In celebration of its ninth annual Free the Science Week (April 6-14, 2025), The Electrochemical Society (ECS) again took down the paywall to the entire ECS Digital Library. For the duration of the week, readers had unrestricted access to almost 440,000 articles and abstracts, producing swells in ECS page visits and content usage that attest to the enduring relevance and value of the open access initiative. Downloads from the Journal of The Electrochemical Society (JES), ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology (JSS), ECS Meeting Abstracts, ECS Interface, and ECS Transactions (ECST) jumped from 281,260 in 2024 to 518,132 in 2025—an 84 percent increase!

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On April 30, 2025, The Electrochemical Society (ECS) joined other scientific organizations in signing a letter to US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum urging funding in the FY26 federal budget of the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area (EMA) at the same level as in the FY25 budget, to ensure that its important work continues. ECS recognizes the vital role the EMA plays in providing essential scientific research, data, and tools that are crucial for the health of the environment, the well-being of the public, and the sustainable management of natural resources.

The EMA is considered the biological research arm of the U.S. Department of Interior and provides science to help the US achieve sustainable management and conservation of biological resources. The letter expressed EMA’s importance and support for its critical work, including:

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Z01 General Student Poster Session winners pose for photos at PRIME 2024. (Photo by Darryl Oumi)

Congratulations to the winners of the PRiME 2024 Z01 General Student Poster Session Awards. Submissions included 378 abstracts and 195 ePosters. Thanks to the generous support from The Electrochemical Society of Japan (ECSJ) and The Korean Electrochemical Society (KECS), we were able to recognize 10 outstanding students, with Chanachai Pattanathummasid from Kyoto University taking the grand prize. Please take a moment to celebrate all the Z01 participants’ excellent work! (more…)

The 2024 Battery Safety Workshop takes place at the University of South Carolina from Aug 5-6, 2024. Since 2022, this annual workshop has provided an informative and inclusive forum to discuss state-of-the-art research progress in the battery safety area. Attendees include scientists, researchers, and engineers in academia and industry to inspire collaborative and synergic efforts toward solving battery safety issues. 

The Electrochemical Society is a proud sponsor of the workshop. 

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Pennington, NJ – The Electrochemical Society (ECS) congratulates the recipients of the 2024 Colin Garfield Fink Fellowship and ECS Summer Fellowships: Dr. Maha Yusuf of Princeton University received the Colin Garfield Fink Fellowship; Raul A. Marquez of the University of Texas at Austin received the Edward G. Weston Fellowship; Courtney J. Weber of University of South Carolina received the Joseph W. Richards Fellowship; Po-Wei Huang of the Georgia Institute of Technology received the F. M. Becket Fellowship; and Ridwan Ayinla from Mississippi State University received the H. H. Uhlig Fellowship. (more…)

Apply NOW for the 245th ECS Meeting in San Francisco

Why you should apply to be a Student Ambassador at the 245th ECS Meeting from May 26-30 in San Francisco, CA: (more…)