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Rigaku Battery Forum 2025

Shaping Future Energy Storage: Trends, Innovations, and Solutions

The Battery Forum 2025, hosted on June 24–25 at Rigaku Europe SE in Neu-Isenburg, brought together leading experts from academia, industry, and applied research to explore the latest developments in battery science and technology.
With topics ranging from nanomaterials and operando analytics to sulfur chemistries, CT inspection, and EU regulation, the forum highlighted how innovation, collaboration, and advanced instrumentation are shaping the battery landscape. 

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Registration

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Welcome

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How can EU set up an independent battery value chain and what are the developments of the addressable market

Michael Strobel
P3 automotive
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Sustainable materials science for a circular economy

Prof. Dr. Anke Weidenkaff
Technical University of Darmstadt
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Coffee

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Evonik's fumed metal oxides in Li-ion batteries

Franz Schmidt , PhD
Evonik Operations GmbH
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Holistic methods for characterization and qualification of batteries – from nano-imaging to pack-testing

Gerald Kada , PhD
10-9 Nano Science & Consulting
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SynergyED - characterization of nanoparticles

Robert Bücker, PhD
Product Manager Electron Diffraction
Rigaku
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Lunch

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XRD - solutions for Battery

Yuji Shiramata
Battery Market Team Leader
Rigaku
Stephan Wollstadt, PhD
XRD Application Specialist
Rigaku
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Lab Tour

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Production of reference materials - not only for batteries

Sebastian Recknagel, PhD
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
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Analysis of NMC in Blackmass with XRF using fusion sample preparation

Rainer Schramm, PhD
FLUXANA GmbH & Co. KG
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The elemental analysis of black mass by WDXRF using the scattering SQX FP method

Carmen Kaiser-Brügmann
XRF Application Scientist
Rigaku
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Dinner

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Welcome to day 2

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Multimodal operando analysis of lithium–sulfur pouch cells: unraveling reaction mechanisms and create property-performance correlations

Rafael Müller, PhD
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
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Battery production with crystalline sulfur

Ulrich Ehmes, PhD
theion GmbH
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Coffee

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Electrolytes in LiBs

Johannes Kasnatscheew, PhD
Münster Electrochemical Energy Technology (MEET)
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Electrolytes for hybrid and pure solid state batteries

Prof. Dr. Tom Nilges
Technical University of Munich
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Lunch

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FFB »PreFab« – Platform for innovation in battery production and quality control

Patrick Harte, PhD
Fraunhofer Research Facility for Battery Cell Production (FFB
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AgiloBat - a modular battery manufacturing system

Florian Kößler
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
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Insights and meaning of the EU battery regulation

Stipe Mandic
VDE Renewables GmbH
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Batteryinspection at EVs

Steven Oeckl, PhD
Fraunhofer IIS
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CT solutions for batteries

Ramil Gainov, PhD
Product Marketing Manager CT
Rigaku
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Closing