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4th ELSICS Conference and International Bunsen Discussion Meeting: 
Energy Landscapes and Structure in Ion Conducting Solids, 
September 30 to October 2, (2024), in Marburg 

From September 30 to October 2, (2024), the 4th Conference on Energy Landscape and Structure in Ion Conducting Solids (ELSICS) was held in the TTZ in Marburg. This conference was the international, annual meeting of the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) research unit FOR_5065: ELSICS. It was also assigned as an International Bunsen Discussion Meeting by the DBG (Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft).

Approximately 40 participants discussed the status and the progress in the field of ELSICS. As in the previous ELSICS conferences all research aspects of FOR_5065 were covered. However, some focus of this 4th conference was on theory of energy landscapes and transport as well as solid state NMR.

The audience enjoyed a number of invited talks covering Crystallization Mechanisms of NASICON-type Glass-Ceramic Electrolytes (H. Eckert), Local Cation Coordination and Dynamics in Solid Electrolytes (L.v. Wüllen), The Role of Mechanics in Electrochemical Systems (K. Thornton), Interface Potentials inside Solid-State Batteries (Y. Qi), Multiscale Structure Calculation of Complex Ionic Crystals (P. Kaghazchi), How Grain Boundaries Affect the Performance of Garnet Solid-State Batteries (D. Fattakhova-Rohlfing), Mixed Protonic and Electronic Conduction in n-type Oxide Semiconductors (T. Omata), Kinetics of Unmixing Caused by Electrochemical Potential Gradients (M. Martin), Effects of Acceptors in Triple-Conducting Perovskites (R. Merkle), The Effect of Anion Doping on Lithium Ion Transport in LLZO-based Solid Electrolytes from Atomistic Computer Simulations (J. Du), Multiscale Investigations of Lithium Diffusion and Phase Transformation: optical microscopy to APT (Y. Joshi)

These invited talks were complemented by contributed talks from within the research unit but also from outside. Here, particular attention was given to the discussion of space charge zones in oxidic perovskites.

Additional information can be found at www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb15/for5065  or requested from the conference organizers under .

Spokesperson of the research unit is Prof. Karl-Michael Weitzel. The conference has been made possible by significant support from the German Science Foundation (DFG) but also the Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft (DBG) and the Fonds of the chemical Industry (FCI). 

This 4th ELSICS Conference concludes the first period of the DFG research unit FOR_5065. During the conference the PI’s elaborated plans for a possible second phase of the research unit. 

Participants of the 4th ELSICS Conference in the lecture hall of the TTZ in Marburg.