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