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ECS Division Contacts

BatteryArumugamManthiram,ChairUniversity of Texasrmanth@mail.utexas.edu•512.471.1791(USA)

BorYannLiaw,Vice-Chair ChristopherJohnson,TreasurerRobertKostecki,Secretary JosephStetter,Advisor

CorrosionDouglasHansen,ChairUniversity of Dayton Research Institutedouglas.hansen@udri.udayton.edu•937.229.4380(USA)

ShinjiFujimoto,Vice-Chair DavidLockwood,AdvisorR.ScottLillard,Secretary/Treasurer

Dielectric Science and TechnologyKalpathySundaram,ChairUniversity of Central Floridasundaram@mail.ucf.edu•407.823.5326(USA)

OanaLeonte,Vice-Chair DolfLandheer,TreasurerHazaraRathore,Secretary JohnFlake,Advisor

ElectrodepositionChristianBonhôte,ChairHitachi Global Storage Technologies Japan, Ltd.christian.bonhôte@hgst.com•408.927.3010(USA)

HarikliaDeligianni,Sr.Vice-Chair ElizabethPodlaha-Murphy,TreasurerGiovanniZangari,Secretary PatrikSchmuki,DivisionAdvisor

Electronics and PhotonicsYueKuo,ChairTexas A&M Universityyuekuo@tamu.edu•979.845.9807(USA)

PabloChang,FirstVice-Chair BerndKolbesen,JuniorVice-ChairAndrewM.Hoff,Secretary FanRen,TreasurerM.JamalDeen,DivisionAdvisor

Energy TechnologySriNarayan,ChairUniversity of Southern Californiasrnaraya@usc.edu•213.740.5965(USA)

JeanSt-Pierre,Vice-Chair AdamWeber,TreasurerJeremyP.Meyers,Secretary AlokM.Srivastava,DivisionAdvisor

Fullerenes, Nanotubes, and Carbon NanostructuresDirkGuldi,ChairUniversity of Erlangen-Nurnbergdirk.guldi@chemie.uni-erlangen.de•+499131.852.7340(Germany)

R.BruceWeisman,Vice-Chair FrancisD’Souza,TreasurerJean-FrançoisNierengarten, CurtF.Holmes,DivisionAdvisorSecretary

High Temperature MaterialsEnricoTraversa,ChairNational Institute for Materials Sciencetraversa.enrico@nims.go.jp•+8129.860.4896(Japan)

JeffW.Fergus,Sr.Vice-Chair Xiao-DongZhou,Secretary/TreasurerTimothyR.Armstrong,Jr., DavidA.Shifler,DivisionAdvisorVice-Chair

Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical EngineeringVijayRamani,ChairIllinois Institute of Technology ramani@iit.edu•937.229.4380(USA)

GerardineBotte,Vice-Chair DavidLockwood,AdvisorVenkatSubramanian,Secretary/Treasurer

Luminescence and Display MaterialsKailashMishra,ChairOsram Sylvaniakailash.mishra@sylvania.com•978.750.1575(USA)

JohnCollins,Vice-Chair HollyA.Comanzo,Secretary/TreasurerPabloChang,DivisionAdvisor

Organic and Biological ElectrochemistryAlbertJ.Fry,ChairWesleyan Universityafry@wesleyan.edu•860.685.2622(USA)

JamesD.Burgess,Vice-Chair Jun-IchiYoshida,Secretary/TreasurerM.JamalDeen,DivisionAdvisor

Physical and Analytical ElectrochemistryPaulC.Trulove,ChairU.S. Naval Academytrulove@usna.edu•410.293.6622(USA)

ShelleyD.Minteer,Vice-Chair PawelJ.Kulesza,TreasurerRobertA.Mantz,Secretary PatrikSchmuki,DivisionAdvisor

Sensor ZoraidaAguilar,ChairOcean Nano Tech, LLCzapaguilar@yahoo.com•479.571.5500(USA)

MichaelCarter,Vice-Chair Nianqiang(Nick)Wu,TreasurerBryanChin,Secretary DavidShifler,Advisor

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In a continuing tradition of fostering excellence and leadership, the Energy TechnologyDivisionofECS has establishedanewaward foryoung investigators,namedafter the lateDr.SupramaniamSrinivasan.TheSupramaniamSrinivasanYoung InvestigatorAwardof theEnergyTechnologyDivisioncomplementsexistingECSawards,whichrecognizeoutstandingtechnicalachievementsinelectrochemistryandsolid-statescienceandtechnology.

Dr. Srinivasan had a long and successful fuel cell and related technologies research anddevelopmentcareerspanningseveraldecadesandprestigiousinstitutionsincludingBrookhavenNationalLaboratory,LosAlamosNationalLaboratory,TexasA&MUniversity,andPrincetonUniversity. He was a tireless advocate for innovation in electrochemical technology and itsunderlying basic science. He authored or co-authored two fuel cell monographs (Fuel Cells: Their Electrochemistry,1969andFuel Cells: From Fundamentals to Applications,2006).His loveforECSwasespeciallydeep.Heco-foundedtheEnergyTechnologyDivision,filledtheroleofGroup/DivisionalEditorfortheJournal of The Electrochemical Societyfrom1980to1991,receivedtheEnergyTechnologyDivisionResearchAwardin1996,andbecameanECSFellowin2001.

Aworldwideenergycrisisisimminentandwillaffectallofsocietyeitherindirectorindirectways.Fuelcellsandhydrogenconstituteimportantpartsofthesolutiontothisissue.Itisthus

fittingthatoneoftheearlyfuelcellandwaterelectrolysisresearchanddevelopmentpioneersandadvocateswaschosenforthenameofthisawardtocontinuehislegacy.

Thegoalofthiscallfordonationsis$20,000,sufficienttoestablishafundforayearly$1,000award.Anydonationwillbeaccepted.ItisanticipatedthatthegoalwillbeachievedbeforetheECSspring2011meeting(May1-6,2011)toensurethatanawardcanbemadefor2011.ContributionsshouldbemadepayabletoTheElectrochemicalSocietyandsentto:65SouthMainStreet,Pennington,NJ08534,USA;tel:1.609.737.1902.Includethenameyouwishtohaverecognized,andcompletemailingaddress,telephonenumber,ande-mail.BesuretoindicatethatthedonationisfortheSupramaniamSrinivasanYoungInvestigatorAward.

PleasemakeyourcontributiontoenergysciencethroughyourtaxdeductibledonationtotheSupramaniamSrinivasanYoungInvestigatorAward.

Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator Award of the Energy Technology Division

C a l l f o r C o n t r i b u t i o n s

Spotlight on BitrodeFromitsbeginningsin1957,Bitrodehasconsistentlyproducedspecializedbatteryformation and lab testing equipmentrenownedforstandard-settingexcellencein engineering, accuracy, reliability, andconsistency. Bitrode’s product line hasexpandedfromitsformationequipmentand laboratory test instruments toinclude state-of-the-art software tools(circuit control and data acquisition),battery simulation and manufacturingautomation tools, and lab accessories(waterbaths,batteryracks)appropriatetoall battery applications and chemistries.

Their clients—users across the battery,automotive, and aircraft industries—have come to value Bitrode’s trademarkturnkey project management, ongoingservice, and commitment to technicalinnovation.

Bitrodealsooffersanextensiverangeofengineeringservicesinbothhardwareandsoftwaretoanymeetanyrequirementinany application. The company enjoysa longhistoryofpartnershipwithotherbest-in-class suppliers on large turn-keyprojects. Their collaboration with A&DTechnologies,forexample,hasresultedintheBitrodeequipmentandCSZchamberscontrolled by the A&D iTest system inGM’sAdvancedBatteryLablaboratoryinWarren, Michigan, and in Magna’s eCarprograminRochesterHills,Michigan.

One of the first in the industry toanticipate the ascendency of the hybridand electric vehicle market, Bitrode

launched development and productionoftheirfirstHEVhigh-power,high-speedequipment and test systems well beforeautomakers stepped up investment inadvancedtechnologyvehiclesearlyinthelastdecade.

Bitrode’s test equipment—known asthe “FTF” line of machines—performsadvanced applications requiring fastswitching speeds, extensive datacollection, and CAN interface for cell,module, andpack level testing toassurethat EV and HEV batteries can passrigorous standard tests (FUDS, ECE-15,DST).Theuniqueregenerativecapabilitiesoftheunitscanreturnpowerbacktothepower grid, thus virtually eliminatingheatdissipation,andrecyclingelectricity.Since the release of their first machinein 2003, Bitrode has led the industry incomplete turn-key solutions for HEV/EVcell,module,andpacktesting.

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Supramaniam Srinivasan1932-2004

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Battery DivisionChair ArumugamManthiram,University

ofTexasVice-Chair BorYannLiaw,UniversityofHawaii

atManoaSecretary RobertKostecki,LawrenceBerkeley

NationalLaboratoryTreasurer ChristopherJohnson,Argonne

NationalLaboratoryPast Chair NancyDudney,OakRidgeNational

LaboratoryMembers-at-Large MarcaDoeff,LawrenceBerkeley

NationalLaboratory StephenHarris,GeneralMotorsR&D

Center YingMeng,UniversityofCalifornia-

SanDiego MarinaYakovleva,FMCCorporationAdvisor JosephStetter

Corrosion DivisionChair DouglasHansen,Universityof

DaytonResearchInstituteVice-Chair ShinjiFujimoto,OsakaUniversitySecretary/Treasurer R.ScottLillard,LosAlamosNational

LaboratoryPast Chair AlisonDavenport,Universityof

Birmingham

Members-at-Large RudolphBuchheit,OhioState

University H.NeilMcMurray,Universityof

Wales,Swansea NancyMissert,SandiaNational

Laboratories BarbaraShaw,PennsylvaniaState

University SannakaisaVirtanen,Universityof

Erlangen-NurembergAdvisor DavidLockwood,NationalResearch

Council-Canada

Sensor DivisionChair ZoraidaAguilar,OceanNanoTech,

LLCVice Chair MichaelCarterSecretary BryanChin,AuburnUniversityTreasurer Nianqiang(Nick)Wu,WestVirginia

UniversityPast Chair JingLi,NASAAmesResearchCenterMembers-at-Large SheikhAkbar,OhioStateUniversity ShekharBhansali,Universityof

SouthFlorida VenkatBhethanabotla,Universityof

SouthFlorida CynthiaBruckner-Lea,Pacific

NorthwestLaboratories WilliamButtner,NationalRenewable

EnergyLaboratory Ying-LanChang,Nanomix JayGrate,PacificNorthwest

Laboratories

New Division OfficersNewofficersforthe2010-2012termhavebeenelectedforthefollowingDivisions.

ecs cosponsored conferences for 2011In addition to the regular ECS biannual meetings, ECS, its Divisions, and Sections cosponsor meetings and symposia of interest to the technical audience ECS serves. The following is a list of the cosponsored meetings for 2011. Please visit the ECS website for a list of all co-sponsored meetings.

• Florida solar energy center (Fsec) 5th Annual Fuel cell workshop,February6-10,2011,CocoaBeach,Florida

• china semiconductor technology international conference 2011 (cstic 2011),March13-14,2011,Shanghai,China

• workshop on novel sampling and sensing for improving Food safety,March24-25,2011,Atlanta,Georgia

• 9th spring Meeting of the international society of electrochemistry,May8-11,2011,Turku-Åbo,Finland

• 62nd Annual Meeting of the international society of electrochemistry,September11-16,2011,Niigata,Japan

• 4th international conference on electrophoretic Deposition: Fundamentals and Applications (ePD 2011),October2-7,2011,PuertoVallarta,Mexico(SponsoredbyECSElectrodepositionDivision)

• Fray international symposium on Metals and Materials Processing in a clean environment,November27-December1,2011,Cancun,Mexico

To learn more about what an ECS co-sponsorship could do for your conference, including information on publishing proceeding volumes for co-sponsored meetings, or to request an ECS co-sponsorship of your technical event, please contact ecs@electrochem.org.

PeterHesketh,GeorgiaTech A.RobertHillman,Universityof

Leicester ZhiyuHu,OakRidgeNational

Laboratory JamesHunter,Honeywell

International TatsumiIshihara,KyushuUniversity SangminJeon,Postech MiraJosowicz,GeorgiaTech GirishKale,UniversityofLeeds WilliamKerr,EEI AjitKhosla,SimonFraserUniversity ChristineKranz,UniversityofUlm VadimLvovich,ClevelandClinic

Foundation NorioMiura,KyushuUniversity RangacharyMukundan,LosAlamos

NationalLaboratory ChristianMutale,AlcoaTechnical

Center LarryNagahara,NationalCancer

Institute AntonioRicco,StanfordUniversity MichaelSailor,Universityof

California-SanDiego PraveenKumarSekhar,LosAlamos

NationalLaboratory AleksandrSimonian,Auburn

University JosephStetter,KWJEngineering

Incorporated MassoodTabib-Azar,CaseWestern

ReserveUniversity ThomasThundat,OakRidge

NationalLab PetrVanysek,NorthernIllinois

University BenjaminWard,MakelEngineering

Inc.Advisor DavidShifler,OfficeofNaval

Research

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websites of notebyZoltanNagy

Experiments in ElectrochemistryThe“FunScienceGallery”presents“fun,simple,lowcostscienceexperimentsforamateurscientistsandformotivatingchildrentoengageinscience”forquiteavarietyofdisciplinesincludingelectrochemistry.“Buildingalemonbatteryorevenatomatobattery,measuringtheconductivityofwater,performinggalvanicdeposits,areonlyafewofthefunandeducationalexperimentsdescribed.”Volta’spile,theDaniellcell,andconcentrationcellsarealsodescribedandinstructionsgivenhowtobuildthem.

• GiorgioCarboni• http://www.funsci.com/fun3_en/electro/electro.htm

Technical Notes on Electrochemical TechniquesAnumberofdetailedTechnicalBulletins,TechnicalNotes,andApplicationsNotes,mainlyaboutelectrochemicalimpedancespectroscopy (EIS) available in PDF format. To be used for basic research, applications for fuel cells, batteries, corrosion,bioimpedance,civilengineering,andsolidstatematerials.Basicmathematicaltheory,instrumentation,andapplications.Alsopotentiodynamicpolarizationscantechniqueandcelldesign.Includesalsoasearchablecollectionof140publishedpapersthatrefertoexperimentscarriedoutintheseareas.

• SolartronAnalytical• http://www.solartronanalytical.com/Pages/ApplicationTechnicalNotes.htm

Electrochemistry for CorrosionVerydetaileddescriptionofelectrochemicalaspectsofcorrosion.Electrochemicaltheoryofcorrosion,basicsofelectrochemicalinstrumentation,celldesigns,andelectrochemicalmeasurementtechniquesforcorrosionmeasurements.Describessteady-stateandpotentialsweepmethods,transientmethods,ACimpedancemeasurements(electrochemicalimpedancespectroscopy),andelectrochemicalnoisemethods.

• R.A.CottisandA.Llewellyn,UniversityofManchester• http://corrosiontest.its.manchester.ac.uk/lecturenotes/Echem/index_main.htm

About the AuthorZoltan nagyisasemi-retiredelectrochemist.After15yearsinavarietyofelectrochemicalindustrialresearch,hespent30yearsatArgonneNationalLaboratorycarryingoutresearchonelectrodekineticsandsurfaceelectrochemistry.PresentlyheisattheChemistryDepartmentoftheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill.Hewelcomessuggestionsforentries;sendthemtonagyz@email.unc.edu.

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In the summer 2010 issueofInterface,onpage21,theTech Highlights columncontained an error. In thefirst highlight (“A Solid-State, Rechargeable, LongCycle Life Lithium-AirBattery,”J. Electrochem. Soc.,157,A50),“LiO2”wasusedthroughout the highlight,insteadof“Li–O2”.

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IN THIS ISSUE3 From the Editor:

Eleven Years After

7 From the President:In the Shadow of Eyjafjallajökull

9 Vancouver, Canada Meeting Highlights

21 Tech Highlights

23 The Days of the Week: An Oxidation/Reduction Algorithm

31 The Chalkboard

36 Introduction to the Featured Articles

37 Current Needs in Electrochemical Engineering Education

39 Introducing Electrochemical Engineering to Future Generations

45 Recognizing Excellence in the Commercialization of New Electrochemical Technology

63 2009 Annual Report

89 Montréal, CanadaCall for Papers

Leadership &Education inElectrochemical Engineering

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• CarBon-Based nanomaterials ingeneralandgrapheneinparticularhaveattractedmuchattentioninrecentmonths.Thespring2011issuewillfeatureaseriesofarticlesongraphene-relatedR&D.

• montréal meeting speCial seCtion…ThespringissuewillfeaturehighlightsfromtheupcomingECSmeetinginMontreal,Canada,includingphotosandbiographiesofallmajorawardwinners,specialmeetingevents,andhotelandtravelinformation.

• teCh highlightswillcontinuetoprovidereaderswithfreeaccesstosomeofthemostinterestingpaperspublishedintheECSjournals.

• Don’tmissthenexteditionofWeBsites of notewhichgivesreadersalookatsomelittle-known,butusefulsites.