Join us on 11 May to learn about the most promising up-and-coming technologies in battery design

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Batteries have come a long way from their humble beginnings. But what will tomorrow’s batteries bring? As the world’s energy demands grow, so will the need for increased energy density, updated safety and improved sustainability. What technological advancements have the potential to bring about these changes?

Work has already begun in the form of sodium-ion and lithium-sulfur batteries – two technologies designed to reduce production costs by using affordable and widely-available materials. Lithium-sulfur batteries are thought to be more efficient than the traditional lithium-ion batteries, but more susceptible to corrosion. Sodium-ion batteries, on the other hand, can only store about two-thirds the amount of energy as lithium-ion, but what they lack in energy density they make up for in a reduced fire risk and better performance at low temperatures.

During this webinar we will:

  • Explore sodium-ion and lithium-sulfur development from materials to device
  • Discuss the latest battery technologies that may power our future, evaluating the trade-offs between sustainability and performance
  • Address the ever-increasing drive toward higher-energy-density technologies, often associated with lithium metal-based anodes

Sylwia Waluś

Portrait of Sylwia Waluś, research programme manager at the Faraday Institution

Sylwia Waluś is a research programme manager at the Faraday Institution, UK, a role she has held since 2021. She manages a portfolio of research programmes focused on next-generation battery technologies, including lithium-sulfur and solid-state systems, as well as key aspects of Li-ion batteries such as degradation and modelling. She earned her PhD from CEA and Université Grenoble Alpes, France, specialising in Li-S chemistry. She subsequently spent nearly six years at OXIS Energy Ltd. (UK), advancing Li-S technology in a commercial setting. She holds a European MSc (MESC) awarded through the Alistore-ERI network.

 

Magda Titirici

Portrait of Magda Titirici, professor of sustainable energy materials at Imperial College London

Magda earned her PhD from the University of Dortmund, Germany, and completed her habilitation at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces/University of Potsdam. She moved to the UK in 2013 as a reader at Queen Mary University of London and was promoted to full professor a year later. In 2019, she joined Imperial College London as chair in sustainable energy materials. She has held visiting positions in Japan, Sweden, and Romania. Her research focuses on sustainable materials for batteries beyond Li-ion and electrocatalysis, including biomass oxidation and O2/N2/CO2 reduction. She has been a Highly Cited Researcher since 2018.

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