Researchers, engineers, and postgraduate students are welcome to participate in the Special Session “Durability of Electrochemical Energy Devices”. This session aims to bring together leading experts across academia and industry to explore critical issues, strategies, and innovations focused on the long‑term stability and operational resilience of electrochemical energy technologies. Electrochemical devices (such as hydrogen-evolving cathodes, fuel cells, and electrolysis systems) are integral to the global transition toward sustainable energy. Yet, their commercial viability is tightly constrained by durability challenges under prolonged and demanding operating conditions.

Key considerations include:

• Detrimental degradation mechanisms, such as ionomer detachment, catalyst poisoning, and mechanical failures under high voltage and current densities.
• Variations in device performance and durability depending on operating environments.
• Strategies to improve material design, interfacial stability, and device architecture for enhanced reliability (ranging from robust electrocatalyst architecture to stress‑resistant membrane and cell designs).

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  Prof. Peter Lund
  Aalto University,
  Finland
  peter.lund@aalto.fi

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  Dr. Mahmood Aliofkhazraei
  University of South Florida,
  USA
  

INVITED SPEAKER(S):

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  ‘HIGH-PERFORMANCE AND DURABLE MEMBRANE ELECTROLYTES
  FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS’
  Dr. Mohammed Ismail
  University of Hull,
  UK