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
Dr. Franz Schmidt
Evonik Operations GmbH
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Holistic methods for characterization and qualification of batteries – from nano-imaging to pack-testing
Dr. Gerald Kada
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
Dr. Stephan Wollstadt
XRD Application Specialist
Rigaku
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Lab Tour
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Production of reference materials - not only for batteries
Dr. Sebastian Recknagel
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
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Analysis of NMC in Blackmass with XRF using fusion sample preparation
Dr. Rainer Schramm
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
Dr. Rafael Müller
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
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Battery production with crystalline sulfur
Dr. Ulrich Ehmes
theion GmbH
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Coffee
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Electrolytes in LiBs
Dr. Johannes Kasnatscheew
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
Dr. Patrick Harte
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
Dr. Steven Oeckl
Fraunhofer IIS
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CT solutions for batteries
Dr. Ramil Gainov
Product Marketing Manager CT
Rigaku
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