This symposium focuses on fundamental understanding and materials innovation for lithium batteries and beyond. Key topics include thermodynamics, ion and electron transport, and reaction kinetics, along with advanced characterization techniques such as in situ/operando spectroscopy and microscopy, as well as multiscale modeling. We welcome contributions on novel material synthesis, the discovery of new functional materials, and mechanistic studies that integrate experimental and theoretical approaches. The goal is to bridge fundamental insights with emerging directions in next-generation energy storage technologies.
- Materials synthesis and discovery
- Ion and electron transport
- Advanced characterization techniques, e.g., in situ/operando methods
- Multiscale modeling and theory
- Interfacial engineering and degradation pathways
- Solid-state batteries and post-lithium chemistries (e.g., Na, Zn, Mg, multivalent ions)
- Machine learning and AI-guided materials exploration
Federico BaiuttiN/A
Matthias T. ElmJuan Carlos Gonzalez-Rosillo obtained holds a M.Sc. in Materials Science and Nanotechnology and a PhD in Materials Science from the University Autonomous of Barcelona. He performed his MSc and PhD research (2011-2017) at the Materials Science Institute of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), where he studied the relation of the resistive switching properties of metallic perovskite oxides with their intrinsic metal-insulator transitions for memristive devices and novel computation paradigms. He also was a visiting researcher at the University of Geneva (CH) and Forschungszentrum Jülich (DE). Then he joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) for a postdoctoral position (2017-2020) working on the memristive properties of lithium-based oxides for neuromorphic computing and processing of next-generation solid-state electrolyte thin films for All-Solid-State Batteries and Microbatteries. Juan Carlos has been awarded with a Tecniospring postdoctoral fellowship to join IREC and to develop thin film microbattery architectures to power micro- and nanodevices for the Internet of Things revolution
Jože MoškonJinhua Sun