Special Session 7
ADVANCES IN BATTERY MATERIALS, IONIC TRANSPORT AND ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS (SS7)

The accelerating global demand for high-performance, reliable, and sustainable energy technologies has placed battery science and energy storage systems at the forefront of modern research. This special session, Advances in Battery Materials, Ionic Transport and Energy Storage Systems, brings together cutting-edge developments that span fundamental materials discovery, multiscale transport phenomena, and device-level innovation.

As next-generation applications, from grid-scale storage to electric mobility and advanced electronics, push current technologies to their limits, breakthroughs in ionic transport, interface stability, electrode microstructures and solid-state electrolytes are reshaping what is possible. Artificial intelligence and machine learning now play a transformative role, accelerating the design, optimization and predictive modelling of energy materials across scales. At the same time, emerging concepts such as hybrid storage systems, thermal energy storage, and novel phase-change materials broaden the landscape of solutions for future energy infrastructures.

This session highlights recent progress in in-situ and operando characterization, numerical modelling, and AI-driven multiscale materials design, while also showcasing industrial perspectives and applications that bridge the gap from laboratory research to real-world deployment. By integrating insights from materials science, electrochemistry, data science and engineering, the session aims to foster dialogue and collaboration toward the next generation of safe, efficient and sustainable energy storage technologies.

TOPICS:

• Multiscale transport phenomena in energy materials
• Interfaces and stability in energy conversion and storage
• AI-assisted design and discovery of energy materials
• Machine learning for battery development and optimization
• Next-generation energy storage technologies
• Novel materials for energy storage (including PCMs and related materials)
• Electrode microstructures and degradation mechanisms
• Ionic transport in solid electrolytes
• Energy storage systems: from materials to devices
• Advanced in situ and operando characterization techniques
• Numerical modelling and simulation
• Hybrid energy storage concepts
• Thermal energy storage
• Multiscale modelling and AI-driven materials design
• Industrial and emerging applications

ORGANISER(S):

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  Prof. Joao Delgado University of Porto,
  Portugal
  jdelgado@fe.up.pt

INVITED SPEAKER(S):

Info will be available soon!