Battery applications range from powering electronic devices to storing energy harvested from renewable sources, but batteries have a range of applications beyond the obvious. Now, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are taking existing battery technology and applying it to efforts in water desalination. The researchers have published the open access article in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society. “We are developing a device that will use the materials in batteries to take salt out of water with…
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With the newly popular hoverboards bursting into flames, safety in batteries has made its way to the public spotlight. To increase lithium ion battery safety, one ECS member is working to develop batteries with built in sensors to warn users of potential problems. Chao-Yang Wang, 19-year ECS member, is taking on the challenge of making the highly popular lithium ion battery safer in light of demands for smaller, more energy efficient devices. “Li-ion batteries essentially provide portable power for everything,”…
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Student & postdoc travel grants The Battery Division established the student travel grant program to recognize promising students in the science and engineering areas of electrochemical energy storage and conversion. The grants are intended to help defray the costs of travel, lodging, registration, and subsistence for students to present a paper or a poster at an ECS meeting in a symposium sponsored or cosponsored by the Battery Division. The grants are given when sufficient funding is available and qualified applicants...
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Nomination period: October 15 – January 15, annually Presented: ECS fall meeting, annually The Battery Division Technology Award was established in 1993 to encourage the development of battery and fuel cell technology, and to recognize significant achievements in this area. The award is given to those individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the technology of primary and secondary cells, batteries, and/or fuel cells. Eligibility criteria The award recognizes recent contributions to the field that can be expected to impact...
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