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This month we are joined by Professor Magda Titirici from Imperial College London.
In this seminar Professor Magda Titirici will present advances in hard carbon–NVP sodium-ion batteries, tracing the field from fundamental sodium storage mechanisms to integrated full-cell devices. The talk will discuss how structure–property relationships in disordered carbons—spanning defect adsorption, interlayer insertion, and pore filling—govern anode performance, alongside strategies to enhance conductivity and rate capability in NVP-based cathodes. By connecting sustainable carbon synthesis, advanced characterisation, and electrochemical engineering, the seminar will highlight pathways toward scalable, low-cost sodium-ion energy storage technologies for real-world applications.
Speaker bio: Professor Magda Titirici has a PhD from the University of Dortmund and a Habilitation from the Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces/University of Potsdam. She moved to the UK in 2013 to take up a Reader position at Queen Mary, University of London to be promoted to full professor one year later. Magda moved to Imperial in 2019 as Chair in Sustainable Energy Materials. She also holds short visiting research positions in Japan, Sweden and Romania. Magda’s research is on sustainable materials and their implementation in batteries beyond Li ion as well as in electrocatalytic processes. Her research was awarded by Royal Society of Chemistry, Royal Society, Institute of Materials and Mines and the Chinese Academy of Science.
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