The conference will cover both theoretical and practical aspects of modern electrochemistry. Practical work will be done in the labs in 4 tracks under supervision of qualified personnel. “The Best Performance Award” will be given for the best results. Maximal number of Participants is 30.

Practical work. Tracks:

→ Modeling of materials for electrochemical devices (Prof. D. Aksenov)

→ Electrocatalysis (Prof. V. Nikitina)

→ Redox Flow batteries (Dr. M. Pugach)

→ Sodium-ion batteries (Prof. S. Fedotov)

Program:

Friday, November 18

14.00 – 15.00 – Check-in and registration at Skoltech

15.00 – 15.20 – School Opening

15.20 – 16.20 – Prof. A. Abakumov: Cathode Materials for Metal Ion Batteries

16.20 – 16.40 – Coffee Break

16.40 – 17.40 – Dr. M. Pugach: Industrial application of electrochemical energy storage systems

17.40 – 18.10 – O. Tyablikov: Safety instruction and training for CEST Labs

Saturday, November 19

10.00 – 11.00 – Prof. V. Nikitina: Electrocatalysis: Basics and Applications (Part 1)

11.00 – 11.20 – Coffee Break

11.20 – 12.20 –Prof. V. Nikitina: Electrocatalysis: Basics and Applications (Part 2)

12.20 – 13.20 – Prof. D. Aksenov: Computational modeling of materials for energy storage

13.20 – 14.00 – Lunch

14.00 – 18.00 – Working in the labs/on projects (Dr. M. Zakharkin, Dr. A. Boev, P. Morozova, S. Marshenya)

Sunday, November 20

10.00 – 11.00 – Prof. S. Fedotov: Na-ion batteries: be or definitely be?

11.00 – 11.20 – Coffee-break

11.20 – 12.20 – Dr. M. Pugach: Main characteristics and features of redox flow batteries

12.20 – 13.20 – Lunch

13.20 – 18.00 – Working in the labs/on projects (Dr. M. Zakharkin, Dr. A. Boev, P. Morozova, S. Marshenya)

Monday, November 21

10.00 – 11.00 – Dr. A. Savina: Materials synthesis methods for electrochemical systems

11.00 – 11.20 – Conference Photo and Coffee Break

11.20 – 12.20 – Dr. A. Nedoluzhko: Fire Safety of Lithium Ion Batteries

12.20 – 13.20 – Lunch 

13.20 – 18.00 – Working in the labs/on projects (Dr. M. Zakharkin, Dr. A. Boev, P. Morozova, S. Marshenya)

18.00 – 20.00 – Conference Dinner 

Tuesday, November 22

10.00 – 13.00 – Working with the tutors on solving the problems (Dr. M. Zakharkin, Dr. A. Boev, P. Morozova, S. Marshenya)

13.00 – 14.00 – Lunch 

14.00 – 15.30 – Results presentation by student groups and discussion

15.30 – 16.00 – Conference Closing