This work gives a comprehensive overview on materials, processes and technological challenges for electrochemical storage and conversion of energy. Optimization and development of electrochemical cells requires consideration of the cell as a whole, taking into account the complex interplay of all individual components. Considering the availability of resources, their environmental impact and requirements for recycling, the design of new concepts has to be based on the understanding of relevant processes at an atomic level.

Contributions by: Stefan Adams, Giovanni Battista Appetechi, Mikhail V. Avdeev, Perla B. Balbuena, Hubertus Bardt, Erik Berendes, Vladislav A. Blatov, Ivan Bobrikov, Lyubov G. Bulusheva, Pieremanuele Canepa, Claudio Capiglia, Venkata Sai Kiran Chakravadhanula, Charaf Cherkouk, Mateo de Vivanco, Giuseppe Antonio Elia, Miele Ermanno, Claudia Funke, Gopalakrishnan Sai Gautam, Juliane Hanzig, Daniil M. Itkis, Thomas Köhler, Victor Koroteev, Andraž Krajnc, Ulrike Langklotz, Arnulf Latz, Stefano Leoni, Jessica Lueck, Gregor Mali, Falk Meutzner, Damien Monti, Wolfram Münchgesang, Melanie Nentwich, Tina Nestler, Alexander V. Okotrub, Viktor I. Petrenko, Christophe Pillot, Ulrich Potthoff, Elsa Roedern, Florian Schipper, Robert Schmid, Sebastian Socher, Max Stöber, Bianca Störr, Goriparti Subrahmanyam, Axel Thielmann, Dmitry Yu. Usachov, Nikolai Uvarov, Juan J. Velasco-Velez, Anastasia Vyalikh, Denis V. Vyalikh, Tina Weigel, Lada V. Yashina, Remo Proietti Zaccaria, Tatiana Zakharchenko, Jens Zosel, Matthias Zschornak