Symposium EN03-New Chemistries, Multiscale Modeling and Advanced Manufacturing for Solid-State Batteries

Solid-state batteries (SSB) offer a transformative leap in battery technology, poised to surpass the energy density and safety limitations of traditional Li-ion batteries. Currently SSB is at a critical juncture, where rapid emergence of new materials and technologies converges with the urgent need for accelerated commercialization. The implications of successful SSB are profound: from revolutionizing grid energy storage with its low cost and extended cyclability, to enabling fast charging and higher energy density in transportation, and even facilitating the micro batteries for consumer electronics and medical devices, as well as enhancing safety and energy density in marine and aerospace applications. However, scientific challenges persist, ranging from imperfect battery materials to interfacial instability and failure mechanisms, alongside issues of processing cost, scalability, etc. In response, this symposium will invite world-leading experts in academia and industry to explore solutions to these hurdles in four key areas. 1) design and development of new battery chemistries and architectures including emerging topics on borohydrides, halide high-voltage cathodes, multivalent chemistries beyond lithium, anode-free designs, and innovative 3D electrode structures. 2) understand fundamental material properties and behaviors through cutting-edge characterization techniques such as electron microscopy, x-ray, neutron, mass spectroscopy, scanning probe etc. 3) unravel the coupled electro-chemo-mechanical-thermal behavior occurring at both bulk and interfaces through new theoretical/computational methods and/or multiscale modeling. 4) advance battery manufacturing from materials to system in a sustainable and energy-efficient way. By bringing together leading experts, this symposium provides a much-needed platform for collaboration and knowledge exchange, driving forward the development and commercialization of solid-state batteries to accelerate the global clean energy transition.

Topics will include:

Novel material synthesis and processing method
Microstructural engineering and defect control
High power/energy battery chemistries
In-situ and operando characterization techniques
Integrative multiscale modeling: electro-chemo-mechanical-thermal properties at bulk and interfaces
Zero reservoir batteries
Solid-state batteries beyond lithium
Automation and AI/ML
Advanced battery manufacturing
SSB commercialization from microbatteries to grid storage

Invited Speakers:

Fanny Bardé (SOLiTHOR, Inc, Belgium)
Anja Bielefeld (Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen, Germany)
Paul Braun (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
Peter G. Bruce (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
Candace Chan (Arizona State University, USA)
Zonghai Chen (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
Raphaële Clément (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
Jean-Christophe Daigle (Hydro-Québec, Inc., Canada)
Neil Dasgupta (University of Michigan, USA)
Marm Dixit (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
Joshua Galloway (Northeastern University, USA)
Regina García-Méndez (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
Stephen Harris (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
Yan-Yan Hu (Florida State University, USA)
Yoon Seok Jung (Yonsei University, Republic of Korea)
Emma Kendrick (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Xin Li (Harvard University, USA)
Feng Lin (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA)
Karl Littau (Sakuu Corporation, USA)
Ping Liu (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Annalise Maughan (Colorado School of Mines, USA)
Matthew McDowell (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Shirley Meng (The University of Chicago, USA)
Yifei Mo (University of Maryland, USA)
Kristin Persson (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Yue Qi (Brown University, USA)
Jennifer Rupp (Technische Universität München, Germany)
Claire Villevieille (Université Grenoble-Alpes, France)
Liwen Wan (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)
Yan Yao (University of Houston, USA)

Symposium Organizers

Xin Xu

Arizona State University

USA

xxu@asu.edu

Kelsey Hatzell

Princeton University

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

USA

kelsey.hatzell@princeton.edu

Yi Lin

NASA Langley Research Center

Advanced Materials and Processing Branch

USA

yi.lin-1@nasa.gov

Julia Yang

Georgia Institute of Technology

School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

USA

jhyang@gatech.edu

Topics

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