In 1888, German inventor Andreas Flocken created what is widely considered the world’s first electric car. According to The Battery Issue, recently published by The Verge, the 900-pound vehicle drove at the top speed of nine miles per hour, coming to a halt after a two and a half hour test ride. Although it was considered a success, it wasn’t entirely. The car’s battery, sustainably charged with water power, had died. Today, nearly 130 years, German carmakers are still having…
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37 Years with Roque Calvo ECS Executive Director Roque Calvo has served as a steward of The Electrochemical Society for over 37 years, guiding the Society through tremendous changes while remaining dedicated to the Society’s mission to advance electrochemical and solid state science and technology. Now, as Calvo comes to the end of his tenure and begins transitioning out of his role at ECS, we are looking back at some of the Society’s greatest accomplishments during his time. Calvo joined…
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ECS is home to many Nobel laurates ECS is proud to be the scientific home to many winners of the Nobel Prize, the most prestigious award presented to researchers. John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.   All three Nobel Laureates have been deeply involved with The Electrochemical Society. Their extensive publications with ECS are collected in 2019 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry. Their articles trace the history of the development of the...
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Deadline for Submitting Abstracts March 16, 2018 Submit today! Topic Close-up #3 Symposium A02: Challenges in Novel Electrolytes, Organic Materials, and Innovative Chemistries for Batteries – in Honor of Michel Armand Symposium Focus: On polymer electrolytes, ionic liquid electrolytes, new electrolyte salts, conductive layer-coated electrode materials, electrode materials for organic batteries, metal/electrolyte interfaces, fuel cells made with previous materials and/or electrolytes, anode metal based rechargeable batteries, and any innovative cell design and chemistry. Both theoretical and experimental papers are accepted,…
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Over 1,840 articles were published in ECS journals in 2017, ranging from battery technology to materials science. Among those articles, “The Development and Future of Lithium Ion Batteries” by ECS member of 48 years, George E. Blomgren, stood out as the most downloaded paper of the year, with over 25,000 downloads in total. The open access paper was published in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society (JES) and has held the number one top download spot for the majority of…
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The following is a roundup of the top articles published on the ECS Redcat Blog in 2017. 1. Impact factors on the rise The journal impact factors for the Journal of The Electrochemical Society and ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology both rose by 8 percent this year. In July, Andrew Ryan, publication specialist at ECS, reported on the growth and what it means for ECS publications. As a nonprofit society in constant competition with larger publishers with…
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As sustainable technologies continue to expand into the marketplace, the demand for better batteries rises. Many researchers in the field are looking toward all-solid-state batteries as a promising venture, citing safety and energy density properties. Now, one company is looking to take that work from the lab to the marketplace. Electric car maker Fisker has recently filed patents for solid state lithium-ion batteries, stating that mass scale production could begin as soon as 2023. The patent covers novel materials and…
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Nianqiang (Nick) Wu Nianqiang (Nick) Wu holds the Armstrong-Siadat Endowed Chair Professor in Materials Science & Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Wu is recognized for the fundamental understanding of charge transfer and energy transfer processes in sensors, photocatalysts, photoelectrochemical cells, and electrochemical devices. His work has advanced the science and technology of biosensors for detection of environmental pollutants and human biomarkers. He is widely recognized for his role in development of theory,...
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Over 4,000 technical presentations by researchers from around the globe Pennington, NJ – (Sept. 14, 2016) – Three scientific societies will hold their joint scientific meeting, known as PRiME 2016, from Oct. 2-7, in Honolulu, HI. This is the largest, most significant research conference of its kind in the world, and would not be possible without the joint effort of The Electrochemical Society, The Electrochemical Society of Japan, and our newest partner, The Korean Electrochemical Society. PRiME 2016 will include...
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Papers and presentations John B. Goodenough 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry John B. Goodenough was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino "for the development of lithium-ion batteries." His current research explores the relationships between the chemical, structural and electrical properties of solids, addressing fundamental solid state problems in order to design new materials that can enable an engineering function. Goodenough received the Royal Society’s Copley Medal, the Japan Prize, National Medal of...
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