Since 2009, Uber has taken off all around the world as the premier ride-sharing company. Now, your Uber experience may improve thanks to the company’s application of sensor technology via each driver’s smartphone. A typical Uber experience asks the driver and passenger to rate each other after each drive. If the mark comes in unusually low, Uber can now investigate your claims by examining the driver’s journey with data pertaining to speed and erratic driving. The company aims to collect…
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As electronics advances, the demand for high-performance batteries increases. The lithium-ion battery is currently leading the charge in powering portable electronic devices, but another lithium-based battery contender is on the horizon. The lithium-air battery is one of the most promising research areas in current lithium-based battery technology. While researchers such as ECS’s K.M. Abraham have been on the Li-air beat since the late 90s, current research is looking to propel this technology with the hopes of commercializing it for practical…
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Solid oxide fuel cells may be producing cleaner energy at a more efficient level soon, thanks to a development at the University of Cambridge. A new thin-film electrolyte material, developed by a team including ECS member Sergei Kalinin, has the potential to propel portable power sources due to its ability to achieve high performance levels and very low temperatures. Advancing fuel cells With a huge scientific focus shift toward developing new energy technologies, fuel cells have emerged as a big…
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Due to overwhelming demand the IMLB Abstract Submission deadline has been extended to February 15! Don’t miss this chance to participate in IMLB 2016, make sure to submit your abstract so you can present your latest work to lithium-ion battery researchers from around the world. Submit abstracts

We thank our symposia sponsors Symposia sponsors enable ECS to support the travel expenses and registration fees of invited speakers, students and researchers with limited financial resources. For a full list of symposia at the 229th ECS meeting, please see page 5 of our sponsorship and exhibit brochure. If you have questions about symposia sponsorship, please contact John Lewis at 609.737.1902 ext. 120. Symposium sponsors Gold level Pine Research L02 - Electrocatalysis 8 Silver level Aldrich Materials Science B01 -...
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Recognizing Scientists Who Changed the World Pennington, NJ – (May 5, 2015) – The Electrochemical Society (ECS) is distributing its first set of electrochemical and solid state science themed trading cards at the 227th ECS Meeting in Chicago this May. The Official ECS Major League Trading Cards feature some of the greatest scientists in ECS related domains—including battery, energy technology, fuel cells, sensors, electronics, and more. This inaugural run of 50 cards includes some of the biggest movers and shaker…
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The ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship Selection Committee has selected three recipients who will receive $50,000 each for the inaugural fellowships for projects in green energy technology. The winners are Professor Patrick Cappillino, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Professor Yogesh (Yogi) Surendranath, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Professor David Go, University of Notre Dame. The Electrochemical Society (ECS), in partnership with the Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA),...
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Driving innovation since 1902 Every time you ride in your ’57 Chevy, hybrid, or fuel cell car, charge up a smart phone, or make your way through the sensors at an airport, consider the diverse electrochemical and solid state science that facilitated much of this technology. Then, look to ECS to meet the experts who are all working “ahead” of the technology. Press contact Direct questions, requests for information, and press pass applications to: Shannon Reed Senior Director of Engagement...
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201st ECS Meeting | Philadelphia, PA | May 13, 2002 Chemistry Is Electric Monday morning saw the official opening of the meeting, with the first of three plenary talks, this one sponsored by Wilson Greatbatch, Ltd. Arnold Thackray, president of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, presented his lecture to a packed audience. Entitled “Chemistry is Electric: A Cavalcade of History from Benjamin Franklin and Alessandro Volta to Gordon Moore and Beyond,” his talk was a nostalgic trip through the history of electrochemical…
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219th ECS Meeting | Montreal, Canada | May 2, 2011 How Can One Tell if a Li-Ion Battery Will Last for Decades in Only Three Weeks of Testing? Lithium-ion batteries are the preferred power sources for portable electronics where a calendar lifetime of three years and a charge-discharge cycle life of 500 cycles are adequate. Li-ion batteries are now targeted for EV and grid energy storage applications where thousands of cycles and lifetimes of 10 and 30 years, respectively are desired….
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