Carbon materials are indispensable functional components in a wide range of electrochemical energy devices, yet their full potential remains far from being exploited. This symposium brings together researchers working at the forefront of synthetic carbon science and its electrochemical applications, covering supercapacitors, hybrid ion capacitors, lithium- and beyond-lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells, and Power-to-X technologies. A central focus is placed on novel synthesis strategies — including templating, hydrothermal carbonization, and pyrolytic methods — and on rigorous elucidation of structure–property relationships through advanced characterisation techniques. The symposium explicitly welcomes contributions on atomically dispersed metal–nitrogen–carbon (M-N-C) materials and carbon single-atom catalysts for electrocatalysis, as well as on carbon composite materials such as Si/C anodes and carbon-supported OER catalysts. By uniting expertise from materials synthesis, electrochemistry, and operando characterisation, this symposium aims to accelerate the rational design of next-generation carbon-based functional materials for sustainable energy conversion and storage.
- Porous carbon synthesis and templating
- Porous carbon synthesis and templating
- Supercapacitors and hybrid ion capacitors
- Li-ion and beyond-Li-ion battery electrodes
- Carbon composite anodes
- Oxygen reduction and OER electrocatalysis
- Structure–property relationships in carbon materials
- Power - to - X and CO‚ reduction
- Operando characterisation of carbon electrodes
- Sustainable carbon precursors
Dr. Fellinger is Head of the Division 3.6 Electrochemical Energy Materials at the German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM). He is a nanostructure and molecular scientist by training (diploma at University of Kassel, DE), who received his PhD in colloid chemistry (with summa cum laude) at the University of Potsdam/DE under the direct supervision of Prof. Markus Antonietti in 2011. After a short postdoctoral stays at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Prof. Ichiro Yamanaka) he was a research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam-Golm (2012-2017). In 2016/17 he was an awarded Researcher-in-Residence at Chalmers Institute of Technology in Gothenburg (Prof. Anders Palmqvist), followed by one term as W2-substitute professor for inorganic chemistry at the University of Applied Science Zittau/Görlitz. Afterwards until 2020 he joined Prof. Hubert Gasteiger´s Chair for Technical Electrochemistry (Technical University Munich) with a fuel cell project. In 2020 Dr. Fellinger´s group joined the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin. Dr. Fellinger received the Donald-Ulrich Award 2017 of the International Sol-Gel Society and the Ernst-Haage Award for Chemistry of the Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion. His research interests are the synthetic chemistry of novel materials and their usage in energy-related applications with a focus on different carbon-based materials like nitrogen-doped carbons, M-N-C catalysts or hard carbon anodes. He has published ~60 articles in peer-reviewed journals (>6000 citations, H-index: 41).
Marta Sevilla is a Scientific Investigator at the Institute of Carbon Science and Technology, which belongs to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). She obtained her PhD degree from the University of Oviedo/INCAR in 2008 working on the development of novel carbon materials for energy storage (supercapacitors) and energy conversion (electrocatalysts for the anode of fuel cells). After several research stays in the University of Nottingham, Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, and Georgia Institute of Technology, she got a permanent position at INCAR-CSIC.
Since 2012 she has focused her research on the development of advanced carbon-based materials through sustainable routes for their use in energy storage devices, including supercapacitors, Li-S batteries and hybrid ion capacitors, energy conversion (ORR electrocatalysts) and gas storage (CO2 and H2). She has co-authored more than 130 peer-reviewed papers.
Philipp Adelhelm is a physical chemist and works at the interface between the research disciplines of materials science and electrochemistry. His current main interest is research on sustainable batteries.
After studying materials science at the University of Stuttgart, he moved to the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam (Department of Prof. Antionetti / Smarsly, 2005-2007) for his doctoral project. This was followed by a 2-year postdoctoral stay at the University of Utrecht (Prof. de Jongh) and then a position as a junior research group leader at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Justus Liebig University in Giessen (Prof. Janek, 2009-2015). From 2015-2019 he was a professor at the Institute for Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
He has been a professor at the Institute for Chemistry at Humboldt-University since 2019 and heads a joint research group on operando battery analysis at the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB).
Raúl Gimeno FerreroProfessor Tanja Kallio is a professor of electrochemistry at Aalto University’s School of Chemical Engineering. She leads research on electrocatalysis and electrochemical energy conversion, advancing sustainable technologies such as fuel cells, electrolysers, and related power-to-X processes. Her group investigates catalyst activity, selectivity, and durability, often using advanced in situ and operando methods to understand reactions at electrified interfaces. Kallio collaborates broadly with academic and industrial partners in Finland and internationally, and contributes to large multidisciplinary projects. She has authored numerous peer‑reviewed publications and has been supported by competitive national and European research funding. Through her teaching and supervision, she trains the next generation of scientists and engineers in electrochemistry and materials for clean energy.
Jonas Krug von NiddaProfessional Experience
2007 - date Full Professor for Physical Chemistry with Focus on Materials Chemistry
University of Giessen (JLU).
2003 - 2007 Group leader at Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.
Potsdam-Golm, Germany, (2003-2007);
2002-2003 Postdoctoral period.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA; Host: Prof. Dr. C. J. Brinker