Jie Xiao
Photo credit: Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

On November 11, 2020, Jie Xiao, Laboratory Fellow and Group Leader of the Battery Materials & System Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Arkansas Research Alliance Scholar & Associate Professor, Inorganic Chemistry, University of Arkansas, presented “Electrochemistry in Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries” via a live webinar presentation hosted by The Electrochemical Society.

Xiao’s talk covered the electrochemistry underlying Li metal dendrite growth; pouch cell level understanding of Li dendrites and their implications in cell performance; and bridged the scientific gap between academic research and industry needs.

View Dr. Xiao’s webinar presentation

Note: Registration is required to view the webinar. (more…)

ECS is proud to present Dr. Dan Steingart via webinar on December 2, 2020, at 1000h ET.

Without Sound and Fury, Signifying Something: Acoustics and Batteries

Dr. Dan Steingart
Stanley-Thompson Associate Professor of Chemical Metallurgy
Columbia University
Co-Director Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center
Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering

Date: December 2, 2020

Time: 1000 – 1100 ET (more…)

Application Deadline: December 31, 2020

The Canada Section is accepting nominations for the Canada Section W. Lash Miller Award. Established in 1967, the $1,000 CAD award recognizes publications and/or excellence in the field of electrochemical science and technology and/or solid state science and technology. Nominees must be Canadian residents who received their last advanced degree no more than 15 years before the year of the award. (more…)

Z. Jung Fang and Yamin Zhang receive the 2020 ECS Georgia Section Outstanding Student Achievement Awards

Established in 2011, the Georgia Section Outstanding Student Achievement Award recognizes academic accomplishments in any area of science or engineering in which electrochemical and/or solid state science and technology is the central consideration. To qualify, applicants must be (1) students pursuing PhDs at universities in Georgia, (2) nominated by a university faculty member, and (3) ECS members at the time of nomination. (more…)

ECS is proud to present Dr. Jie Xiao via webinar on November 11, 2020, at 1300h EST.

Electrochemistry in Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries

Dr. Jie Xiao
Laboratory Fellow and Group Leader of the Battery Materials & System Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 
Arkansas Research Alliance Scholar & Associate Professor, Inorganic Chemistry, University of Arkansas

Date: November 11, 2020

Time: 1300-1400h ET (more…)

ECS is pleased to announce the winners of the PRiME 2020 symposia-funded best poster and presentation awards!

Awards of this type are presented at every ECS meeting thanks to the generous funding of individual symposium sponsors. Please take a moment to celebrate the excellent work of the authors listed below.

If you missed the opportunity to view these presentations, there is still time! All presentations are accessible until November 9, 2020! Pre-registration is required. (more…)

The ECS General Student Poster Session Awards were established in 1993 to acknowledge the excellence of students’ work. The winners’ posters display their understanding of research topics in fields of interest to the Society.

This year, 243 students submitted posters for the PRiME 2020 General Student Poster Session. Of them, three student posters stood out above the rest. The recipients of the PRiME 2020 Z01 General Student Poster Session’s best poster awards are:

1st Place – $1,500 cash award
Jong Hwa Kim
Poster # 142359
Feasibility of LiNbO3 Surface Coating on High-Ni Layered Cathode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries
Kim received BS in Advanced Materials Engineering for Information and Electronics from Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea, in 2019. He is pursuing his MS under the guidance of Professor Min-Sik Park at the same university. Kim’s research focuses on improving the performance of cathode materials for lithium ion batteries.
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ECS is proud to present Dr. Sharon Hammes-Schiffer via webinar on October 28, 2020, at 1300h EST.

Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Electrochemistry

Dr. Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
John Gamble Kirkwood Professor of Chemistry
Yale University

Date: October 28, 2020

Time: 1300-1400h ET (more…)

ECS is proud to present Prof. Dr. Shelley D. Minteer via webinar on October 14, 2020, at 1300 EST.

Bioelectrocatalysis for Electrosynthesis

Dr. Shelley D. Minteer
Professor 
Departments of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering
University of Utah

Date: October 14, 2020

Time: 1300-1400h EST (more…)

ECS is proud to present Prof. William E. Mustain via webinar on September 23, 2020, at 1000 ET.

Opportunities and Fundamental Challenges for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Prof. William (Bill) Mustain
Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of South Carolina

Date: September 23, 2020

Time: 1000-1100 ET

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