Call for Papers

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Solid-state batteries (SSB) are one of the most promising candidates for next-generation energy storage technologies due to their improved safety and energy density. The performance of SSBs depends critically on the ionic/electronic transport that occurs across multiple length scales in a cell under a multi-physics coupling field (electro-chemo-mechanics). The outstanding challenges in SSBs, including chemical, electrochemical, and mechanical degradations, are deeply rooted in the inter-correlated mass, charge, and heat transport processes. Therefore, multidisciplinary research efforts are imperative for realizing economical and long-lasting SSBs.

This symposium will convene state-of-the-art research in solid-state energy-storage systems. It covers the latest discovery and progress in: (1) the fundamental transport mechanisms in SSBs due to electro-chemo-mechanical coupling, (2) the advanced characterizations in the field of SSBs, and (3) the development and practical applications of SSB technology.

Topics will include:

• Materials design for solid-state ionic conductors for Li, Na, and emerging batteries
• Dendrite suppression in SSBs
• Ion diffusion and charge transfer in electrode materials and interfaces for SSBs
• Investigations on electro-chemo-mechanics in SSBs
• Advanced characterization of transport phenomena in materials and interfaces for SSB
• Novel cell and architecture design for SSBs

Invited Speakers (tentative):

• Peter Bruce (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
• Gerbrand Ceder (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
• Raphaele Clement (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
• Valentino Cooper (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
• Dongmin Im (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Republic of Korea)
• Xin Li (Harvard University, USA)
• Christian Masquelier (Université de Picardie Jules-Verne, France)
• Y. Shirley Meng (The University of Chicago, USA)
• Yifei Mo (University of Maryland, USA)
• Rana Mohtadi (Toyota Research Institute, USA)
• Linda F. Nazar (University of Waterloo, Canada)
• Yue Qi (Brown University, USA)
• Jeff Sakamoto (University of Michigan, USA)
• Wolfgang Zeier (Universität Münster, Germany)

Symposium Organizers