Symposium EE6-Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems

In batteries, fuel cells, water splitting/oxygen reduction, and other electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems, effectiveness and stability of the solid-liquid interface is directly correlated to the performance and lifetime of an electrochemical device. A mechanistic understanding of the interfacial reactions and processes occurring at the solid and liquid interface is needed to provide the scientific underpinning for the design of next-generation electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices. This requires technique development for characterization of local structures and non-equilibrium dynamics at interfaces at high spatial resolution (down to nm scale), time resolution (millisecond or lower) and high chemical sensitivity (spanning from light element H, Li, O to heavy metals). Moreover, the direct comparison of experimental results with modeling of the interfacial chemistry under realistic conditions is a key to the basic understanding of complex interfaces.

The goal of this symposium is to create a forum for fundamental understanding about the charge transfer, ionic transport and heterogeneous reactions at these interfaces and the effect of nano-scale, crystal orientations and other various factors on these phenomena. Similarities and differences between batteries, fuel cells, and other electrochemical systems will be highlighted. Abstracts are particularly encouraged on the development of new sample environment and model electrodes of defined orientations and surface structures that allow the imaging of fundamental phenomena and processes occurring at liquid/solid interfaces in operando and permit direct correlation with atomistic modeling.

Topics will include:

In-situ/operando and other advanced characterization techniques for probing liquid-solid interfaces with high spatial, time resolution and/or chemical sensitivity
New computational techniques for modeling liquid-solid interfaces
Fundamental investigation of electrode/electrolyte interfaces in batteries, fuel cells and other electrochemical systems
Discovery and control of interfacial phenomena, such as ion (de) solvation, transport across liquid-solid interfaces/interphases, and electrodeposition in batteries and other electrochemical systems
New design of organic/inorganic electrolytes, ionic liquids and liquid-solid interfaces for batteries, fuel cells and other electrochemical systems

Invited Speakers:

EE6_Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems_0 (Rutgers University, USA)
EE6_Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems_1 (U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA)
EE6_Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems_2 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
EE6_Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems_3 (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
EE6_Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems_4 (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
EE6_Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems_5 (City University of New York, USA)
EE6_Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems_6 (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
EE6_Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems_7 (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
EE6_Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems_8 (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
EE6_Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems_9 (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland)
EE6_Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems_10 (Kyoto University, Japan)
EE6_Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems_11 (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
EE6_Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems_12 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
EE6_Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems_13 (University of Tokyo, Japan)
EE6_Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems_14 (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
EE6_Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems_15 (U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA)
EE6_Research Frontiers on Liquid-Solid Interfaces in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems_16 (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)