Rechargeable Batteries

Challenges of key materials for rechargeable batteries.- Olivine-based cathode materials.- Polyanion compounds as cathode materials for Li-ion batteries.- Carbonaceous anode materials.- Lithium titanate-based anode materials.- Alloy-based anode materials.- Electrolytes for lithium and lithium-ion batteries.- Additives for functional electrolytes of Li-ion batteries.- Phosphonium-based ionic liquids.- Solid-state lithium ion electrolytes.- Manufacture and surface modification of polyolefin separator.- Microstructurally composed nanoparticle assemblies as electroactive materials for lithium-ion battery electrodes.- 2D and 3D imaging of Li-ion battery materials using synchrotron radiation sources.- Hazard characterizations of Li-ion batteries: Thermal runaway evaluation by calorimetry methodology.- Li-ion battery pack and applications.- High voltage cathode materials.- Non-aqueous metal-air batteries: past, present, and future.- Oxygen redox catalyst for rechargeable lithium-air battery.- Aqueous lithium-air batteries.- Lithium-sulfur battery.- Why Grignard's century old Nobel Prize sparks your curiosity.- Organic cathode materials for rechargeable batteries.- Recent developments and trends in redox flow batteries.

Dr. Zhengcheng Zhang: A chemist and a team lead at the Electrochemical Energy Storage Theme, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) of U.S. Department of Energy. He received Ph.D. degree in polymer chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2000. Prior to ANL, He spent seven years as a senior scientist in the academia and battery industry in his early career. Dr. Zhang's current research is focused on the technology innovation for energy storage devices including Li-metal, Li-ion and new battery chemistries beyond Li-ion for PHEV/EV applications. Dr. Zhang has authored and co-authored 60 scientific papers in the peer-review journals including Advanced Functional Materials, Chemistry of Materials, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Chemical Communications, Journal of Physical Chemistry and 30 patents/invention applications in the area of high voltage electrolyte, solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) passivation additives, and redox shuttle additives, thermally stable separator, UV curing cross-linked polymer binder, stabilized lithium metal powder anode and organic polymer cathode for lithium ion battery. A series of potential-tuneable redox shuttle additives has been scaled up for industrial validation due to its prolonged overcharge protection and contributed to a book chapter on this topic. His new technology of the silicon-based electrolyte has won the 2005 R&D 100 Award. His recent research in the energy storage is expanded to the high energy density organic cathode materials and batteries beyond Li-ion including Li-air battery and Li-sulfur battery. Dr. Zhang is well recognized in the field and has been invited to give talks at a number of national and international conferences/symposiums.

Dr. Sheng S. Zhang: A research chemist in Electrochemistry Branch of U.S. Army Research Laboratory. He received Ph.D. in physical chemistry from University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, in 1993. After four yearsexperiences in