Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Challenges and Progress in Modelling of Batteries and Battery Materials
Discussion Leaders: Ananya Balakrishna (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) and Gregory Houchins (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:05 pm
Clement Bommier (Princeton University, USA)
"Reflections from the Long Run: A Comprehensive Look at Fading Mechanisms in Lithium Ion Batteries"
4:05 pm - 4:10 pm
Discussion
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm
Karun Kumar Rao (University of Houston, USA)
"Using Artificial Neural Networks to Model Diffusion Characteristics in Lithium Solid State Electrolytes"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Characterization of Structure, Composition, and Dynamics
Discussion Leaders: Asma Sharafi (Ford Motor Company, USA) and Guiliang Xu (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Marco Amores (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
"Fast Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Advanced Characterization of Li-Rich Complex Oxides for All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Anna Freiberg (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
"Capacity Fading of LiCoPO4 Cycled vs Lithium, Graphite, or LTO: Cross-Talk Phenomena for High-Voltage Cathode Materials"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Marshall Schroeder (U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA)
"Renewed Interest in Sulfone-Based Electrolytes for 5V Li-Ion Batteries"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Farjana Sonia (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India)
"Understanding the Lithiation/Delithiation Mechanism and Associated Integrity of Well-Ordered Graphenic Carbon Based Anode Materials for Li-Ion Battery"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Alexandra Stephan (Brown University, USA)
"Novel Operando X-Ray Imaging Modality Simultaneously Detects Meso and Nano Scale Changes in Unmodified Li-Ion Cells"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Rachel Carter (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA)
"Study of Lithium Dendritic Electrodeposition Under Thermal Gradients Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and In-Situ Optical Microscopy"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Battery Construction and Design
Discussion Leaders: Kevin Knehr (Princeton University, USA) and Rochelle Weber (Dalhousie University, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Julian Self (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
"Dielectric Properties of LiPF6 in Dimethyl Carbonate"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Joe Fleming (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
"Development and Evaluation of In-Situ Sensors for Li-Ion Cells"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Min Ah Lee (Stanford University, USA)
"High Energy and Sustainable Sodium-Organic Battery Using Sodium Rhodizonate"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Gladys Lopez Silva (Rice University, USA)
"Lithium Metal Batteries by Ejecting Lithium from Carbon Nanotubes"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Neng Xiao (The Ohio State University, USA)
"Reversible Dendrite-Free Potassium Plating and Stripping Electrochemistry for Potassium Secondary Batteries"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Susanne Cernak (Institute for Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
"Optimization of Lithium-Ion Batteries by the Means of 3D Simulations on the Microscale"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Testing of Batteries and Systems
Discussion Leader: Sophie Solchenbach (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Changcheng Liu (University of Science and Technology of China, China)
"An Experimental Study on Thermal Hazard of Carbonate Electrolytes Using a Cone Calorimeter"
1:45 pm - 1:50 pm
Discussion
1:50 pm - 2:05 pm
Alexander Louli (Dalhousie University, Canada)
"Probing the Irreversible Volume Expansion of Li-Ion Pouch Cells with In-Situ Pressure Measurements"
2:05 pm - 2:10 pm
Discussion
2:10 pm - 2:25 pm
Aashutosh Mistry (Purdue University, USA)
"Inverse Formulations for Consistent Thermo-Electro-Chemical Characterization of Li-Ion Batteries"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
