4th Israeli Power Sources Conference Speakers

Daniel Hotel, Herzelia, Israel - May 29, 2014 Abstract Bio

Mr. Christophe Pillot Avicenne Energy www.avicenne.com

“Li-Ion Battery material market review and forecasts 2013 - 2025" We will fist describe the rechargeable battery market in 2013 by technology - lead acid, NiCd, NiMH, Lithium ion - and application - portable electronics, power tools, e-bikes, automotive, energy storage. Then, we will detail the Lithium ion battery market value chain from the raw material to the final application. 2013 Lithium ion battery market will be analyzed and split by applications, form factors and suppliers. Then, we will detail the Lithium ion Materials market: cathode, anode, electrolyte and separator market in 2013 will be analyzed: who are the suppliers, who are there customers, what are the main trends, what will be the market in 2020, 2025, who are the new entrants? To conclude, we will present our up-date forecasts for the rechargeable battery market by application for 2025.

Christophe has built up considerable expertise in the area of battery market. He joined AVICENNE 20 years ago and Spend 3 years in Japan making analysis on the Electronic, Mobile & Japanese battery market. Christophe gained large experience in marketing, strategy analysis, technology and financial studies for the battery and power management fields.

He developed the Battery market analysis for AVICENNE which

counts more than 200 customers worldwide. Christophe published

several annual surveys like “The rechargeable battery market

2013-2025”. He is also the founder & chairman of Batteries

congress in France since 1999. He is now Director of AVICENNE

ENERGY.

Mr. Shmuel De-Leon Shmuel De-Leon Energy www.sdle.co.il

“Solid Electrolyte Battery Market 2014" Solid Electrolyte batteries use pure solid electrolyte and gain higher energy density than conventional and polymer li-ion cells. Improved safety is also by- product since there are no leaks or fires cause by organic electrolytes. Soft packaging allows size flexibility as well. Electrolyte connectivity is still a challenge needs farther development.

Shmuel De-Leon, is the founder and CEO of Shmuel De-Leon Energy. Shmuel is a leading international expert in the business of Power Sources. Prior to founding the company, Shmuel held for over 22 years various positions as a power sources, engineering and quality control team manager. Shmuel holds a BSc. in mechanical engineering from Tel-Aviv University and an MBA in quality control and reliability engineering from the Technion Institute in Haifa as well as an Electronic Technician's diploma.

Prof. Doron Aurbach Bar-Ilan University www.biu.ac.il

"Development of power sources in Israel – Update" Dr. Doron Aurbach is a full Professor in the Department of Chemistry, fellow of the EC, ISE and MRS and a senate member in Bar Ilan-University (BIU), Ramat-Gan, Israel since 1996. He chaired the chemistry department at BIU during 2001-2005. He is an associate editor for 3 electrochemistry

journals (JES, EEL of the ECS) and JSEL (Springer). He founded the electrochemistry group at BIU (40 people) 28 years ago (the biggest research group in Israel). The group works in the following fields: Li ion batteries for electric vehicles and for other portable uses (new cathodes, anodes, electrolyte solutions, electrodes-solution interactions, practical systems) rechargeable magnesium batteries, electronically conducting polymers, super capacitors, engineering of new carbonaceous materials, development of devices for storage & conversion of sustainable energy (solar, wind) sensors and water desalination. The group currently collaborates with several prominent research groups in Europe and the US and with several commercial companies in Israel and abroad. D. Aurbach published so far more than 450 papers in peer reviewed journals. He is also the chairman of the Israeli Labs Accreditation Authority (since 2010). He received the research award of the battery division of the Electrochemical Society (ECS) for 2013 and the E. B. Yeager prize of the International Battery Association (IBA) for 2014. He leads INREP – Israel National Research center for Electrochemical Propulsion (15 research groups, 4 Israeli institutions : BIU, TAU. AU, Technion, since 2012) . e-mail: aurbach@mail.biu.ac.il

Dr. Mark Verbrugge General Motors www.gm.com

“The implications of diffusion-induced stress relative to robust electrode design and materials selection” The life of lithium-ion batteries is related to the mechanical expansion and

contraction of the active materials along with solvent decomposition at the

active material surfaces—lithium-ion batteries would not work if a protective

shell did not cover the electroactive core of the positive and negative

electrode materials. Exposure of the active core leads to cell degradation.

Under what conditions are the protective (outer shell) materials

compromised? In addition to reviewing literature that is relevant to

answering this question, we derive governing equations and provide

numerical and analytic results in this work to render a qualitative response to

Mark Verbrugge is the Director of GM’s Chemical and Materials Systems Laboratory, which maintains global research programs—enabled by the disciplines of chemistry, physics, and materials science—and targets the advanced development of structural subsystems, energy storage and conversion devices, and various technologies associated with fuels, lubricants, and emissions. Mark is a Board Member of the United States Automotive Materials Partnership LLC and the United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC. Mark has received a number of GM internal awards as well as external awards including the Norman Hackerman Young Author Award and the Energy Technology Award from the Electrochemical Society, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the United States Council for Automotive Research. Mark is a Fellow of the

this question, and we identify open questions that limit the quantitative

application of modeling results to these systems.

Frequently, host materials in lithium-ion batteries expand upon solute addition, and the outer shell plays a protective role and does not expand as much. Under such circumstances, the stress jump at the core-shell interface is maximum when the particle is fully saturated with solute (fully lithiated), as the core is fully expanded, and the shell is stretched over the core. Analytic solutions for this maximum-stress condition provide insight for the rational design and materials selection of robust core-shell structures. Hence, our overall approach is to employ numerical calculations for a conventional core-shell system, and we utilize the analytic solutions for the maximum-stress condition for an infinitely thin SEI stretched over a lithiated graphite core and over a lithiated Si core.

Electrochemical Society and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Ph.D. Herzel Yamin Tadiran Batteries www.tadiranbat.com

"Tadiran High Power Rechargeable Lithium Ion Cell" A new family of AA size high power rechargeable lithium ion cells was developed. This family consists of 3 members having the AA size diameter and various cell lengths. Their internal design consists of high surface area carbon made anode and lithiated NCA cathode. The electrolyte is based on the carbonate solvent mixture. The cells were designed to deliver high power density in a continuous and a pulse mode of operation. They are capable to be charged and discharged at extreme temperature conditions from -40°C to 72°C .In addition, the cells show excellent long term stability during accelerated storage and while on long term operation. Thousands of full charge discharge cycles can be delivered before cell capacity drops to 80% of their initial value. The cells have relatively low self discharge rate of about 1% per month at room temperature. The electrical performance , the safety aspects and long term discharge charge discharge data at various environmental conditions will be presented.

Dr. HERZEL YAMIN is a Vice President Research and Development of Tadiran Batteries Ltd. He is a world specialist in lithium thionyl chloride and lithium sulphuryl chloride battery systems. His research and development study is focused on high energy density primary lithium battery system. Dr. Yamin and his team study several innovative primary and secondary lithium battery technologies. Recently they developed ultra-high power primary battery using lithium intercalated compound .This battery is known as the most powerful battery in its size.

Mr. Christian Wern RRC Power Solutions www.rrc-ps.de

"Benefits of Wireless Power in Medical Applications" In the field of medical applications, traditional corded electronic equipment have to handle a lot of mechanical abuse. This is especially true for the plugs and contacts of the device. The use of aggressive detergents to ensure a sanitized, sterile surface can cause a mechanical wear down of these contacts. Wireless power can help simplify sterilization by giving the manufacturer of the medical device the ability to completely seal the application. This adds a layer of conveniece for the medical personell as well. The non-existent power connector can also help reduce maintenance cost for technical service, so the medical care-giver can use the device with less down-time. These are some of the main reasons to ponder the use of

Responsible for technology development and corporate research. He received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in Mechatronics from Saarland University in 2011. Since 2011 he works in the field of wireless power systems at RRC.

wireless power in medical applications. RRC has been invested in wireless power since 2006. Over the years RRC has built a broad knowledge base in this field of application. To facilitate the implementation of wireless power, RRC introduced a proprietary solution which has several benefits. First, a scalable modulation scheme is employed which is capable of handling communication and power transfer regulation. Based on the requirements for dynamic modulation an optimal cost-benefit ratio can be found. Secondly this solution can lower part costs by removing the dc/dc converter from the equation. The transmitted energy has very litte ripple and in combination with the aforementioned high dynamic modulation scheme, a dc/dc converter-like performance can be achieved.

Mr. David Danino Tamuz Electronics www.tamuz-ele.com

" Innovative methods to increase efficiency of power conversion from any energy source to diverse applications"

Mr. David Danino, Technological entrepreneur and founder/CEO of Tamuz Electronics Ltd. David has worked in the worldwide battery industry for over 27 years and has a vast knowledge relating to batteries and portable energy systems. David is the founder and CEO of Tamuz Electronics Ltd. The company founded 16 years ago as a company which specializes in development, design and manufacture of custom made power modules, battery packs and chargers. Furthermore, David is an entrepreneur which is involved in new technological breakthrough developments and start up companies. David holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) and has had practical engineering studies.

Ph.D. Ofer Raz Rafael (Thermal Batteries) www.rafael.co.il

"Copper Vanadates as High Voltage Cathodes for Thermal

Batteries"

Mr. Kurt Adams JSR Micro www.jsrmicro.be

"Ultimo TM Lithium Ion Capacitors: combining energy storage with

power output" The Ultimo

TM Lithium Ion Capacitor is an innovative technology which made

its entry into the energy storage markets more than five years ago. In the meantime, it has evolved into an ideal commercialized solution for closing the application gap between Lithium Ion Batteries and Super capacitors. Combining energy and power with long-term life characteristics, Ultimo

TM

lithium ion capacitors are already used today in hybrid buses, trams, hybrid excavators and power quality equipment amongst other applications. Due to its compact design, it is to be expected that the technology will also be implemented in passenger cars by the end of this decade. Further developments and high volume production will allow mass deployment of Ultimo

TM lithium ion capacitors in the energy storage market in the following

years.

Kurt Adams has a background in Chemistry and additional studies in marketing management and MBA related workshops. In his current role as Business Unit Manager Energy he coordinates and manages the European strategy for the Energy strategic business line. The identification of strategically important projects and the translation of technology needs are objectives which contribute to a continuous growth of JSR and our customer. Energy storage, and more specifically Lithium Ion Capacitors, could deliver an important contribution into a more healthy Planet.

Mr. Frank Obrist Obrist Engineering GmbH www.obrist.at

" Just did it! A full size sedan PHEV for € 15 000!" High prices for EV & PHEV are the key obstacle for a mass market acceptance. And that´s simply true. Therefore the target is: Reducing battery pack level costs now! We are reaching less than $200/kWh. Status Quo PHEV & EV batteries: -No mass market cells -complex battery pack design and assembly -insufficient/inexistent thermal management shortens cell life and harms reliability & efficiency -inappropriate, inefficient integration in the cabin thermal management Status Obrist Powertrain: -using mass market cells from various suppliers (commodity) -intelligent & simple battery pack design, easy assembly -ideal thermal battery management -highly efficient integration in cabin thermal management -own electric auxiliaries Thermal management is our key business since almost 20 years in mobile and stationary applications. We use this key capability to reach outstanding cell performance during a longer time, than the average car life. Also we did develop an own HICE, our abbreviation for High efficient ICE. An -extremely efficient (260 g gasoline/kWh DC) -extremely slim (22 mm)

Frank Obrist worked together with Prof. Peter Kuhn on various occasions and acted as chief engineer at the “Wankel Labs” (TES Lindau, Germany). Frank Obrist founded Obrist Engineering in 1996 and devoted his professional career as CEO to Obrist Engineering and Obrist Powertrain. He is founder and Executive President of Obrist Powertrain.

-very light wiegth (76 kg) is completing Obrist´s solution to make PHEV´s affordable and ready for the mass market. Now the Obrist HyperHybrid hits the road: Our full size PHEV sedan has met all the emission target for 2050! -80kW power - more than 1000 km range at less than 2 l/100 km (gasoline; possible also LNG/CNG/ethanol) -10 kWh Battery enables more than 50 km EV (City-) Mode -estimated market entrance End 2016 -price 15 000 € Licensing our battery and/or HICE will be the “Great Leap Forward” for any OEM´s to differentiate and to gain market share!

Mr. Sam Jaffe Navigant Research www.navigantresearch.com

"The Tesla GigaFactory’s Impact on Global Battery Supply and Demand"

Sam Jaffe is a principal research analyst contributing to Navigant Research’s Smart Energy program, with a focus on energy storage technologies and applications. After a successful career in magazine journalism, Jaffe co-invented a novel compressed air energy storage technology and founded a company to commercialize it, Panea Energy. Before joining Navigant Research, Jaffe spent 3 years at IDC Energy Insights as a senior analyst and a research manager, producing research reports on distributed energy technologies, providing custom research and consulting services to clients, and managing IDC’s Distributed Energy Strategies service. In 2012 he was selected as the second most influential global energy analyst in Text100′s annual survey of energy influencers. Jaffe, who holds a BA in English literature from Wake Forest University and an MA in Near East studies from New York University, is the author of two books, one on business and religion and another on the Korean economy.

Mr. Doron Vadai Clal Motors Ltd. www.byd.com

"Electrifying Public Transportation" Doron Vadai is the CEO Clal Motors the importer of BYD, a world leader in electric cars and buses. Doron is active in the EV arena since 2008, involved in creating the Israeli standard for charging systems. Currently Doron is promoting the e-bus pilot project with DAN in Tel Aviv with the aim of electrifying public transportation. Doron is also the CEO of Clal Energy and the Chairman of Clal Sun a leader in the PV industry that won the Ashalim PV tender.

Doron has served as 2007-2008 Managing Director of MCA – importer of Fiat and Alfa Romeo 2004- 2007 President of Grand Automotive importer of Ford and Jaguar to Croatia , Serbia, Montenegro and Albania. 2002-2004 President and CEO of Tadiran-Ampa 1998-2002 Managing Director of the Colmobil group. 1994-98 Managing Director of Colmobil’s Hyundai operation. 1991-94 Managing Director of Muller, the Scania trucks and freightliner trucks importer.

Mr. Zwika Zimmermann Chariot Motors www.chariot-motors.com

"Ultra Capacitors Electric Bus"

Chariot Motors Group is presenting a new ultra-capacitors based electric storage technology and very advanced city e-bus, which will be launched and operated as from the beginning of April in Sofia, Bulgaria, The new 12-metres, fully electric city-bus is based on an innovative, light weight ultra-capacitors (“UC”) package which enables the bus to drive “around the clock” without any range limitation. The UC e-bus is being automatically charged for about 3 minutes only in the line's terminal and can drive along the full route up to about 20 Km between charging. When returning to its terminal, it is charged again (for about 3 minutes) and continues its daily routine drive. The bus is a luxurious low-floor and has full EWVTA. Sofia was chosen for the European pilot due to the company's plan to assemble the new UC e-buses in Bulgaria. The unique advantages of this UC e-bus are: # Light curb weight: enables full load of passengers (up to 90 passengers); # Unlimited Mileage/day: the bus can drive around the clock with no range limitation; # Very low electric consumption: only 0.6 kWh/Km (w/o air-conditioning); # Very low maintenance cost and long lifespan of the UC; # Normal functioning in low temperatures (-30ºc): no need to warm the UC; # Relatively low cost e-bus; # Low investment in infrastructure: one charging station in the terminal serves all the buses which are operating in this route;

General Manager of "Chariot Motors Group" from 2009. The group deals with urban electric transportation

development, which is based on an advanced technology of Ultra Capacitors, new electric buses' models development and their promotion and distribution into the European market. The company is launching its first European pilot UC electric bus in the city of Sofia towards the end of April 2014 and intending to start running the Israeli pilot in Tel Aviv in June 2014. During the years 2000 to 2009, Zwika Zimmerman worked as the General Manager of Kamor Vehicles, the distributor of BMW & MINI vehicles to Israel. During the years 1996 to 2000 he worked as the CEO of an international business group, which dealt with development and financing national transportation projects all over the Central Asian republics. Earlier, Mr. Zimmerman worked as the G.M of Electra Trade and the Marketing V.P of major Israeli companies such as: Dor-Energy, Israel Edible Products Group, Neca and other. Graduated the Haifa Technion in Mechanical Engineering.

# Very Safe: no risk of explosion or fire. Chariot Motors Group, the UC e-bus entrepreneur, intends to launch and operate more pilots of the new UC e-bus within the next months, including in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is already negotiating the introduction of the technology in many European cities. In addition to the 12-metres UC e-bus, Chariot Motors Group is already investing in the development of an 8-metres UC e-bus, a 19-metres articulated UC e-bus, and a 14-meters airport (“apron”) UC e-bus.

Mr. Marcel Shaton ISERD www.iserd.org.il

" Opportunities for Energy & Transport in Horizon 2020" 2014 marks the beginning of the next EU R&D Framework Program called "Horizon 2020" (2014-2020). For Israel Horizon 2020 offers a variety of R&D collaborations and opportunities in all fields. This presentation will describe Horizon 2020 program with focus on the energy and transport sub-programs. In the ENERGY field (€5.9 billion for 7 years) the EU has set ambitious targets aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase the share of renewable energies and improve energy efficiency. Achieving these objectives will advance Europe towards an energy system that will provide a competitive and secure energy supply which is sustainable. The activities in the Energy Work Program contribute to the three pre-defined focus areas: "Energy Efficiency", "Competitive Low-Carbon Energy" and "Smart Cities and Communities". These activities cover the full innovation cycle – from 'proof of concept' to applied research, pre-commercial demonstration and market uptake measures In the TRANSPORT field (€6.3 billion for 7 years), Europe is on the brink of a new era of "smart mobility'' where infrastructure, transport means, travelers and goods shall be increasingly interconnected to achieve optimized door-to-door mobility, higher safety, less environmental impact and lower operations costs. Targeted efforts are needed to develop and validate new solutions that can be rapidly deployed. The activities in the Transport Work Program address research and innovation in equipment and systems for vehicles, aircraft and vessels - to make them smarter, more automated, cleaner and quieter, while reducing the use of fossil fuels. Research and innovation on smart infrastructure solutions is addressed as well to deploy innovative traffic management and information systems, advanced traveler services, efficient logistics, construction and maintenance technologies.

Since 1998 Marcel Shaton is the General Manager of ISERD. During 1993-1998 he was the Minister for Economic Affairs at the Embassy of Israel, and at the Mission of Israel to the European communities (EC) in Brussels, Belgium. From 1985 to 1993 Marcel Shaton had various positions at the Foreign Trade Administration, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Jerusalem – up to Deputy Director of the Foreign Trade administration. Between 1980 and 1985 He was the Economic Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN Organization in Geneva, and Israel’s Representative in GATT. Previously he worked as a coordinator for International Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Finance, and as a Commodities Trade Analyst at the Governmental Administration, Ministry of Industry and Trade. Mr. Shaton holds an MA degree (Cum Laude) in Political Science and a BA degree in Political Science & Economics from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Contact details: Address: Industry House, 29 HaMered st. Tel-Aviv, Israel Tel: +972-3-5118122 Web site: www.iserd.org.il

ISERD - The Israel-Europe R&D Directorate – is operated through the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Economy. ISERD promotes the participation of Israeli entities in R&D ventures within the European Research Area. ISERD operates in various channels such as: EU FP for Industrial and academic research; Eureka for industrial cooperation; Bi-National programs; EEN; and programs co-funded by Israel and the EU.

Mr. Mark Edlin Accutronics www.accutronics.co.uk

"Unlocking the Potential of Lithium Ion" The outstanding performance characteristics of Lithium ion battery technology has revolutionized the way we design and use portable electronics devices over the past ten years. However, the transportation of Lithium Ion batteries with an energy exceeding 100Wh is both complex and costly to the supply chain. In this presentation, Mark Edlin will demonstrate the advantages of using a modular Lithium Ion battery system to provide far greater than 100Wh of energy to the next generation of devices without the cost and complexity of fully regulated dangerous good shipping.

Mark has worked in the battery industry for 40 years holding a number of technical, sales and business development positions within Ever Ready, Venture Technology, Ultralife, Energizer Rechargeable Products, Moltech Power Systems and now Accutronics. His wide range of experience and technical knowledge has helped OEMs worldwide achieve success with their battery powered portable products.

Ph.D. Arieh Meitav ETV Energy www.etvenergy.com

"Overall perspective of the LIB technologies" Dr. Meitav holds a PhD in electrochemistry, with graduate education in chemistry. He has thirty five years of experience, taking the lead, in engineering and industrial interdisciplinary R&D projects. He is one of worldwide pioneers to start with Lithium batteries in mid-seventies.

His industrial experience includes R&D management in Tadiran Battery Division; he was one of the core team that launched Electric Fuel (Zn/Air for EV); his broad-ranging familiarity with cross-category technologies have been put to use for many years in his role as assessor of start-up projects.

He is the inventor of a proton conductive super-capacitor (EDLC) that was acquired by AVX-USA (www.avx.com) and was in charge for its development and industrialization (a commercial product since 2001).

He was the CTO and cofounder of Sirius Implantable Systems, a miniature pacemaker with leadless electrode powered by a micro-battery recharged by a micro-generator that harnesses the mechanical movement of the heart generating electric power.

Since 2008 he is the founder and CTO of ETV Energy engaged to develop a new generation of Li-ion batteries for the automotive electric vehicles.

He is the author of 13 patents and 5 provisional applications

Prof. Emanuel Peled Tel-Aviv University www.tau.ac.il

" Advanced Silicon-Based Anodes for High-Energy-Density Li-Ion Batteries" Given that lithium-ion batteries are the preferred choice for EVs and plug-in applications for the next 10–15 years, the focus is on improving their safety and performance. New, higher-capacity materials are required in order to address the need for greater energy density. In addition longer cycle life and safer high-power operation are required. Silicon offers the highest gravimetric and volumetric capacity as an anode material (e.g. Li22Si5: nearly 4,200mAh/g, 9,800mAh/mL). The lithium rich silicon compounds have high melting points. Their higher working potentials (vs. Li) eliminate the possibility of metallic-lithium deposition (which may cause internal shorts) due to overcharge. Unfortunately, Si-based electrodes typically suffer from large volume changes (up to 420%) during insertion and extraction of lithium. This is followed by cracking and pulverization of silicon, which in turn, leads to the loss of electrical contact, unstable SEI and eventual capacity fading. We have developed two synthetic routes for the preparation of core-shell silicon based composite particles. The methods of attachment of silicon nanoparticles to carbon nanotubes were developed with the purpose of creating silicon anodes supported by a strong, rigid and high-electrically-conducting matrix containing some voids for silicon expansion. High capacity and stable anode materials were developed and characterized. Half cells with anodes composed of about 50% core-shell Si-C composite exhibited 1373mAh/gSi at the 50

th cycle and 1021mAh/gSi (three times

higher than that of the conventional graphite anode) at the 410th

cycle. Core-Shell silicon alloy anodes exhibited a very stable and high capacity (about

1000mAh/gSi) with a capacity loss of only 10% after 200 cycles.

Prof. E. Peled is a world leading scientist in the field of batteries and fuel cells. He has published over 150 papers and 45 patents and patent pending in the fields of batteries and fuel cells. Prof. Peled is the developer of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase model for active metal nonaqueous batteries which the key component of lithium batteries. Prof. Peled with his students, pioneer the development of both the rechargeable lithium-sulfur battery and the calcium-thionyl chloride battery, together with Prof. Golodnitsky and Prof. Nathan, a 3-D on a silicon-chip lithium-ion microbattery and together with Rafael lithium molten-salt (thermal) batteries. Rafael is producing these thermal batteries. He and a team at JPL developed a composite solid electrolyte with t +=1. A unique state of charge meter (residual capacity) for lithium batteries has been developed (by a startup Chemtronics that he was a co-founder) and the technology was transferred to an Israeli electronic company (QPS). Over 1000 units have been sold; over 95% were exported to USA and in use from 1991. High power hydrogen bromine fuel cell, direct methanol and direct ethylene glycol fuel cells having world record power were developed in his group. From May 1997 to May 2000 he was the director of the Wolfson Applied Material Research Center and the Gordon Center of Energy Studies. He led the committee that established the multi faculty graduate program in Science and Engineering of Materials and he serves as its coordinator. From 2003 he is the chairman of the Fuel Cells and Battery Center (funded by Israel MOS) and the incumbent of the Nathan Cummings Chair of Pure and Applied Electrochemistry. He is a co-founder of EnStorage, a startup company aimed at the development and commercialization of very large energy storage systems based on a regenerative fuel cell. For his achievements in the field of power sources Prof. E. Peled awarded the Electrochemical Society Battery Division Research, the Landau research and the International Battery Associations (IBA) Awards.

Ph.D Arnon Blum Enstorage www.enstorageinc.com

"HBr Flow Batteries as a source for bulk energy storage"

Mass deployment of renewables exposes the grid to the intermittent nature

of this generation source as well as frequent nonalignment between demand

and renewable generation. Bulk storage can solve these issues as it provides

the ability to store energy for a long number of hours. Currently, pumped-

hydro serves this need but this powerful resource is limited by geography

and water availability. New forms of distributed storage, either at the grid or

behind the meter, will further support the integration of wind energy by

levelling the generation output, providing back up power during flat spells,

Storing power during times that it is not required and supporting T&D

deferral and other grid requirements.

The EnStorage solution, which is based on a proprietary hydrogen bromine

technology, is an example of such a bulk storage solution. The company

developed extensive IP and owns 9 patents covering base materials, core

technology as well as systems and control. In addition, EnStorage developed

a proprietary membrane and catalyst to use with its chemistry.

The battery’s key advantages are:

- Extended discharge (6 hours)

- High number of cycles (over 10,000)

- No limitations on depth of discharge

- Flexibility on power rating and energy rating

- Fast response time

- No emissions

- Wide ambient temperature operating range (-20C to 80C)

- Totally self-contained – No by-products within the system or discharge

outside it

- Low operating temperature (40C-60C)

Dr. Arnon Blum has years of experience in research

and development in the field of fuel cells. Prior to

founding EnStorage, Dr. Blum served as testing

department manager at Medis Technologies and was

the chief technology officer at Green Fuel cells, where

he developed a portable fuel cell for portable

applications. Dr. Blum holds PhD and MBA degrees

from Tel Aviv University. He has published many

scientific papers and holds several patents in the area

of fuel cells and system integration.

An optimal scenario of our system would be daily storage and discharge of a

number of hours. Under daily discharge cycles the life of the asset to be in

excess of 20 years with minimal maintenance required during this

operational lifetime.

Ph.D. Ben-Zion Magnes ICL Industries Products www.icl-ip.com

"Bromine Based Rechargeable batteries: The Chemistry and the Electrochemistry" Using the Bromine/Bromide redox pair in rechargeable batteries for moderate and large scale energy storage has a great advantage compared to other redox pairs. The excellent electrochemical properties of the Bromide/Bromine pair such as the complete reversibility, fast kinetics (5x10

-4

÷ 5x10-3

cm/sec at Carbon electrode) and relatively high redox potential (-1.06 V) make Bromine the ultimate candidate for energy storage applications. The chemistry of Bromine and its compounds is established very well. We have more than 80 years of experience in Bromine production and application in different fields of chemistry and industry. We recently developed a series of new Bromine complexing agent mixtures thereof which enable design according to the physical parameters of electrolyte solutions such as viscosity, conductivity, bromine concentration in aqueous phase and

to keep vapour pressure of bromine as low as water pressure up to 45-50C:

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Ph.D. Ben-Zion Magnes Education: 1985-1990 BSc Moscow D. Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Technology 1990 Moved to Israel 1992-1994 MSc Ben-Gurion University, Chemistry Department, Prof. Yehuda Band 1996-2003 PhD Ben-Gurion University, Chemistry Department, Prof. Ehud Pines, Thesis: “Photophysics and solute-solvent interactions in the excited electronic state of photoacids”. Professional experience: 2004- Present “Bromide Compounds”, ICL Industrial Products Development of the Analytical Methods; Electrochemistry Lab Senior Researcher; Fields of Interests: Chemistry and electrochemistry of Bromine, Quaternary Amine salts, Zinc Bromine Batteries, Physico-chemical methods of analysis, Electromagnetic and radioactive shielding materials, Radiocarbon dating.

Ph.D. Dario Dekel Cellera www.cellera-inc.com

"Overcoming main challenges in Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell technology" In the past few years Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell (AMFC) technology has bloomed. More than 30 groups worldwide are now working on AMFC. The number of publications is increasing exponentially, and just in 2013 hundreds of papers studying several aspects of AMFCs were published. However, most of them show very low cell performance and consequently the skepticism on whether a non-Pt fuel cell technology can be developed still exists. In this presentation we will present encouraging results that prove that non-Pt AMFC will soon become a reality.

Dr. Dario R. Dekel VP R&D and Engineering / Co-Founder at CellEra Dr. Dekel spent 10 years as a chief scientist and as a top manager at Rafael Ltd, Israel, where he led an R&D, engineering and production team of around 100 members at the world’s second largest Thermal Battery Plant. Dr. Dekel left Rafael in 2007 to co-found CellEra Inc. where he leads today a selected group of 14 scientists and engineers, developing the novel Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell technology. As a Vice President for R&D and Engineering at CellEra, he currently leads R&D collaboration programs with

Penn State University, Technical University of Munich, Danish Technical University, Volkswagen, Vodafone, and other major academic and industrial teams from Japan, Germany, France, Denmark, China and the U.S. Dr. Dekel received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Technion. He also holds an MBA degree from same institution. Dr. Dekel is the 1998 winner of the Katzir Award from the Israeli Ministry of Defense. He currently holds $3M government research grants from the Israeli OCS, from the US DOE, and from the Eurostars and Eureka European programs. Dr. Dekel holds 14 battery and fuel cell patents.

Mr. Gil Nezer Interdan www.interdan.com

"Controlling Energy Sources and Consumers in Vehicle Mounted systems" Whether you use a Lithium-Ion or a lead-Acid battery; Whether your energy source is a generator, alternator or a base station charger; whether you have a single critical energy consumer or a PDU with various operation states - having all components digitally controlled on a single bus system will allow you cost reduction, contingency control and ease of operation. We will discuss the easy and the proven method to achieve a full system control with state of the art off-the-shelf equipment.

Mr. Doron Frenkel driiVZ www.driivz.com

"EV Charging Management Platform"

Doron Frenkel is a serial entrepreneur, having founded and managed several successful companies. In the past, Doron served as the CEO of We!Secure, was the GM of Israeli Operations at Sphera and held the position of Director at Amdocs (NYSE) responsible for accounts such as Nextel and T-Mobile. Additionally, Doron was VP Products at MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC), responsible for OEM relationships with Ericsson, Philips, and Siemens. He also sat as an advisory board member for Micronet, a leading fleet management solutions provider.

Ph. D. Florence Fusalba CEA-Grenoble www.cea.fr

“Emphasis on High Power Technologies for Pulse-Load Operations: Terrestrial Developments Potential Benefits to Space Application” More enhanced power sources compatible with extended thermal environment are needed for some space applications like next generation launchers or radar satellites. It is believed that synergy between terrestrial and space sectors could foster the avoidance of multiple financing for the

Florence Fusalba (Ph.D) is Battery Program Manager at CEA. After seven years studying in Canada to graduate as Master M. Sc Chemistry and Ph. D Energy and Materials, on electrochemical storage devices (Lithium ion batteries and electrochemical super capacitors) and one year as research fellow in electrochemistry in Ireland, Florence Fusalba joins in 2000 STMicroelectronics as dielectric manager. In 2004, she is in charge of photovoltaic cells laboratory for CEA and

development of similar technologies and systems, as well as dual-use of facilities, providing some real applications for synergy and emulation. For instance, improvements on power density and lifetime (in terms of cycle number and auto discharge) with critical energy density would benefit to some terrestrial applications like hybrid vehicles or Renewable Energy Storage (and in particular wind energy storage) as well as to space applications like radars or launchers in a synergy manner. Because of the stringent demands of high power density in aerospace, CEA conducts studies to benchmark the power performance of storage technologies. Of particular interest are Li-ion cells that retain low internal resistance from a fully charged to a fully discharged state. This feature allows more robust performance and greatly reduces concern about heat generation for high pulse rate applications. CEA experienced this feature to meet similar terrestrial requirements for hybrid electric vehicle applications or other larger vehicles. In this frame, materials especially designed for high power rates, power-sized cells conception and recently hybrid supercapacitors developments are under progress. Regarding battery materials, our strategy is to select a « power sized » chemistry to embed more useful capacity (to avoid oversizing) while better operating at enhanced temperature range. On the other hand, hybrid supercapacitors which have a higher power capability with a relatively good but still low energy density will also be discussed.

since 2006, she is CEA program manager, supporting acquisitions of new projects/business with R&D centers and industrial partners at National, European and International level.

Mr. Alain Perez www.trojanbattery.com

"Energy Storage Solutions for Renewable Energy and Backup Power Applications"

Mr. Ian Podkamien Powermat www.powermat.com

"Power demand – Accessibility by PMA Wireless-Charging Eco-System”

Ph.D. Shani Keysar Sol-Chip www.sol-chip.com

"Sol-Chip Everlasting Light battery"

Sol-Chip is an energy-harvesting company that has developed maintenance free Everlasting Solar Battery. The compact battery can supply energy for the lifetime of low-power devices. Sol Chip’s technology provides a platform for disruptive applications such as precision agriculture and Internet of Things (IoT). Sol Chip’s technology is designed to enable autonomous operation of devices and systems powered by a Plug n’ Play solar energy sources.

Dr. Shani Keysar, Founder & CEO

Professional background:

PhD Chemical Engineering and Materials Science from

Technion of Israel. 20 years as R&D expert with

management experience.

Involved in academic and industrial projects in the

following fields: Environment, Advanced nano-

materials and Semiconductors. In her last position was

Examples of segments that Sol Chip penetrates with its first-generation product are wireless sensors and wireless sensor networks (WSN) for smart houses and cities, asset & personnel tracking, agriculture (e.g. drip irrigation, herd monitoring), homeland security and traceability systems (e.g. active RFID, GPS locators). Sol Chip has completed the manufacturing of its prototypes at Fraunhofer Inst. (Germany) and started pilot production. Passed technology qualification in a certified external lab. Samples were delivered to 40 customers and some of them passed beta testing and production is expected soon. Sol-Chip demonstrated its solar battery with many applications, including powering IoT sensing systems: Created several new Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) demos with visual readout of wireless sensors directly to a smart phone or Tablet. Demonstrated Linear Technologies Mesh Network powered by Sol-Chip product. The company has signed a partnership agreement with Tadiran Battery (SAFT ) for the development and marketing of a mutual product. The company signed an agreement with 1st tear US company on delivering a prototype based on sol-chip solar battery.

Senior Project manager at Tower-Jazz.

Dr. Keysar was awarded as Israel leading woman

entrepreneur in the competition of the USI WE Summit

2011 (Women Entrepreneurship competition).

Dr. Keysar is a Fellow, Paul Merage Bussiness School

IRVINE CAL

Dr. Keysar is the author and co-author of 15 scientific

and technical papers and holds 5 patents.

Her company was announced at 2012 as one of the 60

hot Si start-up to watch by EETimes, and received the

outstanding incubator company of 2012 from the

Chief Scientist Office of Israel.

Public/Voluntary work:

2007-now Board of directors Coalition for Public Health

2004-2005 Board of directors - Haifa Cities Environmental corp.

2004-2008 Head of the Environmental Committee of Kiriat Tivon

Mr. Paolo Fracas Genport www.genport.it

"Advanced Hybrid Power Sources based on Fuel Cells and Lithium Batteries" Paolo Fracas, CEO, GENPORT srl - Spin-off of Politecnico of Milan, Italy Title of pthe Presentation: Advanced Hybrid Power Sources based on Fuel Cells and Lithium Batteries Wind turbine and solar panels are cost effective way to generate energy in off-grid contest; however a drawback of renewable energy systems (RES) is the variability; wind tends to run intermittently and solar power is only available during the daytime while a predictable source of energy is necessary to satisfy the demands of electrical loads. We have solved this problem by developing a modular technology that delivers predictable electricity, taking energy inputs from multiple renewable energy systems and combining

Paolo is the CEO of Genport srl and Genport North America Corp. He has achieved a M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Geona and a postgraduate specialization in International Management at the Sloan School of Management of MIT in Boston and at the Brookings Institution in Washington. He held management roles in high-tech multinational companies (ENEL, Finmeccanica, General Electric) in Europe and in the USA with special focus on automation, nanomaterials and numerical simulation, bringing advanced technologies and products to global markets and new customers. In cooperation with European Research Institutes on 2003 He started the development and commercialization of innovative fuel cell materials. He was part of the Advisory Board of PEMFLOW Project (Department of Trade and Industry – UK) and He was in the Board of Director of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Italian Association. On 2009, He

them with an integrated lithium-ion battery - hydrogen fuel cell system. This hybrid power source is continuously driven by a control predictive engine. The combination of these technologies results in an outstanding and reliable power solution suitable in a variety of applications: telecoms, military, residential, smart grid, agriculture.

founded Genport SRL (Vimercate), an Italian progressive spin-off Politecnico di Milano developer of extreme portable hybrid power sources. On 2012 He founded Genport North America Corp. based in West Lafayette, IN. He is an expert consultant of the European Commission within the 6

th and 7

th Framework Program; He is a teacher

at Mastergem (Rome), a Cleantech Master School. His author of 10 industrial patents, several publications and He cooperated with specialized magazines in Energy.

Mr. Roberto Vecchia Solith www.sovema.it

"Li-ion cell assembly process and possible cost savings" Solith will be presenting the new development of its equipment line for Lithium ion and supercapacitors cell assembly that includes stacking or winding technologies, pouch assembly units and a new automated regenerative formation. Investigation has been done in order to improve efficiency and reduce costs in the assembly and formation process.

Mr. Roberto Vecchia, EMEA Sales area manager. - With Sovema since 2006, first as an engineer with the

Technical Dept., then as a support engineer in the Sales Dept.

- In 2009 Sales Area Manager for Northern Africa, Eastern Europe, Russia and C.I.S. countries.

- Since 2010, EMEA Sales Area Manager for:

- Sovel (Sovema Electronics) (Italy), - Bitrode (USA)

- Solith

- Qualification: Electronic Engineer specialized in Automation

Mr. Juergen Rechberger AVL List GmbH www.avl.com

"AVL Fuel Cell Systems for Defence and Stationary CCHP Applications" In 2002 AVL has started the development of a portable power generator based on SOFC technology. SOFC has been selected to enable the operation with conventional fuels like gasoline, diesel or kerosene. This product is developed for various markets including military, marine, leisure, trucks and also stationary power generation. Especially in this low power range the SOFC technology has significant advantages compared to small diesel gen-sets: The efficiency potential is around 30-50% higher, there are no emissions like NOx, HC or particulates and the noise level is lower by the factor of 10. In 2012 AVL has presented the first complete & stand-alone system demonstrator with 1.5kW of electrical power, 30% electrical efficiency and a noise level below 55 dB(A). In the meantime the 2nd generation with a power upgrade to 3kW is available and has already been integrated into demonstration vehicles. The presentation will show the actual development status and the benefits of this product in various applications. In parallel AVL is developing stationary combined cooling, heat and power products based on SOFC technology in a power range from 5kW to 100kW.

DI Juergen Rechberger, born in Austria. He finished Master of Industrial Engineering at the Technical University of Vienna. During and after his University career he was involved as a professional in the international music industry and for one year at McKinsey & Co. in business consulting. In 2003 he joined AVL in Graz Austria as development engineer in the fuel cell group. Since 2005 he is responsible as project manager for various R&D and industrial projects dealing with fuel cells. In 2009 he took over complete responsibility as program manager for SOFC and fuel processing technology at AVL. Since 2012 he is in charge of all fuel cell related activities of AVL Powertrain Engineering worldwide, including PEM and SOFC technology. Under his guidance the AVL products APU-portable power generator and the SOFC CHP system have been developed. In total he has been involved in more than 100 fuel cell development projects with international partners & customers from nearby all auto-OEMs to international energy solution providers.

This technology offers significant advantages compared to (gas or diesel) engines, like higher efficiency and lower noise & emissions. Together with Plansee and IKTS, AVL has developed a 5-10kW CHP system with an electrical efficiency above 50% and an extremely low degradation rate. In a recent development project an adsorption chiller will be added to transform exhaust heat directly into cooling. Especially the combination of highly efficient power generation from natural gas (and in future also diesel) and cooling brings an enormous energy- and emission saving potential to the Kingdom. The presentation will show the actual development status of SOFC CHP & CCHP products in the power range from 5 to 20kW and will give an outlook to a future 100kW system.

Mr. Vladislav Duboviks Imperial College www.imperial.ac.uk

" A Raman spectroscopy study of the effect of anodic and cathodic currents on carbon contamination in Ni-based porous electrodes" Durable reversible Solid Oxide Cells (SOCs) capable of operating both as a fuel cell and as an electrolyser may provide the advantage of biogas (CH4 and CO2 mix) upgrade and CO2 reduction in co-electrolysis conditions. However, SOC degradation due to carbon deposition has to be significantly reduced in order to allow for the long term utilization of carbonaceous fuels in SOCs. Currently there is a considerable gap in the understanding of the characteristics of carbon formed under negative bias on Ni-based electrodes. In-situ Raman measurement have shown no carbon formation in CO-CO2 electrolysis conditions. Charge-transfer current density modelling suggested that the electrochemically active region may not be accessible with surface characterization techniques in electrolysis conditions. Cross sectional ex-situ Raman mapping has been carried out to further investigate the effect of anodic and cathodic current flow on the characteristics of carbon formation. These measurements confirmed that the majority of the carbon forms in the region of the anode which lies in the range of ca. 5µm from electrode-electrolyte (see Figure 1). Carbon agglomeration in that region of the electrode is likely to cause electrode delamination leading to irreversible electrode degradation. Modification of the cell with CGO interlayer on the fuel electrode side has been considered to alleviate the carbon formation issue.

Vladislav Duboviks graduated from Techniche Universität München in 2011 with MSc in Engineering Physics. He has developed interest in electrochemical energy conversion systems during his Master’s project on Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells.

Currently, Vladislav is a Postgraduate Researcher within the Fuel Cell group, part of Energy Futures Lab at Imperial. His project is focused on the reaction kinetics investigation at the fuel electrode of the Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell (SOEC). SOECs have applications in fuel production and storage systems and have the potential to be used for carbon dioxide recycling. Vladislav’s research contributes towards improving the lifetime and durability of SOECs and is part of the wider college Solid Oxide Cell development initiative.

The project involves electrochemical, microscopy and spectroscopy analysis of the SOEC with the view to understanding chemical reaction fundamentals. It also includes CAD model development of the innovative experimental rig for in-operando Raman spectroscopy experiments of the SOEC. As a part of his project, he also supervises visiting and summer undergraduate students.

Vladislav is also involved in Racing Green teaching project, where students design low emission racing vehicles. He previously helped to manage a group of Aeronautical students designing a battery car to set the land speed record. He has also consulted the hybrid vehicle Racing Green team in Mechanical Engineering on the supercapacitor integration into the powertrain.

Figure 1 Raman spectra of Ni-CGO electrode after 30 minutes exposure to 50% CO + 50% CO2 under -100mA bias showing the difference in amount of carbon formed next to the surface (-1µm) and deeper in the electrode (total electrode thickness ~8µm)

His extracurricular activities include the work for Imperial Consultants. The main responsibilities are the search and analysis of information to support Imperial's strategic priorities and exploration of the technology landscape. As a part of one of the recent team project he has identified the trends in the field of batteries and fuel cells for BAE Systems