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SUMMARY:IMX Seminar Series - Innovating the Batteries of the Future
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Corsin Battaglia\, EMPA/ETH/EPFL\nLithium-ion batteries 
 are currently driving the transition to electric mobility and the integrat
 ion of renewable energies into the electric grid. In my presentation\, I w
 ill provide an overview of recent advances in increasing the energy densit
 y and cycle life of next-generation lithium-ion batteries and recent effor
 ts in reducing the environmental footprint of battery cell manufacturing a
 nd recycling [1-4]. I will then focus on recent developments and current c
 hallenges in the field of solid-state batteries. Solid-state batteries wit
 h lithium metal anodes promise to deliver an increase in energy density on
  cell level of up to 60% and consequently raise high expectations in the a
 utomotive and aviation industry [5-6]. We recently demonstrated a solid el
 ectrolyte based on a polymerized ionic liquid offering high\nionic conduct
 ivity of almost 1 mS/cm at room temperature\, low gravimetric density 1.6 
 g/cm3\, high thermal and oxidative stability\, stability vs lithium metal\
 , soft mechanical properties\, compatibility with solution processing\, an
 d potential for low cost\, offering a promising pathway to a competitive s
 olid-state battery technology [8-9].\n[1] W. Zhao et al. Small\, 2022\, 21
 07357\n[2] W. Zhao et al. Materials Today Energy\, 2023\, 34\, 101301\n[3]
  K. Egorov et al. ACS Appl. Materials and Interfaces\, 2023\, 15\, 20075\n
 [4] S. Liu et al. Batteries and Supercaps\, 2023\, 6\, e20230022\n[5] R. G
 rissa et al. ACS Appl. Materials and Interfaces\, 2022\, 14\, 46001\n[6] H
 . Braun et al. ACS Energy Lett.\, available online 10.1021/acsenergylett.3
 c02117\n[7] C. Fu et al. Adv. Energy Materials\, 2022\, 242\, 475\n[8] G. 
 Homann et al. submitted\n\nBio: Corsin Battaglia is directing the laborato
 ry Materials for Energy Conversion at Empa\, the Swiss Federal Laboratorie
 s of Materials Science and is Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering 
 at ETH Zurich and Adjunct Professor of Materials Science at EPFL. His curr
 ent research focuses on sustainable next-generation lithium-ion batteries\
 , post-lithium-ion batteries\, and the electrochemical conversion of CO2 t
 o synthetic fuels. After receiving his PhD in Physics from the Université
  de Neuchâtel\, he was a postdoctoral researcher at EPFL\, the University
  of California Berkeley\, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories\, be
 fore joining Empa in 2014. He is co-author of more than 150 peer-reviewed 
 scientific publications and 7 patent applications. He is currently the vic
 e-president of the Swiss Battery Association iBAT and a member of the long
 -term large-scale European Battery Initiative Battery 2030+ and the Batter
 y European Partnership Association.
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