10.21 7:00-8:00PM

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IMany ESRF beamlines are involved to cover the extended range of length and time scales required (from A to cm, from ps to months/years), as well as the variety of information needed (chemical, structural, morphological, electronic properties, transport properties, etc). Scattering, spectroscopic and imaging techniques are needed and potentially combined to perform (when possible):

• operando experiments to obtain the real-time behaviour of active materials

10.21 7:00-8:00PM

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

10.21 7:00-8:00PM

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

10.25 8:00-11:30AM

As the battery market is exponentially growing, research and innovation in this field requires one to optimize advanced battery characterization schemes at large scale facilities, e.g. identifying relevant technique(s), writing beam time

proposal(s), organizing the experiment(s), and acquisition, processing and analysis of the data sets. The complexity of the electrochemical systems and variety of parameters to be investigated, ideally in operando mode, calls for the

simultaneous, or time-coordinated, use of different probes (neutron/X-rays), potentially at several beamlines (scattering, imaging or spectroscopy experiments), under different conditions (post-mortem, operando, controlled conditions), to be scheduled and performed to meet  the scientific objectives. In addition, specific needs are foreseen such as high-throughput experiments, dedicated sample environments including smart control/sensing and real (large size) devices, high quality experiments to be combined with big data analysis and multi-scale numerical simulations, or the need to acquire data repeatedly for long time periods on the same system during cycling. To date, single-shot experiments (granted through standard proposal submission) lead to a fragmented knowledge and satisfy short-term objectives, insufficient for a program for the development of advanced battery technology (high energy, high power, safer), where a more integrated (holistic) approach is clearly needed in the near-future. Within the standard proposal infrastructures, only limited coupling of different instruments is possible, with the organization of the multi-instrument experiments often problematic and not assured. The scope of the Battery Hub is to guarantee continuity, flexibility, reactivity, repeatability and efficiency.