Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Workshop on Electrochemical Energy Storage: Theory, Experiments, and Applications", taking place on-line with the support of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), on *5, 12, 19, and 26 May 2022*.

The workshop will discuss progress in the investigation of materials for batteries, and of the related chemical and physical processes, including lithium- and sodium-based, high-valence-ion, and metal-air batteries, electrodes and electrolytes. The world is likely to see an increase of the importance of energy storage in the near future. One reason is the increasing presence of  renewable energy sources, most of which are intermittent in nature. Another  reason is the drive towards alternatives to fossil fuels for the transportation sector. Across these fields, requirements on the storage system may be very different, for example in terms of energy and power density. For all these solutions, a key issue is the development of functional materials able to perform the required tasks efficiently, produced from safe, widely available and easy-to process raw materials. Aim of the workshop is to discuss recent progress in the investigation of materials for batteries, and of the related chemical and physical processes.

Topics:

Alkali-ion batteries

Lithium-sulphur batteries

Batteries with high-valence ions

Metal-air batteries

Experimental techniques

Computational modeling of materials

Applicants can submit a title and abstract for a poster to be presented at the workshop. The deadline for submission is *April 20, 2022.* Abstract submissions and applications for participation can be made through the ICTP website at: https://indico.ictp.it/event/9783/

The following is a list of invited speakers who already confirmed their presence at the workshop:

G. CEDER, UC Berkeley, USA

R. DOMINKO, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia

A. FRANCO, University of Picardie, France

Y. GOGOTSI, Drexel University, USA

F. LA MANTIA, Bremen University, Germany

Y.-H. NA, IBM, USA

S. PASSERINI, KIT, Germany

S. SARICIFTCI, JKU, Austria

L. YASHINA, Moscow State University, Russia

A. WALSH, Imperial College London, UK

Best regards,

Nicola Seriani

ICTP