10:25-10:40 – I-Chuan Hsia, PhD Researcher, Imperial College London | Electrospun Free-Standing Lignin-Based Carbon Fibre Cathodes for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

10:40-10:50 – Miraslau Barabash, Research Fellow, University College London | Microstructure-Resolved 3D Modelling Framework for LiS Batteries 

10:50-11:00 – Julia Evans, PhD Researcher, Queen Mary University of London | Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectroscopy: Operando gas evolution measurements during Solid Electrolyte Interphase (SEI) formation  

11:00-11:10 – Hamidreza Farhadi Tolie, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Warwick | From Physics to Data: Explainable AI Linking Operando X-ray Diffraction to Electrochemical Cell Dynamics 

11:10-11:20 – Mirela Johnson, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Cambridge | Synthesis and analysis of new electrolytes for Na-ion batteries 

11:20-11:30 – Sion Lewis, PhD Researcher, UCL | Stable and reversible aluminium plating/stripping from chlorine-free organic electrolytes for aluminium-ion batteries

11:30-12:00 – BREAK

12:00-12:10 – Bhavini Patel, PhD Researcher, Imperial College London | Lignin-based Carbon Fibres for High-Performance Structural Batteries 

12:10-12:20 – Krupal Patel, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford | Voiding in solid-state battery: Is it like Cavitation?

12:20-12:30 – Chris Smith, PhD Researcher, University of Cambridge | United or Divided: An Investigation of Composite Cathodes

12:30-12:40 – Parvaneh Zare, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Bristol | Enhancing Confidence in Battery Models: Establishing a Thermal-Aware Framework for Standardised Validation

12:40-12:45 – Amey Gupta, PhD Researcher, University of Bristol | Characterising heterogeneous battery operation and its effect on pack configuration, thermal management and degradation for ultra-high power applications

12:45-12:50 – Dr Hira Fazal, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Birmingham | Sustainable Recovery and Reuse of Cathode Active Material from Scraps in Li-ion Batteries 

12:50-12:55 – Amy Winhammar, University of Cambridge | Demystifying Redox in Li-Rich Ruthenates

10:25-10:40 – Volkan Kumtepeli, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford | Depreciation cost alone is a poor proxy for revenue lost to ageing in grid battery energy storage optimisation

10:40-10:50 – Emmanuel Ifeanyi Agboba, PhD Researcher, King’s College London | Investigating Lithium-Ion Mobility in Polymer-Ceramic Electrolytes

10:50-11:00 – Laurence Beauregard, PhD Researcher, Imperial College London | Development of Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Structural Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

11:00-11:10 – Shunli He, PhD Researcher, University College London | Scalable Free-Standing Amorphous Solid Electrolyte Films for Advanced Lithium Batteries

11:10-11:20 – Fiyanshu Kaka, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford | What Impedes Fast Charging, and How Can Multilayer Cathodes Help?

11:20-11:30 – Shiyun Liu, PhD Researcher, University of Leeds | Characterization and Performance Evaluation of Commercial Sodium-ion Batteries

11:30-12:00 – BREAK

12:00-12:10 – Manoj Mayaji, Ovhal Research Fellow, University of Birmingham | Limiting Factors in Sodium-Ion Battery Anode: Mechanisms and Solutions

12:10-12:20 – Beatrice Ricci PhD Researcher University of Oxford & ICMAB-CSIC | Exploring the electrochemical and ion transport mechanisms in Mn-rich Li(Mn,Fe)PO4 electrode materials

12:20-12:30 – Michael Thielke, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Queen Mary University of London | Spinning Sulfur – Merging Inverse Vulcanisation with Electrospinning for High-Performance Cathodes

12:30-12:40 – Melissa White, PhD Researcher, University of Nottingham | Polyoxothiometalates as Molecular Mediators in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

12:40-12:50 – Ewelina Wiśniewska, PhD Researcher, University of Cambridge | Calcium Metal Anodes in Non-Aqueous Electrolytes: Understanding the Surface and Reversibility of Deposition

12:50-12:55 – Adam Codona, PhD Researcher, University College London | Sustainable Energy Storage: Direct recycling of alkaline batteries for zinc-based flow battery manufacture

10:25-10:40 – Jialin Gu, PhD Researcher, University College London | Operando Ellipsometry: New Insights into Charge-Storage Mechanisms and Volumetric Expansion in Complex Silicon Oxide-Based Materials

10:40-10:50 – Chantal Baer, PhD Researcher, University of Warwick | Atomic-level investigation of Li-metal/Li-Argyrodite interfaces using ab-initio methods and machine learning techniques

10:50-11:00 – Andrea Giudici Post Doctoral Research Fellow University of Oxford | Electrolyte movement-induced salt inhomogeneity in lithium-ion batteries

11:00-11:10 – Yuxiao Jin, PhD Researcher, University College London | Adaptive Pulse Fast Charging for Commercial Li-Ion Cells: Improving Cycle Life and Efficiency via Impedance Matching

11:10-11:20 – Rebecca Larner, PhD Researcher, University of Oxford | A novel polymer binder for dry processed graphite electrodes

11:20-11:30 – Huanxin Li, Research Fellow, University College London | A New Carbon Allotrope for Ultra-Fast Energy Storage: Graphene-P-phenyl-Graphene

11:30-12:00 – BREAK

12:00-12:10 – Max Parker, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Warwick University | Evolution of EIS spectra an equivalent circuit parameters in lead acid cells under partial state of charge regime

12:10-12:20 – Rui Qi, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford | Deciphering the S-redox process in Li-rich sulfide cathodes for Li-ion batteries

12:20-12:30 – Ali Raza, PhD Researcher, Coventry University | Design of Accelerated Ageing Tests: Ensuring Path Convergence with Normal Ageing

12:30-12:40 – Yi Wang, PhD Researcher, Queen Mary University of London | Woven Hierarchical Nanofiber Mats: Tailoring Interfacial Kinetics for Enhanced Redox Flow Battery Charge Transfer

12:40-12:50 – Zoe Wright, PhD Researcher, University of Oxford | Developing and Characterising High Power Layered Transition Metal Oxide Cathode Materials for Sodium-ion Batteries

12:50-12:55 – Shaan Bibi Jaffri, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Strathclyde | From characterization of materials to the testing of prototypes: progressing the conversion of heat to electricity in redox flow batteries

10:25-10:40 – Sven Mattus, PhD Researcher, Imperial College London | A Continuum Scale Model for Nickel Rich Cathode Degradation in Lithium-ion Batteries

10:40-10:50 – Mark Blyth, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Bristol | Thermal parameters fitted from electrical data enable lumped models of heterogeneous battery cells by predicting their effective temperature

10:50-11:00 – James Bulman, PhD Researcher, University of Bristol | Detecting Lithium Plating in Degraded LIBs through Electrochemical Diagnostics

11:00-11:10 – Maadri Amaaya Pathirana Kalawila Pathiranage, PhD Researcher, Queen Mary University of London | Textile-waste Derived Carbons for Application as Electrodes in Flow Batteries

11:10-11:20 – Aya Rageh, PhD Researcher, University of Bristol | Cradle-to-Use Life Cycle Assessment of Sodium-ion Batteries: The Role of Electricity Mix and Regional Production and Usage

11:20-11:30 – Phil Morris, PhD Researcher, University College London | Microstructure Resolved 3D Framework for Modelling Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Role of multispecies transport in solid phase

11:30-12:00 – BREAK

12:00-12:10 – Celia Rocton, PhD Researcher, University of Nottingham | Laboratory-scale manufactured electrodes: a comparative study of methods for organic-based sustainable batteries

12:10-12:20 – Xiaorui Shi, PhD Researcher, University of Cambridge | SEI evolution and sodium deposition mechanism in anode-free sodium batteries

12:20-12:30 – Rebecca Witte, PhD Researcher, University of Oxford | Enhancing oxygen redox stability in layered oxide cathodes through superstructure ordering

12:30-12:40 – Huang Zhang, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Chalmers University of Technology and Volvo Group Trucks Technology | A Transferable Physics-Informed Framework for Battery Degradation Diagnosis, Knee-Onset Detection and Knee Prediction

12:40-12:50 – Sven Mattus, PhD Researcher, Imperial College London | Model-based Investigation of Degradation Trajectories of Lithium-ion Batteries

12:50-12:55 – Kaja Glazer, PhD Researcher, University of Birmingham | Dual ion Li/Na batteries

12:55-13:00 – Arfa Khan, PhD Researcher, Coventry University | The Sensor Error Crisis in Battery Management : Why Good Voltage Fits Can Yield Wrong Physics

10:25-10:40 – Yiheng Shao, PhD Researcher, University of Oxford | Multiscale 4D Visualisation of Degradation in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with Different Electrolyte Configurations

10:40-10:50 – James Annis, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Birmingham | Characterising TNO materials to improve the recycling process of high-power anodes.

10:50-11:00 – Ethan Cheung, PhD Researcher, University of Leicester | Replacing PVDF with a carbohydrate-based binder for efficient recycling.

11:00-11:10 – Benjamin Denison, PhD Researcher, University of Nottingham | Chemical oxidation reactions between nickel-rich electrodes and electrolytes initiate cell failure

11:10-11:20 – Mahwash Gul, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Birmingham | Parameterisation and Kinetic Limitations of LiFePO₄ Cathodes for Battery Modelling

11:20-11:30 – Sreenivasan Kiritharan, PhD Researcher, Lancaster University | Preliminary study on ion-hopping with temperature-based terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

11:30-12:00 – BREAK

12:00-12:10 – Catherine Kohler, PhD Researcher, University of Oxford | Electrolyte Additives and Upper cutoff potentials – characterising the electrode-electrolyte interphases and degradation of NMC811 and Graphite

12:10-12:20 – Kai Ling Ng, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford | In-Situ Characterisation of Electrode Dynamics in Quasi Solid-State vs. Conventional Lithium–Sulphur Systems

12:20-12:30 – Roman Shantsila, PhD Researcher, University of Warwick | From Automation to Application: Enhancing Machine-Learned Modeling to Characterise Degradation at Lithium Thiophospate-Sulphur Interfaces

12:30-12:40 – Mohammed Ahmed Zabara, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Cambridge | Developing EIS-Based Methods to Understand Sodium-ion Battery Mechanisms and Performance

12:40-12:45 – Jessica Mistry, PhD Researcher, University of Birmingham | Characterising solid/liquid electrolyte interphases in ‘almost’ solid-state batteries

12:45-12:50 – Abdus Ali, PhD Researcher, University College London | An investigation into the behaviour of commercial LMFP/NMC blended cells under thermal abuse and the characterisation of emissions

10:25-10:40 – Maria Balart Murria, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Warwick | Advanced Characterisation of Early Failure Signatures

10:40-10:50 – Fay Abu Al Timen, PhD Researcher, University College London | Automated Prototyping and Chemically Informed Machine Learning for High-Entropy Na-ion Cathodes

10:50-11:00 – Zhao Li, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Imperial College London | Operando Characterisation of Batteries: From Bulk to Interface, from Early-Stage Evolution to Quantitative Long-Term Tracking

11:00-11:10 – Lou Cooper, PhD Researcher, University of Birmingham | Green Solvents for Delamination and Binder Recovery from Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes

11:10-11:20 – Kawinkorn Iamrod, PhD Researcher, University of Birmingham | Supercapacitor Parameterisation Using a Teardown Method

11:20-11:30 – Mahyar Koshkouei, Research Fellow, University of Warwick | Design optimisation of a supercapacitor ESS for high-peak-power applications

11:30-12:00 – BREAK

12:00-12:10 – Jessica McConnell, PhD Researcher, University of Cambridge | A solution state NMR study of two component ionic solutions for Li-ion batteries

12:10-12:20 – Joe Owen, PhD Researcher, Imperial College London | Rationally Designed Electrodes

12:20-12:30 – Boyi Pang, PhD Researcher, University College London | Solvation Engineering Enables Quasi-Solid-State Sulfur Conversion in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries: Molecular Design via Weak Solvation and Locally High-Concentration Electrolytes for Enhanced Cycle Life and Practical Scalability

12:30-12:40 – Fiona Simpson, PhD Researcher, King’s College London | Making it work: an optimised guide to Al-ion battery coin cell assembly to facilitate electrochemical performance testing

12:40-12:45 – Thomas Finco, PhD Researcher, University of Oxford | Electrochemical-Thermal Parameterization and Modeling of Thermally Induced Thermal Runaway Events for NMC523 Prismatic Cells at varying State-of-Charge

12:45-12:50 – Emily Lu, University of Cambridge | From atoms to application: Characterising batteries at the national facilities