Scientific Organisers

Marco di Michiel, ESRF
Jakub Drnec, ESRF
Francois Lienard, ESRF
Marta Mirolo, ESRF

Sandrine Lyonnard, CEA Grenoble, France (Hub)
Xaver Brems, CEA-IRIG Grenoble, France (Hub)
Lise Daniel, CEA-LITEN/DEHT Grenoble, France (Hub)

Barbara Fayard, Novitom, France (UOC representative)
Stefan Kowarik, Karl-Franzens-University, Graz, Austria (UOC representative)

Keynote Speakers

Matteo Bianchini, Bayreuth University, Germany
Daniel Rettenwander, NTNU, Norway
Christel Laberty, Sorbonne University, France
 
Administrative Assistants Sonya Girodon
Jeanette Godefroy
Contact udm4-um26@esrf.fr
Venue EMBL Seminar room

Programme

SCOPE

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Batteries are complex electrochemical energy storage devices where many processes take place at all scales during the charge and discharge cycles. Probing these phenomena in real-time with sufficient spatiotemporal resolutions is key to understand what limits battery performance and to accelerate the discovery of novel materials and technologies. At ESRF, the European Battery Hub explores novel methodologies towards standardized, reproducible and representative x-ray experiments and multi-techniques workflows.

The community-driven scientific program is focused on Na-ion batteries (NiB) and solid-state batteries (SSB) and performed on 6 core beamlines – ID20, ID26, ID31, 1D13, ID16b, BM32. The UDM4 will discuss current scientific and technical challenges in the field of NiB/SSB and present the Hub concept and structure, e.g. its governance model, beamtime allocation scheme and community-tools developments (port-folio of custom battery cells, standards & protocols, data analysis pipelines). Some key recent achievements will be shown, showcasing the path towards a more holistic understanding of reaction and degradation mechanisms at particle, component and cell levels. Visions for the future and current needs in battery characterization will be discussed to highlight next challenges at ESRF for the battery users community.