TUT1: Materials Selection and Design for Batteries with High Energy Density, Ultralong Cycle Life, Fast Charging, and Excellent Safety

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 | 10:45 - 12:15 PM

ABOUT THIS TUTORIAL:

This tutorial gives an overview on the materials selection and design in order to increase the energy density of batteries, extend the cycle life and enhance the safety significantly. It targets the application from portable electronics, electric vehicles to grid-scale storage.

TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

  • Si, Li metal, P anodes and S cathodes for high energy batteries, which offers 7-10 times higher lithium-ion storage capacities
  • Metal-H2 batteries for grid-scale storage
  • Issues and solutions for fast charging
  • Ideas to enhance battery safety

INSTRUCTOR:

Cui_YiYi Cui, PhD, Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University

Yi Cui is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University. He received BS in Chemistry in 1998 at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), PhD in 2002 at Harvard University. After that, he went on to work as a Miller Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California, Berkeley. In 2005 he became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University. In 2010 he was promoted with tenure. His current research is on nanomaterials for energy storage, photovotalics, topological insulators, biology and environment. He has founded three companies to commercialize technologies from his group: Amprius Inc., 4C Air Inc. and EEnovate Technology Inc. He is a Fellow of Materials Research Society, a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of Electrochemical Society. He is an Associate Editor of Nano Letters. He is a Co-Director of the Bay Area Photovoltaic Consortium and a Co-Director of Battery 500 Consortium. He is a highly proliferate materials scientist and has published more than 400 research papers. In 2014, he was ranked NO.1 in Materials Science by Thomson Reuters as “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds”. His selected awards include: Blavatnik National Laureate (2017), MRS Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience (2015), the Sloan Research Fellowship (2010), KAUST Investigator Award (2008), ONR Young Investigator Award (2008), Technology Review World Top Young Innovator Award (2004).

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