Berkeley Electrochemistry Seminar Series
2006 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 speakers can arrive early to check viewgraphs, or discussions can begin earlier if need be.
DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
January 9 | - | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
January 13* | Atsuo Yamada | Seminar: Room-Temperature Miscibility Gap in LixFePO4 |
January 17* | Doron Aurbach | Seminar: On Electrode-Solution Interactions in Li Batteries - Basic Phenomena and New Insights |
January 23 | Marie Kerlau | Seminar: Interfacial Impedance Study of Li-ion Composite Cathodes upon Aging |
January 30 | Adam Weber | 70-191 is reserved for discussion of DOE fuel-cell solicitation |
February 6 | Tom Richardson | Seminar: Microscopic Investigations of the Phase Transition in LiFePO4 |
February 13 | - | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
February 20 | No seminar | Presidents' Day Holiday |
February 27 | - | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
March 6 | Frank McLarnon | 70-191 is reserved for ATD Program discussion |
March 13 | Lisa Onishi | Seminar: Low-Temperature Membrane Properties |
March 20 | Phil Ross | Seminar: Electronic Structure of LiFePO4 Determined by Soft X-Ray Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy |
March 27 | Marca Doeff | Seminar: Effect of Structure on the Storage Properties of Mn Oxide Electrode Materials |
April 3 | - | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
April 10 | - | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
April 17 | Gao Liu | Seminar: Electrode Binders |
April 24 at 3:30 PM* | Guoying Chen Sarah Stewart | Seminars (2 presentations): Investigation of Olivine-Type LixFePO4 Systems A Simple Method for Determining Diffusion Coefficients in Lithium-Ion-Battery Electrolytes |
May 1 | Marek Marcinek | Seminar: Microwave Plasma-Assisted CVD of Conductive Carbon Coatings on Cathode Active Materials |
May 8 | No seminar (ECS Meeting) | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
May 15 | - | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
May 22 at 3:30 PM* | Vince Battaglia Tom Devine and Tzipi Cohen-Hyams | Seminars (2 presentations): Cell Development Corrosion of Al Current Collectors in Li-ion Batteries |
May 29 | No seminar | Memorial Day Holiday |
June 5* | - | 62-255 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
June 9 at 10:00 AM* | Prof. Ulrich Stimming (Tech. Univ. Munich) | Seminar: Strategies for a Rational Catalyst Design |
June 19 | - | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
June 26 | - | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
| July 3 | No seminar | Independence Day Holiday |
| July 10 | John Newman | Seminar: Modeling the Impact of Intermediates on the Kinetics of Electrode Reactions |
| July 17 | - | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
| July 24 | John Kerr | Seminar: Elementary Reactions in Electrochemical Reaction Mechanisms - CO2 Reduction |
| July 31 at 3:30 PM* | Frank McLarnon | 70-191 is reserved for ATD Program discussion |
| August 7 | - | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
| August 14 | Paul Albertus | Seminar: An Aqueous Chemistry: NiMH Batteries |
| August 21 | Prof. Mikhael Levi (Bar-Ilan Univ.) | Seminar: Electrochemically Induced First-Order Phase Transitions in Inorganic Hosts: Elucidation of Intercalation Mechanisms |
| August 28 | - | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
| September 4 | No seminar | Labor Day Holiday |
| September 11 | Lisa Onishi | Seminar: Fuel Cell Membrane Properties |
| September 18 | - | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
| September 25 | Justin Salminen | Seminar: Ionic Liquids and Batteries |
| October 2 | - | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
| October 9 | - | Seminar: (no speaker scheduled) |
| October 16 | - | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
| October 23 | Juliette Saint | Seminar: Manganese Oxide Tunnel Compounds as Positive Electrodes for Lithium Batteries |
| October 27* | Tsuyoshi Sasaki (Toyota R&D) | Seminar: Degradation Mechanisms of Lithium-Ion Batteries Using LiNiO2-based Cathodes |
| November 9* | Dr. Juergen Garche (former head of ZSW, Ulm, Germany) | Seminar: Durability of PEFCs |
| November 13 | James Wilcox | Seminar: Carbon-Coated LiFePO4 |
| November 20 | - | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
| November 27 | Gao Liu | Seminar: MCMB Anode for BATT Baseline Chemistry |
| December 4 | - | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
| December 11 | Robert Kostecki | Seminar: The Mechanism of Carbon Retreat in Composite Li-ion Cathodes |
| December 18 | - | 70-191 is available for discussion (leader and topic TBD) |
Last revised November 13, 2006
* Note change in time or location