Keynote speakers

Yuki Katoh (TOYOTA Europe, Belgium):

Advantages of the solidification of the electrolyte in batteries 

Yifei Mo (University of Maryland, USA):

Computation-Guided Design of Solid Electrolyte Materials and Interfaces in All-Solid-State Li-ion Batteries

Yoon Seok Jung (UNIST, Ulsan, South Korea):

Toward favorable ionic contacts in sulfide-based bulk-type all-solid-state Li and Na batteries  
 

Biographies

Yuki Katoh (TOYOTA Europe, Belgium)

Dr. Katoh has been serving as a senior manager at Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA in Belgium since 2015.  His department deals with researches on innovative batteries for sustainable mobility, including all-solid-state batteries, metal-air batteries, and sodium-ion batteries. Dr. Katoh received his Ph.D in Engineering in 2014 from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. Dr. Katoh started his industrial carrier in 2008 when he was employed at Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan, where he dedicated himself to the development of all-solid-state batteries.

Yifei Mo (University of Maryland, USA)

Prof. Yifei Mo is an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. Dr. Mo’s research aims to advance the understanding, design, and discovery of engineering materials through cutting-edge computational techniques. His current research projects target critical materials problems in energy storage and conversion technologies, with emphasis on all-solid-state batteries. Dr. Mo obtained his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA (2005-2010), and performed his postdoctoral research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2010-2013). His research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals including Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Energy and Environmental Science, Advanced Energy Materials, Nano Letter, etc.

Yoon Seok Jung (UNIST, Ulsan, South Korea)

Yoon Seok Jung received his B.S. degree in 2001 and Ph.D. in 2008 in Chemical Engineering from Seoul National University (SNU, Korea), having trained as an electrochemist and materials scientist under the supervision of Prof. Seung M. Oh. During Ph.D. course, he introduced the concept of thermoelectrochemical activation of Li-alloy negative electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries. He then worked as a postdoc fellow at the University of Colorado Boulder (2008–2009), at the University of Texas at Austin (2009), and at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (2009–2011), USA. His postdoctoral studies include application of atomic layer deposition (ALD) for lithium-ion batteries. He joined UNIST as a professor in 2011. His research interests cover electrode materials and solid electrolytes for rechargeable batteries. His current research focuses on sulfide solid electrolytes and their application for bulk-type all-solid-state lithium and sodium batteries. He is an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports.