Siva Nadimpalli, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Claudio Di Leo, Georgia Institute of Technology

Vijay Sethuraman, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Kejie Zhao, Purdue University

Advanced energy systems with enhanced conversion efficiencies, improved storage capacities and better reliabilities are being developed to meet the global energy needs; mechanics has emerged as one of the key aspects that affects the performance of energy materials and plays a crucial role in the design of these systems. For example, thermal stresses and mechanical defects are known to affect the performance and reliability of thermoelectric energy conversion and photovoltaic materials. Intercalation induced stresses and strains have been known to influence the capacity, cyclic stability, and kinetics of chemical reactions in energy storage devices such as batteries. The very nature of vibration energy harvesting is mechanical. Hence, mechanics of materials issues are universal in all aspects of energy conversion, storage, and harvesting, and play a critical role in the performances of advanced energy materials and systems.The aim of this symposium is to bring together engineers, scientists, and leading experts in the field; to provide a platform to discuss current research developments; and to promote idea sharing for the advancement of the understanding of the mechanics and electrochemistry of advanced energy materials. Topics addressed in this symposium will include (but not be limited to): i)Theoretical studies: DFT, Molecular dynamics, and continuum models of electro-chemical-mechanical systems ii)Experimental studies: Characterization of basic mechanical properties, degradation mechanisms, and measurement of evolution of mechanical properties iii)Studies which combine theory and experiments, and explore how electrochemistry and mechanics phenomena are coupled and how they affect the performance of energy systemsiv)Studies on the mechanics-guided material design and optimization and innovative designs for improved performance of the energy systems.

Keywords: energy, fundamentals of solids