Molecules Webinar | Advanced Interfaces in Energy Storage Devices: From Computational Insights to Experimental Innovations, 28 April 2026

Advances in energy storage technologies increasingly hinge on our ability to understand and engineer complex interfaces that govern performance, stability, and lifetime. This webinar brings together leading perspectives that bridge atomistic modeling, mesoscale characterization, and experimental design, highlighting how multi-physics insights can unravel degradation phenomena and guide the development of next-generation materials. By integrating computational predictions with cutting-edge experimental techniques, we aim to illuminate the mechanisms that emerge across scales and drive innovation in battery systems and beyond.

The program features a diverse set of contributions, from multi-physics analyses that shed light on non-linear degradation behavior in lithium-ion systems to state-of-the-art 3D electron diffraction and advanced STEM tomography approaches capable of capturing structural evolution in real time. It will also explore how molecular-level understanding can inform the design of functional interfaces, spanning applications from complex fluid systems to graphene-based materials. Together, these talks provide a cohesive view of how interdisciplinary approaches are reshaping the landscape of energy storage research.

Date: 28 April 2026 at 16:30 CEST | 9:30 CDT
Webinar ID: 825 7519 6512

Program:

Speaker/Presentation	Time in CEST
Dr. Diego Eduardo Galvez Aranda (Chair) Chair Introduction	4:30–4:35 p.m.
Dr. Matheus Leal de Souza Why Electro-Thermal-Mechanical Understanding is Needed to Explain Knees in Li-Ion Batteries Degradation	4:35–5:05 p.m.
Q&A Session	5:05–5:10 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Joke Hadermann In situ 3D ED and 4S-STEM tomography to follow structural evolutions	5:10–5:40 p.m.
Q&A Session	5:40–5:45 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Payam Kaghazchi Computational Studies on Energy Storage Devices	5:45– 6:15 p.m.
Q&A Session	6:15–6:20 p.m.
Dr. Samuel Bertolini PANflon: A reversible fluorine conversion polymer cathode	6:20–6:50 p.m.
Q&A Session	6:50–6:55 p.m.
Dr. Diego Eduardo Galvez Aranda Closing of Webinar	6:55–7:00 p.m.

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Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Diego Eduardo Galven Aranda, Texas A&M University, Chemical Engineering Department, USA;
Dr. Matheus Leal de Souza, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom;
Prof. Dr. Joke Hadermann, Physics, University of Antwerp, Belgium;
Prof. Dr. Payam Kaghazchi, ¹ Associate Professor, University of Twente, the Netherlands; ²FZ Jülich, Germany;
Dr. Samuel Bertolini, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.

Relevant Special Issue:
“Advanced Interfaces in Energy Storage Devices: From Computational Insights to Experimental Innovations”

Guest Editor: Dr. Diego E. Galvez-Aranda
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026