Energy storage devices, especially, lithium-ion batteries are becoming increasingly important due to their positive impact on clean energy technologies such as solar and wind power as well as electric vehicle applications. The key challenges we face today are to make these batteries affordable and durable.

The energy storage problem is inherently interdisciplinary in nature due to a strong coupling between mechanics and electrochemistry. For example, charge/discharge process of electrodes leads to phenomenon such as phase transformation, large deformation, fracture, and fatigue. The stress and strain fields developed in electrodes due to lithiation/delithiation can strongly influence the kinetics and thermodynamics of electrochemical processes. Significant research efforts are focused on developing advanced materials for energy storage. In addition, it is necessary to develop new mathematical models and experimental techniques to accurately simulate and design next generation high energy-density and durable energy storage devices.

Topics for the symposium include but are not limited to:

  • Theoretical studies: DFT, Molecular dynamics, and continuum models of anodes, cathodes, and composite electrodes
  • Experimental studies: Characterization of basic mechanical properties, degradation mechanisms, and measurement of evolution of mechanical properties with state of charge
  • Studies which combine theory and experiments, and explore how electrochemistry and mechanics phenomenon are coupled and how they affect battery performance
  • Studies on developing advanced electrode designs based on nano wires, nano particles, and other architectures

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Schedule

3D Simulation of diffusion induced stress in realistic LiCoO2 electrode particles of lithium ion battery generated by nano-CT

Bo Yan, Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis. United States
Cheolwoong Lim, Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis. United States
Likun Zhu, Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis. United States
Leilei Yin, University of Illinois, United States

A Chemo-Mechanical model of delithiation in high-capacity anode materials

HUI YANG, Pennsylvania State University, United States
Sulin Zhang

A theory and a simulation capability for the growth of a solid electrolyte interphase layer at anode particles in lithium ion batteries

Elisha Rejovitzky, MIT, United States
Claudio Di Leo, MIT, United States
Lallit Anand, MIT, United States

Advanced high-capacity electrode architectures for lithium-ion batteries

Vilas Pol, Purdue University

Cahn–Hilliard-type phase-field theory for species diffusion coupled with large elastic deformations: application to phase-separating Li-ion electrode materials

Lallit Anand, MIT

Chemo-thermo-mechanics of ion-transport ceramic membranes

Claudio Di Leo, MIT, United States
Lallit Anand, MIT, United States

Classifying the mechanisms of electrochemical shock in ion-intercalation materials

William Woodford, MIT, United States
W. Craig Carter, MIT, United States
Yet-Ming Chiang, MIT, United States

Deformation and fracture of silicon electrodes in lithium-ion batteries

Joost Vlassak, Harvard University, United States
Matt Pharr, Harvard University, United States
Yong Seok Choi, Seoul National University, United States

Designing long-life lithium-ion cells

Daniel Abraham, Argonne National Laboratory

Diffusion–reaction–induced stress in moving boundary cylindrical Li-ion battery electrodes

Tao Zhang, Shanghai University, China
Zhan-Sheng Guo, Shanghai University, China
Jianyu Zhu, Shanghai University, China
Yuhui Wang, Shanghai University, China

Electrochemical strain microscopy: principle, analysis, and applications

Jiangyu Li, University of Washington

Electrochemically induced stresses in energy storage materials

Brian Sheldon, Brown University

Experimental investigation into the mechanical properties of metal anodes in lithium-ion batteries

Ali Ghahremaninezhad, University of Miami, United States
Omid Gooranorimi, University of Miami, United States

First-principles studies of interfacial chemistry in negative electrodes for lithium ion battery applications

Jeffrey Greeley, Purdue University, United States

Fracture characteristics of lithiated silicon for lithium-ion batteries

Shuman Xia, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Xueju Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

Generation of stress in the storage particles of lithium-ion batteries

Robert McMeeking, UC Santa Barbara

In-situ stress measurement during aluminum corrosion in alkaline solutions

Ömer Özgür Çapraz, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, United States
Shinsuke Ide, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, United States
Kurt R. Hebert, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, United States
Pranav Shrotriya, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States

Kinetic model for anisotropic reactions in amorphous solids

Wei Hong, Iowa State University

Mechanical and electrochemical response of all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries

Giovanna Bucci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
W. Craig Carter, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Yet-Ming Chiang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

Mechanical properties of silicon nanowire anodes at different states of charge

Reiner Moenig, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Modulus variation of composite graphite electrodes in lithium-ion batteries during electrochemical cycling

Elizabeth M. C. Jones, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
Hadi Tavassol, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
Andrew A. Gewirth, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
Scott R. White, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
Nancy R. Sottos, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States

Multiscale and Multiphysics modeling of Li-ion battery cells

Alberto Salvadori, University of Brescia, Italy
Davide Grazioli, University of Brescia, Italy
Marc Geers, TU/e, Netherlands

Optimal charge/discharge profiles of mechanically constrained lithium-ion batteries

Bharatkumar Suthar, Washington University in Saint Louis, United States
Venkat Subramanian, Washington University in Saint Louis, United States

Path-Independent integral for fracture of solids under combined electrochemical and mechanical loadings

jianmin qu, northwestern university

Phase-field simulation and discrete element modeling of the interaction of diffusion and mechanics in electrode particles and electrodes of lithium ion batteries

Marc Kamlah, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Magalie Huttin, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Julia Ott, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Yixiang Gan, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Australia

Quantitative in situ nanomechanical characterization by combining scanning probe microscope and scanning electron microscope

Yuefei Zhang, Beijing University of Technology

Recent studies of rechargeable battery electrodes using In Situ TEM

Ting Zhu, Georgia Institute of Technology

Stresses in composite electrodes and their effect on battery design

Siva Nadimpalli, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Vijay Sethuraman, Brown University, United States
Pradeep Guduru, Brown University, United States
Daniel Abraham, Argonne National Lab, United States

Topology optimization of energy conversion devices

Lincoln Collins, California Institute of California, United States
Kaushik Bhattacharya, California Institute of California, United States