Symposium EN02-Sodium-Based Energy Storage

As the quest for sustainable and cost-effective energy storage solutions intensifies, sodium-based batteries stand at the forefront as highly promising alternatives to lithium technologies. Sodium, being the sixth most abundant element in Earth’s crust compared to the ranking of lithium at thirty-first, presents a particularly compelling option for applications in grid-scale energy storage and electric vehicles. Particularly, beyond the well-explored sodium-ion batteries, other battery designs such as all-solid-state sodium batteries and molten sodium batteries have also demonstrated promising capabilities to fulfill our energy storage demand. Despite their potential, sodium battery technologies are still at an early stage of development – challenges such as limited energy density, stability issues, or slow rate capabilities have hindered their large-scale deployment.

This symposium is dedicated to showcasing the latest advancements, identifying key barriers, and exploring the future directions of sodium batteries. We will focus on the development of new chemistries, innovative battery designs, advanced characterization, the implementation of modeling and artificial intelligence to speed up sodium battery research, and the routes toward scaling up manufacturing. We invite researchers and industry professionals to participate in this symposium to foster a collaborative environment to address the challenges and unlock the potential of sodium batteries with enhanced energy density, faster charging capabilities, and prolonged lifecycle, paving the way for a more sustainable energy future.

Topics will include:

Exploration of new chemistries for cathodes, anodes, electrolytes, and separators of sodium-ion and sodium batteries.
Characterization and modeling methods to gain deeper insights into the electrochemical behavior.
Solid electrolytes with high sodium ionic conductivity and robust interfacial stability.
Solid-state sodium batteries.
Molten sodium batteries such as sodium-sulfur and sodium metal halide.
Low-cost and scalable synthesis and processing of sodium battery materials.
Innovative battery design for high-energy, fast-charging, and long-lasting sodium batteries.
Strategies for scaling up the production of sodium batteries while maintaining quality and performance.
The role of artificial intelligence, robotics, and automation in battery development.
Recycling of sodium batteries and development of easy-to-recycle batteries.

Invited Speakers:

Khalil Amine (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
Chunmei Ban (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
Pieremanuele Canepa (University of Houston, USA)
Gerbrand Ceder (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
William Chueh (Stanford University, USA)
Ryan DeBlock (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA)
Claude Delmas (Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux, CNRS, France)
Bruce Dunn (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
Kent Griffith (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Kelsey Hatzell (Princeton University, USA)
Enyuan Hu (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
Ju Li (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Hao Liu (Binghamton University, The State University of New York, USA)
Chao Luo (University of Miami, USA)
Matthew McDowell (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
David Mitlin (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Yifei Mo (University of Maryland, USA)
Partha P. Mukherjee (Purdue University, USA)
Linda Nazar (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Shyue Ping Ong (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Bin Ouyang (Florida State University, USA)
Andrej Singer (Cornell University, USA)
Venkat Srinivasan (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
Esther Takeuchi (Stony Brook University, The State University of New York, USA)
Anton Van der Ven (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
Hui Wang (University of Louisville, USA)
Huolin Xin (University of California, Irvine, USA)
Claire Xiong (Boise State University, USA)
Naoaki Yabuuchi (Yokohama National University, Japan)
Hongli Zhu (Northeastern University, USA)