| Topic: | Development of ionic liquids and electrolytes for next generation energy storage devices |
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| Speaker: | Dr Lin Rongying Project Manager (R&D), Solvionic France |
| Date: | Tuesday, 27 August 2019 |
| Time: | 10.30am to 12.00pm |
| Venue: | Seminar Room EA-06-04 (Block EA, Level 6) (map of NUS can be found at http://map.nus.edu.sg/) |
| Host: | A/Prof Palani Balaya |
Abstract
Solvionic is an SME specialized in the design, synthesis, production and commercialization of Ionic Liquids (ILs) from lab scale to industrial scale. The main market of Solvionic is that of electrochemical devices, and particularly, electrochemical energy storage systems of new generation. We have a catalogue of around 200 different references, including ILs, metal salts and electrolyte formulations made of the combination of those specific products, but also with common organic solvents (carbonates). Our production facilities and strategy allow fast and reliable scale-up of our products, to commit with industrial needs. Our quality control procedures that were specifically developed for ILs products since 2003 are Solvionic key know-how that allows the commercialisation of the highest purity standard of the market. Solvionic is also expert in the research and development of new materials and processes based on the use of ILs. Our main R&D activity is devoted to the development of the next generation electrochemical energy storage systems based on the use of ILs (Next generation Li-ion and other metal-ion batteries, supercapacitors, etc.)
The presentation will include an introduction of our core activities, examples of ionic liquid application in energy storage devices such as supercapacitors and Li-ion batteries, some of the recent R&D European projects that Solvionic has been actively involved, as well as the company’s roadmap for scale-up production.
About the Speaker
Dr Lin Rongying, Project Manager (R&D) at Solvionic, is a R&D Project Manager working in the field of energy storage. She received her PhD in Material Science from the University of Paul Sabatier in Toulouse under an industrial scholarship (CIFRE) with Solvionic. Her research has been focused on the development on ionic liquid based electrolytes for supercapacitor applications. Her post-doctoral research was on the study of materials for Na-ion batteries in Centre of Research and Material Engineering (CIRIMAT, France) as well as for supercapacitors. Rongying joined Solvionic in 2013 and has been working on the development of ionic liquids and electrolytes, focused on electrochemical improvements for supercapacitor and battery applications. She is also managing Solvionic’s current EU funded H2020 projects.