We are delighted and proud to announce that NordBatt 2026 will feature the following international profiles of the highest possible standing as Plenary Speakers:
Professor Corsin Battaglia, Empa, ETH, EPFL
Corsin Battaglia is directing the laboratory Materials for Energy Conversion at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories of Materials Science and Technology, and is Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at ETH Zurich, Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Materials Science at EPFL, School of Engineering, Institute of Materials. He is currently also the president of the Swiss Battery Association iBAT and the Swiss representative in the Battery2030+ initiative. After receiving his PhD in Physics from the Université de Neuchâtel in 2008, he was a postdoctoral researcher at EPFL until 2012 and at the University of California Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories until 2014, before joining Empa. His current research focuses on sustainable next-generation lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries, post-lithium-ion batteries, and the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to synthetic fuels.
Understanding and Controlling Solid Electrolyte Interphase Formation in Lithium-Ion Batteries
To achieve lithium-ion batteries with high energy density, electrodes are typically operated outside the electrochemical stability window of the electrolyte requiring the formation of a passivating solid electrolyte interphase to guarantee long cycle life. Fluorine-induced transition metal dissolution from the positive electrode is particularly detrimental because the dissolved metal ions migrate through the electrolyte and deposit on the negative electrode, where they trigger additional solid electrolyte interphase growth increasing cell resistance and consuming electrochemically active lithium. In my presentation, I will present a new strategy to prevent transition metal dissolution without the need for sacrificial electrolyte additives. I will also demonstrate how operando transmission electron microscopy and automated experimental workflows provide new insights into solid electrolyte interphase formation. I will conclude with a comparison of solid electrolyte interphase growth in next-generation all-solid-state batteries based on argyrodite and hydroborate solid electrolytes.