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ATOMIC SCALE INSIGHTS
Atomic-scale insights play a central role in the understanding and development of new and improved battery materials and mechanisms. Covering a range of different battery technologies, and including experimental and computational work, this session provides a forum for researchers to showcase state-of-the-art research that links local atomic structure to battery performance.
CHAIR AND SPEAKERS
Dr Qiong Cai
Session: ECR – ATOMIC SCALE INSIGHTS
Joshua Bocarsly
Session: ECR – ATOMIC SCALE INSIGHTS
Abby Haworth
Session: ECR – ATOMIC SCALE INSIGHTS
Julian Holland
Session: ECR – ATOMIC SCALE INSIGHTS
Philip Maughan
Session: ECR – ATOMIC SCALE INSIGHTS
ADVANCED X-RAY AND NEUTRON TECHNIQUES
This session focuses on the increasingly popular application of X-ray and neutron-based techniques to analyse, image and characterise batteries and their materials. These include both central-facility-based research and analysis that can be performed in university labs to improve the performance and safety of battery technology.
CHAIR AND SPEAKERS
Dr Phoebe Allan
Stephen Price
Gabriel Pérez-Garcia
Dorota Matras
Mark Buckwell
Nivedita Kulkarni
ELECTROLYTES AND INTERFACES
Electrolytes and the behaviour of electrode-electrolyte interfaces are often challenging to investigate yet are critical in determining the performance of battery systems. In this session, a range of techniques will be discussed that offer insights into the complex processes occurring there, with implications for the design of battery components.
CHAIR AND SPEAKERS
Dr Darren Walsh
Session: ECR – ELECTROLYTES AND INTERFACES
Sudarshan Narayanan
Session: ECR – ELECTROLYTES AND INTERFACES
Yue Chen
Session: ECR – ELECTROLYTES AND INTERFACES
Svetlana Menkin
Session: ECR – ELECTROLYTES AND INTERFACES
Andrew Wang
Session: ECR – ELECTROLYTES AND INTERFACES
NEW APPROACHES TO EXTEND BATTERY LIFE
Extending the lifetime of materials, cells and components is vital to maximising the impact of battery technology. In this session a suite of techniques that offer the potential for improving battery lifetime will be discussed. These approaches use novel methods to address specific challenges in their respective fields and have the potential to be adopted in different areas of battery research, impacting both current and next generation technologies.
CHAIR AND SPEAKERS
Dr Rhodri Jervis
David Weiqun Li
Alice Merryweather
Toby Kirk
Conference programme
Dr James Robinson, Chair of the Faraday Institution Early Career Researcher Committee, will set the scene for the early career researcher day.
Practical guidance on how to increase researcher identity and open the door to career opportunities. Create a professional image, harness the power of LinkedIn, and grow your network.
Hear from researchers working in industry about the career opportunities that exist in the UK battery technology sector.
Videos to be released as they become available.
'A Net Zero energy system.' Baroness Brown will share her insight on the energy transition - for transport, homes, industry, infrastructure, commerce, and defence - highlighting the importance and ubiquity of batteries. Chaired by Prof. Pam Thomas, Faraday Institution.
'Energy storage is key to attainment of fossil-free energy'. Chaired by Prof. Louis Piper, University of Warwick
DISCOVERY AND DESIGN TOWARDS HIGHER PERFORMING, LOWER COST BATTERIES
Join this session to hear the latest updates on the Faraday Institution’s EDI work and from expert Jayne Little (CEO of Skills4) as she outlines three ways we can all become a better inclusion ally.
SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE FROM SENSING, PREDICTION AND CHARACTERISATION
Hear from the Faraday Institution policy team on battery technology market sizes and dynamics and our approach to assess early-stage commercialisation potential.
'The Battery: Still the Great Unknown.' Chaired by Prof. Colin Herron CBE Managing Director, Zero Carbon Futures, and Faraday Institution North East.
Poster Presenters
Around 50 PhD Researchers and Faraday Institution Research Fellows and 50 undergraduate interns are presenting posters at the conference. Delegates will be able to explore the depth and breadth of FI research programmes by engaging with this content from the beginning of November.
