Call for Papers

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This symposium will focus on key issues in beyond Li-ion electrochemical energy storage technologies based upon earth abundant, multivalent metals including Mg, Ca, Al, Fe, and Zn. The pressing need for both higher energy density and ultra-low cost storage devices has led to increased research effort worldwide in these alternative platforms. The materials chemistry challenges encountered are distinct from Li-ion but on familiar topics, including interfacial phenomena, reaction kinetics, solution speciation, and solid-state ion transport. Submissions that report on materials development or advances in characterization or modeling tools to reveal charge transport and reaction mechanisms and structure-property relationships in multivalent battery electrodes and electrolytes are encouraged.

All abstracts related to non-multivalent intercalation batteries, including Li-ion and Na-ion, should be submitted to the “Materials for Safe and Sustainable Electrochemical Energy Storage” symposium.

Topics will include:

• Electrodeposition and alloy formation of multivalent metal anodes
• Intercalation, conversion, and organic electrodes for multivalent ion storage
• Multivalent cation transport in electrolytes and electrodes
• Solid-electrolyte interface formation on multivalent metals
• Electrochemical stability of multivalent electrolytes
• Modeling and advanced characterization of charge transport and reactions
• Advanced spectroscopic tools applied for multivalent ion storage
• Novel chemistries and system designs

Invited Speakers:

• Chunmei Ban (Virginia Tech, USA)
• Debra Rolison (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA)
• Kang Xu (U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA)
• Yan Yao (University of Houston, USA)
• Liqiang Mai (Wuhan University of Technology, China)
• Chen Liao (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
• Elena Arroyo (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)
• Guanglei Cui (Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
• Robert Dominko (National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia)
• Maximilian Fichtner (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
• Juchen Guo (University of California, Riverside, USA)
• Patrik Johansson (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
• Robert Messinger (The City College of New York, USA)
• Rana Mohtadi (Toyota Research Institute of North America, USA)
• Yuri Nakayama (Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Japan)
• Alexandre Ponrouch (INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA, Spain)
• Kimberly See (California Institute of Technology, USA)
• John Vaughey (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
• Hyun Deog Yoo (Pusan National University, Republic of Korea)

Symposium Organizers