Martin Winter gives talks at National Taiwan University

In the end of May (May 28 and 29) Prof. Martin Winter was a guest at the National Taiwan University (NTU) to give talks at the departments of chemistry and chemical engineering on the history and future of batteries and the central component (heart) of each battery cell, the electrolyte. In the Son-Pei lecture hall of NTU Martin Winter offered his audience exciting insights into the state of research.

The first talk with the title “Batteries: More than 200 years old, but still many exciting decades of development ahead“ gave a historical overview from the Volta and Ritter piles, to the groundbreaking invention of the lithium ion battery and up to an outlook on future battery technologies. The second talk “Flammable, toxic and not performant enough: Is there a chance to get rid of liquid organic electrolytes?“ critically analyzed the top issue of battery materials, the electrolyte.

The talks were embedded in the “Chen Fan-Tsan Lectureship”, which was established to foster academic exchange and transnational cooperation. Thereby internationally renowned researcher are being invited to hold guest lectures at the NTU that give (junior) scientists insights in their respective field of competence. The lectureship has been granted only 3 times in the past 5 years. The selection process of the lecturer is done by the directors of the departments of chemistry and of chemical engineering (NTU) among all nominations made by the faculty members.