Beatriz De La Fuente recently presented her work at the 13^th International Symposium on “Scientific Bases for the Preparation of Heterogeneous Catalysts” (PREPA13) in Louvain-La-Neuve held from the 9^th to the 13^th of July. She presented her poster on “The importance of physicochemical material characterization of catalytic materials for integrated photo- and electrochemical CO₂ conversion processes”. The presented work was multidisciplinary and involved the SURF, ELCAT and LADCA Groups from the SYNCAT project as well as the Photonics Department (BPHOT) from VUB. It proposes a valuable methodology for band diagram tracing from Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy spectra and provides new insights in the relationship between synthesis, electronic properties and visible light absorption of TiO₂/Cu₂O junctions for photocatalytic applications by a combination of surface sensitive techniques and optical absorption studies.