214th ECS Meeting - Honolulu, HI

October 12 - October 17, 2008

PROGRAM INFORMATION
 

B9 - Rechargeable Lithium and Lithium Ion Batteries

Battery
 

Monday, October 13, 2008

Tapa 2; Tapa Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

Cathodes I

Co-Chair(s): A. Manthiram and G. Ceder
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
10:00   1132   In situ Structural Studies of Mixed Li1-xMn2O4 and Li1-x[Co1/3Ni1/3Mn1/3]O2 Cathode Materials for Li-ion Batteries W. Yoon, K. Nam, X. Yang (Brookhaven National Lab.) and S. Choi (LG Chem. Ltd.)
10:20   1133   The Performance of Lithium-ion Battery Cathodes Composed of Multiple Materials P. Albertus (University of California, Berkeley) and J. Newman (Univ. of California, Berkeley)
10:40   1134   Probing the Local Structural Changes of Li[NiyMnyCo(1-2y)]O2 (0.02{less than or equal to}y{less than or equal to}0.30) upon Lithium Deintercalation D. Zeng (Stony Brook University), J. Cabana Jiménez (SUNY at Stony Brook), W. Yoon, K. Nam (Brookhaven National Lab.) and C. Grey (SUNY at Stony Brook)
11:00   1135   Al Doping and Cation Substitution in LiNixCoyMnzO2 (NCM) Li-ion Cathode Materials M. D. Johannes (Naval Research Laboratory), A. M. Stux (Naval Rsearch Laboratory) and K. Swider-Lyons (Naval Research Laboratory)
11:20   1136   Impact of Al Substitution on the Thermal Stability of Li[Ni1/3 Mn1/3Co(1/3-z)Alz]O2 F. Zhou, X. Zhao (Dalhousie University), J. Jiang (3M Company), Z. Lu (3M Co.) and J. Dahn (Dalhousie University)
11:40   1137   Synthesis of Dense and Spherical Hydroxide Particles as Precursors to NMC Oxides for Positive Electrode Materials in Lithium-ion Batteries A. Van Bommel and J. Dahn (Dalhousie University)
 

Cathodes II

Co-Chair(s): Y-K. Sun and W. Yoon
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00   1138   Rechargeable Lithium Batteries: Going The Extra Mile P. G. Bruce, A. Paterson, A. Debart, J. Bao, Z. Peng, F. Jiao and M. Shaju (University of St Andrews)
14:40   1139   Spatial Distribution Mapping of Product Phases in a LiNiO2-based Cathode Active Material During Cycling Tests at Elevated Temperatures S. Muto, Y. Sasano, K. Tatsumi (Nagoya University), T. Sasaki (Toyota Central R&D Lab., Inc.), K. Horibuchi and Y. Takeuchi (Toyota Central R&D Laboratories Inc.)
15:00   1140   A Comparative Study of Degradation Behavior by Cycling and Storage for LiNiO2-Based Lithium Ion Batteries T. Sasaki, T. Nonaka (Toyota Central R&D Lab., Inc.), K. Horibuchi (Toyota Central R&D Laboratories Inc.), H. Oka, C. Okuda, Y. Itou, Y. Kondo, Y. Takeuchi (Toyota Central R&D Lab., Inc.), Y. Ukyo (Toyota Central R&D Laboratories Inc.), K. Tatsumi and S. Muto (Nagoya University)
15:20   1141   Thermal Decomposition Behavior of Positive Electrodes using Nickel Based Lithium-ion Batteries Y. Saito, M. Rahman, M. Shikano (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), H. Nitani (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)) and H. Kageyama (AIST, Ikeda, Japan)
15:40   1142   XAFS Study on Thermal Decomposition Behavior of Positive Electrode of Lithium-ion Batteries H. Nitani (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)), M. Shikano (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), D. Mori, S. Koike, H. Sakaebe (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)), H. Kageyama (AIST, Ikeda, Japan), K. Tatsumi and Y. Saito (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
16:00   1143   Structural Behavior of Layered Cathode Materials and First Principles Computations Studies J. J. Saavedra-Arias (University of Puerto Rico, San Juan), N. Karan (university of puerto rico ,San Juan), A. Kumar (University of Puerto Rico, San Juan), R. Thomas (university of puerto rico , San Juan), Y. Ishikawa (University of Puerto Rico) and R. Katiyar (university of puerto rico , San Juan)
16:20   1144   Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Porous Carbon Composites Coated with Manganese Oxide Nanosheets Y. Kagei, S. Suzuki (The University of Tokyo) and M. Miyayama (Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology)
16:40   1145   The Effects of AlF3 Coating on the Performance of Li[Li0.2Mn0.54Ni0.13Co0.13]O2 Cathode Material for Lithium-Ion Battery J. Zheng (State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces), Z. Zhang (Department of Physics, Xiamen Univ.), J. Li (State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen Univ.) and Y. Yang (Xiamen University)
17:00   1146   Structural and Electrochemical Studies of Chemical Solution Derived xLiMn2O3-(1-x)Li[Mn0.5Ni0.5]O2 Cathodes N. Karan, D. Pradhan (university of puerto rico ,San Juan), J. J. Saavedra-Arias (University of Puerto Rico, San Juan), R. Thomas (university of puerto rico , San Juan) and R. Katiyar (University of Puerto rico)
17:20   1147   Characterization and Electrochemical Properties of Li2Cux-zNiyMzO2 Lithium-insertion Cathodes C. T. Love, M. Johannes (Naval Research Laboratory), A. M. Stux (Naval Rsearch Laboratory) and K. Swider-Lyons (Naval Research Laboratory)
17:40   1148   Do You REALLY Want a High Potential Cathode ? R. A. Huggins (Stanford University)
 

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Tapa 2; Tapa Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

Cathodes III

Co-Chair(s): P. Bruce and A. Yamada
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
08:00   1149   Organic Modified LiFePO4 Nanocrystals by Supercritical Water Hydrothermal Synthesis D. Rangappa, H. Zhou, T. Kudo and I. Honma (national Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
08:20   1150   Composite Electrode Elaboration in Aqueous Media for LiFePO4: Feasibility and Processing W. Porcher, S. Jouanneau (CEA), B. Lestriez and D. Guyomard (CNRS)
08:40   1151   Performance of Sandia-Prepared LiMPO4 Electrodes in 18650 Cells G. Nagasubramanian and D. Ingersoll (Sandia National Labs)
09:00   1152   Microwave-irradiated Solvothermal Synthesis of LiFePO4 Nanorods and their Nanocomposite with Conducting Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) for Lithium ion Batteries A. Murugan, T. Muraliganth and A. Manthiram (University of Texas at Austin)
09:20   1153   Shape Controlled Synthesis and Shape Dependent Electrochemical Properties of LiFePO4 Crystals Z. Lu, J. Deng and C. Chung (City University of Hong Kong)
09:40 Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00   1154   Structural and Electrochemical Studies of Aliovalent Cation Doped Olivines N. Meethong, Y. Kao (MIT) and Y. Chiang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
10:20   1155   Structural Transformation during High-rate Charge/Discharge of LiFePO4 H. Chang, C. Chang (National Taiwan University), H. Wu (Industrial Technology Research Institute), M. Yang (Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)) and N. Wu (National Taiwan UNiversity)
10:40   1156   Carbon Coating on LiMPO4 (M = Fe, Mn) Particles by Hydrothermal Method S. Koizumi (Tokyo Metropolitan University), K. Dokko (Yokohama National University) and K. Kanamura (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
11:00   1157   In Situ X-ray Diffraction and Absorption Studies of Carbon coated LiFe1/4Mn1/4Co1/4Ni1/4PO4 cathodes for Lithium Batteries K. Nam (Brookhaven National Laboratory), W. Yoon (Brookhaven National Lab.), X. Wang, H. Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences), X. Huang (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and X. Yang (Brookhaven National Lab.)
11:20   1158   Effect of Carbon Loading Method on Electrochemical Characteristics of LiMnPO4 Positive Active Materials for Li-ion Cells M. Kohmoto, T. Tabuchi, T. Inamasu and T. Murata (GS Yuasa Corporation)
11:40   1159   Interaction of Amphiphilic Ru-bipyridine Complex with Single Walled Carbon Nanotube: Application for Li-ion Batteries L. Kavan (J Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry), I. Exnar (High Power Lithium SA, Lausanne, Switzerland) and M. Graetzel (EPFL Switzerland)
 

Anodes I

Co-Chair(s): J. I. Yamaki and R. Bugga
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00   1160   High Capacity Negative Electrode Materials for Nexelion, the new type of Li-ion battery H. Inoue (Sony Corporation), S. Mizutani, H. Ishihara and S. Hatake (Sony Energy Devices Corporation)
14:40   1161   High Performance Graphite ICG for a High Density Anode of Lithium-ion Batteries H. Uono, H. Sato, H. Matsumoto, T. Kamada (Mitsubishi Chemical Group, Science and Technology Research Center, Inc.), M. Ue (Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation), K. Okanishi, K. Yamaguchi (Mitsubishi Chemical Co.,Sakaide Plant, Electrode Matrials Department), M. Dohzono, M. Yamamoto and K. Takizawa (Tokai Carbon Co.,Ltd, R&D Strategy Divioson, Functional Department)
15:00   1162   A Study of the Mechanism of Graphite Structural Degradation in Lithium-ion Cell Anodes L. J. Hardwick, V. Sethuraman, V. Srinivasan and R. Kostecki (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
15:20   1163   Quantitative Studies on Thermal Stability of Charged Graphite in an Electrolyte Containing Fluorine Compound as Additives J. Yamaki, T. Doi, L. Zhao, M. Zhou and S. Okada (Kyushu University)
15:40   1164   High Rate Li-ion Battery Negative Electrode with Hollow Carbon Nanospheres J. D. Cox, A. Ward and M. J. Wagner (The George Washington University)
16:00   1165   Preparation and Characterization of Porous Carbon Nanofibers and their Application as Anode Materials in Rechargeable Lithium-ion Batteries L. Ji, A. Medford, Z. Lin and X. Zhang (North Carolina State University)
16:20   1166   Bulk Carbon Nanotube/Nanofiber Compositions from Solid-State Synthetic Routes as Anode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries J. W. Long, M. Laskoski, T. Keller (Naval Research Laboratory), K. Pettigrew (Naval Research Laboraotry) and S. Qadri (Naval Research Laboratory)
16:40   1167   Modeling of Fractal Electrodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries G. Turon Teixidor (University of California, Irvine), P. P. Mukherjee (Los Alamos National Laboratory) and M. Madou (University of California, Irvine)
17:00   1168   Correlation between Charge-Transfer Resistances of Li+ Intercalation and the Number of Edge-Plane Sites on Graphite Y. Yamada (Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University), Y. Iriyama (Shizuoka University), T. Abe and Z. Ogumi (Kyoto University)
17:20   1169   Microstructural Changes of Single-Crystalline and Textured Model Anodes for Li-ion Batteries F. U. Renner (Max-Planck-Institut fur Eisenforschung) and H. Kageyama (AIST, Ikeda, Japan)
17:40   1170   Si-O-C Composite Anode for Rechargeable Lithium Ion Batteries H. Fukui, H. Ohsuka, T. Hino (Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd.) and K. Kanamura (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
 

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Tapa 2; Tapa Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

Cathodes IV

Co-Chair(s): J. Dahn and T. Abe
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
08:00   1171   Structural Evolution and Kinetics in Cathode Materials for Lithium Batteries: A Combined Electron Microscopy and Time-Resolved XRD Study C. Fell, J. Hung, M. Yang, J. Jones and S. Meng (University of Florida)
08:20   1172   Chemical State Changes of the Dopants Mg and Al in LiNiO2-based Cathode Induced by Cycling Tests at Elevated Temperature K. Tatsumi, S. Muto (Nagoya University), T. Yoshida (Nagoya U.), T. Sasaki (Toyota Central R&D Lab., Inc.), K. Horibuchi, Y. Takeuchi and Y. Ukyo (Toyota Central R&D Laboratories Inc.)
08:40   1173   Synthesis of Hollandite-type Mn1-xCoxO2 (x = 0 - 0.12) using a Hydrothermal Method and The Electrochemical Properties Y. Kadoma (Iwate University), H. Matsushima, R. Kimura (Department of Frontier Materials and Functional Engineering), K. Ui and N. Kumagai (Iwate University)
09:00   1174   Electrochemical Insertion and Extraction of Lithium-ion at LiMnPO4 Nanocrystals Synthesized in Nonaqueous Solution T. Doi, S. Yatomi, S. Okada and J. Yamaki (Kyushu University)
09:20   1175   Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy of Meso-structured FePO4 Cathode Materials for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries Z. Shi (Dalian University of Technology), Y. Yang (Xiamen University), G. Liu and L. Wang (Dalian University of Technology)
09:40 Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00   1176   Modeling Phase Change in Lithium Ion Batteries K. L. Harrison and J. P. Meyers (University of Texas at Austin)
10:20   1177   Conversion Reaction Cathodes By First Principles Methods R. E. Doe (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), K. A. Persson (MIT) and G. Ceder (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
10:40   1178   Electrochemistry of Cathodic Nanopowders: The Impact of Inter-phase Contacts on the Electrode Kinetics J. Jamnik (National Institute of Chemirstry, Ljubljana), J. Moskon (National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana), R. Dominko and M. Gaberscek (National Institute of Chemistry)
11:00   1179   Optimization of Li-Ion battery Electrodes: A Numerical Study X. Zhang, Y. Chen (University of Michigan), C. Wang (Sakti3 Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan), W. Shyy and A. Sastry (University of Michigan)
11:20   1180   Modeling Intercalation Stress in a Li-ion Cell J. Christensen (none)
11:40   1181   In-situ Composite of Carbon Black with Polyacrylonitrile Precursor for Sulfur Composite Cathode Materials W. Li, W. Pu, X. He, C. Wan and C. Jiang (Tsinghua University)
 

Anodes II

Co-Chair(s): M. Winter and Y. S. Meng
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00   1182   Cycling of Silicon Nanowire Negative Electrodes in Lithium Cells C. Chan (Stanford University), R. Ruffo (University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy), R. A. Huggins and Y. Cui (Stanford University)
14:20   1183   Large-Scale Production of Si-Nanowires for Lithium Ion Battery Applications J. Zhang, J. Liu, Z. Yang, G. Xia, D. Choi, D. Wang (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), C. Wang (Pacific Northwest National Lab), L. Pederson and G. Graff (pacific northwest national laboratory)
14:40   1184   Si Nanoparticles as Negative-Electrode Materials for Solid-State Lithium-ion Batteries J. E. Trevey (University of Colorado), Y. Jung, F. Xu, C. Stoldt and S. Lee (University of Colorado at Boulder)
15:00   1185   Anode Properties of Ru-Coated Si Thick Film Electrodes Prepared by Gas-Deposition T. Iida, Y. Kashiwa and H. Sakaguchi (Graduate School of Engineering, Tottori University)
15:20   1186   Solid State NMR and Pair Distribution Function Studies to Investigate the Changes in Short Range Order in Silicon Anodes B. Key, R. Bhattacharyya (State University of New York at Stony Brook), M. Morcrette, V. Seznec, J. Tarascon (Universite de Picardie Jules Verne) and C. Grey (SUNY at Stony Brook)
15:40   1187   Investigating the SEI-layer on Silicon Insertion Electrodes of Lithium-Ion Batteries by Pyrolysis-GC/MS M. Sternad, H. Kren, C. S. Bayer (Graz University of Technology), C. God (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria), S. F. Lux (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology), C. Stangl (TU Graz), B. Fuchsbichler (Graz University of Technology), S. Koller (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria), M. Schmuck (Institute for Chemical Technology of Inorganic Materials, Graz University of Technology), M. Takehara (Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science and Technology Research Center), M. Ue (Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation) and M. Winter (Institute of Physical Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms University of Münster)
16:00   1188   Silicon Nano Particles, Both a blessing and a curse S. Koller (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria), B. Fuchsbichler, C. S. Bayer (Graz University of Technology), C. God (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria), H. Kren (Graz University of Technology), S. F. Lux (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology), M. Schmuck (Institute for Chemical Technology of Inorganic Materials, Graz University of Technology), C. Stangl (TU Graz), M. Sternad (Graz University of Technology) and M. Winter (Institute of Physical Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms University of Münster)
16:20   1189   Hysteresis during Cycling of Lithiated Silicon Electrode V. A. Sethuraman, V. Srinivasan (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) and J. Newman (Univ. of California, Berkeley)
16:40   1190   Structural and electrochemical Studies on Nano Si Cluster-SiOx-C Composite Anode Material for Rechargeable Lithium batteries T. Morita and N. Takami (Toshiba Corporation)
17:00   1191   Fabrication of Nanoscale High-Order Hierarchical Sn/C Composites for Highly Reversible Li+ Ion Storage D. Deng and J. Lee (National University of Singapore)
17:20   1192   Ni-Sn Alloy with 3 Dimensionally Ordered Macroporous Cylinder Structure as an Anode for Lithium Batteries S. Woo, K. Kinoshita, H. Munakata, M. Kjima and K. Kanamura (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
17:40   1193   Electrodeposition and Testing of Microporous Copper-Tin Anodes for Lithium Ion Batteries L. Trahey, J. Vaughey (Argonne National Laboratory), H. Kung (Northwestern University) and M. Thackeray (Argonne National Laboratory)
 

Coral Exhibit Hall, Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

Lithium Ion Batteries Poster

Co-Chair(s): A. Manthiram and J. I. Yamaki
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
o   1194   Electrochemical Properties of Gel Electrolyte Based on Phosphonium Ionic Liquids E. H. Cha (Hoseo University), S. Lim (School of AIBN, Queensland Univ. Brisbane, 6114, Australia) and D. Macfarlane (School of chemistry, Monash univ.clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia)
o   1195   Lithium Nickel Manganese Spinel Cathode Materials for High Power Lithium Ion B. Deveney, K. Nechev (Saft America), J. Peres (Saft) and A. Salkind (Rutgers)
o   1196   The Use and Misuse of Adiabatic Calorimetry in the Study of Li-ion Cells P. J. Ralbovsky, S. Chippett, S. Sriramulu, B. Lupien and S. Singh (TIAX LLC)
o   1197   Preparation of LiMn2O4 Thin-Film Electrode by Sol-gel Method Combined with Ozone Irradiation S. Urata (Kyoto University), T. Inoue, Y. Hirabayashi (University of Hyogo), T. Fukutsuka (Kyoto University), Y. Matsuo, Y. Sugie (University of Hyogo) and Y. Uchimoto (Kyoto University)
o   1198   Local Structure and Li-Ion Conduction　in　Li5+xLa3-xSrxNb2O12 having Garnet-related Structure D. Kikutani, T. Okumura, T. Fukutsuka and Y. Uchimoto (Kyoto University)
o   1199   Synthesis of Li4Ti5O12 by Spray-Drying Method and its Electrochemical Property as an Anode Material for Li-ion batteries N. Kumagai (Iwate University), D. Yoshikawa (Graduate School of Engineering, Iwate University), Y. Kadoma and K. Ui (Iwate University)
o   1200   Local and Electronic Structures of Partially Fluorinated Lithium Manganese Spinel Oxides and Their Interfacial Conductivity K. Matsumoto, T. Okumura, J. Seung Hoon, T. Fukutsuka, Y. Uchimoto (Kyoto University), M. Inaba and A. Tasaka (Doshisha University)
o   1201   The Electrochemical Precipitation of Size Controlled Mn(OH)2 and Their Application to Li Ion Batteries K. Wada (Kyoto University), Y. Kajiki, K. Katakura (Nara National College of Technology), T. Fukutsuka, Y. Uchimoto and Z. Ogumi (Kyoto University)
o   1202   Study of the Structural Changes upon Reversible Lithium Insertion in Copper Based Layered Oxysulfides D. Zeng (Stony Brook University), J. Cabana Jiménez, S. Indris (SUNY at Stony Brook), O. Rutt, C. Smura, P. Adamson, S. Clarke (University of Oxford) and C. Grey (SUNY at Stony Brook)
o   1203   γ-butyrolacton as Alternative Electrolyte Component for High Voltage Lithium-Ion Batteries C. God (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria), C. S. Bayer, B. Fuchsbichler (Graz University of Technology), S. Koller (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria), H. Kren (Graz University of Technology), S. F. Lux (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology), M. Schmuck (Institute for Chemical Technology of Inorganic Materials, Graz University of Technology), C. Stangl (TU Graz), M. Sternad (Graz University of Technology) and M. Winter (Institute of Physical Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms University of Münster)
o   1204   Propargyl Benzenesulfonate - A Triple-Bonded Electrolyte Additive for Electrolytes in Lithium Ion Batteries C. S. Bayer, B. Fuchsbichler (Graz University of Technology), S. Koller (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria), H. Kren (Graz University of Technology), M. Schmuck (Institute for Chemical Technology of Inorganic Materials, Graz University of Technology), M. Sternad (Graz University of Technology), C. God (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria), S. F. Lux (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology), C. Stangl (TU Graz) and M. Winter (Institute of Physical Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms University of Münster)
o   1205   Influence of Pressure on the Cycling Stability of Silicon-Electrodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries C. Stangl (TU Graz), C. S. Bayer, B. Fuchsbichler (Graz University of Technology), C. God (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria), S. F. Lux (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology), M. Schmuck (Institute for Chemical Technology of Inorganic Materials, Graz University of Technology), S. Koller (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria), H. Kren, M. Sternad (Graz University of Technology) and M. Winter (Institute of Physical Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms University of Münster)
o   1206   NASICON Symmetric Cell Performances with Ionic Liquid Electrolytes and Solid Electrolytes E. Kobayashi, L. Plashnitsa, Y. Noguchi, T. Doi, S. Okada, J. Yamaki (Kyushu University), K. Yamamoto, Y. Sato and T. Yoshida (NGK Insulators, LTD.)
o   1207   Substitution Effect for Br on the Lithium Ion Conductivity of Lithium Indium Bromide Y. Tomita, H. Nishiyama, Y. Kohno, Y. Maeda, K. Kobayashi (Shizuoka University) and K. Yamada (Nihon University)
o   1208   The Effect of the particle size on electrochemical properties of carbon coated LiFePO4 A. Kumar, J. J. Saavedra-Arias (University of Puerto Rico, San Juan), N. Karan (university of puerto rico ,San Juan), M. Tomar (university of puerto rico , Mayaguez), R. Thomas and R. Katiyar (university of puerto rico , San Juan)
o   1209   Synthesis and Characterization of LiMn2-x-yCoxNiyO4 Cathode Materials for High Energy Density Li ion Rechargeable Batteries R. Singhal and R. Katiyar (University of Puerto rico)
o   1210   In-situ Solid State NMR Studies on High Rate Lithium-ion Batteries B. Key, R. Bhattacharyya, H. Chen (State University of New York at Stony Brook) and C. Grey (SUNY at Stony Brook)
o   1211   Effect of Vinylene Carbonate on Capacity Shift During Cycling of Graphite Anodes in Li-ion Cells P. Ridgway, H. Zheng (LBNL), G. Liu (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab), X. Song (LBNL), V. Battaglia (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) and P. Ross (Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
o   1212   First Principles Study on Factors Affecting Li Mobility in Spinel Lithium Transition Metal Oxides B. Xu and S. Meng (University of Florida)
o   1213   Influence of Bipolar Pulse Current Charging Method on the Surface Morphology and Cycling Behavior of Lithium Electrodes Z. Jiang, Q. Zhao (Fudan University) and L. Chen (Fudan University, Chemistry Department)
o   1214   Submicro-/micro-Sized Sn-Ni-C Composites with a Core-Shell Structure for Anode Material of Lithium Ion Secondary Batteries Y. Hwang, A. Kim (Chonbuk National University), S. Park (Samsumg SDI Co. Ltd) and K. Nahm (Chonbuk National University)
o   1215   The Cycle Life Improvement of Carbon Nanotubes Addition on Sulfur Cathode in Li/S Cell B. Peng, S. Ok, K. Choi, K. Cho, K. Kim and H. Ahn (gyeongsang national university)
o   1216   Thermal Stability of Non-Graphitizable Carbon Negative-Electrode in an Electrolyte for Lithium-ion Batteries M. Zhou, L. Zhao, T. Doi, S. Okada and J. Yamaki (Kyushu University)
o   1217   Electrochemical Properties of All-Solid-State Li-In / Li4Ti5O12 Cells using Li2S-P2S5 Solid Electrolytes H. Kitaura, A. Hayashi, K. Tadanaga and M. Tatsumisago (Osaka Prefecture University)
o   1218   Structural Analysis of Cathode Materials of Li Ion Batteries using Neutron Diffraction Technique L. Liang, J. Choi, S. Lee (Korea University), J. Kim (Department of Chemistry, Korea University), C. Yi (Department of Chemistry, Sungshin Women's University) and K. Kim (Department of Chemistry, Korea University)
o   1219   Structure and Electrochemical Properties of Layered Manganese Oxides Based on Li2MnO3 W. Jung, A. Ochiai, M. Nagao, A. Yamada and R. Kanno (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
o   1220   The Effect of Fe-ion Substitution on the Electrochemical Performance of LiCo1-xFexPO4-C (x = 0, 0.05, 0.1) Composites. D. Han (KAIST), Y. Kang (Kongju National University) and H. Kwon (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
o   1221   Electrochemical Properties of Li4Ti5O12 Thin Film Anodes by Pulsed Laser Deposition J. Deng, Z. Lu and C. Chung (City University of Hong Kong)
o   1222   Synthesis of LiMnPO4 by Ball-milling and Subsequent Microwave Heating, and its Electrochemical Properties W. Kim (KAIST) and H. Kwon (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
o   1223   Ammonia-treated Titania as an Anode Material of Lithium-ion Battery with High-rate Capability T. Tsumura (Faculty of Enginnering, Oita University), M. Toyora (Oita Univ.), O. Tanaike (AIST Tsukuba), H. Hatori (AIST), H. Kiyono (Hokkaido University) and S. Shimada (Hokkaido Univ.)
o   1224   Interpenetrating Polymer Networks Based on Poly(trimethylene carbonate) and poly(ethylene oxide) Blends Doped with Lithium Salts P. Barbosa, L. Rodrigues, M. Silva and M. Smith (University of Minho)
o   1225   Low Temperature Performance of Hollow Carbon Nanosphere Based Lithium-ion Negative Electrodes J. D. Cox, A. Ward and M. J. Wagner (The George Washington University)
o   1226   Properties of Alternative Electrodes in Imidazolium Ionic Liquid Electrolytes M. Egashira, A. Kanetomo, N. Yoshimoto and M. Morita (Yamaguchi University)
o   1227   Germanium for High Capacity Lithium Ion Battery Anodes B. Fuchsbichler, H. Kren (Graz University of Technology), M. Schmuck (Institute for Chemical Technology of Inorganic Materials, Graz University of Technology), M. Sternad, C. S. Bayer (Graz University of Technology), C. God (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria), S. F. Lux (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology), C. Stangl (TU Graz), R. Fischer, L. Hutter, F. Uhlig (Graz University of Technology) and S. Koller (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria)
o   1228   Ordered Mesoporous Titania for Cathode Material of Lithium Ion Batteries S. Hamaguchi and H. Yoshitake (Yokohama National University)
o   1229   Cathodic Decomposition Processes on LiFePO4 and LiMn2O4 Electrodes - leading to Aging in High Power Lithium-Ion Batteries H. Kren, M. Sternad, B. Fuchsbichler (Graz University of Technology), S. Koller (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria), M. Schmuck (Institute for Chemical Technology of Inorganic Materials, Graz University of Technology), C. S. Bayer (Graz University of Technology), C. God (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria), S. F. Lux (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology), C. Stangl (TU Graz) and M. Winter (Institute of Physical Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms University of Münster)
o   1230   Composition- and Structure-Tunable Synthesis of Chemically-Substituted Manganese Oxide Nanostructures Applicable for Lithium Intercalation Electrode S. Hwang (Ewha Womans University)
o   1231   Lactam Derivatives as SEI-forming Additives for Graphite Anode of Lithium-ion Batteries S. Yoon, J. Cho and H. Lee (LG Chem, Ltd / Research Park)
o   1232   Different Room Temperature Ionic Liquids and Their Mixtures as Electrolytes for Graphite Negative Electrodes in Lithium Ion Batteries S. F. Lux (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology), M. Schmuck (Institute for Chemical Technology of Inorganic Materials, Graz University of Technology), A. Balducci (Westfälische Wilhelms University of Münster), B. Fuchsbichler (Graz University of Technology), C. Stangl (TU Graz), H. Kren (Graz University of Technology), S. Michael (Institute of Electrical Measurement and Measurement Signal Processing, Graz University of Technology, Kopernikusgasse 24, 8010 Graz, Austria), C. God, B. Cornelia, S. Koller (Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16, 8010 Graz, Austria), G. Appetecchi (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment), S. Passerini (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy, and the Environment (ENEA), Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy; Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Muenster, Germany) and M. Winter (Institute of Physical Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms University of Münster)
o   1233   Improved Cycleability of Zr-substituted LiMn2O4 Thin Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition D. Shin, J. Choi (Korea Institute of Science and Technology), Y. Cho (Yonsei University) and S. Yoon (Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
o   1234   Li-ion Cells Using High Voltage Spinel Oxides S. Patoux, S. Jouanneau, L. Daniel and H. Lignier (CEA)
o   1235   Rechargeable Li-ion Batterie for Implantable Medical Devices S. Jouanneau, P. Jost, D. Mourzagh, S. Martinet (CEA) and M. Broussely (SAFT)
o   1236   Carbon-vanadium Nitride Composite for Electrode with High-rate Capability T. Tsumura (Faculty of Enginnering, Oita University), O. Tanaike (AIST Tsukuba), T. Kiyo and M. Toyoda (Oita university)
o   1237   Synthesis of LiFePO4 Material with Improved Cycling Performance under Harsh Conditions S. Lee (Chonnam National University)
o   1238   The Change of the Lithium-Sulfur Cell Components Properties by its Cycling V. Kolostintsyn, E. Kuzmina, E. Karaseva and S. Mochalov (Institute of Organic Chemistry of Ufa Scientific Center of RAS)
o   1239   Li2S-P2S5 Based Solid State Electrolytes for Lithium Ion Battery Applications J. E. Trevey (University of Colorado) and S. Lee (University of Colorado at Boulder)
o   1240   Polyethylene Oxide-Based Gel Membrane Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries K. Luo, R. Filler and B. K. Mandal (Illinois Institute of Technology)
o   1241   General Solution Route to Oriented Growth of Large-Scale Nickel Sulfide Nanowire Arrays for Lithium-Ion Battery Electrode Applications C. Lai (National Tsing Hua University), K. Huang (NTHU), J. Cheng (NTUST), C. Lee, W. Lee, C. Huang (National Tsing Hua University), B. Hwang (NTUST) and L. Chen (National Tsing Hua University)
o   1242   Structural Changes in a Thin-Film Lithium Battery during Cycling S. Song, S. Hong, S. Baek (Chungnam National University), H. Park, Y. Lim and K. Lee (Nuricell incorporated)
o   1243   Electrochemical Properties of LiFe0.965Cr0.03Co0.005PO4/C Cathode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries J. Lee, H. Choi (Pukyong National University), K. Chung (Korea Institute of Science and Technology) and C. KIM (KIST)
o   1244   Fabrication and Characterization of Nanostructured Fe3O4 Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries F. Ke, G. Wei, L. Huang (State key laboratory of physical chemistry of solid surfaces) and S. Sun (Xiamen University)
o   1245   Synthesis of Silicon Nanowire via a Metal Induced Etching Process for Lithium Storage Device S. Nam (Gwangju Institute of Science and Engineering), Y. Kim, H. Shim, S. Lee, J. Kim and W. Kim (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology)
o   1246   Synthesis and Characterization of Non-Spherical LiCoO2 with High Tap-Density by a Two-Step Drying Method Z. Chang, Z. Chen, H. Tang (Henan Normal University), X. Yuan and H. Wang (National Research Council of Canada)
o   1247   Stability of Li/PEO-LiTFSI/Glass Ceramics (LAPT) with Water for Li-air Secondary Batteries T. Zhang, N. Imanishi, S. Hasegawa, A. Hirano, J. Xie, Y. Takeda and O. Yamamoto (Mie University)
o   1248   Spinel-type Porous LiMn2O4 Prepared from Nanostructured MnCO3 and the Application to a Cathode for Lithium Ion Secondary Batteries H. Uchiyama (Keio University), E. Hosono, I. Honma, Z. Haoshen (Energy Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) and I. Hiroaki (Keio University)
o   1249   An Investigation of Immiscible Alloy System of Sn-Al Thin Films as Anodes for Lithium Ion Batteries R. Hu, M. Zeng and M. Zhu (South China University of Technology)
o   1250   Physical and Electrochemical Characterizations of Co3(PO4)2-Coated Li[Co0.1Ni0.15Li0.2Mn0.55]O2 Cathode Material for Lithium Rechargeable Batteries K. Kim, S. Lee and Y. Lee (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
o   1251   Electrochemical Properties of Helical Carbon Nanomaterials Formed on LiCoO2 by CVD Method Y. Uno (Toyama Pref. Univ.), T. Tsujikawa (NTT Facilities, Inc.) and T. Hirai (Toyama Pref. Univ.)
o   1252   Influence of Cathode Active Materials Obtained by a Wet-type Jet Mill on Lithium Cell Performance T. Hirai, J. Takahata (Toyama Pref. Univ.) and T. Tsujikawa (NTT Facilities, Inc.)
o   1253   Advanced Anode for High Energy and High Power Lithium Batteries M. Nazri, D. J. Burton (Applied Sciences, Inc.), G. Nazri (General Motors), P. Lake and M. Lake (Applied Sciences, Inc.)
 

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Tapa 2; Tapa Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

Anodes III

Co-Chair(s): R. Kostecki and M. Wakihara
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
08:00   1254   Incorporation of Stabilized Lithium Metal Powder (SLMPTM) into High Energy Li-ion Batteries M. Yakovleva, Y. Li, B. Fitch and Y. Gao (FMC)
08:20   1255   Kinetics of Phase Transition in Li-Cu-Sb System for Anode LIB Materials M. Nakayama (Tokyo Institute of Technology), M. Wakihara (Tokyo Instituite of Technology), Y. Kobayashi and H. Miyashiro (Central Research Instituite of Electric Power Industry)
08:40   1256   Lithium-Metal Alloy Electrode Configurations for Advanced Lithium Ion Batteries B. Scrosati (University of Rome), J. Hassoun (Sapienza University of Rome), G. Derrien (Université Montpellier, France) and P. Reale (Sapienza University of Rome)
09:00   1257   New Lithium Titanate as Anode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries N. Tran, M. Holzapfel, G. Nuspl and N. Schall (Süd Chemie AG)
09:20   1258   Electrochemical and Thermal Characterization of Surface on Lithium Titanium Oxide in Electrolytes T. Kishi, T. Kuboki, Y. Fujita, K. Hoshina, H. Inagaki and N. Takami (Toshiba Corporation)
09:40 Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00   1259   Electrochemical Properties of Graphene Sheets / Titanate Nanosheets Composites as an Anode Material for Li-ion Secondary Batteries D. Watanabe, S. Suzuki (The University of Tokyo) and M. Miyayama (Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology)
10:20   1260   Laminated Thin Films of Titanate Nanosheets Obtained by Electrophoretic Deposition for High-Rate Capable Electrodes of Li-ion Batteries S. Suzuki, M. Yano, K. Sato (The University of Tokyo) and M. Miyayama (Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology)
10:40   1261   Electrochemical Performances of Mesoporous Anatase TiO2 Electrodes Modified by Vacuum Metal Deposition M. Mancini (Camerino University, Italy), P. Kubiak (ZSW Ulm, Germany), J. Geserick (University of Ulm, Germany), R. Marassi (Camerino University, Italy), N. Hüsing (University of Ulm, Germany) and M. Wohlfahrt-Mehrens (ZSW-Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung)
11:00   1262   Molybdenum Oxides as Negative-Electrode Materials for Lithium-ion Batteries S. Lee and S. Lee (University of Colorado at Boulder)
11:20   1263   Enhanced High-rate Capacity of Li-ion Insertion in Self-Assembled Metal Oxide/Carbon Nanostructures D. Wang, D. Choi, J. Li, Z. Nie, R. Kou, Z. Yang and J. Liu (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
11:40   1264   Nickel Foam-supported SnO2-CNT Thin Films as Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries Y. Yu, A. Dhanabalan and C. Wang (Florida International University)
 

Electrolytes

Co-Chair(s): K. M. Abraham and B. Scrosati
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00   1265   Rechargeable Li Metal Cells Using N-Methyl-N-butyl pyrrolidinium Bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide Electrolyte Incorporating Polymer Additives J. Shin, P. Basak, J. B. Kerr and E. Cairns (LBNL)
14:20   1266   Plastic-polymer Composite Electrolytes for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries M. Patel and A. J. Bhattacharyya (Indian Institute of Science)
14:40   1267   Lithium Ion Battery using Dry Polymer Electrolyte Irradiated with Electron Beam R. Uchiyama (Mie University, Kureha Elastomer Co., Ltd.), K. Kusagawa, K. Hanai, N. Imanishi, A. Hirano and Y. Takeda (Mie University)
15:00   1268   Electrochemical Characterization of Lamellar Diblock Copolymer Electrolytes A. Panday (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), S. Mullin, N. Wanakule and N. Balsara (University of California, Berkeley)
15:20   1269   Morphology and Transport in Block Copolymer Electrolytes for Secondary Li-Metal Batteries S. A. Mullin (University of California, Berkeley), A. Panday (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), N. Wanakule and N. Balsara (University of California, Berkeley)
15:40   1270   Novel Ceramic Supramolecular Binary Composite Polymeric Electrolytes M. S. Siekierski (Warsaw Univesity of Technology), A. Plewa-Marczewska, K. Pindelska, M. Kalita (Warsaw University of Technology) and D. Golodnitsky (Tel Aviv Univwersity)
16:00   1271   A Novel Three-Step Synthetic Methodology to a New Family of Polylithium Salts for Lithium-ion Batteries B. K. Mandal, A. Chakrabarti and R. Filler (Illinois Institute of Technology)
16:20   1272   Air Product's StabiLifeTM Electrolyte Salts for Lithium-Ion Batteries A. Juichi, W. Bailey, W. Casteel, D. Gennady, G. Gopalakrishnan and S. Zhong (Air Products and Chemical. Inc)
16:40   1273   Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Liquid Electrolytes doped with LiPF6, LiBF4 and LiTFSI Salts O. Borodin and G. Smith (University of Utah)
17:00   1274   The Effect of the Ethylene Carbonate Addition on the Properties of Ionic Liquid-based Gel Electrolyte M. Egashira, A. Kanetomo, N. Yoshimoto and M. Morita (Yamaguchi University)
17:20   1275   Electrodeposition of Li in Ionic Liquid T. Nishida, K. Nishikawa, T. Mori and Y. Fukunaka (Kyoto University)
17:40   1276   Effect of Local Structure on Li-Ion Conduction in Novel Lithium Lanthanum Titanate Perovskite Oxides Containing Fluoride Ion T. Okumura, K. Yokoo, T. Fukutsuka, Y. Uchimoto (Kyoto University), M. Saito and J. Kuwano (Tokyo University of Science)
 

Friday, October 17, 2008

Tapa 2; Tapa Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village

Safety, Cell Life

Co-Chair(s): E. P. Roth and X. Zhang
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
08:00   1277   Comparative Abuse Response of Li-Ion Cells with LiFePO4 and LiMn2O4 Cathodes E. P. Roth (Sandia National Laboratories)
08:20   1278   Chemical Redox Shuttle - Design for High Voltage W. M. Lamanna, M. Bulinski, J. Jiang, D. Magnuson, P. Pham, M. Triemert (3M Company), J. Dahn, R. Wang, L. Moshurchak and R. Garsuch (Dalhousie University)
08:40   1279   Thermal Analysis for Nail Penetration Test of Lithium-Ion Batteries T. Kawai, H. Tokuda and M. Ue (Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation)
09:00   1280   Thermal Behavior of Lithium-Ion Cells by Adiabatic Calorimetry: One of the Selection Criteria for All Applications of Storage S. Genies, D. Brun-Buisson (INES - RDI / CEA), F. Mattera (INES-RDI / CEA) and J. Merten (INES - RDI / CEA)
09:20   1281   Method for Quantifying the Rates of Gas Generation at High-Temperatures from Impurities in Li-Ion Cells S. Singh, D. Ofer, B. Oh, B. Barnett, S. Dalton-Castor and S. Sriramulu (TIAX LLC)
09:40 Intermission (20 Minutes)
10:00   1282   On the Possibility of Lithium Plating in a Li-ion Cell under Strenuous Charge Conditions M. C. Smart and B. Ratnakumar (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)
10:20   1283   Lithium Ion Cell Overcharge in the Absence of Battery Management Unit Failure K. C. White and Q. Horn (Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, Inc.)
10:40   1284   Life Cycle Testing of LiFePO4 Chemistry for Model Development P. Liu, J. Hicks-Garner, W. Li, E. Sherman, S. Soukiasian (HRL Laboratories), M. Verbrugge, H. Tataria (General Motors) and J. Wang (HRL Laboratories)
11:00   1285   Monitoring and Prognostic Analysis for Lithium-Ion Battery Life Prediction P. P. Mukherjee, C. Farrar and G. Park (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
11:20   1286   Life Modeling of Lithium Ion Cells Q. Zhang and R. E. White (University of South Carolina)
11:40   1287   Life Demonstration of Li-ion Batteries for Geostationary Earth Orbit Batteries M. J. Isaacson, J. Valenzuela, A. Salim, M. Adamson, L. McCoy, B. Danielak, F. Linkowski and S. Schiffer (Lockheed Martin)
 

Cell Performance, Modeling

Co-Chair(s): V. R. Subramanian and G. Kim
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00   1288   Kinetic Performance of Li-ion Cells during Short Pulses, with Emphasis on Low Temperature Behavior K. L. Gering (Idaho National Laboratory)
14:20   1289   Analysis of Rate Limiting Conditions in Performance of Li-ion Cells with Emphasis at Lower Temperatures S. V. Sazhin, K. L. Gering and D. Jamison (Idaho National Laboratory)
14:40   1290   Two-Dimensional Modeling of Lithium Deposition during Cell Charging M. H. Tang (UC Berkeley), P. Albertus (University of California, Berkeley) and J. Newman (Univ. of California, Berkeley)
15:00   1291   Long Life Lithium-Ion Cells at Elevated Temperature of 80 oC Using Lithium Titanium Oxide Negative Electrode with Solid Electrolyte Interface S. Yamate, S. Kozono, K. Ohkubo, Y. Katayama, T. Nukuda and T. Murata (GS Yuasa Corporation)
15:20   1292   Study of a Functional Separator for Li-ion Batteries Y. Baba, N. Imachi (Sanyo Electric Company) and S. Fujitani (SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.)
15:40   1293   Deterioration Analysis of DC internal resistance by "Current-Rest-Method" using the "four-electrode cell" for LIB S. Yata, H. Kinoshita, H. Satake and S. Kinoshita (KRI, Inc.)
16:00   1294   Imaging and Modeling for Engineering the Li-ion Battery Electrode A. M. Stux (Naval Rsearch Laboratory), D. Rowenhorst (Naval Research Laboratory), D. Stephenson, J. Harb and D. R. Wheeler (Brigham Young University)
16:20   1295   Multi-Scale Multi-Dimensional Lithium-Ion Battery Model G. Kim and K. Smith (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
16:40   1296   Efficient Reformulation of Solid-Phase Diffusion in Physics-Based Lithium-ion Battery Models V. Boovaragavan, V. Ramadesigan (Tennessee Technological University) and V. R. Subramanian (Tennessee Tech University)