Public Lecture: How AI is Reinventing the Battery

15/06/2026, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Batteries are the heartbeat of the modern world. But the race to build a device that charges faster, lasts longer, and costs less has traditionally been a slow game of chemical trial and error.

It’s time to change the rules.

Join the Faraday Institution and the Royal Institution for an electrifying evening where artificial intelligence meets electrochemistry. Guided by chair Dr James Le Houx we will journey from:

• The atomic scale with Prof Aron Walsh, showing how AI acts as a digital alchemist, simulating billions of crystals to discover new materials before they even exist in the lab;
• To the microscale with Dr Sam Cooper, demonstrating how machine learning optimises the manufacturing recipe to bake the perfect internal structure;
• To system scale with Dr Mona Faraji Niri, showing how smart algorithms act as a forensic investigator, analysing complex data streams to uncover hidden internal faults and predict battery lifespans with unprecedented accuracy.

Join our panel of experts who will reveal how AI is accelerating the development of batteries of the future. Visit the Royal Institution webpage to book.