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Lithium-ion batteries are the state-of-the-art electrochemical energy storage technology for a wide range of devices, ranging from small portable electronics to (hybrid) electric vehicles and even large-scale stationary storage applications. [mehr]

Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have undergone rapid development in recent years and are now entering the market. The main driver for the development of SIBs is to provide a second technology for high performance energy storage alongside Li-Ion batteries (LIBs). [mehr]

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Due to its ubiquity and unique structural dynamics, water plays a pivotal role as a “working fluid” in shaping the properties and functionality of natural materials. Drawing inspiration from these marvels of nature, I will present activities of our BlueMat project. At the core of the project is to develop a novel class of sustainable, interactive, architected "Blue Materials" that derive their functionality from the multiscale structures of hard matter interacting with water. To this end, we will study and exploit novel effects, achieved, for example, through nanoconfinement of water. [mehr]

Most efficient chemical processes used in industry rely on heterogeneous catalysis. While the search for more sustainable processes and the changes in environmental policies impose the continuous development of more efficient catalysts, we have currently little understanding of the structure of the actives in these processes. Hence, due to their inherent complexity, heterogeneous catalysts have been mostly developed empirically. [mehr]

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Oxide materials are omnipresent in science and technology. Given their low carrier density and poor screening ability, oxide properties are often inhomogeneous in space and governed by stoichiometry modulations, defects and impurities. [mehr]

With the aim of enabling vital exchange of emerging expertise, the international conference “Challenges on Renewable Energy Storage” was set up. Following the first two gatherings of this kind in 2022 and 2024, the meeting will continue to bring together front runners of the fields catalysis and electrocatalysis, allowing them to exchange views on the most recent advancements, as well as to renew the necessary interdisciplinary networks. [mehr]