Topic Close-up #1
Symposium A04—Battery Student Slam 7
Extended deadline for submitting abstracts:
December 16, 2022
Submit today! (more…)
Special issue focuses on lithium-ion batteries and their impact on our lives
The ECS Interface fall 2022 issue is now available to read online. The issue is guest edited by Gary M. Koenig Jr. and Nian Liu.
As always, Interface Editor Rob Kelly invites you to enjoy the issue’s special features and news.
Posted in Publications
ECS San Francisco Section Presents Brett Lucht: “Solid Electrolyte Interphase of lithium ion batteries”
Posted on September 7, 2022 by ECS Staff
ECS San Francisco Section Distinguished Seminar Series
Register for the September 22 event!
“Solid Electrolyte Interphase (SEI) of lithium ion batteries: Role of additives and crossover reactions on stability and performance”
Brett Lucht
Professor of Chemistry
University of Rhode Island
Date: Thursday, September 22, 2022
Time: 1000-1100h PST
Price: Free; the webinar is open to public.
Format: Virtual via Zoom
Sponsor: Toyota Research Institute of North America
Posted in Webinars
Voting is now taking place for the position of ECS Battery Division Treasurer. Biographical sketches and statements follow for the candidates nominated for the position. ECS division officers serve as volunteers.
We urge all ECS Battery Division members to take part in this important election! Voting is open from September 1 through September 29.
Posted in Announcements
ECS Detroit Section Presents “Liquefied Gas Electrolytes for Next-Generation Batteries”
Posted on August 29, 2022 by Frances Chaves
The ECS Detroit Section invites you to an in-person seminar on Monday, September 12, presented by Dr. Jungwoo Lee onsite at The Battery Show in Novi, MI. The Battery Show is the largest batteries and electric vehicles technologies tradeshow in the U.S.
Dr. Jungwoo Lee
Co-Founder and CTO
South 8 Technologies
ECS Sponsors Organic Battery Days 2022 at University of Houston
Posted on August 15, 2022 by ECS Staff
October 13-14 Workshop Organized by Prof. Yan Yao
Event
The in-person fifth Organic Battery Days (OBD) 2022 Workshop continues a series of OBD events that started in Uppsala, Sweden, in 2017. This is the first time the OBD Workshop takes place in the United States! Building on the success of previous meetings, this year’s in-person event aims to strengthen communication and cooperation among experts from academic organizations, research institutes, and manufacturing companies, as well as to exchange knowledge and experience on the most recent developments in the field of organic batteries. (more…)
Posted in Workshops
ECS Pacific Northwest Section Webinar: “The U.S. Lithium Battery Market and the Challenge of Supporting it with Domestic Suppliers”
Posted on April 18, 2022 by ECS Staff
Mark J. Willey
Battery Materials and Systems
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
University of Washington, Seattle
Date: May 3, 2022
Time: 1000–1100h PT
Price: There is no cost to register for this event, but registration is required.
Registration: You must preregister through ECS My Account. Don’t have one? It’s easy to create—visit Create an Account now.
The webinar is open to the public; ECS membership is not required. (more…)
ECS Detroit Section Presents “Electrolytes for High Voltage Lithium-Ion Batteries”
Posted on April 1, 2022 by ECS Staff
The ECS Detroit Section invites you to join Dr. Chen Liao for her webinar on Wednesday, April 6, 2022.
Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Time: 1900h EDT
Cost: Free (more…)
Eric Wachsman’s Battery Technology Company receives $30M Investment
Posted on March 2, 2022 by Frances Chaves
Ion Storage Systems (ION), the battery technology company founded by ECS President Eric Wachsman, announced the initial closing of its $30 million Series A financing round. Clear Creek Investments, VoLO Earth Ventures, and Alsop Louie Partners led the investment. With the funding, ION will commission and qualify a battery cell manufacturing line capable of producing 10MWh/yr of safe, energy dense and versatile solid state batteries.
Ion Storage Systems
ION started in Dr. Wachsman’s University of Maryland chemistry lab with a $574,275 federal grant. The company’s high-energy dense, nonflammable solid state lithium metal batteries are safer, lighter, pack tighter density, tolerate greater abuse, and have reduced volume and weight. The new financing enables the company to launch a factory near Washington, D.C., and begin commercial production of the batteries. Aerospace and defense customers will receive the first commercial cells followed by development projects with multiple electric vehicle manufacturers, defense contractors, and consumer electronics companies. (more…)
ECS Life Member Bilge Yildiz Pursues Electrochemistry from Batteries to Brains
Posted on December 10, 2021 by Frances Chaves
Electrochemistry is the magic that binds together the many fields that excite Professor Bilge Yildiz, ECS Awarded Life Member and recipient of the 2012 ECS Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator Award—and invited speaker in the 241st ECS Meeting Symposium I05: Mechano-Electro-Chemical Coupling in Energy Related Materials and Devices 4. Prof. Yildiz was named a 2021 Fellow of the American Physical Society for “innovative contributions to understanding and manipulating ionic defects and charge transport at electro-chemo-mechanically coupled oxide interfaces and devices.” (more…)
