MagBatt VI × ELLIPSE
We are excited to announce a special three-day event that, for the first time, unites two major conferences in the post-lithium battery community: MagBatt VI × ELLIPSE.
This combined conference will take place in Ulm, Germany, from September 9 to 11, bringing together leading international experts to explore cutting-edge developments in next-generation battery technologies. By merging the scope of the International Symposium on Magnesium Batteries (MagBatt) with the ELectroLytes and Interfaces in PoSt-Li BatteriEs (ELLIPSE) Conference, attendees can expect an exceptionally rich scientific program.
MagBatt VI × ELLIPSE will feature contributions on:
- Sodium, magnesium, potassium, calcium, zinc, and aluminum batteries
- Electrolytes, interfaces, and interphases
- Advanced characterization and modeling
- Charge-transfer processes and related fundamental research
The goal of this joint event is to present and discuss the latest state-of-the-art findings and progress across the entire post-lithium field, from materials and mechanisms to electrochemical performance and analytical innovations. As always, participants can look forward to talks from many of the world’s foremost battery researchers.
Venue
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
How to get there
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
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30-09:00 | Arrival and Registration | |
| 09:00-09:10 | Maximilian Fichtner | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 09:10-09:55 | Philipp Adelhelm | Materials Innovation and Operando Characterization for Na-Ion Batteries |
| 09:55-10:10 | Ishita Biswas | Structural Water in Commercial Prussian Blue Analogues |
| 10:10-10:25 | Rishikesh Vengarathody | Fe Content in Layered Na–Fe–Mn–CuO₂ Cathodes |
| 10:25-10:40 | Hui Wang | Active Binder Chemistry for High-Voltage Na Cathodes |
| 10:40-11:10 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:10-11:55 | Dorthe Ravnsbæk | Structural Disorder in Na-Ion Cathodes |
| 11:55-12:40 | Jacob Olchowka | Synthesis-Driven Exploration of Sodium Insertion Materials |
| 12:40-14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00-14:15 | Jafar Azizi | Lignin-Derived Hard Carbon for Li- and Post-Li-Ion Anodes |
| 14:15-14:30 | Hao Li | Red Phosphorus/Carbon Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries |
| 14:30-14:45 | Edina Šić | Solid-State NMR Insights into Battery Materials |
| 14:45-15:00 | Simone Holzmann | Thermal Degradation of Sodium-Ion Batteries using HT-OEMS |
| 15:00-15:15 | Carlos Ziebert | Safety of Commercial Cylindrical Sodium-Ion Cells |
| 15:15-15:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:45-16:00 | Birgit Esser | Organic Electrode Materials in Sodium- and Multivalent-Ion Batteries |
| 16:00-16:15 | Jan Bitenc | Developing Aluminium–Organic Batteries |
| 16:15-17:00 | Alexandru Vlad | Organic Cathodes for Magnesium and Calcium Batteries |
| 17:00-17:45 | Laurence Hardwick | Covalent Organic Framework and Solid-State Electrodes for Mg and Ca Batteries |
| 18:00-19:30 | Dinner | |
| 19:30-21:00 | Poster Session |
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-09:45 | Gioele Pagot | From Molecular Interactions to Long-Range Sodium Transport |
| 09:45-10:30 | Tomooki Hosaka | Electrolyte Design from Potassium to Aluminium |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00-11:15 | Deborah Maria Feld | Transference Numbers by Electrophoretic NMR |
| 11:15-11:30 | Marinella de Giovanetti | Water-in-Salt Electrolytes by NMR and Molecular Dynamics |
| 11:30-11:45 | Jinyu Chen | PVDF-Reinforced Solid Polymer Electrolyte for Potassium-Ion Batteries |
| 11:45-12:30 | Kimberly See | Multivalent Solid-State Ionics |
| 12:30-12:45 | Zion Irving-Singh | Aprotic Ligand-Assisted Solid-State Ionic Conduction |
| 12:45-14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00-14:15 | Eslam Sheha | Halogen-Free Mg–S Electrolytes and Multifunctional Cathodes |
| 14:15-14:30 | Ping Feng | Na⁺ Additives for Ca–S Batteries |
| 14:30-14:45 | Shijiao Sun | Fe Single Atoms as Separator Coating for Mg–S Batteries |
| 14:45-15:00 | Xiangyu Zhao | Functionalized Separators for Mg–S Batteries |
| 15:00-15:15 | Jian Wang | Tandem Catalysis in Mg–S Batteries |
| 15:15-15:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:45-16:30 | Tetsu Ichitsubo | Understanding Magnesium Storage Mechanisms in Manganese Oxide Cathodes |
| 16:30-16:45 | Reona Iimura | Tunnel-Structured Oxides for Rechargeable Multivalent Batteries |
| 16:45-17:00 | Federica-Maria Canale | MgMn₂₋ₓMₓO₄ Spinel Oxides |
| 17:00-17:15 | Yang Hu | Cationic and Anionic Redox in VS₄ Cathodes for Magnesium Batteries |
| 17:15-17:30 | Zhenyou Li | High-Voltage Cathodes for Calcium Batteries |
| 17:30-17:45 | Yuanjian Li | Multiphase Interphase Design of Mg Metal Anodes |
| 17:45-18:00 | Irshad Mohammad | In-Coated Mg Foil in Mg(TFSI)₂ Electrolytes |
| 18:00-18:15 | Huijun Lin | Bilayer SEI for Ultrastable Calcium Metal Anodes |
| 18:15-18:30 | Honoring Maximilian Fichtner | |
| 18:30-20:00 | Dinner |
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30-09:15 | Maryam Nojabaee | Interfacial Processes in Ca and Mg Metal Batteries |
| 09:15-10:00 | Yuan Yuan | Interfacial Kinetics of Mg Metal Anodes |
| 10:00-10:15 | Hafiz Ahmad Ishfaq | Mg-Anode Stabilization by Fluorinated Ether Additives |
| 10:15-10:30 | Sirshendu Dinda | Nanoscale TERS Imaging of Magnesium Battery Interfaces |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00-11:45 | Toshihiko Mandai | Rational Electrolytes for High-Energy Mg Metal Batteries |
| 11:45-12:00 | Sibylle Riedel | Direct Synthesis of Mg[B(hfip)₄]₂ from Elemental Mg |
| 12:00-12:15 | Duraisamy Ezhumalai | DPGDME Co-Solvent in Mg[B(hfip)₄]₂ Electrolytes |
| 12:15-12:30 | Andrijana Marojević | Optimization of Mg Hexafluoroisopropoxy Alkoxyaluminate Electrolytes |
| 12:30-12:45 | Ulf-Christian Rauska | Phosphate-Based Electrolytes for Calcium Batteries |
| 12:45-14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00-14:15 | Huifang Fei | Electrolyte Engineering for Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries |
| 14:15-14:30 | Daniela Söllinger | Na–Zn Hybrid Batteries with Hydrated Vanadium Oxide |
| 14:30-14:45 | Tatiana Zakharchenko | Fe-C-N-P Catalysts for Near-Neutral Zn–Air Batteries |
| 14:45-15:00 | Yibing Zhang | Chunk Formation in Mg–Ca Alloy Anodes |
| 15:00-15:15 | Philipp Kuhn | Morphology-Informed Intermittent-Titration Analysis |
| 15:15-15:30 | Jan Lettner | Diffusion Model for Synthetic XPS Detail Scans |
| 15:30 | Closing Remarks |
