The Batteries GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.
This seminar will emphasize the critical role of "crosstalk"—a term drawn from battery side reactions—to highlight the interconnected nature of battery components and research disciplines. Just as transition metal dissolution from the cathode impacts the anode through the electrolyte, breakthroughs in battery technology arise from dynamic collaboration across academia, industry, national labs, and global institutions. These cross-disciplinary efforts are essential for advancing battery performance, energy security, and supply chain resilience in the evolving global energy landscape.
We will explore how leveraging crosstalk—between battery components, research methods, and scientific communities—can drive innovation. This includes integrating theoretical, machine learning (ML), and experimental approaches across different length scales (atomic to device level) and timescales (seconds to cycles to lifetime) to better understand degradation and performance from materials to devices to systems.
Specifically, we will highlight the synergy between: 1. Theoretical methods such as Density Functional Theory (DFT), Molecular Dynamics (MD), Phase-field, and P2D models 2. Autonomous experimentation and materials discovery using machine learning and automation 3. Advanced experimental techniques, including in situ 2D (x,y or y,z) and 3D (x,y,z) operando (time-resolved) characterization
We’ll dive into emerging correlative and simultaneous multi-probe approaches, such as: 1. Simultaneous or correlative neutron and X-ray 3D imaging diagnostics 2. In situ X-ray imaging guided diffraction 3. Dual neutron and muon probes for investigating interfacial degradation in batteries
This seminar will emphasize not only crosstalk between battery components but also crosstalk between experimentalists, modelers, and theorists — promoting unprecedented collaboration across disciplines and institutions to drive the next wave of battery science and technology.
We’ll examine how these approaches apply to Li-ion, solid-state, anode-free, conversion chemistries, and earth-abundant batteries (e.g., Na, Mg, etc.) across diverse applications: transportation, aviation, submarines, grid-scale energy storage, and stationary systems. Breaking down silos and fostering interdisciplinary cooperation — among academia, industry, and national labs, and across global battery centers — is essential. Achieving global energy security and technological leadership is not possible alone. We need crosstalk to succeed.
The seminar will feature approximately 10 talks and 2 poster sessions. All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS, either by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster. Therefore, all applications must include an abstract.
Gordon Research Seminars are 2-day meetings which take place on the Saturday and Sunday just prior to the start of the associated GRC. The GRS opens with a 1-hour introductory session on Saturday afternoon, followed by a poster session, dinner and a 2-hour session in the evening. Sunday morning begins with breakfast and is followed by another 2-hour session, a second poster session, and lunch. A final 1-hour session takes place just after lunch, and the associated GRC begins later that evening.
