The Advancing Sodium-Ion Batteries: From Materials to manufacturing, Prototypes and Applications symposium covers the full spectrum of sodium-ion battery (SIB) research, from fundamental science to applied solutions. The event will explore the underlying mechanisms that drive SIB performance, with a focus on advanced materials, electrode designs, and novel manufacturing techniques. A central theme will be understanding ageing and degradation mechanisms, as well as the fundamental processes that influence long-term battery stability and efficiency. Discussions will also address the challenges of scaling up from fundamental research to prototype development, including material optimization, performance validation, and sustainability considerations. The symposium will emphasize applied solutions aimed at enhancing energy density, cycle life, and overall performance, ensuring that scientific innovations translate into real-world applications. This platform will foster cross-disciplinary collaboration, bridging the gap between theoretical research and practical implementation, and advancing sodium-ion battery technology toward commercial viability.
- Sustainable and low critical material systems
- Advanced Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries
- Ageing and Degradation Mechanisms
- Innovative Electrode Design and Fabrication
- Battery Performance and Validation
- Sustainability in Sodium-Ion Battery Development
- Scaling Up Sodium-Ion Battery Technology
- Battery Management Systems (BMS) and Monitoring
- Cell Design and Prototyping
- Applications of Sodium-Ion Batteries
Ivana Hasa is Associate Professor of Electrochemical Materials in WMG at the University of Warwick. Her research activities are directed toward the understanding of the processes governing the chemistry of the next generation sustainable battery technologies. Design of technically relevant materials and the understanding of their structure-property correlation and electrochemical behavior are the core of her research interest. Her work is inherently interdisciplinary, tackling challenges at the interface of chemistry, materials science, electrochemistry, and the scale up of new battery chemistries to full proven cell prototypes.
Andrea Balducci is Professor of Electrochemistry at the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, Germany. He has been working on innovative electrolytes for supercapacitors, meta-ion batteries and metal-ion capacitors for several years and his group is currently involved in several German and European projects dedicated to these devices. His research activities focus on the development of innovative electrolytes containing sustainable and bio-derived solvents, and salts with low fluorine content. Furthermore, he is working on the development of in-situ and in-operando techniques suitable for investigation of the degradation processes taking place in these electrolytes.
Matteo BianchiniSathiya Mariyappan is a materials researcher with a strong background in electrochemistry, currently working as a Chargée de recherche at CNRS, France, since 2018. She leads and coordinates the sodium-ion research theme at the CSE laboratory (UMR 8260), Collège de France, headed by Prof. Jean-Marie Tarascon, one of the pioneers of secondary metal-ion batteries.
Prior to joining CNRS, she carried out postdoctoral research at LRCS, Amiens, France, where, together with her collaborators, she helped establish the concept of anionic redox in battery materials, challenging the long-standing focus on cationic redox processes. This work opened new directions in materials research while also revealing key limitations that continue to drive current efforts toward the practical implementation of anionic-redox-based materials.
At CSE, building on approximately 15 years of research experience in lithium- and sodium-ion battery materials, interphase analysis, and electrolyte optimization, her research bridges fundamental materials science and applied electrochemistry. Her work has resulted in patented technologies transferred for commercialization in sodium-ion batteries. She is a member of the French energy storage research network (RS2E) and is actively involved in national (PEPR-ANR) and European (NAIMA) battery research programs, while maintaining a strong interest in collaborative and interdisciplinary research.