Programme

Programme

Day 1 (Wednesday, 12 June 2024)

Registration

18:00 – 21:00
Welcome dinner
Day 2 (Friday, 14 June)

Invited (face-to-face), Chair: Yang Ren

09:00 – 09:30
Spontaneous Polarisation-Driven Hydrogen Evolution (Professor Gerbrand Ceder)
09:30 – 10:00
Electrocatalytic reaction at the positive interface of lithium-carbon dioxide batteries (Professor Jun Liu)

Chair: Qi Liu

10:00 – 10:20
Break, photo taking and group discussion
10:20 – 10:50
From K-GICs to High Performance K-C Anode- the Renaissance of an Old Topic (Professor Yang Shao-Horn)
10:50 – 11:20
Interface modulations enable high performance metal chalcogenide cathode materials for magnesium batteries (Professor Linda Nazar)
12:00 – 14:00

Lunch 

Chair: Jian Wang

14:00 – 14:30

Interfacial stability of ether-based electrolyte in high voltage lithium metal batteries (Professor Clare Grey)

14:30 – 15:00

Exploration and optimisation on the structural properties of cathode materials for high-performance lithium-ion batteries (Shirley Meng)

15:00 – 15:20

Break, photo-taking and group discussion Chair: Peter Bruce

15:20 – 15:50

Anode materials of alkali metal-ion batteries: Construction and energy storage mechanisms (Professor Yong Yang)

15:50 – 16:20

Spontaneous Strain Buffer Enables Superior Cycling Stability in Single-Crystal Nickel-Rich NCM Cathode (Professor Jeff Sakamoto)

17:00 – 20:00

Dinner

Day 3 (Sunday, 30 June)

Chair: Yong Yang

09:00 – 09:30

Polymeric Composite Binders for High-performance Silicon Anodes (Professor Guohua Chen)

09:30 – 10:00

Building stable solid electrolyte interphases for advanced anodes in rechargeable batteries (Professor Chunsheng Wang)

10:00 – 10:20

Break,  photo taking and group discussion
Chair: Clare Grey

10:20 – 10:50

Electrode Structure Regulation and Interface Design of Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries for Wind and Solar Energy Storage Systems (Professor Hongjin Fan**)**

10:50 – 11:20

Calcium rechargeable batteries (Dr Christophe Pillot)

12:00 – 14:00

Lunch 

Chair: Guohua Chen

14:00 – 14:30

Fuel Cells for Sustainable Energy Production (Mr Jim Greenberger)

14:30 – 15:00

Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Reaction in Acid for High Carbon Utilisation (Mr Tien Duong)

15:00 – 15:20

Break, photo taking and group discussion Chair: Gerbrand Ceder

15:20 – 15:50

Cracking Dendrites at the Lithium/Ceramic Electrolyte interface: Mechanism and Mitigation (Mr Dave Howell)

15:50 – 16:20

Strategies for Building a Sustainable Supply Chain for Lithium Batteries (Professor Stanley Whittingham)

17:00 – 20:00

Dinner

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