Name: SWISS BATTERY DAYS 2025
Start: 2025-08-25T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-08-27T19:20:00+02:00
Location: ETH Main Building

SWISS BATTERY DAYS 2025

from Monday, 25 August 2025 (09:00) to Wednesday, 27 August 2025 (19:20)

Monday, 25 August 2025

12:00 Lunch and Registration

12:00 - 13:00
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

13:00 Opening of SWISS BATTERY DAYS 2025: Welcome
Welcome
13:00 - 13:10
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

13:10 Invited Talk: Prof. Clare Grey "New experimental methods for battery materials: probing function on different time and lengthscales"
Prof. Clare Grey "New experimental methods for battery materials: probing function on different time and lengthscales"
13:10 - 13:50
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

13:50 Rekha Narayan 'Synchronous Surface Stabilization and In-situ Remediation of Lithium Residuals to Suppress Gassing from Ni-rich Cathodes: An Operando Gas Evolution Study'
Rekha Narayan 'Synchronous Surface Stabilization and In-situ Remediation of Lithium Residuals to Suppress Gassing from Ni-rich Cathodes: An Operando Gas Evolution Study'
13:50 - 14:10

14:10 Leon Skarjan 'Towards high-sensitivity isotope-enhanced imaging of lithium battery interphases by neutron capture methodology'
Leon Skarjan 'Towards high-sensitivity isotope-enhanced imaging of lithium battery interphases by neutron capture methodology'
14:10 - 14:30
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

14:30 Break
Break
14:30 - 15:10
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

15:10 Invited Talk: Prof. Birger Horstmann 'Chemo-Mechanical SEI Model for Silicon Electrodes'
Prof. Birger Horstmann 'Chemo-Mechanical SEI Model for Silicon Electrodes'
15:10 - 15:50
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

15:50 Mingliang Liu 'Li2S Growth Regulation at the Solid-Liquid Interface in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries'
Mingliang Liu 'Li2S Growth Regulation at the Solid-Liquid Interface in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries'
15:50 - 16:10
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

16:10 YeonJu Kim 'A Strategy to Prevent Fluorine-Induced Transition Metal Dissolution in Lithium- Ion Batteries'
YeonJu Kim 'A Strategy to Prevent Fluorine-Induced Transition Metal Dissolution in Lithium- Ion Batteries'
16:10 - 16:30
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

16:30 Poster Session and Apéro

16:30 - 19:00
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)
Tuesday, 26 August 2025

09:00 Opening of the day 2
Opening of the day 2
09:00 - 09:05
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

09:05 Invited Talk: Prof. Jeff Sakamoto 'Mechano‐electrochemical phenomena at ceramic electrolyte interfaces'
Prof. Jeff Sakamoto 'Mechano‐electrochemical phenomena at ceramic electrolyte interfaces'
09:05 - 09:45
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

09:45 Linfeng Xu 'Operando X-ray Computed Tomography of Lithium Plating and Stripping in Zero-Excess Lithium Metal Solid-State Batteries'
Linfeng Xu 'Operando X-ray Computed Tomography of Lithium Plating and Stripping in Zero-Excess Lithium Metal Solid-State Batteries'
09:45 - 10:05
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

10:05 Julian F. Baumgärtner 'A Highly Conductive Halospinel Cathode for All-Solid-State Batteries'
Julian F. Baumgärtner 'A Highly Conductive Halospinel Cathode for All-Solid-State Batteries'
10:05 - 10:25
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

10:25 Break
Break
10:25 - 11:05
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

11:05 Joel Casella 'Thin-film Me-Li-F conversion cathodes for high-energy solid-state batteries'
Joel Casella 'Thin-film Me-Li-F conversion cathodes for high-energy solid-state batteries'
11:05 - 11:25
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

11:25 Nicolas Rospars 'Lithium Metal Anodes For Next Generation Batteries'
Nicolas Rospars 'Lithium Metal Anodes For Next Generation Batteries'
11:25 - 11:45
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

11:45 Photo

11:45 - 12:00
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:20
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

13:20 Invited Talk: Prof. Ivana Hasa 'On the Role of Morphological Changes as the Origin of Improved Cycling Stability of Sn-based Anodes for Sodium-ion Batteries'
Prof. Ivana Hasa 'On the Role of Morphological Changes as the Origin of Improved Cycling Stability of Sn-based Anodes for Sodium-ion Batteries'
13:20 - 14:00
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

14:00 Maryam Chattabi 'Development and characterization of a high-performance layered oxide for sodium-ion batteries'
Maryam Chattabi 'Development and characterization of a high-performance layered oxide for sodium-ion batteries'
14:00 - 14:20
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

14:20 Julita Tabor 'Optimizing Aqueous Zn Metal Batteries: Understanding Co-Salt Effects on Zn²⁺ Transference and Deposition'
Julita Tabor 'Optimizing Aqueous Zn Metal Batteries: Understanding Co-Salt Effects on Zn²⁺ Transference and Deposition'
14:20 - 14:40
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

14:40 Shruti Hariyani 'Interplay between Stereochemically Active Lone Pair Repulsions, Sigma Hole Interactions, and Delocalized Redox Processes in Topochemical Fluoride-Ion Insertion'
Shruti Hariyani 'Interplay between Stereochemically Active Lone Pair Repulsions, Sigma Hole Interactions, and Delocalized Redox Processes in Topochemical Fluoride-Ion Insertion'
14:40 - 15:00
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

15:00 Break
Break
15:00 - 15:40
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

15:40 Invited Talk: Dr. Margret Wohlfahrt-Mehrens
Dr. Margret Wohlfahrt-Mehrens
15:40 - 16:20
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

16:20 Pei Sun 'Solvent-Free Electrode Manufacturing for Next-Generation Batteries: A DEM Study on Extrusion Process'
Pei Sun 'Solvent-Free Electrode Manufacturing for Next-Generation Batteries: A DEM Study on Extrusion Process'
16:20 - 16:40
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

16:40 Edouard Quérel 'Industrial dry coating of NMC battery electrodes enabled by continuous extrusion mixing'
Edouard Quérel 'Industrial dry coating of NMC battery electrodes enabled by continuous extrusion mixing'
16:40 - 17:00
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

17:00 Guillaume Matthews 'Unravelling the origin of particle fracture in solvent-free electrodes for Li-ion batteries'
Guillaume Matthews 'Unravelling the origin of particle fracture in solvent-free electrodes for Li-ion batteries'
17:00 - 17:20
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

17:20 Exhibitor pitches
Exhibitor pitches
17:20 - 17:50
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

17:50 Travel to restaurant
Travel to restaurant
17:50 - 19:00
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

19:00 Conference dinner

19:00 - 22:00
Wednesday, 27 August 2025

09:00 Opening of the day 3
Opening of the day 3
09:00 - 09:05
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

09:05 Xiaohan Wu (Porsche Consulting) 'Gamechanger Solid-State-Battery: Impact of a breakthrough on the powertrain portfolio 2040'
Xiaohan Wu (Porsche Consulting) 'Gamechanger Solid-State-Battery: Impact of a breakthrough on the powertrain portfolio 2040'
09:05 - 09:45
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

09:45 Aleš Štefančič (Belenos Clean Power Holding) 'Investigation of interfacial reactions and end-of-life of Li metal batteries by utilizing post-mortem analysis''
Aleš Štefančič (Belenos Clean Power Holding) 'Investigation of interfacial reactions and end-of-life of Li metal batteries by utilizing post-mortem analysis''
09:45 - 10:05
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

10:05 Tian Liu (FPT Motorenforschung,) 'Advancing Battery Module for Commercial Vehicle Applications'
Tian Liu (FPT Motorenforschung,) 'Advancing Battery Module for Commercial Vehicle Applications'
10:05 - 10:25
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

10:25 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:25 - 11:05
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

11:05 Andreas Schiller (Fluxim AG) 'Physics-Based Modelling of Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy for the Characterization of Lithium-Ion Batteries'
Andreas Schiller (Fluxim AG) 'Physics-Based Modelling of Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy for the Characterization of Lithium-Ion Batteries'
11:05 - 11:25
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

11:25 Carolin Nothof (Math2Market) 'Microstructure matters: Accelerating battery innovation with digital experiments” from (old) 'Why analyzing and understanding the microstructure of a battery is important – and how digital experiments can contribute''
Carolin Nothof (Math2Market) 'Microstructure matters: Accelerating battery innovation with digital experiments” from (old) 'Why analyzing and understanding the microstructure of a battery is important – and how digital experiments can contribute''
11:25 - 11:45
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

11:45 Poster award 2025

11:45 - 12:00
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

12:00 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:00 - 13:20
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

13:20 Swiss Battery Association iBAT session
Swiss Battery Association iBAT session
13:20 - 16:30
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

Welcome

13:20 - 13:30
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

13:30 Richard Bouveret (Blue Solutions) 'Battery industrial scale-up challenges and business trends in Europe and beyond'
Richard Bouveret (Blue Solutions) 'Battery industrial scale-up challenges and business trends in Europe and beyond'
13:30 - 14:10
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

14:10 Laura Höltschi (Leclanché) 'Large-scale production of PFAS-free water-based binder electrodes for Li-ion cells'
Laura Höltschi (Leclanché) 'Large-scale production of PFAS-free water-based binder electrodes for Li-ion cells'
14:10 - 14:30
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

14:30 Huikyong Kim (Imerys Graphite and Carbon) 'Conductive Additives for Lithium Ion Batteries'
Huikyong Kim (Imerys Graphite and Carbon) 'Conductive Additives for Lithium Ion Batteries'
14:30 - 14:50
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

14:50 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
14:50 - 15:30
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

15:30 Giulio Ferraresi (Hilti) 'Emerging Battery Innovation Driving the Future of Power Tools
Giulio Ferraresi (Hilti) 'Emerging Battery Innovation Driving the Future of Power Tools
15:30 - 15:50
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

15:50 Laurent Zinck (Inolith) 'Non-flammable Inorganic Electrolyte with high voltage stability for Li-ion batteries'
Laurent Zinck (Inolith) 'Non-flammable Inorganic Electrolyte with high voltage stability for Li-ion batteries'
15:50 - 16:10
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

16:10 Jiri Nohava (Anton Paar) 'Mechanical Characterization of Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes: Fast and Reliable Methods for Adhesion and Compression Assessment'
Jiri Nohava (Anton Paar) 'Mechanical Characterization of Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes: Fast and Reliable Methods for Adhesion and Compression Assessment'
16:10 - 16:30
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

16:30 Conference Wrap-up

16:30 - 16:50
Room: HG E 3 (Hörsaal)

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