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September 8 (Tue)
September 8 (Tue)
Time
Time
Program
Program
Notes
Notes
09:00-10:00
09:00-10:00
Registration
Registration
Welcome & Morning Coffee
Welcome & Morning Coffee
10:00-10:20
10:00-10:20
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Welcome and Opening Remarks
President of UNIST
Group Photo
Group Photo
Session 1 Session Chair (Hyun-Wook Lee, UNIST)
Session 1 Session Chair (Hyun-Wook Lee, UNIST)
10:20-11:10
10:20-11:10
Tuning Battery Performance Metrics by Modulating Chemical Bonding in Cathodes
Tuning Battery Performance Metrics by Modulating Chemical Bonding in Cathodes
Arumugam Manthiram (The University of Texas at Austin)
11:10-11:40
11:10-11:40
From Redox Chemistry in Li-O2 batteries to Development and Recycling of Batteries across Generations
From Redox Chemistry in Li-O2 batteries to Development and Recycling of Batteries across Generations
Won-Jin Kwak (UNIST)
11:40-13:10
11:40-13:10
Lunch Time
Lunch Time
Session 2 Session Chair (Jungki Ryu, UNIST)
Session 2 Session Chair (Jungki Ryu, UNIST)
13:10-14:00
13:10-14:00
Semiconductor nanowire building blocks: from gate-all-around transistors, nanolasers to photochemical diodes
Semiconductor nanowire building blocks: from gate-all-around transistors, nanolasers to photochemical diodes
Peidong Yang (University of California, Berkeley)
14:00-14:30
14:00-14:30
Unlocking the Potential of Waste Carbon via Biohybrid Catalysis: From Lignin and Plastics to CO2 Valorization
Unlocking the Potential of Waste Carbon via Biohybrid Catalysis: From Lignin and Plastics to CO2 Valorization
Jinhyun Kim (UNIST)
14:30-15:00
14:30-15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Session 3 Session Chair (Tae-Ung Wi, DGIST)
Session 3 Session Chair (Tae-Ung Wi, DGIST)
15:00-15:40
15:00-15:40
Electrolyzers and Electrolysis Beyond Molecular Transformations
Electrolyzers and Electrolysis Beyond Molecular Transformations
Haotian Wang (Rice University)
15:40-16:20
15:40-16:20
Electrification and Decarbonization of Chemical Synthesis
Electrification and Decarbonization of Chemical Synthesis
Karthish Manthiram (California Institute of Technology)
16:20-16:30
16:20-16:30
Session Wrap-up
Session Wrap-up
16:30-18:00
16:30-18:00
Poster Session
Poster Session
September 9 (Wed)
September 9 (Wed)
09:00-09:30
09:00-09:30
Registration
Registration
Welcome & Morning Coffee
Welcome & Morning Coffee
Session 4 Session Chair (Hyun-Wook Lee, UNIST)
Session 4 Session Chair (Hyun-Wook Lee, UNIST)
09:30-10:20
09:30-10:20
i. Metacognition and me, ii. Studies of C, B&N, dissolved in metal flux and why, iii. Tensile loading macroscale single crystal graphene
i. Metacognition and me, ii. Studies of C, B&N, dissolved in metal flux and why, iii. Tensile loading macroscale single crystal graphene
Rodney Ruoff (UNIST)
10:20-11:00
10:20-11:00
Materials and Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries
Materials and Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries
Matthew T. McDowell (Georgia Institute of Technology)
11:00-11:40
11:00-11:40
Gradients and Instabilities in Solid-State Batteries
Gradients and Instabilities in Solid-State Batteries
Partha P. Mukherjee (Purdue University)
11:40-13:00
11:40-13:00
Lunch Time
Lunch Time
Session 5 Session Chair (Won-Jin Kwak, UNIST)
Session 5 Session Chair (Won-Jin Kwak, UNIST)
13:00-13:40
13:00-13:40
Mechanical Control of Dendrite Initiation in Oxide and Sulfide Solid Electrolytes
Mechanical Control of Dendrite Initiation in Oxide and Sulfide Solid Electrolytes
X. Wendy Gu (Stanford University)
13:40-14:10
13:40-14:10
Operando Visual and Pressure Characterization in Solid-State Batteries
Operando Visual and Pressure Characterization in Solid-State Batteries
Hyun-Wook Lee (UNIST)
14:10-14:20
14:10-14:20
Concluding Remarks
Concluding Remarks
We regret to inform you that Prof. Guihua Yu (UT Austin) will be unable to participate in the UNIST Pioneer Symposium 2026 due to an unavoidable schedule conflict with a major research program.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to attendees who were looking forward to his talk. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to welcoming Prof. Yu to UNIST in the near future.
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