Faraday Institution Conference 2025 Poster Winners

One of the highlights of the Faraday Institution Conference 2025 was the poster sessions. We are delighted to share the winners of the poster prizes.

Photo: The award winners left to right: Isabel Antony, Jan-Philipp Hoffknecht, Zoe Wright, Rajasekar Krishnamoorthy and Martin Freer (CEO, Faraday Institution). 

The judges noted a huge variety of research across the value chain, not only demonstrating research excellence but delivering value and impact to the wider research community and in many cases potential impact to industry. It is clear that some of the people presenting posters this week, are the research leaders of the future.

The winners are:

Prize for Scientific Content: Zoe Wright, University of Oxford and ISIS, NEXGENNA

“Developing and Characterising High Power Layered Transition Metal Oxide Cathode Materials for Sodium-ion Batteries“

Zoe is investigating improvements in sodium-ion cathode materials by doping with calcium. She’s using an innovative technique – muon spin relaxation spectroscopy -that provides a reliable method to determine activation energies and diffusion rates, which is a good indicator of the rate performance of materials.

Prize for Industrial Context Rajasekar Krishnamoorthy, University of Sheffield, Nextrode

“Mixing and Flow Optimization of the Dry Mix for the Dry Battery Electrode Manufacturing“

Raja has used surface coatings of active materials to enable dry mixing. This technique improves the flow behaviour of the mixed powder to allow for a more homogenous electrode and faster coating, which has clear industrial relevance.

Prize for Research Progress & Findings, Isabel Antony, UCL, Degradation Project

“Neutron Imaging to Study Electrolyte Dynamics in Lithium-Ion Batteries” 

This poster outlines is a new approach to silicon production for use in high energy anode materials. It demonstrates clear comparisons to existing commercial materials and includes a strategy for commercialisation and scale up.

Prize for Communication and Audience Engagement, Jan-Philipp Hoffknecht, Helmholtz Institute

“Multimodal Operando Methods Granting Insights into Degradation of Solid-State Sodium-Sulfur Batteries” 

Jan-Philipp has developed a new cell design for the operando study of solid-state batteries enabling real-time insights of degradation mechanisms in sodium sulfur cells. He presented his poster in a very enthusiastic, friendly and engaging manner. His eye catching and well-presented poster was supplemented by a flip book of the propagation and healing of cracks, which was highly engaging.  

With thanks

A poster session of 200 posters needs a squadron of judges. We thank the following for their time and effort:

• Dr Will Richardson, The Faraday Institution
• Dr Gerard Bree, WMG – University of Warwick
• Dr Ashok Menon, WMG – University of Warwick
• Dr Letizia Liiro Peluso, University of Nottingham
• Dr JJ Marie, The Faraday Institution
• Professor Rachel Smith, University of Sheffield
• Dr Juliane Fiates, Newcastle University
• Dr George Voynov, Nyobolt
• Dr Laura Wheatcroft, Nyobolt
• Dr Maria Crespo, QMUL
• Dr Jacqueline Edge, University of Birmingham
• Dr Thomas Ashton, UCL

Congratulations to our winners, and to everyone that presented a poster, or contributed to a vibrant discussion at the event.

And many thank to Nyobolt for sponsoring the poster award sessions.

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Posted on September 11, 2025