SWISS BATTERY DAYS 2023

18 Sept 2023, 09:00 → 20 Sept 2023, 19:20 Europe/Zurich

Sigita TRABESINGER (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

September 18-20 2023

The aim of the event is to provide young Swiss and European researchers, active in the field of battery materials and cell manufacturing, a platform to present their results and to connect to renowned battery researchers from Europe. The event offers as well a unique opportunity to strengthen and expand the network among and to the Swiss battery community.

The scope of the event ranges from the synthesis and characterisation of battery materials to their integration into electrodes and cells, including topics related to cell manufacturing and characterisation.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to three stimulating conference days!

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Conference Chairs

Dr. Sigita Trabesinger (Chair)

Prof. Corsin Battaglia (Vice chair)

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International Advisory Board

Dr. Montserrat Casas-Cabanas, CiC enrgieGUNE, Spain

Prof. Jürgen Janek, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany

Prof. Jie Li, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Prof. Mauro Pasta, Universty of Oxford, United Kingdom

Prof. Ivano Castelli, Technical University Of Denmark, Denmark

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Scientific Committee

Dr. Sigita Trabesinger, PSI

Dr. Mario El Kazzi, PSI

Prof. Corsin Battaglia, Empa

Prof. Axel Fürst, BFH

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Organising Committee

Dr. Sigita Trabesinger, PSI

Dr. Mario El Kazzi, PSI

Dr. Lukasz Kondracki, PSI

Cordelia Gloor, PSI

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Monday 18 September

09:00 → 12:00 Pre-conference activities - visits to PSI's large scale facilities: SLS, SwissFEL, SINQ, Discussion with Park Innovaare, COMSOL workshop

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch and registration

13:00 → 13:20 Opening of SWISS BATTERY DAYS 2023: Welcome

13:20 → 14:00 Invited Talk: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zeier, University of Münster, Germany 'On Transport and Chemical Interface Limitations in Solid-State Batteries'

14:00 → 14:20 Valerie Siller (PSI), 'Probing the Instable Interface between LPSCl Solid Electrolyte and NCM622 High Voltage Cathode by Operando X-ray Spectroscopy'

14:20 → 14:40 Wengao Zhao (KIT), 'In-Depth Understanding of the LiNbO3 Protective Coating on Single-Crystal Ni-Rich Cathodes in All-Solid-State-Batteries'

14:40 → 15:20 Break

15:20 → 15:40 Moritz H. Futscher (Empa) 'Multi-Cell Thin-Film Solid-State Batteries'

15:40 → 16:00 Hugo Braun (Empa), 'Integrating High-Voltage NMC811 Cathodes with Hydroborate Electrolytes for Stable 4 V-Class All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries'

16:00 → 16:20 Tianhong Zhou (UniFr), 'Molecular Engineering of Organothiol Additives for Enhancing Anode Interfacial Stability in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries'

16:20 → 16:40 David Reber (University of Colorado Boulder) 'The Role of Energy Density for Grid-Scale Batteries'

16:40 → 19:00 Poster session and Apero

19:00 → 19:05 End of the day 1

Tuesday 19 September

09:00 → 09:10 Opening of the day 2

09:10 → 09:50 Invited Talk: Prof. Dr. Ingo Krossing, Freiburg University, Germany 'Fluorinated Anions: Use as Conducting Salts and Additives for Batteries'

09:50 → 10:10 Julian F. Baumgärtner (ETH Zürich), 'Resolving the Influence of Structural Water on Li-Ion Diffusion in Pyrochlore Iron Hydroxy Fluoride Cathodes'

10:10 → 10:30 David Fraile-Insagurbe (CIC enrgiGUNE), 'Novel single-ion conducting polymer electrolytes with high toughness and high resistance against lithium dendrites'

10:30 → 11:00 Break

11:00 → 11:40 Invited Talk: Prof. Dr. Julia Maibach, Chalmers University, Sweden 'Advanced Photoelectron Spectroscopy on Battery Materials: Lessons Learnt on Silicon-Containing Electrodes'

11:40 → 12:00 Sanaz Banifarsi (ZSW), 'Electrochemical Dilation Study of Si-rich Anode under External Mechanical Pressure'

12:00 → 12:20 Juan J. Diaz Leon (GDI), 'Achieving Industrial Production of 100% Silicon Anodes'

12:20 → 12:40 Photo

12:40 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 14:40 Invited Talk: Prof. Dr. Erik J. Berg, Uppsala University, Sweden 'Understanding Electrode/Electrolyte Interphases in Li-ion Batteries'

14:40 → 15:00 Felix Pfeiffer (Helmholtz Institut Münster), 'Interphase Characterization on High-Voltage LIB Electrodes via Advanced Operando Raman Spectroscopy'

15:00 → 15:20 Łukasz Kondracki (PSI) 'Superstructure-Suppressed Oxygen Evolution in Co-free Materials for Na-ion Batteries'

15:20 → 16:00 Break

16:00 → 16:40 Invited Talk: Prof. Dr. Alejandro Franko, University of Picardie Jules Verne, France 'ARTISTIC: An AI-based Digital Twin for Battery Manufacturing Optimization'

16:40 → 17:00 Akihiro Yamashita (Forschungszentrum Jülich) 'Unsupervised learning of performance factors of lithium-ion battery cells from cycle data'

17:00 → 17:20 Beñat Larrarte (CIDETEC) 'Bridging the Gap: Combining Machine Learning and Physics-Based Models for Battery Lifetime Prediction'

17:20 → 18:30 Travel to Baden: Bus 357 leaving from PSI West at 17:44 and 18:00

Bus 357
Leaving from PSI West at 17:44 and 18:00

18:30 → 21:30 Conference dinner

Wednesday 20 September

09:00 → 09:05 Opening of the day 3

09:05 → 09:45 Industry Day: Dr. Matthew Lacey, Senior Engineer, Scania, Sweden 'Heterogeneity in Lithium-ion Battery Degradation — an Industry Perspective'

09:45 → 10:15 Industry Day: Dr. Sungbin Park, Director of Technology Strategy, LG Energy Solutions, Korea 'The Momentum of the Future: Lithium-based Next-Generation Batteries on LG Energy Solution'

10:15 → 10:55 Break

10:55 → 11:25 Industry Day: Dr. Ahmet Oguz Tezel, Director Materials & Electrochemistry, Freyr, Norway 'Commercializing Semi-Solid Battery Technology'

11:25 → 11:55 Industry Day: Dr. Laurent Zinck, Chief Scientist, Innolith, Switzerland 'Lithium-ion Batteries Powered by Inorganic Electrolyte'

11:55 → 12:05 Poster award 2023

12:05 → 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 → 17:10 Joint iBAT/Swissmem session: value proposition of Swiss industry to battery gigafactories

13:30 → 14:00 Marcel Suhner, Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. 'Sulzer – New Solutions for Battery Technology'

14:00 → 14:30 Dr. Ralf Weinekötter, Gericke AG 'Advanced Processing of Fine Particles for the Production of Battery Cells'

14:30 → 15:00 Clemens Disch, Mathis AG 'Drying Technologies by Werner Mathis AG'

15:00 → 15:40 Break

15:40 → 16:10 Lionel Bibollet, Bühler Group, Switzerland and Dr. Edouard Querel, Empa, Switzerland 'Assessment of High-Mass-Loading NMC and Graphite Electrodes Produced via Dry Electrode Manufacturing'

16:10 → 16:40 Dr. Kumar Yalamanchili, Oerlikon Surface Solutions, Switzerland 'Advancing the Lithium-Ion Battery: Oerlikon Surface Solution Capabilities and Development Initiatives in the Value Chain'

16:40 → 17:10 Stefan Baumann, Agathon AG, Switzerland 'Agathon AG Precision-Parts'

17:10 → 17:30 Closing Conference