Event date:
Nov 5 2024 10:20 am

High Energy Density Batteries: A Path to Sustainable Energy

Speaker(s)
Rizwan Ur Rehman Sagar - Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC, Australia
Venue
CS Smart Lab, (Ground Floor) SSE Building
Abstract
High-energy density batteries are increasingly in demand to enhance the performance of electric vehicles and reduce the environmental impact of long-term resource use. In response, various battery technologies have been introduced, including anode-free lithium metal batteries (AFLMBs). Typically, these batteries consist of a cathode and a thin separator filled with a liquid/solid electrolyte. AFLMBs feature a lithium cathode but do not have a conventional anode; instead, they use a current collector, such as copper. Additionally, developing solid-state electrolytes for solid-state AFLMBs presents challenges in creating safer, high-energy density technology. I will discuss both liquid electrolyte-based AFLMBs and solid-state AFLMBs, along with recent trends in this research area.

Rizwan Ur Rehman Sagar completed his PhD (2010–2015) degree in Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He has been served as post-doctorate fellow (2016-2018) in College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University. During that period, he was awarded research funding from Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China. In addition, he has been selected as an excellent postdoc (2018-2020) from Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen, China and and obtain a prestigious research funding from the National Natural Science Foundation as PI. He also served Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, as Associate Professor where he got another prestigious award of Foreign Research Expert in China-2022. He is actively engaged in the fabrication of low-dimensional materials high energy density battery research. He has been published more than 80 scientific articles in well-reputed journals and also served Associate Editor in different journals especially Nanoscience-Frontiers in Chemistry. Recently, he is working in the Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University-Geelong Australia.