Hydro-Québec’s Center of Excellence in Transportation Electrification and Energy Storage is a world-class innovation hub in the field of battery materials for electric vehicles and other energy storage applications, both stationary and mobile.

The Center’s efforts focus on advanced lithium-ion batteries and solid state batteries. Its know-how, impressive intellectual property portfolio, and leading-edge facilities draw interest from around the world and make it an essential partner for major industry players involved in the development of tomorrow’s battery materials and technologies.

The Center of Excellence is reinventing energy for the electrified world of the future through its research on a number of fronts: battery materials, electrodes, electrochemical cells, modules, and battery packs. Our aim is to develop ultra-high-performance battery technologies and storage systems that will accelerate transportation electrification and make it possible to bring more renewables onto power grids, on a global scale. If we want to leave a viable planet to future generations, the time to act is now.

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The Electrochemical Society (ECS) celebrates the achievement of Dr. Doron Aurbach, Dr. Minhua Shao, and Dr. Gang Wu—dedicated members of the ECS Joint Journal Editorial Board—named to the 2024 Highly Cited Researchers™ list by Clarivate Analytics™ (Clarivate, 2024). This  accolade recognizes researchers whose scholarly publications rank in the top 1% by citations in the Web of Science™, a testament to their profound influence and outstanding contributions to their fields. In addition to the impact Dr. Aurbach, Dr. Shao, and Dr. Wu make in the scholarly record, they demonstrate exceptional commitment to ECS and its mission of advancing electrochemical and solid state science. Join us in applauding these distinguished editors! (more…)

ECS Technische Universität München Student Chapter is the 2024 Outstanding Student Chapter. Two student chapters were also named 2024 Chapters of Excellence: ECS University of Michigan Student Chapter and ECS Universität Münster Student Chapter.

The Society established the Outstanding Student Chapter Award in 2012 to recognize distinguished ECS Student Chapters that demonstrate active participation in the Society’s technical activities; establish community and outreach activities in the areas of electrochemical and solid state science and engineering education; and create and maintain a robust membership base.

Congratulations to all three winners for their hard work. ECS is proud to support your journey to scientific knowledge via community, connection, and career building! (more…)

The ECS Georgia Section recognized the 2024 ECS Georgia Section Outstanding Student Achievement Award winner, Kelsey Anne Cavallaro of the Georgia Institute of Technology, at its fall meeting on November 20, 2024.

Learn more about the award and review the list of past recipients on the award page. (more…)

Yuzhang Li (University of California, Los Angeles) receives the 2023-2024 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship Award.

Submissions now accepted from Europe

The Electrochemical Society (ECS), in collaboration with the Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA), is excited to announce the continued growth of the prestigious ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship and opening of 2025-2026 award year submissions. For the first time, along with candidates from Canada, Mexico, and the United States, the fellowship will accept applications from Europe.

The fellowship program is a partnership between The Electrochemical Society and the Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA), a Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) R&D division that explores future technology. Through this program, ECS and Toyota promote innovative and unconventional green energy technologies born from electrochemical research and encourage young professionals and scholars to pursue battery and fuel cell research. (more…)