April 4, 2011; APS 402 Auditorium (Note: Room Change), Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
“Electrical Energy Storage” is one of Argonne's Major Initiatives due to the Laboratory’s long and successful history in the development of advanced battery technologies. Research and development related to electrical energy storage has been occurring in many corners of the Laboratory, particularly in areas defined by the other three Major Initiatives: “Materials for Energy” (formerly M2D2), “Leadership Computing,” and “Hard X-ray Sciences.” Underpinning this workshop is a desire to establish stronger connections among various groups in the Laboratory in order to collectively shape and execute a larger Argonne vision for electrical energy storage research. The goal is to coalesce the four major initiatives around electrical energy storage in order to sharpen Argonne's competitive edge and better position the Laboratory for capturing large funding opportunities, such as the Electrical Energy Storage Hub proposed in the President's FY 2012 budget request for the Department of Energy.
The one-day workshop will feature three to four talks from members representing each of the four major initiatives. The areas of interest will cover current problems with existing Li-ion materials, through advanced materials for the next generation of Li-ion technology, out to electrochemical energy systems beyond Li-ion. We envision that the participants will explore near-term opportunities to work together, and collaboratively develop longer-term projects that will eventually lead to a new program at Argonne.
The product of the workshop will be a white paper articulating a coherent strategy for incorporating the synergies between emerging techniques and approaches in synchrotron radiation, theory/computation, and materials development.
Organizers
George Srajer (Workshop Contact), Jeff Chamberlain, John Mitchell, Ray Bair and Robert Ross.
Agenda
| 8:30-8:45 | Mark Peters — Introduction and Welcome |
| Technological Drivers/Energy Storage | |
|---|---|
| 8:45 – 9:10 | Lynn Trahey — "Electrocatalysis in Li-air Cells" |
| 9:10 – 9:35 | Christopher Johnson — "Novel Cathodes Synthesized from Ion-Exchange Reactions" |
| 9:35 – 10:00 | Junbing Yang — "High-Capacity Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Coffee Break |
| In Situ Probes/Hard X-ray Sciences | |
| 10:15 – 10:40 | Mali Balasubramanian — "Studies of Battery Materials with X-ray Spectroscopy" |
| 10:40 – 11:05 | Karena Chapman — "Pair Distribution Function Methods: Ångstroms to Nanometers" |
| 11:05 – 11:30 | Steve Wang — "Nanoscale in situ Dynamic 3D Imaging and Material Analysis with Transmission X-ray Microscopy" |
| 11:30 – 11:55 | Jonathan Almer — "In situ Characterization of Layered Structures with High-Energy X-ray Scattering" |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Working Lunch |
| 12:15 – 12:40 | Sun-Ho Kang – “Challenging Issues of Argonne's High-capacity Composite Cathode Materials for Vehicle Applications” |
| 12:40 – 13:05 | Ilias Belharouak – “Transition Metal Precursors for High Capacity Cathode Materials” |
| Materials Development/Materials for Energy | |
| 13:15 – 13:40 | Tijana Rajh — "Nanoscale Architectures for Battery Applications" |
| 13:40 – 14:05 | Larry Curtis — "Understanding and Design of New Materials for Li-ion and Li-air Batteries from Computational Modeling" |
| 14:05 – 14:30 | Nenad Markovic — "Challenges and Directions in Designing Electrochemical Interfaces for Li-air Batteries" |
| 14:30 – 14:55 | Jeff Elam — "Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage" |
| 14:55 – 15:15 | Coffee Break |
| Theory, Modeling, and Computation/Leadership Computing | |
| 15:15 – 15:40 | Paul Hovland — "A Survey of Applied Mathematics Capabilities in the Laboratory for Advanced Numerical Simulations" |
| 15:40 – 16:05 | Tom Peterka — "Scalable Parallel Building Blocks for Custom Data Analytics" |
| 16:05 – 16:30 | Sven Leyffer — "Optimization: Capabilities, Tools, and Opportunities" |
| 16:30 – 16:40 | Break |
| 16:40 – 17:00 | Gregory Krumdick – “Bridging the Gap Between Research and Commercialization” |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Discussion and Concluding Remarks |