In May 2017 during the 231st ECS Meeting, we sat down with Doron Aurbach, professor at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, to discuss his life in science, the future of batteries, and scientific legacy. The conversation was led by Rob Gerth, ECS’s director of marketing and communications. During the 231st ECS Meeting, Aurbach received the ECS Allen J. Bard Award in Electrochemical Science for his distinguished contributions to the field. He has published more than 540 peer-reviewed papers, which have received…
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Haegyeom Kim received his BS degree (2009) from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in Hanyang University, his MS degree (2011) on graphene-based hybrid electrodes for lithium rechargeable batteries at graduate school of EEWS from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and his PhD degree (2015) on graphite derivatives for Li and Na rechargeable batteries at Seoul National University. Currently, he is a postdoctoral researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His current research interest lies in…
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Ryoji Kanno is a professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology’s School of Materials and Chemical Technology. He received his PhD in science from Osaka University in 1985. Since 1980, Kanno has been investigating materials for electrochemical energy conversion devices, particularly lithium battery and solid oxide fuel cells. His research focuses on the development of new materials and finding superionic conducting materials for lithium battery electrodes, electrolytes for all-solid-state batteries, and solid oxide fuel cells. He has developed new outstanding materials…
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Jun Liu is currently a Battelle Fellow at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and the director for the Innovation Center for Battery 500 Consortium, a multi-institute program to develop next generation lithium batteries supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. In the past, he has served as the division director of the Energy Processes and Materials Division and fellow at PNNL, the science lead for the Joint Center for Energy Storage, thrust lead for the Integrated Center for Nanotechnologies,…
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Yang-Kook Sun is presently Professor of Energy Engineering at the Hanyang University in Seoul, South Korea. He received his PhD in chemical engineering at the Seoul National University in 1992. He was group leader at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology and contributed to the commercialization of the lithium polymer battery. His major research interests are design, synthesis, and structural analysis of advanced energy storage, and conversion materials for application in electrochemical devices, lithium-ion, lithium-sulfur, lithium-air, and sodium-ion batteries. One of…
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Eric D. Wachsman is Director of the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute at the University of Maryland (UMD) and Crentz Centennial Chair in Energy Research, with appointments as Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering. His research focuses on solid ion-conducting materials and electrocatalysts, and includes the development of solid oxide fuel cells, solid state batteries, ion-transport membrane reactors, solid state gas sensors; and the electrocatalytic conversion of CH4, CO2, and...
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The next generation of feature-filled and energy-efficient electronics will require computer chips just a few atoms thick. For all its positive attributes, trusty silicon can’t take us to these ultrathin extremes. With two new semiconductors, however, it may be possible. Electrical engineers have identified two semiconductors—hafnium diselenide and zirconium diselenide—that share or go beyond some of silicon’s desirable traits, starting with the fact that all three materials can “rust.” “It’s a bit like rust, but a very desirable rust,” says…
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Pennington, NJ – (Aug. 14, 2017) – The Electrochemical Society (ECS) will hold the 232nd ECS Meeting in National Harbor, MD, October 1-5, 2017 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. ECS meetings are a forum for sharing the latest scientific and technical developments in electrochemistry and solid state science and technology. Scientists, engineers, and industry leaders come together from around the world to attend technical symposium and disseminate research ranging from the latest developments in energy technology to...
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Editor’s note: This briefing was written in a joint collaboration between Admiral Instruments and Zahner Scientific Instruments. Admiral Instruments will be exhibiting (booth 400) at the 232nd ECS Meeting in National Harbor this fall. See a list of all our exhibitors. Problem Methods combining EIS with charge-discharge cycles are among the most powerful tools available to collect in-situ information about electrochemical systems such as battery cells and stacks. However, accurately measuring the rapidly-changing states of the electrodes, electrolytes, and other…
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ECS Transactions 77(11) “Selected Proceedings from the 231st ECS Meeting: New Orleans, LA – Spring 2017,” has just been published. This issue contains papers from the following symposia: A01 – Battery and Energy Technology Joint General Session A02 – Large-Scale Energy Storage 8 A04 – Battery Safety A05 – Lithium-Ion Batteries and Beyond A06 – Battery Student Slam 1 B01 – Carbon Nanostructures for Energy Conversion B02 – Carbon Nanostructures in Medicine and Biology B04 – Endofullerenes and Carbon Nanocapsules