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15 Oct. 2009

Pages of
"Info for presenters",
"Invited speakers" and
"Program" are updated.

14 Sep. 2009

Pages of "Call for abstracts" and "Registration" are updated.

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Secretary General:
Associate Professor
Takayuki DOI
Kyoto Universtiy
Nishikyo-ku, 615-8520
TEL: +81-75-383-3057
FAX: +81-75-383-3048
abaa2@elech.kuic.kyoto-u.ac.jp

conference goals

We face a trilemma of 3E (Energy, Environment, and Economy) in the modern society. These three elements interact deeply with each other and form a complex, tangled web. In order to overcome these worldwide obstacles, we should struggle to develop new automobiles, which may operate with less greenhouse gas-emitting and work much more efficiently.

In 2008, the first international conference on advanced lithium batteries for automobiles was held in Argonne National Laboratory, and we shared leading-edge technology and new fundamental knowledge about advanced lithium batteries. The demand for innovative lithium batteries is getting stronger to realize fuel-efficient automobiles such as hybrid electrical vehicles (HEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), and pure electric vehicles (EV).

The key technological barriers that hinder the commercial practice of lithium batteries for HEV and PHEV are their high cost, not enough calendar and cycle life, limited low temperature performance during cold cranking and intrinsic abuse tolerance.

Realizing the significant technological challenges of lithium batteries for automobile applications, organizers from U.S.A., Japan and Korea jointly initiated the International Conference on Advanced Lithium Batteries for Automobile Applications with the mission to:
Enhance the global effort on the R&D of advanced lithium batteries for automobile applications;
Accelerate the discussion and communication of R&D progress, achievement and problems; and
Further strengthen the global collaboration in this important and challenging field.

conference topics

  • New cell chemistries (cathode, anode, electrolyte and electrolyte additives);
  • Power and capacity fade mechanism of lithium-ion batteries;
  • Advanced design for low cost materials and processes;
  • Component- and system-level safety mechanisms and novel techniques to improve the abuse tolerance;
  • Understanding the performance limitation at low temperatures from the chemistry and system level; and
  • New lithium battery systems.