With the advent of the intelligent era, there is a continuous demand for intelligent robots, wearable electronic devices and implantable medical sensors. Flexible miniature energy storage devices, such as micro-supercapacitors (MSCs) and micro-batteries, play indispensable roles in powering various components. Among these flexible energy storage devices, MSCs have been recognised for their various favourable features, including high power density, fast charging/discharging times, long lifespan, and high safety.
However, the low energy density has seriously hindered their application. Therefore, efforts have been devoted to improving capacitance or broadening the operating window to achieve high energy density, as it is directly correlated with capacitance and the square of the working voltage window. On the other hand, next-generation batteries will also prioritise safety, durability and environmental sustainability. The demand for batteries in electric mobility, grid energy storage, and consumer electronics is projected to increase tenfold in the next decade. But to enhance battery acceptance, battery costs over the lifetime still need to be reduced, and battery performance, reliability, and safety need to be optimised.
This sixth GRAPHERGIA Hub Webinar Series will share findings from the GRAPHERGIA and PHOENIX projects on high-performance, flexible micro-supercapacitors and self-healing battery technologies. The session will be shaped by two keynote presentations from two researchers, Dr. Rabah Boukherroub, from the Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN), CNRS and University of Lille, and Dr. Kamil Burak Dermenci, from MOBI-Electromobility Research Centre, Department of Electrical and Energy Technology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. They will be joined by Dr. Apurba Ray, Research Scientist at German Aerospace Center, the moderator of the webinar.
We invite industry professionals, the scientific community and students working on the topic to join the next GRAPHERGIA webinar!
When?
- Thursday 25 June 2026 – 11:00-12:30 CEST.
Where?
- On Zoom – REGISTER HERE.
GRAPHERGIA Hub Webinar Series #6 Agenda
- 11:00h – 11:05h: Welcome by GRAPHERGIA’s Moderator – Mona Marill, AUSTRALO Marketing Lab.
- 11:05h – 11:10h: Introduction to the Session by the Webinar Moderator – Dr. Apurba Ray, German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.), Institute for Frontier Materials on Earth and in Space (FM).
- 11:10h – 11:50h: High-Performance Flexible Micro-Supercapacitors with Wide Working Voltage Window and Good Durability – Dr. Rabah Boukherroub, Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN), CNRS & University of Lille.
- 11:50h -12:20h: Advancing Self-Healing Battery Technologies Through Integrated Sensing and Triggering – Dr. Kamil Burak Dermenci, MOBI-Electromobility Research Centre, Department of Electrical and Energy Technology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
- 12:20h -12:30h: Q&A – Open discussion.
GRAPHERGIA Hub Webinar Series #6 Speakers
Apurba Ray – German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.) – GRAPHERGIA
Dr. Apurba Ray is a Research Scientist at Institute for Frontier Materials on Earth and in Space (FM), German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Cologne. He works diligently as a researcher and stands as one of the lead persons in European Union (EU)-funded projects, including PHOENIX and GRAPHERGIA. Dr. Ray accomplished his PhD in Jadavpur University, India, in 2019, specialising in high-power supercapacitors. Afterwards, he was selected as a DLR-DAAD Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Germany and completed his post-doctoral research in 2022. To date, he has published 45 research papers and 3 book chapters in various international journals. His core research focuses on the development of advanced, eco-friendly, and cost-effective electrochemical energy storage systems, with a primary emphasis on next-generation supercapacitors and batteries.
Rabah Boukherroub – IEMN, CNRS & University of Lille – PHOENIX
Dr. Rabah Boukherroub received a PhD in chemistry from the University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France. He is currently a CNRS research director at the Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN), CNRS and University of Lille, France. His research interests are in the area of functional materials, surface chemistry, and photophysics of semiconductor/metal nanostructures with emphasis on biosensors, nanomedicine, photocatalysis and electrocatalysis. He has published many research publications, wrote 43 book chapters and co-editor of 10 books in subjects related to nanotechnology, energy storage, and biomedicine. He has 15 patents, including 3 pending.
Kamil Burak – Battery Innovation Centre (VUB) – PHOENIX
Dr. Kamil Burak Dermenci is a senior researcher in Battery Innovation Centre, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). He obtained his MSc Degree from Materials Science & Engineering in 2012 at Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. In 2018, he dived into battery field with his PhD titled “Development & Characterisation of All Solid-State Li-ion Batteries”. Dr. Dermenci has been working for Battery Innovation Centre, VUB since 2019. He also holds Associate Professorship title from Turkish Council of Higher Education as of 2023. Dr. Dermenci co-authored 30+ scientific publications; involved in more than 5 EU-funded projects and currently coordinating PHOENIX project. His main research interests are battery prototyping and structure-property-processing-performance relationships of battery-related materials.
About the PHOENIX Project
PHOENIX is an innovative project under the European Union’s Research and Innovation Programme, Horizon Europe (Grant agreement ID: 101103702), supporting the development of smart, technologically advanced, and sustainable batteries. The PHOENIX project aims to explore various possibilities for integrating self-healing, sensing, and triggering functionalities into batteries, to develop cells capable of living longer, detecting and preventing any kind of degradation, being more sustainable and less expensive.
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