Next Generation Batteries 2013

Breakthroughs in new battery chemistries, novel electrode and electrolyte materials, system integration for a vast array of mobile, portable and stationary applications, from micro medical devices to high-energy/high-power automotive, have paved the roadmap for an emerging market with unlimited potential. Will lithium-ion batteries deliver on the promises of the power, energy, cost and safety in commercially available energy storage systems? Or maybe the future lays somewhere beyond lithium-based chemistries? Our panel of leading experts in fields of battery materials, systems design and integration, manufacturing and commercial applications will look into emerging issues underlining this pivotal time in the battery industry.

• New chemistries & materials to increase energy/power & reduce cost
• Lithium vs. non-lithium: how much power and energy is enough?
• The OEM perspective – the application driven development of novel battery systems-by-design
• Novel materials for battery architectures: graphene & silicon, magnesium & zinc, manganese & vanadium
• Lithium air / lithium oxygen
• Leading role of nanomaterials in battery technology breakthroughs
• Advances in flow batteries
• Thin film batteries
• Highly flexible printed batteries / Paper batteries
• From novel materials and components to systems architecture and integration
• Meeting the EV challenge: cycle life, power & energy, cost and safety
• Super-, ultra, and pseudocapacitors in hybrid battery devices
• Advanced technology for greater safety, reliability and performance