Program

10:30 Registration
11:00 Session I Materials and cell design

09:00 Session II Applications / Trends
13:30 Tour through the labs of the Fraunhofer IWS (optional 1h)

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Chair: Prof. Dr. Stefan Kaskel, Fraunhofer IWS, TU Dresden

11:00		Welcome and opening Prof. Dr. Eckhard Beyer (Fraunhofer IWS, TU Dresden)
11:15		Development of lithium-sulfur batteries Prof. Donghai Wang (The Pennsylvania State University)
12:00		Recent developments on sulfur batteries with silicon anodes and a comparison to commercial available NMC based batteries Oliver Gröger (Volkswagen AG)
12:30		Cathode design and processing for enhanced Li-S-Batteries Dr. Holger Althues (Fraunhofer IWS)
13:00		Lunch break
14:15		Solid electrolyte membranes and thin films as polysulfide shuttle barriers for Li/S-cells Martin R. Busche (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen)
14:45		Stabilization of sulfur & lithium sulfide cathodes by tuning particle architecture and electrolyte composition Prof. Gleb Yushin (Georgia Institute of Technology)
15:30		Coffee break
16:00		Structure and morphology of carbon black and graphite Dr. Dario Cericola (imerys)
16:30		Choosing the cathode binder: how much difference can it make? Dr. Matthew Lacey (Uppsala University)
17:00		Towards an operational model for the dynamic performance of LiS cells Dr. Monica Marinescu (Imperial College London)
17:45		Poster session and dinner at Fraunhofer IWS

Chair: Dr. Holger Althues, Fraunhofer IWS

09:00		Anodes for lithium-based batteries – how difficult could this be? Prof. Kristina Edström (Uppsala University)
09:45		Better or worse than lithium? – A research overview on low temperature sodium-sulfur batteries Dr. Philipp Adelhelm (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen)
10:15		Coffee break
10:45		Lithium sulfur vs. lithium ion - chances and challenges Dr. Stefan Koller (VARTA Micro Innovation GmbH)
11:15		Li-S cells – requirements for high energy density compared to the state-of-the-art, and Li-S cell safety tests Dr. Markus Hagen (Fraunhofer ICT)
11:45		Li-S batteries for space applications & Materials Research at OXIS Energy Sebastien Desilani (Oxis Energy LTD)
12:15		Concluding remarks Prof. Dr. Stefan Kaskel (Fraunhofer IWS, TU Dresden)
12:30		Lunch break
13:30		Tour through the labs of the Fraunhofer IWS (optional 1h)

Prof. Kristina Edström
(Uppsala University)

Prof. Gleb Yushin
(Georgia Institute of Technology)

Prof. Donghai Wang (The Pennsylvania State University)