Symposium ES2-Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage

Flow-based energy conversion and storage technologies, such as redox flow batteries, flowable supercapacitors, and fuel cells, are considered prominent candidates for grid energy storage to support the electrification of transportation, integration of the renewables, and improvement of grid reliability and efficiency. Flow systems also show much promise for water treatment, including seawater desalination and wastewater remediation. However, these technologies present unique challenges in materials development, ranging from electrolyte solution thermodynamics, electrode surface catalytic functionality, to membrane polymer chemistry and morphology. Materials properties of the electrolyte, electrode, and membrane are critical to the performance. On the other hand, recent developments of hybrid flow systems, such as the lithium-ion flow battery, solar rechargeable flow battery, and photocatalytic fuel cell, etc., have demonstrated the importance of the synergistic effect between flow-based electrochemical device and other energy technologies. Current advancements in flow battery and fuel cell science and technology have positioned them for transformational performance improvement. However, the continuing success in this field is hinged upon the new materials development with improved functionality and properties.This symposium will provide a forum to discuss the advanced materials and challenges for flow-based energy conversion and storage technologies, as well as their applications and economic effectiveness as both stationary and transportation energy systems.

• New development of electrolytes
• Porous membranes and separators
• Nanomaterials and design for advanced electrode
• Advanced catalysts for fuel cells and flow batteries
• Electrode-electrolyte interface
• Advanced characterization and disgnosis
• Flowable capacitive deionization systems
• Nonaqueous flow chemistries
• Transport phenomenon
• Flow field and stack design
• Solar related flow battery and fuel cell systems
• Flow batteries and fuel cells for grid energy storage
• Fundamental study of electrolyte solution chemistry and structure
• Ion-exchange membrane synthesis, properties, and applications
• Hybrid systems (aqueous/nonaqeuous, Li/redox, metal/organic, solid/liquid)
• Computational modeling and economy analysis of flow-based systems

• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _0 (Harvard University, USA)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _1 (University of Limerick, Ireland)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _2 (Wuhan Univesity, China)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _3 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _4 (Sandia National Laboratory, USA)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _5 (Drexel University, USA)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _6 (U.S. Dept. of Energy, USA)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _7 (Korea Institute of Energy Research, Republic of Korea)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _8 (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _9 (Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology, Germany)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _10 (Saarland University, Germany)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _11 (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _12 (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _13 (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _14 (University of Michigan, USA)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _15 (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _16 (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _17 (Delaware Univesity, USA)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _18 (UniEnergy Technologies, USA)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _19 (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _20 (University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
• ES2_Materials Challenges for Flow-Based Energy Conversion and Storage _21 (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)