Program & Topics
Many exciting topics await you
on November 15 at virtual battery day 2023
With more than 200 companies and start-ups, the virtual battery day on November 15, 2023, is the highlight for everyone
who are involved in the manufacturing, development, production, quality assurance and recycling of electrochemical energy storage systems.
Immerse yourself in innovations, technologies, products, and solutions along the battery value chain.
A particular focus is on exchanging knowledge and ideas through more than 60 white papers and webinars.
Many fascinating topics await you
Research and development in battery technology
- Future lithium-based battery technologies
- Promoting research and development of new battery technologies
- Improving the safety, durability, charging time and performance of batteries
Materials science and materials engineering
- Nano technology in research & development
- Sample preparation
- Heat treatment processes
- Silicon-carbon composite materials and nano-silicon coating
- Solid electrolyte synthesis
Cost effectiveness and industrial processes
- Profitability and efficiency of mining sites
- Metallic contaminants and their causes & effects
- Safety & longevity requirements in the industry
Battery technology and materials
- Lithium-ion batteries and their material characterization
- Importance of carbon materials in batteries
- Characterization of anode, cathode and separator
- Quality assurance of graphite electrodes
- Lithium ore sources and their analysis
- Lithium-ion battery industry: trends and manufacturing problems
- Cathode materials: production & coating
- Energy density and technological breakthroughs
- Elemental analysis of battery materials
Instrumentation and measurement methods
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Selection of X-ray sources, optics, detectors
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Platform optimization and system adaptation
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Operando measurements and configuration support
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Practical measurement examples and applications
Analysis methods and techniques
- ICP-OES analysis
- EIS
- Analysis of major, minor and trace elements
- Nanoindentation and AFM
- Levich analysis
- Chronoamperometry and chronopotentiometry
- Raman imaging, EDS and SEM
- Metallographic analysis
- Particle characterization
- Elemental analysis
- Microwave digestion methods
- Automated X-ray analysis
- Use of ICP-OES and ED-XRF techniques
- XRD experiment setup
- Solutions for pH measurements and moisture analyzers
- Basics and data generation for EIS
- Avoiding typical sources of error in electrochemical measurements
- Tips for precise electrochemical measurements
Battery production and quality control
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Lithium-ion battery production process
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Quality control in the battery supply chain
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Monitoring of water content and ionic impurities
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Instruments and solutions for quality assurance
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Shredding techniques and tool selection
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Spray drying & spray calcination
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Process control in smelters and foundries
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Quality control of end products
Sustainability and recycling
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Value chain: raw material to recycling
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Recycling and resource conservation
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Early detection of contaminants and their effects
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Recycling requirements in the battery industry
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"Black mass" from old batteries
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Sustainable energy sources and carriers
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Controlling moisture and dryness in LiB production