, developing materials for applications such as solid oxide fuel cells, thermoelectric, ferroelectrics and piezoelectrics. Together the research community encountered a serious impediment to their research, the lack of reliable and reproducible powders with a wide range of compositions. The solution was the establishment of a joint laboratory facility for spray pyrolysis in 2003 and NTNU, which could cater to their varied powder composition needs of the different partners. Spray pyrolysis is a powder manufacturing technique where solution precursors with the desired stoichiometry are sprayed through an atomizing nozzle into a furnace. The fine droplets of solutions first dry and then react and crystallize as they move through the chamber, emerging at the other end with a consistent submicron particle size and bonded into hollow spherical agglomerates. After post processing, a high purity and chemically homogeneous powder with high flowability is produced, making it excellent for a wide range of ceramics. In the first years after Cerpotech was established, they began the task for working out how to up- scale their processes. And in 2013 they moved out of their initial home at NTNU buildings and into a dedicated facility In Trondheim. To talk the audience through the company’s history from this point CEO Anne Dalager Dyrli took over the lecture, giving insight into the process of developing the company beyond its academic origins. The company strategy was to utilize the strengths of its products, ceramic powders, and use the adaptability of the spray pyrolysis method to produce multiple compositions. It was decided early on that rather than trying to span multiple parts of the product value chain, Cerpotech would focus on producing high quality customized powders targeted at medium sized markets that required precise composition control and strict powder specifications, such as oxides for solid oxide fuel cells, piezo ceramics, membranes, battery materials ect. Report on NKS Industry Lecture 2023 The Norwegian Chemical Society (NKS) 2023 annual Industry Lecture, was held on the 6th December at the University of Oslo’s Department of Chemistry. This year the lecture was organized by the NKS Inorganic and materials Chemistry working group president, Julie Hessevik. Julian Walker
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