Scientific Program
Monday, August 26
12:00 Registration, lunch, and exhibition
13:10 Welcome address
David Reber, Empa and Corsin Battaglia, Empa
13:20 (Invited) Trends in Lithium Batteries: An American Perspective for the Future
M. Stanley Whittingham
Binghamton University, New York
13:50 Toward the Accelerated Discovery of Electroactive Materials for Li-ion and Na-ion Batteries
Maha Ismail, Iciar Monterrubio, Ainhoa Bustinza, Oier Arcelus, Joseba Orive, Maria Angeles Cabañero, Javier García, Evaristo Castillo, Javier Carrasco, Montse Casas-Cabanas, Marine Reynaud
CIC energiGUNE, Basque Country University, Ikerbasque
14:10 Towards an Autonomous Robotic Battery Materials Research Platform Powered by Automated Workflow and Ontologized FAIR data management
Enea Svaluto-Ferro, Nukorn Plainplan, Graham Kimbell, Benjamin Kunz, Maximilian Becker, David Reber, Ruben-Simon Kühnel, Peter Kraus, Edan Bainglass, Loris Ercole, Francisco F. Ramirez, Giovanni Pizzi, Nicola Marzari, Yuhui Hou, Stefano Di Leone, Andrew Paterson, Dominique Sauter, Emmanouil Tzirakis, Jos de Keijzer, Amira Abou-Hamdan, Michael Schneider, Corsin Battaglia
Empa, PSI, EPFL, ETH, Chemspeed Technologies
14:30 Coffee break and exhibition
14:50 (Invited) What Silicon Can Enable in All-Solid-State Batteries
Y. Shirley Meng
University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois
15:20 Interfacial Stabilization by Prelithiated Trithiocyanuric Acid as an Organic Additive in Sulfide-based All-Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries
Leonie Braks, Jinsong Zhang, Alexander Forster, Patrick W. Fritz, Jihoon Oh, Mario El-Kazzi, Jang Wook Choi, Ali Coskun
Université de Fribourg, PSI, Seoul National University
15:40 Assessment of Critical Stack Pressure and Temperature in Li‐Garnet Batteries
Matthias Klimpel, Huanyu Zhang, Giulia Paggiaro, Romain Dubey, Faruk Okur, Lars P.H. Jeurgens, Kostiantyn V. Kravchyk, Maksym V. Kovalenko
ETH, Empa
16:00 Poster session and apéro riche
19:00 End of day one
Tuesday, August 27
08:30 Coffee and exhibition
09:00 (Invited) Electrolytes, Interfaces, and Interphases
Kang Xu
SES AI Corp., Massachusetts
09:30 Fluorinated Cyclic Ether-based Electrolytes for Stable Electrode/Electrolyte Interphases in Lithium Metal Batteries
Hafiz Ahmad Ishfaq, Carolina Cruz Cardona, Elena Tchernychova, Patrik Johansson, Robert Dominko, Sara Drvarič Talian
Slovenia National Institute of Chemistry, University of Ljubljana, Alistore, Chalmers University of Technology
09:50 Understanding the Role of Zn2+ Solvation Environment in Enabling Efficient Cycling of Zn Metal Anodes
Dario Gomez Vazquez, Travis P. Pollard, Julian Mars, Jimun Yoo, Hans-Georg Steinrück, Sharon E. Bone, Olga V. Safonova, Michael F. Toney, Oleg Borodin, Maria R. Lukatskaya
ETH, US Army Research Laboratory, University of Colorado Boulder, Universität Paderborn, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, PSI
10:10 Coffee and exhibition
10:30 (Invited) Design of Layered Electrode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries by Doping and Solvent Co-Intercalation
Philipp Adelhelm
Humboldt Universität Berlin, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin
11:00 Quantifying the O-redox Contribution to the Charge Compensation Mechanism in Na0.67Mn0.62Fe0.19Al0.1O2 - Cathode Material for Na-ion Batteries
Dominika Baster, Thorsten Schmitt, Adam H. Clark, Teguh C. Asmara, Yuan Wei, Zheng Tao, Juliana B. Falqueto, Mario El Kazzi
PSI
11:20 Sidorenkite-type Cathodes Na3Fe(XO4)(CO3) (X = P, Si) for High Energy Density Na-ion Batteries
Samuel Franz Gatti, Andrea Testino, Sigita Trabesinger
PSI
11:40 New Electrode Formulation for High-Temperature Na-ZnCl2 Batteries
Sajad Rahimi, Enea Svaluto-Ferro, Fabrizio Vagliani, Diego Basso, Alberto Turconi, Andrea Pozzi, Corsin Battaglia, Meike Heinz
Empa, Horien, formerly FZSoNick
12:00 Group photo
12:15 Lunch and exhibition
13:30 (Invited) The Development of Redox Flow Batteries with Solid Boosters: The NASTOR Project
Emmanuel Baudrin
Université de Picardie Jules Verne/CNRS
14:00 Design of Naphthalene Diimide for Highly Soluble and Stable Negolyte in Organic Redox Flow Batteries
Hye Ryung Byon
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
14:20 Exploring the Surface Chemistry and Electrochemical Performance of Plasma-Treated Carbon Felts for Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries
Sayed Ali Ahmad Alem, Yining Huang, Dominik Wickenhauser, Bernhard Marius, Darlin Bregu, Christine Bandl, Stefan Spirk, Wolfgang Kern
Montanuniversität Leoben, Ecolyte, TU Graz
14:40 Coffee and exhibition
15:00 (Invited) Impedance Spectroscopy on Metal Anodes (tbd)
Jelena Popovic-Neuber
University of Stavanger
15:30 Diagnosing the Mechanism for Zn Dendrite Growth and Suppression via in situ Liquid Cell TEM
Yi Yuan, Shengda D. Pu, Miguel A. Pérez-Osorio, Zixuan Li, Shengming Zhang, Sixie Yang, Boyang Liu, Chen Gong, Ashok S. Menon, Louis F. J. Piper, Xiangwen Gao, Peter G. Bruce, Alex W. Robertson
University of Oxford, University of Warwick, Global Institute of Future Technology
15:50 Kinetically Induced Memory Effect in Li-ion Batteries
Pierfrancesco Ombrini, Qidi Wang, Alexandros Vasileiadis, Fangting Wu, Ziyao Gao, Xia Hu, Martijn van Hulzen, Baohua Li, Chenglong Zhao, Marnix Wagemaker
TU Delft, Tsinghua University
16:10 The Importance of Academic Research in Creating a European Battery Startup Ecosystem (tbd)
Kristina Edström
Uppsala University
16:40 End of day two
18:00 Conference dinner
Wednesday, August 28
08:30 Coffee and exhibition
09:00 Welcome address industry day
Corsin Battaglia
Empa, iBAT
09:10 (Invited) Activation Durability of Carbon Electrodes for Vanadium Flow Batteries
Alasdair Robertson
Invinity Energy Systems
09:40 (Invited) Iron-Chromium Flow Batteries (tbd)
Tom Gebauer
Redox One
10:10 (Invited) All-Iron Flow Batteries (tbd)
John Alper
VoltStorage
10:40 Coffee and exhibition
11:10 (Invited) Sodium Vanadium Fluorophosphates and Hard Carbon (tbd)
Mathieu Morcrette
Tiamat
11:40 (Invited) Commercial Sodium cathodes (tbd)
Minglong He
ABB
12:10 Poster award
12:20 Lunch and exhibition
13:30 Welcome address iBAT
Corsin Battaglia, Empa, iBAT
13:40 (Invited) Blue Solutions Keynote
Richard Bouveret
Blue Solutions
14:10 Thin-Film Solid-State Batteries
Moritz Futscher
BTRY
14:30 High Performance Supercapacitors
Clara Moldovan
Swistor
14:50 Coffee and exhibition
15:20 Multilayer Curtain Coating for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Paul Baade
8inks
15:40 Membraneless Flow Batteries
David Taylor
Unbound Potential
16:00 Closing remarks and end of conference
Swiss Battery Days 2024
August 26-28 2024
Empa, PSI, and the Swiss Battery Association iBAT jointly organize the 6th edition of the Swiss Battery Days taking place on August 26-28 at ETH Zurich. The aim of this event is to provide young researchers, active in the field of battery materials research and cell manufacturing, a platform to present their results and to connect to renowned battery researchers from Europe and beyond. The event offers a unique opportunity to strengthen and expand the network to the Swiss battery community. The scope of the event ranges from the synthesis and characterization of battery materials to their integration into electrodes and cells, including topics related to cell manufacturing. August 28 is reserved for talks on aspects of industrial sodium-ion and redox flow battery manufacturing and local battery startups.
Venue
ETH Zurich, Scherrer Auditorium, Gloriastrasse 35, 8092 Zurich
Important dates
May 1 2024 Registration opening
May 1 2024 Abstract submission opening
June 30 2024 Abstract submission closing
July 19 2024 Notification abstract acceptance
August 18 2024 Registration closing
August 26-28 2024 Swiss Battery Days
Contact
swissbatterydays@empa.ch
Chair
Dr. David Reber, Empa (chair)
Prof. Dr. Corsin Battaglia, Empa, ETHZ, EPFL (co-chair)
Dr. Sigita Trabesinger, Paul Scherrer Institute (vice chair)
Local organizing committee
Dr. David Reber, Empa
Prof. Dr. Corsin Battaglia, Empa, ETHZ, EPFL
Daniela Isler-Schmid, Empa
Nadine Rieder, Empa
Scientific committee
Dr. David Reber, Empa
Prof. Dr. Corsin Battaglia, Empa, ETHZ, EPFL
Dr. Sigita Trabesinger, Paul Scherrer Institute
Dr. Mario El Kazzi, Paul Scherrer Institute
International advisory board
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zeier, University of Münster, Germany
Prof. Dr. Julia Maibach, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Ingo Krossing, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Erik J. Berg, Uppsala University, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Alejandro A. Franco, University of Picardie Jules Vernes, France
Confirmed invited speakers
Prof. Dr. Sir Stanley Wittingham, Binghamton University, NY, USA
Prof. Dr. Y. Shirley Meng, University of Chicago & Argon National Laboratory, IL, USA
Dr. Kang Xu, SES AI, MA, USA
Prof. Dr. Philipp Adelhelm, Humboldt-Universität Berlin & Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany
Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Baudrin, Université de Picardie Jules Verne & CNRS, France
Prof. Dr. Jelena Popovic-Neuber, University of Stavanger, Norway
Prof. Dr. Kristina Edström, Uppsala University & Battery2030+, Uppsala, Sweden
Confirmed industry speakers
Dr. Alasdair Robertson, Materials R&D Manager Invinity Energy Systems
Tom Gebauer, CEO Redox One
Dr. John Alper, Head of R&D VoltStorage
Dr. Mathieu Morcrette, CTO Tiamat
Dr. Minglong He, Principal Scientist ABB
Richard Bouveret, CEO Blue Solutions
Dr. Moritz Futscher, CEO BTRY
Dr. Clara Moldovan, CEO Swistor
Dr. Paul Baade, CEO EightInks
Dr. David Taylor, CEO Unbound Potential
Awards
The outstanding poster award of the 2019 Swiss Battery Days was awarded to Dr. Francesco Pagani, Empa for his poster entitled "Lithium-ion conductivity of epitaxial Li4Ti5O12 vs state of charge".
The outstanding poster award of the 2020/21 Swiss Battery Days was awarded to Dr. Aurora Gomez, MEET for her poster entitled "Towards low-cost and more sustainable Ni-rich NCM-type layered oxide cathodes for lithium-ion batteries".
The outstanding poster award of the 2022 Swiss Battery Days was awarded to Mr. Marcel Heidbüchel, MEET for his poster entitled "Impact of the primary particle morphology on the electrochemical performance of Ni-rich layered oxide cathode materials".
The outstanding poster award of the 2023 Swiss Battery Days was awarded to Mr. Matthias Weilingl, Helmholtz Institute Münster, Forschungszentrum Jülich/MEET for his poster entitled "Identification of additive degradiation products in the SEI of Si-containing electrodes via operando ATR-FTIR spectroscopy ".
Venue
The event takes place in the Scherrer Auditorium at ETH Zurich, Departement of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, located in the center of Zurich. The venue is reachable conveniently by taking the Polybahn funicular from Zurich Central, which is reachable by a short walk across the river Limmat bridge from Zurich main station. For schedules and tickets of trains, subways, trams, and buses consult https://www.sbb.ch or install the SBB mobile app. There is only limited parking available on site and we encourage travelling by public transport. Numerous hotels are located in the Zurich Central area.
Address of venue:
ETH Zurich
Scherrer Auditorium
Departement of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering D-ITET
Gloriastrasse 35
8092 Zurich
Switzerland
All correspondence should be addressed to:
Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science
Laboratory 501
Ueberlandstrasse 129
8600 Duebendorf
Switzerland
Registration
Please register for the Swiss Battery Days 2024 through the following link:
https://www.ticketino.com/de/Event/Swiss-Battery-Days-2024/187673
CHF 270 for senior academics including postdocs and industry representatives
CHF 170 for PhD students
A pre-conference workshop about multiphysics modelling of battery materials is organized by COMSOL, Inc. on Monday morning. Please register separately if you wish to attend:
Registration is closing on August 16 2024. The registration fee covers three lunches, all coffee breaks during the conference, and the welcome apero in the evening of Monday August 26 2024. Tickets for the conference dinner on the evening of Tuesday August 27 2024 can be booked optionally for CHF 100 via the same link. We encourage early bookings for the banquet as tickets are limited. PhD students are requested to present a proof of their status when picking up their badge.