Welcome to the ECS Webinar Series Archive, your on-demand access to presentations from leading experts across electrochemistry and solid state science. Explore topics ranging from battery innovations and materials diagnostics to water sustainability and beyond. Originally broadcast on PhysicsWorld.com, the official website of ECS’s publishing partner, the Institute of Physics, these webinars are a valuable resource for researchers, students, and industry professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of the field.
Batteries and Energy Storage
Division: Battery
| TITLE | PRESENTER(S) | PRESENTATION DATE | REGISTER TO WATCH |
| Development and Application of a 3-Electrode Setup for the Operando Detection of Side Reactions in Li-Ion Batteries | Lennart Reuter and Leonhard J. Reinschlüssel Technische Universität München |
August 6, 2025 | Watch Now |
| Intercalation-Based Desalination and Carbon Capture for Water and Climate Sustainability | Kyle C. Smith University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
May 7, 2025 | Watch Now |
| The Complex and Spatially Heterogeneous Nature of Degradation in Heavily Cycled Li-ion Cells | Toby Bond Canadian Light Source |
April 23, 2025 | Watch Now |
| How Cathode Microstructure Impacts Solid State Batteries | Philip Minnmann Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany; hte GmbH Johannes Schubert Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany |
March 26, 2025 | Watch Now |
| How the Operating Window of LFP/Graphite cells affects their lifetime | Eniko Zsoldos Dalhousie University |
January 22, 2025 | Watch Now |
| Operando NMR Methods for Redox Flow Batteries and Ammonia Synthesis | Evan Wenbo Zhao Radboud Universiteit, Netherlands |
November 13, 2024 | Watch Now |
| Rheo-electric measurements to predict battery performance from slurry processing | Jeffrey Richards and Jeffrey Lopez Northwestern University |
November 6, 2024 | Watch Now |
| A Comprehensive Method for Assembly & Design Optimization of Single-Layer Pouch Cells | Matthew D. L. Garayt Dalhousie University, Canada |
October 23, 2024 | Watch Now |
| Enabling Battery Quality at Scale | Peter Attia Glimpse, USA |
September 18, 2024 | Watch Now |
| Enabling Battery Quality at Scale | Peter Attia Glimpse, USA |
September 18, 2024 | Watch Now |
| An Investigation into Battery Thermal Runaway Initiation and Propagation | Samuel Lawton Exponent, United Kingdom |
July 17, 2024 | Watch Now |
| Degradation of Commercial Lithium-Ion Cells Beyond 80% Capacity | Reed M. Wittman and Yuliya Preger Sandia National Labs |
July 12, 2024 | Watch Now |
| Electrochemical Atomic Force Microscopy of Battery Interfaces | Thomas S. Miller University College London, UK |
March 27, 2024 | Watch Now |
| An Investigation into Battery Thermal Runaway Initiation and Propagation | Samuel Lawton Exponent, United Kingdom |
July 17, 2024 | Watch Now |
| Degradation of Commercial Lithium-Ion Cells Beyond 80% Capacity | Reed M. Wittman and Yuliya Preger Sandia National Labs |
July 12, 2024 | Watch Now |
| Sustainable Next-generation Battery Chemistries | Arumugam Manthiram George T. and Gladys H. Abell Endowed Chair of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, U.S. |
September 20, 2023 | Watch Now |
| Model-based BMS for current and next-generation batteries | Venkat Subramanian Professor, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas, Austin, U.S. |
August 2, 2023 | Watch Now |
| Latest in In Situ/In Operando Characterization of Li-Ion Batteries | Chock Karuppaiah Founder and Chairman, Vetri Labs, U.S. |
May 3, 2023 | Watch Now |
| A micro-to-nano zoom through a real-world battery with X-ray vision | Yijin Liu Lead Scientist, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, U.S. |
May 17, 2023 | Watch Now |
| Latest in In Situ/In Operando Characterization of Li-Ion Batteries | Chock Karuppaiah Founder and Chairman, Vetri Labs, U.S. |
May 3, 2023 | Watch Now |
| Challenges Facing Li-ion Battery Electrolytes and High-energy Cathodes | Dr. Wesley Dose Assistant Professor, University of Leicester |
September 21, 2022 | Watch Now |
| Characterization of Lithium-Ion Battery Thermal Runaway in ESSs and EVs | Dr. Judy Jeevarajan Vice President and Executive Director, Electrochemical Safety Research Institute (ESRI), UL Research Institutes |
August 03, 2022 | Watch Now |
| Design and Manufacture of Solid State Batteries towards Low Cost | Prof. Jennifer Rupp Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S. |
December 1, 2021 | Watch Now |
| From order to disorder: NMR insights into ionic conduction in battery materials | Prof. Raphaële Clément University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S. |
October 27, 2021 | Watch Now |
| Electrochemistry and Coupled Chemo-Mechanical Phenomena in Batteries Beyond Intercalation | Prof. Shirley Meng University of California, San Diego, U.S. |
September 15, 2021 | Watch Now |
| Electrochem-Based and -Coupled Characterization of Energy Storage Materials | Prof. Amy Marschilok Stony Brook University, U.S. |
August 25, 2021 | Watch Now |
| Water-mediated Intercalation Mechanisms in Transition Metal Oxides | Dr. Veronica Augustyn North Carolina State University, U.S. |
August 18, 2021 | Watch Now |
| Thermodynamic origins of reaction heterogeneity in lithium battery electrodes | Prof. Ming Tang Rice University, U.S. |
July 28, 2021 | Watch Now |
| Application of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy in Lithium Ion Batteries | Dr. Chock Karuppaiah Vetri Labs, U.S., Ohmium, U.S. |
July 14, 2021 | Watch Now |
| Synchrotron Characterization of Buried Interfaces in Solid State Batteries | Dr. Kelsey Bridget Hatzell Vanderbilt University, U.S. |
May 5, 2021 | Watch Now |
| The Development of New Ionic Electrolytes for Energy Storage Devices | Prof. Jenny Pringle Deakin University, Australia |
April 21, 2021 | Watch Now |
| Chemo-mechanics of Preventing Dendrite Penetration in Li Metal Cells | Dr. Stephen Harris Lawrence Berkely Lab, U.S. |
March 24, 2021 | Watch Now |
| Next-generation Batteries for Electric Transportation and Stationary Storage | Dr. Yan Yao University of Houston, U.S. |
February 24, 2021 | Watch Now |
| Without Sound and Fury, Signifying Something: Acoustics and Batteries | Dr. Daniel Steingart Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center |
December 2, 2020 | Watch Now |
| Electrochemistry in Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries | Dr. Jie Xiao Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
November 11, 2020 | Watch Now |
| Autonomous discovery of battery electrolytes with machine learning and robotic experimentation | Dr. Venkat Viswanathan Carnegie Mellon University |
August 12, 2020 | Watch Now |
| Intricacies of High-Energy Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries | Dr. Arumugam Manthiram Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering and Director of Texas Materials Institute, University of Texas at Austin |
June 17, 2020 | Watch Now |
Carbon Nanostructures and Devices
Division: Nanocarbons (NANO)
| TITLE | PRESENTER(S) | PRESENTATION DATE | REGISTER TO WATCH |
| Electrochemical Conversion of High Pressure Carbon Dioxide | Thomas S. Miller University College London, UK |
March 27, 2024 | Watch Now |
| Novel Carbon Electrodes for Neurochemistry | Prof. Jill Venton University of Virginia, U.S |
May 26, 2021 | Watch Now |
| Graphene and Its Supercapacitor Applications | Dr. Richard B. Kaner University of California, Los Angeles, U.S. |
March 10, 2021 | Watch Now |
| Removal and Inactivation of Bacterial and Viral Species with an Electrochemical CNT Filter | Dr. Chad Vecitis CTO & Co-Founder of Nth Cycle |
August 26, 2020 | Watch Now |
Corrosion Science and Technology
Division: Corrosion
| TITLE | PRESENTER(S) | PRESENTATION DATE | REGISTER TO WATCH |
| Combining electrochemistry and neutron reflectometry in situ | James J. Noël The University of Western Ontario, Canada |
April 17, 2024 | Watch Now |
| The Dilemma of Corrosion and Better Corrosion Management | Reza Javaherdashti MICORR |
June 15, 2022 | Watch Now |
| Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion: Tips, myths, skills | Dr. Reza Javaherdashti Eninco Engineering B.V., Netherlands |
February 10, 2021 | Watch Now |
Dielectric Science and Materials
Division: Dielectric Science and Technology (DS&T)
None available at this time.
Electrochemical/Electroless Deposition
Division: Electrodeposition (ELDP)
| TITLE | PRESENTER(S) | PRESENTATION DATE | REGISTER TO WATCH |
| Operando NMR Methods for Redox Flow Batteries and Ammonia Synthesis | Evan Wenbo Zhao Radboud Universiteit, Netherlands |
November 13, 2024 | Watch Now |
| The Role of Electrochemistry in Canada’s Plan to Manage Nuclear Waste | Dr. Peter Keech Manager, Engineered Barrier Science, Nuclear Waste Management Organization (Canada) |
November 30, 2022 | Watch Now |
Electrochemical Engineering
Division: Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering (IE&EE)
| TITLE | PRESENTER(S) | PRESENTATION DATE | REGISTER TO WATCH |
| Latest Developments in Porous Anodic Alumina Preparation | Małgorzata Norek Associate Professor, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland |
October 4, 2023 | Watch Now |
| Flow Cells: Advanced Electrodes via 3D Printing and Tomography | Luis Fernando Arenas Clausthal University of Technology in Goslar, Germany |
July 20, 2022 | Watch Now |
Electronic and Photonic Devices and Systems
Division: Electronics and Photonics (EPD)
| TITLE | PRESENTER(S) | PRESENTATION DATE | REGISTER TO WATCH |
| Durable Perovskite Solar Cells | Prof. Anita Ho-Baillie University of Sydney |
December 16, 2020 | Watch Now |
Electronic Materials and Processing
Division: Electronics and Photonics (EPD)
None available at this time.
Fuel Cells, Electrolyzers, and Energy Conversion
Divisions: High-Temperature Energy, Materials, & Processes (H-TEMP), Energy Technology (ETD)
| TITLE | PRESENTER(S) | PRESENTATION DATE | REGISTER TO WATCH |
| Operando NMR Methods for Redox Flow Batteries and Ammonia Synthesis | Evan Wenbo Zhao Radboud Universiteit, Netherlands |
November 13, 2024 | Watch Now |
| Start-Stop Operation and the Degradation Impact in Electrolysis | Shaun Alia National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
February 26, 2025 | Watch Now |
| Electrochemical Conversion of High Pressure Carbon Dioxide | Xu Lu King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia |
February 14, 2024 | Watch Now |
| Designing materials and systems for decarbonizing chemicals and water industries | Reza Nazemi Assistant Professor, Colorado State University |
March 15, 2023 | Watch Now |
| Low-Temperature Water Electrolyzers – Bottlenecks, Advantages, and Outlook | Prof. Dr. Bruno G. Pollet Canada Research Chair & Innergex Chair in Green Hydrogen Production; Director, Institute for Hydrogen Research (IHR) & Green Hydrogen Lab (GH2Lab); Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) |
October 26, 2022 | Watch Now |
| Hydrogen Production: from imagined colors to clean reality | Ahmet Kusoglu Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S. |
March 23, 2022 | Watch Now |
| Hydrogen’s Big Shot: Where we are and where we are going | Bryan Pivovar National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. |
February 23, 2022 | Watch Now |
| European Hydrogen Programs: from Hydrogen Manifesto to Clean Energy Act | Plamen Atanassov University of California, Irvine, U.S. Vito Di Noto University of Padova, Italy Stephen McPhail European Energy Research Alliance – EERA, Italy |
January 26, 2022 | Watch Now |
| Dynamic Light Scattering in Electrochemical Energy Conversion Systems | Prof. Iryna Zenyuk and Mr. Prantik Saha University of California, Irvine, U.S. |
March 16, 2021 | Watch Now |
| Oxygen and Carbon Monoxide Electrocatalysis for Renewable Energy Conversion | Dr. María Escudero-Escribano University of Copenhagen |
January 13, 2021 | Watch Now |
| Opportunities and Fundamental Challenges for the Development and Deployment of Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells | Prof. William (Bill) Mustain Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of South Carolina |
September 23, 2020 | Watch Now |
| Electrochemical CO2 Reduction: Path Towards a Carbon Neutral Chemical Industry | Dr. Paul Kenis Elio Eliakim Tarika Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
June 24, 2020 | Watch Now |
Luminescence and Display Materials, Devices, and Processing
Division: Luminescence and Display Materials (LDM)
| TITLE | PRESENTER(S) | PRESENTATION DATE | REGISTER TO WATCH |
| Physics of Dopant Emission to Harness the Rainbow Emission of Nanocrystals | Dr. Ranjani Viswanatha Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India |
April 14, 2021 | Watch Now |
Organic and Bioelectrochemistry
Division: Organic and Biological Electrochemistry (OBE)
| TITLE | PRESENTER(S) | PRESENTATION DATE | REGISTER TO WATCH |
| Exploiting the Synergy Between Organic Synthesis and Electrochemistry | Kevin D. Moeller Washington University in St. Louis, U.S. |
May 25, 2022 | Watch Now |
| Bioelectrocatalysis for Electrosynthesis | Dr. Shelley D. Minteer University of Utah |
October 14, 2020 | Watch Now |
Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry, Electrocatalysis, and Photoelectrochemistry
Division: Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry (PAE)
| TITLE | PRESENTER(S) | PRESENTATION DATE | REGISTER TO WATCH |
| The Butler-Volmer Equation Revisited: Effect of Metal Work Function on Electron Transfer Kinetics | Noel Buckley University of Limerick |
August 27, 2025 | Watch Now |
| Introducing Python for Electrochemistry Research | Weiran Zheng Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, China |
August 28, 2024 | Watch Now |
| Going Carbon Negative to Address Climate Change | John Irvine University of St Andrews, UK |
December 13, 2023 | Watch Now |
| Electrocatalysis for the sustainable production of fuels and chemicals | Thomas F. Jaramillo Associate Professor of Engineering, Stanford University; Associate Professor of Photon Science, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Director, SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis |
June 28, 2023 | Watch Now |
| Chemistries, Materials, and Processes for Electrochemically Mediated Carbon Capture | Yayuan Liu Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University |
February 22, 2023 | Watch Now |
| Capturing Carbon Dioxide with Batteries and Supercapacitors | Dr. Alexander Forse Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge |
December 7, 2022 | Watch Now |
| Electrification and Decarbonization of Chemical Synthesis | Karthish Manthiram California Institute of Technology, U.S. |
April 20, 2022 | Watch Now |
| Magnetic oxides for water oxidation: magnetization, pinning effect, and pH dependence | Prof. Zhichuan J. Xu Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
December 15, 2021 | Watch Now |
| How Molecular Catalysts mediate the Electrochemical Generation of Fuels | Prof. Jillian L. Dempsey University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S. |
November 17, 2021 | Watch Now |
| Molecular Engineering of Photoinduced Charge Separation | Prof. Hiroshi Imahori Kyoto University, Japan |
September 22, 2021 | Watch Now |
| Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Electrochemistry | Dr. Sharon Hammes-Schiffer Yale University |
October 28, 2020 | Watch Now |
| New Directions for Energy from Sunlight | Prof. Harry Atwater Howard Hughes Professor of Applied Physics and Materials at the California Institute of Technology |
June 10, 2020 | Watch Now |
Sensors (Electrochemical)
Division: Sensor
| TITLE | PRESENTER(S) | PRESENTATION DATE | REGISTER TO WATCH |
| Microfluidic Systems for the Skin: Quantitative Sensing of Biomarkers in Sweat | Prof. John A. Rogers Northwestern University, U.S. |
June 23, 2021 | Watch Now |
| Adapting Electrochemical Sensing to Population-Scale Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Spread | Dr. Netzahualcóyotl (Netz) Arroyo Currás Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
September 16, 2020 | Watch Now |
Sensors (Solid State)
Division: Sensor
| TITLE | PRESENTER(S) | PRESENTATION DATE | REGISTER TO WATCH |
| Detection of Exosomes, Universal Nano-Sized Disease Sensors of Future | Muthukumaran Packirisamy Concordia University, Canada |
November 29, 2023 | Watch Now |
| Two-dimensional Materials for Scalable Modular Electronic Pathogen Sensors | Prof. Christopher Muratore University of Dayton, Ohio |
January 27, 2021 | Watch Now |
Publications Pointers
| TITLE | PRESENTER(S) | PRESENTATION DATE | REGISTER TO WATCH |
| How to Publish a Book with Wiley & ECS | Sarah Higginbotham Senior Commissioning Editor, Wiley |
November 9, 2022 | Watch Now |
| Publishing with ECS: Editorial Tips for Submitting your Best Work | Dr. Janine Mauzeroll McGill University Dr. Brett Lucht University of Rhode Island |
August 24, 2022 | Watch Now |
| How to Boost Citations—Tips for Researchers | Despina Sanoudou PhD, Publication and Training Consultant Enago Academy Shannon C. Reed MBA, Director of Community Engagement The Electrochemical Society |
June 30, 2022 | Watch Now |
| Diversity in Publishing Science | Jessica MacDonald IOP Publishing Kim Eggleton IOP Publishing Dr. Christina Bock National Research Council of Canada (NRC) Adrian T. Plummer The Electrochemical Society |
March 30, 2022 | Watch Now |