ELectroLytes and Interfaces in PoSt-Li BatteriEs (ELLIPSE Conference)

ELLIPSE

The ELectroLytes and Interfaces in PoSt-Li BatteriEs (ELLIPSE Conference) will take place from September 15 to 16, 2025 in Ulm, Germany. As a Satellite Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), we bring together the world's top speakers in the field of electrolytes and interfaces in post-lithium batteries. The conference will feature contributions on post-Li battery chemistries, electrolytes, interfaces, interphases, advanced characterization, modeling, charge transfer and more.

You are warmly invited to the ELLIPSE Conference to be held in Ulm.

Ulm, a charming city in the southwest of Germany, is nestled on the banks of the Danube River. With a history dating back to the 9th century, Ulm seamlessly blends medieval and modern elements, making it a unique and vibrant destination. The city is perhaps best known for the Ulm Minster, a towering Gothic cathedral boasting the world's tallest steeple, which offers breathtaking views of the surrounding region.

Strolling through Ulm's picturesque streets, one can encounter well-preserved half-timbered houses, quaint squares, and the bustling atmosphere of its marketplaces. The city also prides itself on its academic and cultural institutions, including the University of Ulm, which drives innovation and research.

A significant figure in Ulm's history is Albert Einstein, the renowned physicist, who was born here in 1879. Although Einstein's family moved to Munich when he was just a year old, Ulm honors his legacy with various memorials and an enduring sense of pride in their native son.

In Ulm, the past and present coexist harmoniously, creating a city that is as historically rich as it is forward-looking.

The agenda can be found here.

Ulm

Speakers

  • Prof. Yang Shao-Horn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
  • Prof. Jürgen Janek, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
  • Prof. Yan Yao, University of Houston, USA
  • Prof. Stefano Passerini, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
  • Prof. Alexandre Ponrouch, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Spain
  • Prof. Tong Li, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
  • Prof. Kohei Usoaki, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan
  • Prof. Abdessamad Faik, UM6P - University Mohammed VI Polytechnic, Morocco
  • Prof. Milica Vujkovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • Dr. Theresa Schoetz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
  • Prof. Lee Johnson, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
  • Prof. Payam Kaghazchi, Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), Germany
  • Prof. Julia Maibach, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
  • Prof. Graham Leverick, Tufts University, USA
  • Prof. Giuseppe Antonio Elia, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
  • Dr. Peter Bieker, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
  • Dr. Fabian Jeschull, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
  • Prof. Shuji Nakanishi, Osaka University, Japan
  • Prof. Maria Forsyth, Deakin University, Australia

Schedule - Deadlines

Deadline for Abstracts (oral)            30.06.2025
Deadline for Abstracts (posters)      30.06.2025
End of Registration                            01.09.2025

Organizing Committee

  • Dominic Bresser (Helmholtz Institute Ulm, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
  • Anja Henss (Justus Liebig University Giessen)
  • Sonia Dsoke (Freiburg University, Fraunhofer ISE)
  • Axel Gross (Ulm University)
  • Timo Jacob (Ulm University)
  • Shuji Nakanishi (Osaka University)

Registration

Symposium Fees

ELLIPSE is accepting advanced registration only. All participants are kindly requested to register until 1st September 2025 the latest.
There will be no walk-in registration. The symposium fee includes access to all scientific sessions, book of abstracts, meals, and coffee breaks.

Regular registration (before 14.08.2025):
Regular participants: 350 €
Students (PhD, MSc od BSc): 200 €

Late registration (from 15.08.2025):
Regular participants: 425 €
Students (PhD, MSc od BSc): 275 €

Venue

Venue MagBatt Iris Geiger-Messner

The venue is the City House in Ulm, which is in the heart of the City, at the market place, right in front of the Minster, see a virtual panorama tour:

https://stadthaus.ulm.de/panorama-rundgang

Stadthaus Ulm
Münsterplatz 50
89073 Ulm

Directions

By train: Ulm main station, approx. 10 minutes on foot through Bahnhofstraße and Hirschstraße to Münsterplatz.

Car: A8 Munich/Stuttgart, exit "Ulm-West", direction city centre until Münsterplatz;
A7 Würzburg/Kempten, at the motorway junction "Elchingen" take the A8 towards Ulm, then see above.

Parking: Car parks "Am Rathaus", "Fischerviertel" and "Salzstadel" (each approx. 5 min. walk).
You will find a city map with an overview of parking garages: https://www.parken-in-ulm.de/#

Agenda

Monday, September 15
Time Speaker Title
8:30 am Arrival and Registration
9:00 am Dominic Bresser
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Welcome
9:10 am Jürgen Janek
Justus Liebig University Giessen
Materials and Interfaces in Sodium Solid-State Batteries
9:40 am Øystein Gullbrekken
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
Electrode-electrolyte interfaces of Al-C Batteries by Constant Potential Method Molecular Simulations
9:55 am Peter Ngene
Utrecht University
All-Solid-State Sodium Metal Batteries Based on Interface-Engineered Complex Hydride-based Nanocomposite Solid Electrolytes
10:10 am Abdessamad Faik
UM6P - University Mohammed VI Polytechnic
Sodium Solid-State Batteries: A Strategic Pathway to Sustainable Industrial Electrification in Morocco
10:30 am Coffee Break
11:00 am Milica Vujkovic
University of Belgrade
Vine Shoots-derived Carbon: A Bifunctional Electrode for Next-Gen Charge Storage Systems
11:20 am Yan Shen
Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics
Configuration Design and Interface Reconstruction to Realize the Superior High-Rate Performance for Sodium Layered Oxide Cathodes
11:35 am Sebastian Büchele
Litona GmbH
Sodium Manganese Hexacyanoferrate as a Cathode Material: Challenges and Opportunities in Full-Cell Sodium-Ion Batteries
11:50 am Shoichi Matsuda
National Institute for Materials Science Namiki
High Throughput Experiment Accelerates Discovery of Multi-Components Electrolyte Additives for Rechargeable Sodium-ion Batteries
12:05 pm Tong Li
Ruhr University Bochum
Atomic-Scale Insights Into Elemental Distribution and Composition at Electrified Electrode/Electrolyte Interfaces
12:25 pm Lunch Break
14:00 pm Yang Shao-Horn
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Automated Experiments and Machine Learning for Battery Electrolyte Discovery
14:30 pm Radostina Stoyanova
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Radical-Driven Mechanisms of Sodium Electrolyte Oxidation and Reduction through Combined In-Situ/Ex-Situ Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Computational Modeling
14:45 pm Gebrekidan Eshetu
RWTH Aachen University
Beyond Lithium’s Shadow: Exploring the Impact of Cation Dynamics and Cation–Anion Interplay in Sodium Battery Electrolytes
15:00 pm Cristina Santamaría
CIC EnergiGUNE
Tailoring SEI Composition and Performance in Sodium-Ion Batteries using Novel Non-Fluorinated Hückel-Type Sodium Salts
15:15 pm Payam Kaghazchi
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Interface Structure Prediction for Electrochemical Systems
15:35 pm Coffee Break
16:00 pm Alexandre Ponrouch
Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Interfaces and Interphases in Mg and Ca Metal Anode Batteries
16:20 pm Maryam Nojabee
German Aerospace Center
Electrolyte Transport Parameters and Interfacial Effects in Magnesium and Calcium Metal Batteries
16:35 pm Jan Bitenc
National Institute of Chemistry Ljubljana
Towards Rechargeable Mg and Ca Metal Batteries through Use of Alkoxy Borate and Aluminate Electrolytes
16:50 pm Mathieu Cancade
ENS de Lyon
Electrolytes for Divalent Ion Batteries: Bridging Polarizable Molecular Simulations and Experimental Characterization
17:05 pm Giuseppe Antonio Elia
Politecnico di Torino
Addressing Key Challenges in the Development of Zn-based Electrochemical Storage Systems
17:30 pm Poster Session
19:30 pm Dinner
 
Tuesday, September 16
Time Speaker Title
9:00 am Maria Forsyth
Deakin University
Enhancing Li+/Na+cation transport in Poly(Ionic Liquid ) Based Solid Polymer Electrolytes through Chemical Design
9:30 am Omar Elkhafif
Ulm University
Mg Dendrite Formation and Suppression in Ionic Liquid-based Mg-Batteries
9:45 am Charan Mukundan
Fraunhofer IISB
From Materials Selection to Electrolyte Composition: Addressing Scalability Challenges in Aluminium-Graphite Dual Ion Pouch Cells
10:00 am Stefano Passerini
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Aqueous and Non-Aqueous Aluminum Batteries
10:20 am Coffee Break
10:50 am Shuji Nakanishi
Osaka University
Physicochemical Properties of Discharge Products of Li‐O2 Batteries
11:10 am Lee Johnson
University of Nottingham
Overcoming Performance Limitations at the Lithium-Air Positive Electrode
11:30 am Chengchao Zhong
Ritsumeikan University
Fluoride-Ion Conductor LaA2F3S2 (A = Ba, Sr) with Double-Honeycomb Layer
11:45 am Peter Bieker
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Lithium Metal – the Key to High Energy Batteries?
12:05 pm Graham Leverick
Tufts University
Thermodynamics of Locally-Highly Concentrated Electrolyte Formation and Implications on Electrolyte Properties
12:25 pm Lunch Break
14:00 pm Yan Yao
University of Houston
Low-Pressure Operation of All-Solid-State Batteries Enabled by Organic Cathodes
14:30 pm David Schäfer
Justus Liebig University Giessen
In Situ Study of Physical Properties and Composition During SEI Formation on Hard Carbon Electrodes in Sodium Ion Batteries
14:45 pm Yuval Steinberg
Weizmann Institute of Science
Electrolyte-Dependent SEI Formation in Sodium-Ion Batteries: Effect of FEC and Boron-Based Salts
15:00 pm Wei Yu
Tohoku University
The Influence of SEI on Porous Carbon Anodes on Sodium-Ion Storage
15:15 pm Julia Maibach
Chalmers University of Technology
Ambient Pressure X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: Opportunities and Challenges to follow Reactions at Battery Interfaces
15:35 pm Coffee Break
16:00 pm Kohei Uosaki
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Necessity of a Wide Variety of Techniques for the Investigations of Interphases in Post-Li Ion Batteries Examined in GteX-Battery Project
16:20 pm Sirshendu Dinda
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Advanced Characterization using Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS): Elucidate Nano-Scale Chemical Heterogeneity in Thin Layer
16:35 pm Haocheng Guo
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Regulating Solvent (Water) Co-Intercalation in Aqueous Batteries via Electrode Design
16:50 pm Theresa Schoetz
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
New Design Paradigms to Select and Fabricate Energy Storage Materials
17:10 pm Fabian Jeschull
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Limitations of Half Cell Experiments in Potassium-Ion Batteries
17:30 pm Closing Remarks

Sponsoring

If you are interested to support our event as a sponsor, please find below an overview of our sponsoring packages:

Regular Sponsor

The sponsor’s logo with link to the sponsor's website will be advertised on the events website and logo will be printed in the Book of Abstracts. The sponsor will also be meantined in LinkedIn Posts during and after the event.

900 EUR plus VAT

Pro Sponsor

The sponsor’s logo with link to the sponsor's website will be advertised on the events website and logo will be printed in the Book of Abstracts. The sponsor will also be meantined in LinkedIn Posts during and after the event. Furthermore, the package also includes:

  • 1 roll-up and distribution of give aways in conference bag
  • half-page advertisement in printed Book of Abstracts
2,000 EUR plus VAT

Premium Sponsor

The sponsor’s logo with link to the sponsor's website will be advertised on the events website and logo will be printed in the Book of Abstracts. The sponsor will also be meantined in LinkedIn Posts during and after the event. Furthermore, the package also includes:

  • 1 roll-up and distribution of give aways in conference bag
  • full-page advertisement in printed Book of Abstracts
  • 1 free conference ticket
  • Information booth (1 person & 1 table) at the passage to the buffet
4,000 EUR plus VAT

Main Sponsor (available once)

The sponsor’s logo with link to the sponsor's website will be advertised on the events website and logo will be printed in the Book of Abstracts (first sponsor to be mentioned). The sponsor will also receive an exckusive LinkedIn Post. Furthermore, the package also includes:

  • 1 roll-up on stage and distribution of give aways in conference bag
  • full-page advertisement in printed Book of Abstracts on page 2
  • 2 free conference tickets
  • Information booth (1 person & 1 table) next to Conference Room
  • Advertisement slide during breaks
7,000 EUR plus VAT

Poster Award Sponsor (available once) 

The sponsor’s logo with link to the sponsor's website will be advertised on the events website. The logo will also be placed on the poster lists during the event, The sponsor will also receive one exckusive post on LinkedIn announcing the poster awardee.

600 EUR plus VAT

 

For more information please contact Daniel Messling.

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KIT

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