Future Days 2025 battery edition: Preview the program!
The rising demand for batteries makes it ever more important to stay up to date with the technological breakthroughs that can drive appeal, innovation, and sustainability even further. To keep you ahead of the trends, we’ll be hosting the 2025 edition of our live studio event, Future Days: Focus on Battery, on May 21!
This virtual event will bring together a panel of specialists from the Malvern Panalytical team and the wider industry. The program will cover topics including the future of battery technology, battery metrology solutions, online solutions, and how to integrate analytical techniques into lithium-ion battery recycling. You’ll get all the fresh insights you need to innovate your work in the battery industry in one 3-hour event!
Meet the speakers
Our inspiring external speakers will join us in the studio for a mix of individual talks and panel sessions, where you’ll have the opportunity to ask your questions live.
Margarita Merkulova, Program Manager in Analytics, Umicore
Margarita’s talk, titled “From quick checks to comprehensive insights: integrating analytical techniques in battery recycling”, will examine complete characterization as an essential part of sustainable material recovery during battery recycling. You’ll hear about how Umicore‘s unique recycling process uses a smart combination of pyro- and hydro-metallurgy for material characterization and chemical analysis, resulting in more streamlined processes and a greater yield of valuable metals.
Prof. Dr. ir. Mark Huijben, Professor of Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage, Twente University
Mark will join us for a session on solid-state microbatteries, exploring the miniaturization of energy storage devices for wireless and autonomous applications and their key challenges around factors like performance, reversibility, and degradation. He’ll look at how epitaxial engineering can realize crystalline thin film model systems, enabling unique insights into electrochemical behavior that are not obtainable in conventional polycrystalline battery architectures.
Dr. Xuehang Wang, Assistant Professor in Electrochemical Energy Storage at Delft University of Technology
Xuehang will deliver a talk titled “High-rate electrochemical energy storage: mechanistic insights into emerging materials.”New material innovations are crucial to meet the rising demand for high-energy and high-power electrochemical energy storage (EES), and Xuehang will discuss how technologies like 2D transition metal carbide MXenes and conjugated polyelectrolytes offer a pathway to next generation EES devices, bridging the gap between thin-film batteries and micro-capacitors.
Dr. Jonas Höwedes, Product & Process Qualification Fraunhofer FFB: Trends in battery production and materials
Dr. Jonas Höwedes will discuss the latest trends in battery production and materials. He will address the ongoing challenge of cost-competitive lithium-ion cell production for European battery cell producers. He will present innovative solutions, including the development of sodium-ion battery materials and the implementation of dry coating technologies, which aim to enhance efficiency and reduce production costs. His insights will be invaluable for those looking to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving battery industry.
Register today
Malvern Panalytical is at the forefront of providing solutions to tackle the challenges of battery technology. This event will be relevant to anyone working in the energy sector or interested in emerging sustainability technologies, from researchers and sustainability experts to professionals and industry stakeholders.
We look forward to seeing you at the event: register for free today!
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