Symposium ES13-Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion

Interfaces and interphases are at the heart of the electrochemical reactions. Manipulating interfaces and interphases so that the electrochemical reactions and processes take place in a controlled and desired way can have a profound impact on the performance of the electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices. In the past years, there have been significant efforts in understanding interfaces and interphases in electrochemical energy devices such as batteries, fuel cells, and electrolyzers. These advances include metal ion (Li⁺, Na⁺, Mg²⁺, etc.) accommodations and charge transfers in batteries, and the oxygen reduction/evolution, the hydrogen oxidation/evolution, and the CO₂ reduction, small molecule oxidation, biomass-derived chemicals/fuels upgrading. Yet, despite these efforts, the performance, efficiency, lifetime, and cost still need further improvements; materials innovation and discovery, fundamental insights of these interfaces/interphases will play a critical role in aiding these developments; In-Situ/Operando methods e.g. TEM and spectroscopy and related simulation tools are emerging, even well established for some cases, as a critically important approach for directly probing electrochemical interfaces/interphases, providing essential insight to mechanism understanding, new solutions and materials discovery. The aim of this symposium is to provide an interdisciplinary discussion forum about the current status and future perspectives, including challenges and opportunities in this field.

• New electrolytes/additives for batteries
• Solid-solid interface/interphase in batteries
• Solid-state electrolytes and solid-state batteries
• Oxygen reduction/evolution electrocatalysis
• Hydrogen oxidation/evolution electrocatalysis
• Solid-electrolyte interface/interphase (SEI) in batteries (Li, Na, Mg, etc.)
• Electrocatalysis for CO₂ reduction, small molecule oxidation, biomass upgrading
• In-Situ/Operando, e.g. in-situ TEM, in-situ spectroscopy, operando synchrotron, operando neutron scattering, and simulation tools
• New concepts for electrochemical energy storage and conversion

• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_0 (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_1 (University of California, Berkeley/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_2 (McMaster University, Canada)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_3 (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_4 (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_5 (Stanford University, USA)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_6 (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_7 (Stanford University, USA)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_8 (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_9 (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_10 (University of California, San Diego, USA)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_11 (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_12 (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_13 (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_14 (University of Southampton, United Kingdom)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_15 (Paul Scherrer Institut, Swaziland)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_16 (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_17 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_18 (Wildcat Discovery Technologies, USA)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_19 (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_20 (A123, USA)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_21 (Yokohama University, Japan)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_22 (U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_23 (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, China)
• ES13_Interfaces and Interphases in Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion_24 (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)