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

In May 2017 during the 231st ECS Meeting, we sat down with Eric Wachsman, director and William L. Crentz Centennial Chair in Energy Research at the University of Maryland Energy Research Center. The conversation is led by Rob Gerth, ECS’s director of marketing and communications. Wachsman is an expert in solid oxide fuel cells and other energy storage technologies. He’s the lead organizer of the 7th International Electrochemical Energy Summit, which will take place at the 232nd ECS Meeting in…
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Thank you to the 232nd Symposium Sponsors! Gold BMW A04 – Li-ion Batteries Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. I02–Ionic and Mixed Conducting Ceramics 11 (IMCC 11)   Office of Naval Research I01- Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 17 (PEFC 17)   Silver Lam Research Corporation G01 – 15th International Symposium on Semiconductor Cleaning Science and Technology (SCST 15) G02– Atomic Layer Deposition Applications 13 Pine Research Instrumentation Z04 – The Brain and Electrochemistry U.S. Army Research Office I01- Polymer Electrolyte Fuel...
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Thank you to the 232nd ECS Meeting Exhibitors! The exhibitors in National Harbor, MD will showcase some of the greatest innovations in the industry including cutting-edge instruments, materials, systems, publications, and software, as well as other products and services. Don’t miss the opportunity to gain face to face time with industry experts. Location The Exhibit Hall will be located in the Prince George Exhibit Hall D & E. Exhibit Hours Tuesday, October 3, 2017 0800-1300h Exhibitor Move-In 1300-1600h Technical Exhibit...
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ECS Short Courses are all-day classes designed to provide students or the seasoned professional with an in-depth education on a wide range of topics. Taught by academic and industry experts, the small class size makes for an excellent opportunity for personalized instruction helping both novices and experts advance their technical expertise and knowledge. Short courses are open to the public with special discounts given to meeting attendees. Sunday, October 1, 2017 | National Harbor, MD Short courses will be offered...
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In May 2017 during the 231st ECS Meeting, we sat down with 2016-2017 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship winner, Elizabeth Biddinger, to discuss green chemistry, sustainable engineering, and the future of transportation. The conversation was led by Amanda Staller, ECS’s web content specialist. Biddinger is an assistant professor at the City College of New York, part of the City University of New York system. There, she leads a research group that covers research areas ranging from electrocatalysis to ionic liquids….
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Lithium-ion batteries power a vast majority of the world’s portable electronics, from smartphones to laptops. A standard lithium-ion batteries utilizes a liquid as the electrolyte between two electrodes. However, the liquid electrolyte has the potential to lead to safety hazards. Researchers from MIT believe that by using a solid electrolyte, lithium-ion batteries could be safer and able to store more energy. However, most research in the area of all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries has faced significant barriers. According to the team from…
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Instead of batteries, a new cell phone harvests the few microwatts of power it needs from a different source: ambient radio signals or light. Researchers were also able to make Skype calls using the battery-free phone, demonstrating that the prototype—made of commercial, off-the-shelf components—can receive and transmit speech and communicate with a base station. “We’ve built what we believe is the first functioning cell phone that consumes almost zero power,” says Shyam Gollakota, an associate professor of computer science &…
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Event Information: Cubicciotti Award and honorable mention ceremony July 13, 2017 4:00 – 5:00 pm Tan Kah Kee Hall Building, Room 180, UC Berkeley Parking: Stadium parking garage, Hearst parking garage The ECS San Francisco Section, and a jury of representatives from Apple, Bosch, and QuantumScape have selected the 2017 winner and honorable mention recipients of the Daniel Cubicciotti Student Award. Each application was reviewed to select the candidates whose personal characteristics best reflected Dan Cubicciotti’s commitment to academic excellence,…
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Take the time to honor and support your friends and colleagues, be sure to add the division award winners’ talks to your calendar, they are scheduled in various symposia throughout the week. Division Awards Battery Division Technology Award Thursday, Oct. 5 | 1400h Maryland C Progress in High-Capacity Gradient Layered Li[NixCoyMnz]O2 Cathodes for Lithium-ion Batteries By Yang-Kook Sun Yang-Kook Sun is presently Professor of Energy Engineering at the Hanyang University in Seoul, South Korea. He received his PhD in chemical...
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