The CHESS Workshop on Advanced Battery Characterization is designed for researchers, faculty, students, and innovators who are new to using X-ray techniques to study batteries and energy storage materials.
Accelerating Energy Innovation with Synchrotron Science
Through a combination of presentations, and a panel discussion, participants will learn how synchrotron-based X-ray tools at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) can provide deep insight into the structure, chemistry, and performance of advanced battery systems—enabling breakthroughs in energy storage research and technology development.
As part of the experience, participants will tour CHESS beamlines where real-time battery research is underway, offering a unique behind-the-scenes look at the infrastructure, experiments, and data that power cutting-edge discoveries in energy storage.
Who Should Attend?
This workshop is especially suited for:
- Researchers from academic institutions across New York State who are new to synchrotron methods
- Junior faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students interested in applying advanced X-ray tools to battery and energy materials
- Start-up companies and industry professionals looking to explore cutting-edge characterization techniques to support product innovation and R&D
Whether you're working on lithium-ion, solid-state, redox flow, or next-generation batteries, this workshop will introduce tools that can accelerate your research and development.
A Collaborative Effort
This event is hosted by CHESS, in partnership with the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST) and the Energy Storage Engine in New York State. Together, we aim to build connections between researchers and X-ray experts, lower barriers to access, and foster long-term collaborations that advance the state of energy storage science and innovation in New York and beyond.
Workshop Agenda:
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 1:30pm | Welcome/Intro | Prof Stanley Whittingham |
| 1:40 | Intro to CHESS and operando characterization of batteries using synchrotron radiation | Prof Joel Brock CHESS Director |
| 2:10 | Operando spectroscopic studies of batteries @ PIPOXS | Prof Yao Yang Cornell Chemistry |
| 2:40 | Operando scattering studies of batteries @ QM2 | Prof Andrej Singer Cornell MS&E |
| 3:10 | Break | |
| 3:30 | Roundtable / panel discussion | Panelists: Andrej Singer, Cornell University Yao Yang, Cornell University Hao Liu, Binghamton University |
| 4:15 | Travel to CHESS | |
| 4:30 | Tour of CHESS | Joel Brock |
| 5:30 | End of Workshop |
Agenda is subject to change.