Lecture: Materials for Batteries: what can we learn from soft X-ray spectroscopy?

Topic: Materials for Batteries:what can we learn from soft X-ray spectroscopy?

Lecturer: Dr. Wanli Yang
                 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Time: 9:00am, April 24, 2014 (Thursday)

Location: Room 202, Lujiaxia Building

Dr. Wanli Yang, an Advanced Light Source (ALS) staff scientist, was part of a team of Berkeley Lab researchers who won an R&D 100 Award for their invention of a new material for use in rechargeable batteries. Termed the Conducting Polymer Binder, the material can boost battery storage capacity by 30% and is made from a type of flexible plastic glue that holds electrode materials together while facilitating the shuttling of electrons and positively charged lithium ions.