2025 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit
Symposium CH02-Understanding the Interfacial Dynamics of Energy-Related Materials Through Multiscale Characterization and Modeling
Understanding the dynamics of material interfaces in energy conversion and storage applications is essential for the development of new energy materials for a sustainable energy economy. However, monitoring in situ energy and mass transport, as well as materials transformation at complex heterogeneous interfaces during device operation, has been a long-standing challenge. Recent advances in characterization techniques (microscopy, scattering, and spectroscopy) and simulation tools have allowed us to probe, model, and validate interfacial processes in energy-related materials across various length and time scales. For example, the development of cryogenic transmission electron microscopy has enabled the direct investigation of solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) in working batteries at the atomic scale. Operando X-ray characterization techniques have proven effective in uncovering new transformation pathways in materials at the electrodes during battery cycling.
This symposium focuses on recent advances in multiscale characterization techniques and the integration of characterization and modeling approaches for studying fundamental interfacial processes in materials for energy applications. We aim to bring together researchers who are at the forefront of developing and using advanced characterization methods to study interfaces such as solid-solid, solid-gas, solid-liquid, solid-polymer, and polymer-liquid in areas including batteries, fuel cells, CO2 conversion, and perovskite solar cells. Contributions that demonstrate multimodal characterization (e.g., correlative imaging) and integrate characterization and modeling are particularly welcome. By providing a platform for participants from diverse characterization and theoretical backgrounds, we aspire to facilitate knowledge exchange, inspire novel ideas, and foster advancements in the realm of characterization methods for material interfaces in energy conversion and storage.
This symposium focuses on recent advances in multiscale characterization techniques and the integration of characterization and modeling approaches for studying fundamental interfacial processes in materials for energy applications. We aim to bring together researchers who are at the forefront of developing and using advanced characterization methods to study interfaces such as solid-solid, solid-gas, solid-liquid, solid-polymer, and polymer-liquid in areas including batteries, fuel cells, CO2 conversion, and perovskite solar cells. Contributions that demonstrate multimodal characterization (e.g., correlative imaging) and integrate characterization and modeling are particularly welcome. By providing a platform for participants from diverse characterization and theoretical backgrounds, we aspire to facilitate knowledge exchange, inspire novel ideas, and foster advancements in the realm of characterization methods for material interfaces in energy conversion and storage.
Topics will include:
- In situ/operando/cryogenic microscopy characterization of energy material interfaces
- Synchrotron and X-ray characterization of energy material interfaces
- Correlative imaging methods
- Theoretical frameworks, modeling, and simulations of electrochemical interfaces
- Interface dynamics: Mass and energy transport across soft and hard matter interfaces
Invited Speakers:
- Martin Bazant (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
- Eva Bladt (DENSsolutions, Netherlands)
- Karen Chen-Wiegart (Stony Brook University, USA)
- Miaofang Chi (Duke University, USA)
- Elke Debroye (KU Leuven, Belgium)
- Heiner Friedrich (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
- Kelsey Hatzell (Princeton University, USA)
- Kai He (University of California, Irvine, USA)
- Enyuan Hu (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
- Katherine Jungjohann (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA)
- Erik Kjeang (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
- Serin Lee (Stanford University, USA)
- Yuzhang Li (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
- Janine Mauzeroll (McGill University, Canada)
- Layla Mehdi (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom)
- Kristian Molhave (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
- Joe Patterson (University of California, Irvine, USA)
- Dan Steingart (Columbia University, USA)
- Jian Xie (Purdue University, USA)
- Yao Yang (Cornell University, USA)
- Andrzej Żak (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland)
- Minghao Zhang (The University of Chicago, USA)
- Dan Zhou (Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth, Germany)
Symposium Organizers
Hanglong Wu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
USA
Alessandro Ianiro
KU Leuven
Belgium
Fei Xiao
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong
Hongkui Zheng
DENSsolutions
Netherlands
Topics
energy storage
in situ
interface
modeling
multiscale
operando
spectroscopy
transmission electron microscopy (TEM)