Keynote Speakers

Takeshi Abe is Professor of Electrochemistry, Department of Energy of Hydrocarbon Chemistry at Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. He received his BChE degree from Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University in 1992, and he has MS and PhD degrees from Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. Upon completion of his PhD degree in 1996, he joined Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University as a Research Associate in 1997 and was promoted to Associate in 2002 and then to Professor in 2009.

Prof. Abe initially devoted to the graphite intercalation compounds and graphite negative electrode for lithium-ion batteries. His current research is based on lithium ion batteries and fluoride shuttle batteries, s-block metal batteries such as rechargeable magnesium batteries, focusing on interfacial phenomena. He has to his credit about over peer-reviewed 300 papers and several co-edited books about new technology for advance rechargeable batteries and electrochemistry. He is a NEDO project leader of “Development of Innovative Storage Batteries for Electric Vehicles (RISING3).”

His technical contributions have been recognized by awards of Sano Award for Young Scientists, Electrochemical Society of Japan in 2002, Battery Technology Award in 2006 from The Committee of Battery technology, The Electrochemical Society, Japan, Research Award, Carbon Society, Japan.

Educational Background:

2010-2014, Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, WWU Muenster, Germany

Dominic Bresser is currently serving as principal investigator with a group of about 20 PostDocs, PhD and Master students at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. The focus of his group’s activities is on the development of advanced lithium and sodium batteries, including new and optimized inorganic and organic electrode materials, sustainable electrode processing technologies, liquid, polymer and hybrid electrolyte systems as well as redox-active polymers. In addition, he is serving as editor for the Journal of Power Sources Advances (Elsevier).

Prior to his present activities in Ulm, he held a two-years postdoctoral position and Enhanced Eurotalents Fellowship at CEA in Grenoble (France), where he was studying new electrolyte systems, including nanostructured single-ion conductors, polymerized ionic liquids, and ionic liquid crystals. Beforehand, he carried out his PhD in the group of Prof. Stefano Passerini and Prof. Martin Winter at the University of Muenster (Germany), studying nanostructured active materials for lithium- and sodium-based batteries.

He is co-editor of the book “Batteries: Present and Future Energy Storage Challenges” as part of the “Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry (Wiley) and co-author of more than 120 peer-reviewed international publications (h-index: 42, Google Scholar), 5 book chapters and 21 international patent applications. Very recently, he has been awarded with the Carus Medal for his scientific achievements by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Carus Award by the city of Schweinfurt, Germany, and an ERC Starting Grant by the European Research Council.

Research Interests:

Electrochemistry; Raman and IR spectroscopy, operando measurements, energy storage/conversion systems.

Biography: Laurence received a MChem in Chemistry in 2003 from the University of Southampton and a PhD in Chemistry from ETH-Zurich in 2006. Before joining the Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy at the University of Liverpool he spent his postdoctoral time working at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and at the University of St Andrews investigating Li-ion battery electrode degradation mechanisms, lithium diffusion pathways through carbon and the chemical and electrochemical processes in Li-air cells. Since 2011 Laurence has led research activity on the development of advanced in situ Raman and infrared spectroscopic techniques to monitor the electrochemistry of battery electrodes in operando and the development of metal-air battery technology. In particular he has pioneered the use of operando spectroscopic techniques to monitor battery electrode electrochemistry and solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation. Techniques include shell isolated nanoparticles for enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SHINERS), Kerr-gated Raman and surface enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS). Laurence is the Director of the Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, having taken on this role in 2017 and has been an Editor for the journal Electrochimica Acta since 2016.

Publications:

A.R. Neale, D. Costa-Milan, F. Braga, I.V. Sazanovich, L.J. Hardwick, ACS Energy Letts. 7 (2022) 2611

Martín-Yerga, D. Costa. Milan, X. Xu, J. Fernández-Vidal, L. Whalley, A.J. Cowan, L.J. Hardwick, P. Unwin, Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed. (2022) e202207184.

Educational Background:

1984/08-1987/11, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, NCKU, Taiwan

Professor Bing Joe Hwang received his PhD degree in chemical engineering from the National Cheng Kung University in 1987. He is currently the Chair Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech). His research work has spanned a wide range of subjects, from electrochemistry to spectroscopy, inter- facial phenomena, materials science and theoretical chemistry. He has established both experimental and computational strategies for the development of new materials and for understanding interfacial phenomena. His work has led to a better understanding of electrochemical reaction mechanisms and to an improved ability to predict the properties of potential new materials for batteries, fuel cells and biosensors. He shows excellence in research activities with 455 peer-reviewed publications, 60 patents, 30390 times citation, and a H-index of 81. He is also the Director of Sustainable Energy Development Center (Taiwan Tech), Adjunct Researcher of National Synchrotron Radiation Research, and the Associate Editor of the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Professor Hwang has received many recognitions, including Humboldt Research Award (2020), Lifetime National Chair Professorship in Engineering and Applied Science (2020), Distinguished Professor of Engineering (2020), National Chair Professorship (2018) and Academic Award (2010) in Engineering and Applied Science, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) (2018), Fellow of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (TwIChE) in 2018, Academician of Asian Pacific Academy of Materials (APAM) in 2017, Fellow of International Society of Electrochemistry (FISE) in 2014, Outstanding Research Fellow of National Science Council in 2011, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon in 2011, three times awarded Outstanding research award from National Science Council of Taiwan, and many more. In addition, Professor Hwang served in important positions of multiply research and academic societies including President of The Electrochemical Society of Taiwan, Coordinator of the Program of Chemical Engineering in MOST, President of the Chinese Association of Chemical Sensors and Technology in Taiwan, and President of The Society of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells of Taiwan.

Educational Background:

2004 – 2009, Physics, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max Planck Society/FU Berlin, Germany

Payam Kaghazchi studied Physics at the Freie Universität of Berlin and received his doctorate degree there in 2009. He conducted his doctoral research at the theory department of Fritz Haber Institute with a DAAD scholarship. After two years working as a research assistant at the University of Ulm, he received a grant from the German Ministry of Education and Research to establish an independent junior research group at University of Ulm and later at Freie Universität until 2018. Since then, he is the head of modeling team at the Institute of IEK-1 in the Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. He is also an associate professor in the Department of Inorganic Materials Science at University of Twente in the Netherlands. His research has focused on developing and applying multiscale modeling approaches to simulate and design materials for energy storage and conversion systems. He has published about 110 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals (including Advanced Energy Materials, Energy & Environmental Science, Materials Today, and Nature Energy).

Educational Background:

1988, B.Tech., Ceramic Technology, GCECT, Kolkata, India

1990 M. Tech, Materials Science, IIT Kanpur, India

1997 Ph.D., Materials Science, IIT Kanpur, India

Professor Subhasish B Majumder completed his B. Tech in Ceramic Technology from the Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology, Kolkata. Subsequently he did his M. Tech and Ph.D. in Materials Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He did his post-doctoral research in the USA and Germany and now he is working as a Professor at the Materials Science Center, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He is a seasoned researcher with more than 15 years teaching experience at the Materials Science Center of IIT Kharagpur. In total he has 23 years research experience in USA, Germany, Taiwan and India. He has Scientific presence with more than 200 peer reviewed journal publications and several publications in peer reviewed conference proceeding. He has Google Scholar h-index 46 with more than 6800 citations. This year he is the recipient of Fulbright Kalam Climate Fellowship for Academic and Professional Excellence. He is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (FWAST) and recipient of several accolades including Materials Research Society of India medal etc. He has supervised 19 PhDs and 34 M. Tech students. He aims to train his students to acquire a unique blend of fundamental and applied research in Materials Science. All PG and Ph.D students, trained from his laboratory are well placed in various reputed organizations both in India and abroad. Presently he is working on several mission projects (namely IMPRINT, UAY, NNetRA, InUP i2i etc) supported by various funding agencies of Government of India. Protypes (such as Li ion battery module for under water applications, air quality monitoring systems etc.) developed utilizing these funding has prominent chances for commercialization/technology transfer. From several government and private agencies, he has been awarded research funding of more than sixty million Indian rupees in last 10 years.

Publications:

1. The generalized solubility limit approach for vanadium-based cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, A. Mitra, A. Gilankar, S. Das, S. Jena, D. Das, B. Majumder, S. Das, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, (2022).
2. High-Performance and Safe Hybrid Li-Ion Batteries Based on Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ – TiO₂(A) – TiO₂ (R)@C Anode and Na₃V₂O₂(PO₄)₂F–Na₃V₂(PO₄)₃@ C Cathode, M. Akhtar, T. Majumder, J. K. Chang, B. Majumder, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 10, 4, 1390-1397 (2022).
3. High-Power and Long-Life Na₃V₂O₂(PO₄)₂F–Na₃V₂(PO₄)₃@C/AC Bimaterial Electrodes for Hybrid Battery–Capacitor Energy Storage Devices, M. Akhtar, A. Mitra, J. K. Chang, B. Majumder, ACS Applied Energy Materials 5, 4, 4070-4084 (2022).
4. Hierarchical Carbon Composites for High‐Energy/Power‐Density and High‐Reliability Supercapacitors with Low Aging Rate, C.C. Chen, N. Kirana, D.F. Puspita, J. Patra, C.T. Hsieh, Y.A. Gandomi, H.Z. Lai, T.L. Chang, C.J. Tseng, B. Majumder, C.Y. Wang, J.K. Chang, ChemSusChem, e202200345 (2022).
5. Effect of Nickel Doping on the Electrochemical Performances of Carbon-Coated Na₃V₂ (PO₄)₃ Cathodes for Hybrid Lithium-Ion Batteries, M. Akhtar, B. Majumder, ACS Applied Energy Materials 4, 12, 13538-13549 (2021).
6. Understanding on the effect of morphology towards the hydrogen and carbon monoxide sensing characteristics of tin oxide sensing elements, V. Ambardekar, T. Bhowmick, P.P. Bandyopadhyay, B. Majumder, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 46, 23113 (2021).
7. High-Li+-fraction ether-side-chain pyrrolidinium–asymmetric imide ionic liquid electrolyte for high-energy-density Si//Ni-rich layered oxide Li-ion batteries, U. Bharath, P.C. Rath, J. Patra, R.F.H. Hernandha, B. Majumder, X. Gao, D. Bresser, Chemical Engineering Journal 430, 132693 (2021).
8. Plasma sprayed CuO coatings for gas sensing and catalytic conversion applications, V. Ambardekar, S. Sahoo, D. K. Srivastava, B. Majumder, P.P. Bandyopadhyay, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 331, 129404 (2021).
9. Cetrimonium bromide assisted formation of antimony alloy nanorods for use as an anode in lithium-ion and sodium-ion full-cells, S. Jena, A. Mitra, S. Das, D. Das, K. Das, B. Majumder, S. Das, Applied Surface Science, 542, 148756 (2021).
10. Moderate-Concentration Fluorinated Electrolyte for High-Energy-Density Si//LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 Batteries, B. Umesh, P.C. Rath, R.F.H. Hernandha, J.Y. Lin, B. Majumder, Q.F. Dong, J.K. Chang, ACS Sustainable Chemistry Engineering 8, 16252-16261 (2020).

Education/Career:

2022-present　Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University

2021-present　Fellow, the Electrochemical Society of Japan

2019-2020　　 Chairman, the Committee of Battery Technology of Japan

2015　　　　　Chairman, Kyushu Branch of the Electrochemical Society of Japan

2013-2022 　　 Professor, Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research Kyoto University

2013-2022 　　 Professor, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University

1998-2013 　　 Associate Professor, Kyushu University

1996-1997 　　 Editor, Editorial Committee of “Electrochemistry”

1996-1997 　　 Executive Engineer, NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc.

1993-1994 　　 Visiting Scholar, The University of Texas at Austin

1992 　　  　　 Doctor of Science, Osaka University

1981-1993　　  Researcher, Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, NTT

1981 　　  　　 M. S., Hokkaido University

1975-1979 　　 B. S., Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University

Research outputs:

Paper: 230 peer-reviewed journals, 17 review papers

Registered Patent: 89 Japanese patents, 50 international patents

h-Index: 56 (10,548 citations) 

Invited talk: 162 (domestic), 72 (international)

Awards:

2022　Meritorious Contribution Award (the Electrochemical Society of Japan)

2019　Yoshida (Outstanding Paper) Award (Society of Computer Chemistry, Japan)

2018　Outstanding Paper Award (the Electrochemical Society of Japan)

2013　IBA Technology Award

2013　Japan Open Innovation Prize, MEXT Minister’s Award

The most cited publication:

1. K. Padhi, K. S. Nanjundaswamy, C. Masquelier, S. Okada, J. B. Goodenough, J. Electrochem. Soc., 144(5) (1997) 1609-1613. (1629 citations)

Education:

1989–1993, B.S. Waseda University, Japan

1993–1995, M.S. Waseda University, Japan

1996–1999, PhD (Eng), Waseda University, Japan

Experience:

1995–1996      Toshiba Corporation

1997–1999      Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

1997–2007      Assistant Professor, Shinshu University

2007–2013      Associate Professor, Shinshu University

2013–2019      Professor, Shinshu University

2014–2019      Vice Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Science (X-Breed), Shinshu University

2019–present  Vice Director, Research Initiative for Supra-Materials (RISM), Shinshu University

2019–present  Distinguished Professor, Shinshu University

Honors & Awards:

2020, Fellow, The Electrochemical Society of Japan

2018, Scientific Achievement Award, The Electrochemical Society of Japan

2005, Oronzio De Nora Foundation Prize, The International Society of Electrochemistry

2004, Young Researcher Award (Sano Prize), The Electrochemical Society of Japan

2004, Young Researcher ECS Award, The Electrochemical Society of Japan-Tokai Branch

2003, Young Researcher Industrial Electrolysis Award, The Electrochemical Society of Japan-The Committee of Electrolytic Science and Technology

Research Areas:

Nanosheets and nanoparticles

Supercapacitors

Electrocatalysts for fuel cells and related reactions

Membership and Academic Activities:

<International>

The Electrochemical Society

International Society of Electrochemistry

Materials Research Society

American Chemical Society

<Domestic>

The Electrochemical Society of Japan

The Ceramic Society of Japan

Catalysis Society of Japan

The Chemical Society of Japan

The Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan

Selected Publications:

1. Ryota Saito, Hideki Tanaka, Katsuya Teshima, Daisuke Takimoto, Sho Hideshima, and Wataru Sugimoto*, "Enhancement in the Charge-Transfer Kinetics of Pseudocapacitive Iridium-Doped Layered Manganese Oxide" Chem., 61(11), 4566-4571 (2022).
2. Wataru Sugimoto* and Daisuke Takimoto, "Platinum Group Metal-based Nanosheets: Synthesis and Application towards Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion", Lett., 50, 1304-1312 (2021).
3. Tomohiro Yoshida, Daisuke Takimoto, Dai Mochizuki, and Wataru Sugimoto*, "Size Dependent Fast Li Ion Storage Based on Size Regulated TiO₂(B) Nanosheet Electrodes with Vertical, Horizontal and Random Alignment", Electrochemistry, 88(4), 305-309 (2020).
4. Yusuke Sato, Sho Makino, Dai Mochizuki, Sho Hideshima*, and Wataru Sugimoto*, "Improved Water-stable Protected Anodes with Low Resistance for Aqueous Energy Storage Devices", Electrochemistry, 88(3), 139-142 (2020).
5. Ryota Saito, Yusuke Sato, Daisuke Takimoto, Sho Hideshima, and Wataru Sugimoto*, "Synergetic Effect of RuO₂ Nanosheets as a Redox Active Binder for Aqueous Electrochemical Capacitors: The Case of MnO₂", Electrochemistry, 88(3), 107-111 (2020).
6. Dai Mochizuki, Ryo Tanaka, Sho Makino, Yusuke Ayato, Wataru Sugimoto*, "Vertically Aligned Reduced Graphite Oxide Nanosheet Film and its Application in High-Speed Charge/Discharge Electrochemical Capacitor", ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2(2), 1033-1039 (2019).
7. Wataru Sugimoto, "Conducting Nanosheets and Nanoparticles for Supercapacitors and Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts", Electrochemistry, 86(6), 281–290 (2018).
8. Zhang, S. Makino, D. Mochizuki, W. Sugimoto, "High-performance hybrid supercapacitors enabled by protected lithium negative electrode and “water-in-salt” electrolyte", J. Power Sources, 396, 498-505 (2018).
9. Makino, D. Mochizuki, W. Sugimoto, "4 V Aqueous hybrid supercapacitors based on dual electrolyte technologies", Curr. Opin. Electrochem., 6(1), 127-130 (2017).
10. Balducci, D. Belanger, T. Brousse, J.W. Long, W. Sugimoto, "Perspective—A Guideline for Reporting Performance Metrics with Electrochemical Capacitors: From Electrode Materials to Full Devices", J. Electrochem. Soc., 164(7), A1487–A1488 (2017).
11. Makino, R. Yamamoto, S. Sugimoto, W. Sugimoto, "Room temperature performance of 4 V aqueous hybrid supercapacitor using multi-layered lithium-doped carbon negative electrode", J. Power Sources, 326, 711-716 (2016).

Education:

1997 Ph.D. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

1991 B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Professional Appointments:

2015.03-2015.06 Visiting Scholar, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

2006.08-present Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

2003.08-2006.07 Associate Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

2000.08-2003.07 Assistant Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

1997.08-2000.07 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Honors and Awards:

• Distinguished Female Chemical Engineer Award, Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Taiwan (2020)
• IAAM Medal, International Association of Advanced Materials (2015)
• T. T. Lai Memorial Award, Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Taiwan (2011)
• Distinguished Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (2010~)
• Young Scholar Research Award, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2006)
• Ta-You Wu Memorial Award, National Science Council, Taiwan (2004)
• Young Scholar Research Award, Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Taiwan (2002)

Jih-Jen Wu received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, in 1997. From 1997 to 2000, she worked in Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, as a postdoctoral fellow. She joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University as an assistant professor in 2000 and became a full professor in 2006.

Li-Chyong Chen received her Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard Univ. (1989); afterwards, she worked at the Materials Research Center in General Electric Corporate R&D, Schenectady, New York (1989–1994), before she joined the CCMS, NTU. Li-Chyong was the Director of CCMS (2012-2018) and is now the Director of the Center of Atomic Initiative for New Materials (AI-Mat) since 2018. AI-Mat is a featured research center by the Sprout Project under the Ministry of Education in Taiwan. Her group is specialized in low-dimensional nanomaterials, especially those produced by chemical vapor depositions, and their applications for optoelectronics, energy and sensing. Till date she has 16 patents, 16 book chapters/review articles and over 440 papers, with > 18,868 citations and an H-index of 71 (updated June 5, 2022, in ISI WOS).

Selective honors:

Academician of Asia Pacific Academy of Materials; Fellow: Physical Society of Taiwan, Taiwan Vacuum Society, and the Materials Research Society in USA; Honorary Doctor, Linköping Univ. in Sweden; Laureate of the 22^nd Khwarizmi Intl’ Award in Iran; twice the Outstanding Research Award by the Ministry of Science and Technology; Outstanding Scholar Foundation Award; Ho Chin-Tui Outstanding Award; Taiwan Outstanding Women in Science; the Ministry of Education Academic Award; and Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Chair Professor.

Professional services:

Li-Chyong has organized a number of intl’ symposia and was appointed as one of the four meeting chairs for the MRS Fall Meeting 2009. She was a member of the Board of Directors for MRS in 2017-2019 and served for the Commission on Structure and Dynamics of Condensed Matter in Intl’ Union of Pure and Applied Physics in 2018-2021. She has been on the Board of Trustees of the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center since 2018, and the Science Education Advisory Board of the Ministry of Education in Taiwan since 2017. Li-Chyong has been a Series Editor for the book series on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology by the World Scientific Publisher since 2015, and on the Editorial Advisory Board for Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences by Taylor and Francis since 2004.