SWISS BATTERY DAYS 2025

25 Aug 2025, 09:00 → 27 Aug 2025, 19:20 Europe/Zurich

HG E 3 (Hörsaal) (ETH Main Building)

Sigita TRABESINGER (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

25-27 August 2025

PSI, Empa, and the Swiss Battery Association iBAT jointly organize the Swiss Battery Days taking place on 25-27 of August 2025 at ETH Zurich.

The aim of the event is to provide young 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 and beyond. 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. As always, the last day of the conference is dedicated to the industry relevant topics.

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

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Conference Chairs

Dr. Sigita Trabesinger (Chair)

Prof. Dr. Corsin Battaglia (Vice chair)

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Organising Committee

Dr. Sigita Trabesinger, PSI

Dr. Mario El Kazzi, PSI

Prof. Dr. Sarbajit Banerjee, PSI

Dr. Lukasz Kondracki, PSI

Ursula Ludgate, PSI

Irena Disic, PSI

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Scientific Committee

Dr. Sigita Trabesinger, PSI

Dr. Mario El Kazzi, PSI

Prof. Dr. Corsin Battaglia, Empa

Dr. David Reber, Empa

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International Advisory Board

Prof. Dr. Sir Stanley Wittingham, Binghamton University, NY, USA

Prof. Dr. Y. Shirley Meng, University of Chicago & Argon National Laboratory, IL, USA

Dr. Kang Xu, SES AI, MA, USA

Prof. Dr. Philipp Adelhelm, Humboldt-Universität Berlin & Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany

Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Baudrin, Université de Picardie Jules Verne & CNRS, France 

Prof. Dr. Jelena Popovic-Neuber, University of Stavanger, Norway

Directions to Swiss Battery Days at ETH.pdf

SWISS BATTERY DAYS 2025_Conference dinner_Venue.pdf

Abstract template SwissBatteryDays_Abstract_Template.docx

Monday 25 August

Lunch and Registration

Opening of SWISS BATTERY DAYS 2025: Welcome

Invited Talk: Prof. Clare Grey "New experimental methods for battery materials: probing function on different time and lengthscales"

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

2 Leon Skarjan 'Towards high-sensitivity isotope-enhanced imaging of lithium battery interphases by neutron capture methodology'

14:30 Break

Invited Talk: Prof. Birger Horstmann 'Chemo-Mechanical SEI Model for Silicon Electrodes'

3 Mingliang Liu 'Li2S Growth Regulation at the Solid-Liquid Interface in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries'

4 YeonJu Kim 'A Strategy to Prevent Fluorine-Induced Transition Metal Dissolution in Lithium- Ion Batteries'

Poster Session and Apéro

Tuesday 26 August

09:00 Opening of the day 2

Invited Talk: Prof. Jeff Sakamoto 'Mechano‐electrochemical phenomena at ceramic electrolyte interfaces'

5 Linfeng Xu 'Operando X-ray Computed Tomography of Lithium Plating and Stripping in Zero-Excess Lithium Metal Solid-State Batteries'

6 Julian F. Baumgärtner 'A Highly Conductive Halospinel Cathode for All-Solid-State Batteries'

10:25 Break

7 Joel Casella 'Thin-film Me-Li-F conversion cathodes for high-energy solid-state batteries'

8 Nicolas Rospars 'Lithium Metal Anodes For Next Generation Batteries'

Photo

12:00 Lunch

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'

9 Maryam Chattabi 'Development and characterization of a high-performance layered oxide for sodium-ion batteries'

10 Julita Tabor 'Optimizing Aqueous Zn Metal Batteries: Understanding Co-Salt Effects on Zn²⁺ Transference and Deposition'

11 Shruti Hariyani 'Interplay between Stereochemically Active Lone Pair Repulsions, Sigma Hole Interactions, and Delocalized Redox Processes in Topochemical Fluoride-Ion Insertion'

15:00 Break

Invited Talk: Dr. Margret Wohlfahrt-Mehrens

12 Pei Sun 'Solvent-Free Electrode Manufacturing for Next-Generation Batteries: A DEM Study on Extrusion Process'

13 Edouard Quérel 'Industrial dry coating of NMC battery electrodes enabled by continuous extrusion mixing'

14 Guillaume Matthews 'Unravelling the origin of particle fracture in solvent-free electrodes for Li-ion batteries'

15 Exhibitor pitches

17:50 Travel to restaurant

Conference dinner

Wednesday 27 August

09:00 Opening of the day 3

16 Xiaohan Wu (Porsche Consulting) 'Gamechanger Solid-State-Battery: Impact of a breakthrough on the powertrain portfolio 2040'

17 Aleš Štefančič (Belenos Clean Power Holding) 'Investigation of interfacial reactions and end-of-life of Li metal batteries by utilizing post-mortem analysis''

18 Tian Liu (FPT Motorenforschung,) 'Advancing Battery Module for Commercial Vehicle Applications'

10:25 Coffee Break

19 Andreas Schiller (Fluxim AG) 'Physics-Based Modelling of Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy for the Characterization of Lithium-Ion Batteries'

20 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''

Poster award 2025

12:00 Lunch break

21 Swiss Battery Association iBAT session

Welcome

22 Richard Bouveret (Blue Solutions) 'Battery industrial scale-up challenges and business trends in Europe and beyond'

23 Laura Höltschi (Leclanché) 'Large-scale production of PFAS-free water-based binder electrodes for Li-ion cells'

24 Huikyong Kim (Imerys Graphite and Carbon) 'Conductive Additives for Lithium Ion Batteries'

14:50 Coffee Break

25 Giulio Ferraresi (Hilti) 'Emerging Battery Innovation Driving the Future of Power Tools

26 Laurent Zinck (Inolith) 'Non-flammable Inorganic Electrolyte with high voltage stability for Li-ion batteries'

27 Jiri Nohava (Anton Paar) 'Mechanical Characterization of Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes: Fast and Reliable Methods for Adhesion and Compression Assessment'

Conference Wrap-up