Yayuan Liu
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Johns Hopkins University

Date: February 22, 2023
Time: 1300–1400h ET
Sponsor: BioLogic

Carbon capture is considered a critical means for climate change mitigation. Unfortunately, conventional thermochemical methods suffer from high energy consumption, motivating the search for more efficient carbon dioxide separation strategies driven by non-thermal stimuli. In this talk, I share our research efforts on developing materials and processes for electrochemically mediated carbon capture. First, I present a library of electrochemically tunable Lewis bases with redox-active nitrogen centers that can reversibly capture and release carbon dioxide through a reduction-oxidation cycle. The mechanisms of the carbon capture process are elucidated via a combined experimental and computational approach. I show that the properties of these Lewis base sorbents can be fine tuned via rational molecular design and electrolyte engineering. I then discuss challenges and opportunities for sorbent and electrochemical reactor designs toward practical carbon capture processes driven by electrochemical stimuli. (more…)

Deadline: March 15, 2023

ECS seeks to fill the position of Associate Editor for the Journal of The Electrochemical Society in the Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry, Electrocatalysis, and Photoelectrochemistry (PAE) topical interest area (TIA).

Nominees for these positions must possess and maintain scientific knowledge of the scope of the PAE topical interest area—fundamental aspects of interfacial science and electroanalytical chemistry. Specific topics include: (more…)

Register for March 7 webinar

Join this ECS webinar designed with busy early career researchers in mind. Take your first step to achieving a Peer Review Excellence Certificate. Paul Cooper, ECS Editorial Manager, and Laura Feetham, IOP Reviewer Engagement Manager, discuss peer-review fundamentals and ethics, and provide practical experience in reviewing a manuscript. 

Speakers:
Paul Cooper, ECS Editorial Manager
Laura Feetham, IOP Reviewer Engagement Manager
Date: March 7, 2023
Time: 1000-1300h ET
Cost: Free to register!

SPACE IS LIMITED!
Registration is required to view the webinar. ECS membership is not required to participate.

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Call for Papers

The ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology is publishing a collection of papers dedicated to the contributions to the field of luminescence by Professor Baldassare (Rino) Di Bartolo.

Professor Di Bartolo recently retired after 50 years with the Department of Physics at Boston College. He was a dedicated teacher, prolific researcher, author of six books, and editor of over 25 volumes. His Optical Interactions in Solids remains a standard reference text in the field of luminescence. He is perhaps best known as the Director of the School of Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy at the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture in Erice, Sicily, where he organized 23 summer schools and 11 workshops. The success of these meetings was due to Professor Di Bartolo’s ability to attract top researchers in the field, as well as his warmth, generosity, didactic teaching style, and desire to bring people together to enrich their lives and advance science. His legacy in luminescence continues through the graduate students and researchers trained in his laboratory and Erice schools and workshops.

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Call for Papers

The ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology is publishing a collection of papers on sustainable materials and devices.

Advanced materials are pervasive in sustainable energy storage devices, sensors, and actuators. These devices consist of multiple materials combined at multiple scales (from nano to submicrons) that actively interact during their functional history in a manner that controls their collective performance as a system at the global level. The principal motivation for this focus issue is to provide a place to publish the science that controls the properties in emerging energy storage materials, and sensors as a foundation for design of sustainable development for the next generation. This virtual issue focuses on papers covering the following topics:

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The following are the biographies and statements of the candidates nominated for the annual ECS officers’ election, which takes place from January 15 through March 15, 2023.

Candidate for President | Candidates for 3d Vice President

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