Schedule
(Updated as of Jun 3, 2025)
Important notes:
| 1. | This Summer School will be held in face-to-face mode. |
| 2. | Unauthorized recording of any session is prohibited. |
| 3. | Please obtain the consent from the speaker concerned for any adaptation/sharing of his/her presentation materials. |
| 4. | Although all aspects of the program are covered, the duration of the various topics is flexible and can be adapted to suit the interest and questions of the participants. |
| Should you have further enquiries, please feel free to contact the secretariat by email at ias2025abt@ust.hk. | |
Venue: Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), G/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
July 21, 2025 (Mon)
Time
Event
| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Registration |
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Class Mon-01 |
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| 09:30 - 10:45 |
The Li-ion Battery Technology: Working Principle and Electrode Materials Jean Marie Tarascon (Collège de France; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Short Break |
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| 11:00 - 12:15 |
How It Works, Where It Comes From and Where We Are Jean Marie Tarascon (Collège de France; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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| 12:15 - 12:30 |
Q & A Session |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Seminar #01 |
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| 14:00 - 15:00 |
Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Battery Materials Biao LI (Peking University) |
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| 15:00 - 15:15 |
Short Break |
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Class Mon-02 |
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| 15:15 - 16:30 |
From Layered to Polyanionic Compounds and Anionic Redox Materials Jean Marie Tarascon (Collège de France; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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July 22, 2025 (Tue)
Time
Event
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Class Tue-01 |
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| 09:30 - 10:45 |
The Na-ion Battery: How It Differs from Li-ion and Its Road to Commercialization Jean Marie Tarascon (Collège de France; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Short Break |
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| 11:00 - 12:15 |
Basics Principles and Various Na-ion Chemistries Jean Marie Tarascon (Collège de France; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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| 12:15 - 12:30 |
Q & A Session |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Seminar #02 |
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| 14:00 - 15:00 |
Advancing Redox Flow Batteries: Molecular Insights to Grid-Scale Solutions Yi-Chun Lu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
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| 15:00 - 15:15 |
Short Break |
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Class Tue-02 |
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| 15:15 - 16:30 |
Hard Carbon vs. Graphite and Alloys Jean Marie Tarascon (Collège de France; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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July 23, 2025 (Wed)
Time
Event
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Class Wed-01 |
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| 09:30 - 10:45 |
Electrolyte Design for Batteries Jean Marie Tarascon (Collège de France; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Short Break |
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| 11:00 - 12:15 |
What You Need to Know (Basics and Figure of Merits) for Designing New Electrolytes Jean Marie Tarascon (Collège de France; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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| 12:15 - 12:30 |
Q & A Session |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Seminar #03 |
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| 14:00 - 15:00 |
Mechanical Properties of Interfaces Biao ZHANG (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
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| 15:00 - 15:15 |
Short Break |
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Class Wed-02 |
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| 15:15 - 16:30 |
Electrolyte Additives and Interfaces Jean Marie Tarascon (Collège de France; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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July 24, 2025 (Thu)
Time
Event
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Class Thu-01 |
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| 09:30 - 10:45 |
Battery Diagnostic: From Electrochemical to Optical Methods Jean Marie Tarascon (Collège de France; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Short Break |
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| 11:00 - 12:15 |
FBGs, TFBGs and Optical IR Sensors for Spying the Dynamic Chemistry of Batteries Jean Marie Tarascon (Collège de France; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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| 12:15 - 12:30 |
Q & A Session |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Seminar #04 |
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| 14:00 - 15:00 |
Machine Learning for Exploiting Sensing Data Jiaqiang HUANG (HKUST (Guangzhou)) |
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| 15:00 - 15:15 |
Short Break |
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Class Thu-02 |
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| 15:15 - 16:30 |
From Merging Electrochemical and Optical Sensing to Acoustic Sensing Jean Marie Tarascon (Collège de France; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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July 25, 2025 (Fri)
Time
Event
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Class Fri-01 |
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| 09:30 - 10:45 |
Li(Na) Solid State Batteries: Basic Principles and Challenges Jean Marie Tarascon (Collège de France; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Short Break |
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| 11:00 - 12:15 |
The Long Journey Towards New Inorganic Ionic Conductors Jean Marie Tarascon (Collège de France; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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| 12:15 - 12:30 |
Q & A Session |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Seminar #05 |
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| 14:00 - 15:00 |
Covalent Organic Frameworks for the Next-generation Batteries: Design and
Applications, Yoonseob KIM (HKUST (Clear Water Bay)) |
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| 15:00 - 15:15 |
Short Break |
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Class Fri-02 |
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| 15:15 - 16:30 |
Problematic of Interfaces and New Trends in Assembing Process Jean Marie Tarascon (Collège de France; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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July 26, 2025 (Thu)
Time
Event
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Class Sat-01 |
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| 09:30 - 10:45 |
Batteries Technologies Based on Divalent Elements Cations Jean Marie Tarascon (Collège de France; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Short Break |
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| 11:00 - 12:15 |
Status of Mg(Ca)-ion Chemistries, Plus Recent Advances on Aqueous Zn-MnO2 Batteries Jean Marie Tarascon (Collège de France; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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| 12:15 - 12:30 |
Q & A Session |
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