Program 2024

08.30

Doors open

09.00

Opening by prof.dr.ir. Hans Hilgenkamp (MT MESA+) and prof.dr. Vinod Subramaniam (Executive Board)  

09.30

Lecture by Prof. Albert Polman - AMOLF, Amsterdam

10.15

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Loes Segerink - BIOS Lab-on-a-chip group, UT  

11.00

Poster session and coffee/tea 

11.45

Parallel session on 

• Organ-on-a-chip (chairs: Andries van der Meer & Sanne de Wit)
• MESA+ Computing & Simulation (chair: Linn Leppert)

13.00

Lunch and poster session 
Please, make sure you put your sticker on the poster of your choice before the end of the lunch break.

14.15

Parallel session on 

• Two-dimensional materials (chair: Harold Zandvliet) 
• Molecules of Nanotechnology (chair: Christian Nijhuis) 
• Process engineering and Analysis (chairs: Gerard Roelofs and Roald Tiggelaar) 

15.30

Poster session (incl. review of jury) and coffee/tea

16.45

Lecture by Prof. dr. Martin Winter – Universität Münster, Münster, Germany 

Solid Polymer Electrolyte Batteries:
History, Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies Towards Better Performance

Abstract
The demands for larger energy densities favour the exploitation of Lithium metal batteries, where polymer electrolytes are considered as viable opportunity,^[1] despite remaining challenges in view of fast charge capability and operational temperatures beyond room temperature. While commercially available batteries form Bolloré with PEO can be used at temperatures >60°C, other polymer electrolytes,^[2-5] including tailor-made polycaprolactones^[6] and polymers made from grafted macrocycles^[7] provide reasonable electrochemical performance already at 40°C.

Better discharge capacities and cells with higher energy density were realized based on a hybrid cell concept employing composite cathodes and scaffold-supported thin film polymer electrolytes.^[8].

Further adjustments of the hybrid cell concept include consideration of operational conditions such as cell stack pressure and insights into interfacial processes,^[9-12] in this way constituting key strategies to afford polymer-based batteries that accommodate lead KPIs of relevant application scenarios.

Short Bio
Martin Winter has been researching in the field of electrochemical energy storage and conversion for more than 30 years. His focus is on the development of new materials, components and cell designs for advanced energy storage systems. Martin currently holds a professorship for “Materials Science, Energy and Electrochemistry” at Institute of Physical Chemistry at University of Münster, Germany. He is founder and scientific director of MEET Battery Research Center at Münster University and of Helmholtz-Institute Münster (HI MS) “Ionics in Energy Storage”, a division of Forschungszentrum Jülich (National Lab in Germany). Among more than 60 awards and recognitions, he is an elected member of National Academy of Science and Engineering, the State Academy of Sciences and Arts, is an officer of the Federal Cross of Merit 1^st Class of Germany and spokesperson of German Battery Research.

17.30

Presentation prizes:

• MESA+ Poster prize
• MESA+ Outreach award
• MESA+ Photo contest

18.00

Drinks and finger food