Parallel Sessions

09:45-09:50 | Welcome from chair, Mona Faraji-Niri, University of Warwick
09:50-10:05 | Abbey Jarvis, University of Birmingham – Phase selective leaching and direct recycling of quality control rejected and end of life cathode materials
10:05-10:15 | Sarat Alabidun, Imperial College London – Studying Binder–Electrolyte influence on the solid electrolyte interphase in sodium ion batteries
10:15-10:25 | Liam Bird, University of Oxford – Investigating the potential of gold nanoparticles in high energy density lithium-sulfur cathodes
10:25-10:35 | Chris Cook, University of Lancaster – Investigating local structure in disordered rocksalt cathode materials
10:35-10:50 | Break
10:50-11:00 | Jennifer Hartley, University of Leicester – The benefits of collaboration
11:00-11:10 | Rasheed Ibrahim, University of Edinburgh – Data-driven models for battery health prognostics
11:10-11:20 | Alexis Manche, University of St Andrews – The challenge of the polyanionic redox behaviour in oxalates as cathode materials for Na-ion batteries
11:20-11:30 | Sanghamitra Moharana, University of Warwick – Investigating battery degradation using Plasma-FIB
11:30-11:45 | Break
11:45-11:55 | Mengnan Wang, Imperial College London – Lignin-derived Mesoporous Carbon for Sodium-Ion Batteries
11:55-12:05 | James Quirk, Newcastle University – Modelling Ionic Conductivity at Grain Boundaries in Solid Electrolytes
12:05-12:10 | Nithin Chandra Toom, University of York – Advance Battery Health Prognostics through Physics-Based Models and Drive Profile Sensitivity Analysis
12:10-12:15 | Stephen Hoy, University of Oxford – Teaching Quantum Physics to a Computer – Glassy Electrolyte Modelling using Machine Learning
12:15-12:20 | Mengjun Gong, Imperial College London – Understanding Sulfur Reaction Mechanisms in Li-S Batteries: Electrokinetic Insights Through Cyclic Voltammetry in Coin Cells and Rotating Disk Electrodes
12:20-12:25 | Chair wrap up

09:45-09:50 | Welcome from chair, Sean Scott, University of Leicester
09:50-10:05 | Camilla Tacconis, University of Cambridge – Mössbauer Spectroscopy: An effective tool for Investigating Redox Reactions in Battery Materials
10:05-10:15 | Magdalena Muhr, University of Nottingham – Organosulfur-based Additives for Li-S Batteries
10:15-10:25 | Mark Blyth, University of Bristol – When batteries aren’t homogenous: making the case for spatially aware electrothermal models
10:25-10:35 | Joel Jr Cabanero, University of St Andrews – Sodium organic dicarboxylate/hard carbon composites as negative electrode materials for sodium-ion batteries
10:35-10:50 | Break
10:50-11:00 | Ana Carolina Coutinho Dutra, Newcastle University – Defect Chemistry and Ion Transport in Low-Dimensional-Networked Li-Rich Anti-Perovskites as Solid Electrolytes for Solid-State Batteries
11:00-11:10 | Alex Green, University of Birmingham – Structural and Electrochemical Insights into Novel Nb7Ti1.5Mo1.5O25 Anodes for High Power Li-ion Batteries
11:10-11:20 | Kawa Manmi, University of Warwick – SImplified Model for the SEI formation at Low C-Rate
11:20-11:30 | Yuankai Ren, Imperial College London – Layer-resolved metallic plating characterisation using full-waveform ultrasonic inversion
11:30-11:45 | Break
11:45-11:55 | Hamza Mohamed, University of Sheffield – DEM Modelling of Dry Powder Spreading Additive Manufacturing for Battery Production
11:55-12:05 | Puritut Nakhanivej, University of Warwick – Lithium Iron Phosphate Reference Electrodes for Detecting Early Signatures of Failure of Lithium Ion Batteries
12:05-12:15 | Simon O’Kane, Imperial College London – Lithium-ion battery degradation: the missing piece in validation
12:15-12:20 | Shadeepa Karunarathne, Bournemouth University – In-situ grafted defects-rich NiCoP/NiCo2O4 hybrid on Ni foam as bifunctional catalysts for high performing Li- Air batteries
12:20-12:25 | Chunhong Lei, University of Leicester – Collaboration with other people inside and outside academic make a project success
12:25-12:30 | Chair wrap up

09:45-09:50 | Welcome from chair, Pooja Kumari, University of Warwick
09:50-10:05 | Alice Llewellyn, UCL – In-Situ Bragg Coherent Diffraction Imaging of NMC811 Electrodes
10:05-10:20 | James Steele, University of Cambridge – Bulk and Local Structural Evolution During Electrochemical Cycling in NaNiO2
10:20-10:30 | Darren Ould, University of Cambridge – Electrolyte Design and Synthesis for Sodium-ion Batteries
10:30-10:40 | Chantal Baer, University of Warwick – Hopping through the interfaces: a computational study of Li-metal//Li-argyrodite interfaces
10:40-10:55 | Break
10:55-11:05 | Ma’d El-Dalahmeh, Newcastle University – Data-driven decision making tool for the second life application of lithium-ion battery
11:05-11:15 | Sophie Kempston, University of Warwick – What does a “sustainable” battery supply chain look like for UK electric vehicles? Co-creating a framework with stakeholders, from mining through to end of life.
11:15-11:25 | Chikesiri Imediegwu, Imperial College London – Pushing the frontier of battery performance by controlling electrode nanoarchitecture
11:25-11:35 | Misbah Mumtaz, University of Sheffield – Electrochemical performance of transition metal doped LiNiO2 cathodes for LIBs
11:35-11:50 | Break
11:50-12:00 | Michael Metzler, University of Oxford – Impact of Dry Processing and Slurry Casting on the Properties of Separators for Solid-State Batteries
12:00-12:10 | Lizzy Olisa, Imperial College London – What is missing from current lithium-sulfur models that would enable coin-cell behaviour to accurately be predicted?
12:10-12:20 | Marcus Tuchel, University of Birmingham – Exploring SEI formation mechanisms using intermittent current interruption (ICI)
12:20-12:25 | Chair wrap up

09:45-09:50 | Welcome from chair, Nicola Courtier, University of Oxford
09:50-10:05 | Nicole Melzack, University of Southampton – Let me in: barriers to academia and how we can make our community more inclusive and accessible
10:05-10:20 | Brady Planden, University of Oxford – PyBOP: A Python Framework for Battery Model Optimisation and Parameterisation
10:20-10:30 | Muhammad Ans, University of Warwick – Optimising LiNiO2 slurry preparation: The catalyst for superior battery performance
10:30-10:40 | Alice Beardmore, University of Cambridge – Novel Borate Electrolytes for Sodium-ion Batteries: Characterisation of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase on Hard Carbon Anodes
10:40-10:55 | Break
10:55-11:05 | Joel Cardoso, University of Lancaster – Calcium and fluorine co-doped sodium iron layeres oxides as cathodes for sodium-ion batteries
11:05-11:15 | Ashok Menon, University of Warwick – Quantifying the kinetics of electrochemical degradation in single-crystalline NMC811–Graphite pouch cells
11:15-11:25 | Beth Murdock, Imperial College London – Improving the cycling stability of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathodes for LIBs
11:25-11:35 | Kieran Mylrea, University of Cambridge – Tracking Self-Discharge in ‘Anode-Less’ Li Metal Batteries
11:35-11:50 | Break
11:50-12:00 | Yang Tu, Imperial College London – Influence of concentration-dependent material properties on the fracture and debonding of electrode particles with core-shell structures
12:00-12:10 | James Simon, University of Cambridge – Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy method development for a safer battery
12:10-12:20 | Gaurav Singh, UCL – DFN Model for Safe and Efficient Battery Application in the Aerospace Sector
12:20-12:25 | Chair wrap up