Fraunhofer R&D Center for Electromobility Bavaria

Fraunhofer R&D Center for Electromobility Bavaria

Green Batteries Conference 2021

Overview Sessions Schedule

	13:00 - 14:45 (Session 1)		15:15 - 17:00 (Session 2)
Oct. 5	Battery recycling technologies Prof. Dr. Emma Kendrick, University of Birmingham KN: Prof. Dr. Andrew Abbot, University of Leicester Detailed timetable	Break	Second life, testing, classification, logistics Prof. Dr. Ir. Maitane Berecibar, VUB MOBI, Brussels KN: Jan Merckx, VIL Detailed timetable
Oct. 12	Sustainability (sociological, economical, ecological impacts of batteries) Prof. Dr. Guido Sonnemann, Bordeaux University Detailed timetable	Break	Resources & raw materials Prof. Lev Filippov, Lorraine University KN: Dr. Alan R. Butcher, Circular Economy Solutions Unit, Geological Survey of Finland Detailed timetable
Oct. 19			Recyclability of battery cells (Design for recycling, manufacturing for recycling) Dr. Henning Lorrmann / Dr. Marcel Meeus, EMIRI Consultant KN: Dr. Dana L. Thompson, Faraday Institution, Leicester Detailed timetable
Oct. 26	Alternative “green battery” technologies Dr. Sigita Trabesinger, PSI, Dr. Corsin Battaglia, Empa KN: Prof. Stefano Passerini, KIT Detailed timetable	Break	Expert Seminar Battery 2030+ "Sodium the next battery revolution" Prof. Kristina Edström et al., BATTERY 2030+ Initiative, Uppsala University Dr. Guinevere Giffin, Fraunhofer ISC Detailed timetable

Timetable October, 5

	13:00 - 14:45 (Session 1)		15:15 - 17:00 (Session 2)
	Battery recycling technologies Prof. Dr. Emma Kendrick, University of Birmingham	Break	Second life, testing, classification, logistics Prof. Dr. Ir. Maitane Berecibar, VUB MOBI
Keynote	High- Power Ultrasonic Delamination for LIB recycling Prof. Dr. Andrew Abbott, University of Leicester		Re2live Project Jan Merckx, VIL
Talk 1	A centrifugation-based direct recycling approach for lithium-Ion batteries Tabea Sinn, KIT, Institute for Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics		Re-Use of BEV-Batteries in a megawatt scale better than recycling? Dr. Jürgen Kölch, EVA Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH
Talk 2	Joint recovery of graphite and lithium metal oxides particles from spent black mass by using froth Aliza Salces, Helmholtz Institute of Freiberg		Qualification for 2nd life usage of batteries using enhanced sensing schemes Gerhard Domann, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC
Talk 3	A Direct Waterjet-Based Recycling Process for Lithium Ion Cathodes in the Context of Sustainability and Requirements for a European Circular Economy Leonard Kurz, Hochschule Esslingen / Insitute for Sustainable Energy Technology and Mobility (INEM)		Towards better understanding of the electrochemical impedance of lithium metal anode Dr. Mohammed Srout, Paul Scherrer Institute
Talk 4	Fundamental and Applied Aspects to Recycle NMC Cathode Material in Acidic Solution Emmanuel Billy, University Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LITEN, DTNM, Grenoble, France		Second Life from an LCA perspective Maeva Philippot / Prof. Maarten Messagie, VUB
Wrap-up	Prof. Dr. Emma Kendrick, University of Birmingham		Prof. Dr. Ir. Maintan Berecibar, VUB-MOBI, Burssels

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Timetable October, 12

	13:00 - 14:45 (Session 1)		15:15 - 17:00 (Session 2)
	Sustainability (sociological, economical, ecological impacts of batteries) Prof. Dr. Guido Sonnemann, Bordeaux University	Break	Resources & raw materials Prof. Lev Filippov, Lorraine University
Keynote	Sustainability of battery cell production in Europe - How sustainable are batteries and electromobility really? Dr. Mischa Bechberger, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH		Sustainable and responsible sourcing of battery raw materials – a Finnish example Dr. Alan R. Butcher, Circular Economy Solutions Unit, Geological Survey of Finland
Talk 1	Identification and quantification of potential levers to reduce the carbon impact of lithium-ion batteries in the near- to mid-term future Leopold Peiseler, ETH Zürich		Reserve and resource assessment of Li-rich geothermal brines in Europe PhD Romain Millot, BRGM - French Geological Survey
Talk 2	Environmental sustainability potentials of electric vehicles batteries Eleonora Crenna, Empa		Advances in electrochemical ion pumping for lithium recovery Prof. Fabio La Mantia, University of Bremen (Energiespeicher- und Energiewandlersysteme)
Talk 3	Batteries and biomimicry: Towards a sustainable future for energy storage Dhiksha Mohan, Kumaraguru College of Technology		Electrochemical Recovery of Lithium by ion pumping: From flow batteries to sustainable lithium recovery Prof. Ernesto Julio Calvo, INQUIMAE-CONICET University of Buenos Aires
Talk 4	Autonomous predictive quality for LIB production lines Amit Garay, Razor-Labs		Membrane electrolysis for selective lithium carbonate recovery from brines with concomitant freshwater production Prof. Victoria Flexer, CONICET (Argentinean National Research and Scientific Council)
Wrap-up	Prof. Guido Sonnemann, Bordeaux University		Prof. Lev Filippov, Lorraine University

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Timetable October, 19

			15:15 - 17:00 (Session 2)
			Recyclability of battery cells (Design for recycling, manufacturing for recycling) Dr. Henning Lorrmann, Fraunhofer ISC Dr. Marcel Meeus, EMIRI Consultant
Keynote			Lithium ion batteries - design for recycle Dana Thompson, Faraday Institution, Leicester
Talk 1			The BATTERY 2030+ perspective on recyclability Dr. Marcel Meeus, Consultant to EMIRI
Talk 2			KYBURZ Battery Recycling Olivier Groux, KYBURZ Switzerland AG
Talk 3			Drivers and barriers for the introduction of a digital battery passport? Empirical insights into value chain stakeholder Katharina Berger, University of Graz
Talk 4			Aqueous Electrode Processing of Ni-rich Layered Oxide Cathode Materials to Simplify Recycling Dr. Guinevere Giffin, Fraunhofer ISC
Wrap-up			Dr. Hennig Lormann, Fraunhofer ISC Dr. Marcel Meeus, EMIRI Consultant

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Timetable October, 26

	13:00 - 14:45 (Session 1)		15:15 - 17:00 (Session 2)
	Alternative “green battery” technologies Dr. Sigita Trabesinger, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) Dr. Corsin Battaglia, Empa	Break	Battery 2030+ Excellence Seminar "Sodium the next battery revolution" Dr. Guinevere Giffin, Fraunhofer ISC
Keynote	Sodium batteries for small- to large-scale energy storage Prof. Stefano Passerini, KIT & HIU		Keynotes
Talk 1	Lithium-substituted cobalt-free materials for Na-ion batteries Dr. Lukasz Kondracki et al., PSI		How we reinvent the way we invent the batteries or the future applied to sodium ion batteries Prof. Kristina Edström BATTERY 2030+ Sodium-ion as an alternative, sustainable battery technology Prof. Montserrat Casas CiCenergigune, Spain Na-ion batteries and the battery market Johan Söderbom Innoenergy
Talk 2	High-power cathodes for high-temperature sodium-metal chloride batteries Dr. Meike Heinz et al., Empa		Panel Discussion
Talk 3	Aqueous zinc-ion batteries – an ecological and economic opportunity for large scale stationary energy applications Dr. Giorgia Zampardi et al., University of Bremen		Will sodium-ion batteries be as successful as we hope? What do we need to accelerate the research? Johan Söderbom, Thematic Leader, Energy Storage and Smart Grids, EIT Innoenergy Prof. Montserrat Casas, Scientific Coordinator, CICe Prof. Stefano Passerini BATTERY 2030+ (HiU and KIT, Germany) Ass. Prof. William Brant, Founder/Board Member ALTRIS Mr. Stephen OuYang, CTO at CATL Mr. Hervé Beuffe, Founder/CEO Tiamat
Talk 4	Blackstone thick-layer technology - a greener approach to manufacturing of lithium-Ion electrodes Carsten Jandura et al., Blackstone Technology GmbH		Closing remarks
Wrap-up	Dr. Sigita Trabesinger, PSI Dr. Corsin Battaglia, Empa		Dr. Guinevere Giffin, Fraunhofer ISC

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The Green Batteries Conference 2021 is aimed at scientists and professionals from academia and industry as well as students. The sessions will provide a unique and comprehensive insight into the entire battery value chain, from raw materials to future material development to sustainable reuse and recycling for closed-loop recyclability, as well as an overview to current regulatory innovations.

The key notes of each session provide an in-depth overview of the topics covered, while the subsequent technical presentations delve deeper into current research - thus benefiting both experts in the respective field and interested parties from other disciplines along the value chain.

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