Climate change and environmental degradation represent a global challenge that will mark future generations, heading to radical changes both at the economic and social level. Batteries are a key element in the transition to a sustainable, carbon-neutral future. Through energy storage we can use energy more effectively, minimizing carbon emissions. Currently, only 3-4% of the electricity generated globally is stored. To limit global warming below 2°C, energy storage capacity should triple by 2050. Therefore, the development of energy storage systems is crucial to explore and advance in this area, as well as the overcoming the different obstacles (social and economic) that stand in the way of its industrial implementation. New and emerging battery technologies, as successors to the Li-ion battery, will be greener, more powerful, intrinsically safe, and based on non-critical and abundant materials.
This Summer School focuses on the analysis of energy storage systems, highlighting their crucial role in addressing challenges related to intermittent renewable sources and integrating with electric vehicles. The primary objective is to equip xperimental and theoretical PhD students or PostDocs with a solid background for initiating successful research in condensed matter and materials physics. International experts from academia, research and industry will present and discuss current advances in electrochemical energy storage systems and their application in different fields, showing the latest advances in research of relevant materials and devices.
The program will try to reflect the state of the art and the wide range of advanced analysis techniques used by the battery community, as well as the research-industry connection. We invite you to join us to learn about the latest advances in the field while enjoying an incomparable natural landscape.

Organizers

• Carmen Morant (Dept. of Applied Physics, UAM)
• Celia Polop (Dept. of Condensed Matter Physics and Condensed Matter Physics Center IFIMAC, UAM)

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