Berkeley Electrochemistry Seminar Series

2008 Schedule

Monday Seminars and Discussions begin promptly at 4:00 PM in LBNL Building 70, Room 191

Note:  70-191 is reserved every Monday (except for LBNL holidays) from 3:30 PM until 5:00 PM, so that seminar speakers can arrive early to check viewgraphs, or discussions can begin earlier if need be.

DATE

SPEAKER

TOPIC

January 14

Jordi Cabana-Jiménez (SUNY Stony Brook)

Seminar: Improved Electrode Materials in Li-ion Batteries – Innovation and Optimization

January 28

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

February 4

Richard Russo

70-191 is reserved for AETD group meeting

February 11

Kristin Persson (MIT)

Seminar: Ab Initio Materials Design

February 25

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

March 3

Nitash Balsara

Seminar: Block Copolymer Electrolytes for Fuel Cells

March 10

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

March 17

Gao Liu

Seminar: Contributions of Acetylene Black and PVDF to Li-ion Cathode Performance

March 24

John Kerr and Adam Weber

70-191 is reserved for discussion of an upcoming fuel cell RFP

March 31

Paul Ridgway

Seminar: Effect of Cut-Off limits on Cycling Performance of Graphite Anode Materials

April 7

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

April 14

Tom Devine

Seminar: Electrochemical Synthesis of Oxide Nanostructures

April 21

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

April 28

-

Seminar:

Mary 5

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

May 12

Paul Ridgway and Vijay Sethuraman

Practice talks for ECS Meeting

May 19

No seminar (ECS Meeting)

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

June 2

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

June 9

Ivan Lucas

Seminar: Reactivity of Nanocolloidal Fe2O3 Particles at Charged Interfaces: Electrokinetic Phenomena and Electron Transfer

June 16

Adam Weber and John Kerr

70-191 is reserved for discussion of a DOE fuel cell solicitation

June 23

Elad Pollak

Seminar: Conductivity Measurements as a Tool for Assessing Electrochemical Processes at Carbon and Amorphous Silicon Electrodes

June 30

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

July 7

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

July 14

Girija Thesma Chandran

Seminar: Conducting Polymer and Solid Ceramic Electrolytes

July 21

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

July 28

Laurence Hardwick

Seminar: Spectroscopic Investigation of LixMnO2 and LixTiyMn1-yO2 Electrode Surfaces in Pyrrolidinium-Based Ionic Liquid Electrolytes

August 4

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

August 11

-

Seminar:

August 18

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

August 25

-

Seminar:

September 8

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

September 15

-

Seminar:

September 22

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

September 29

Paul Ridgway

Seminar: Effect of VC on Capacity Shift During Cycling of Graphite Anodes in Li-ion Cells

October 6

 

Practice talks for ECS Meeting

October 13

No seminar (ECS Meeting)

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

October 20

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

October 27

-

Seminar:

November 3

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

November 10

-

Seminar:

November 17

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

November 24

-

Seminar:

December 1

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

December 8

-

Seminar:

December 15

 

70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD)

Last revised June 30, 2008

*  Note change in time or location

2007 seminar schedule

2006 seminar schedule