• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

William Gent

Stanford University

StorageX Staff Scientist

Will Gent received his BA in Chemistry from Cornell in 2013, where he worked with Prof. Geoff Coates to develop new polymer electrolytes for lithium ion batteries. He received his MS and PhD from Stanford in 2019, where he worked with Prof. Will Chueh using advanced X-ray and electrochemical techniques to study redox and degradation mechanisms in lithium ion battery cathode materials. Will is now a staff scientist within the Stanford StorageX initiative, an industrial affiliates program that drives interdisciplinary, application-driven research in energy storage. He currently leads several research projects aimed at improving the performance and cost of lithium ion batteries through materials engineering and the use of data-driven approaches to accelerate testing, optimization, and validation of new energy storage concepts.

Sessions With William Gent

Thursday, 12 March

  • 07:30am - 08:20am (CST) / -

    Battery Recycling & Second-life Uses
    Clean Tech

    With demand for batteries set to rise dramatically in the coming decades, fueled by their adoption in the automotive and transport sectors, and for grid-connected energy storage, it is essential to establish sustainable ways to manage batteries at the end of their life. How will batteries be recycled and who will be responsible? Can batteries be utilized for second-life applications before being recycled? How will the business models for second-life applications and recycling work?