LEC Seminar Archive

2023

Date

Speaker

Topic

Moderator

Thursday 20 September 2023
11-12h

Kinanti Hantiyana Aliyah

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Operando Scanning Small- and Wide Angle X-ray Scattering for Liquid Water Quantification in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Catalyst Layers
Join in by Zoom https://psich.zoom.us/j/68082244928 (Firefox or Chrome)

F.N. Büchi/J. Eller
 

Thursday 14 September 2023
11-12h

E. Ricardo Carreón Ruiz

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Analyzing Batteries with Neutrons: Development and Application of Spectroscopic Neutron Imaging
Join in by Zoom https://psich.zoom.us/j/66243340375 (Firefox or Chrome)

T.J. Schmidt/P. Boillat
 

Thursday 7 September 2023
11-12h

Dino Aegerter

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Iron-Content Effects on Surface and Bulk of Cobalt-Based Nano-Oxides for Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Join in by Zoom https://psich.zoom.us/j/61344848727 (Firefox or Chrome)

T.J. Schmidt
 

Wednesday 6 September 2023

Dr. Alexander Muroyama

Electrochemical DAC or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cell
ODRA/111 (not hybrid)

L. Gubler
 

Wednesday 30 August 2023
9-17h

3rd PSI Electrochemistry Day

Postdocs and PhD students ECL
Audi West

M. El Kazzi/D. Baster/V. Siller
 

Thursday 27 July 2023
11-12h

Meriem Fikry

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Fuel Cell Performance of a Carbon-free Pt-Ni Aerogel Catalyst Layer under Automotive-Relevant Conditions
Join in by Zoom https://psich.zoom.us/j/61325953372 (Firefox or Chrome)

T.J. Schmidt
 

Wednesday 26 July 2023
11-12h

Casey Beall

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Bifunctional Perovskite Oxide Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction and Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Join in by Zoom https://psich.zoom.us/j/62752354888 (Firefox or Chrome)

T.J. Schmidt
 

Thursday 6 July 2023
11-12h

Wenmei Liu

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Materials and Designs for Improved Cold-start Capability and Prevention of Freezing Damage in Fuel Cells
Join in by Zoom https://psich.zoom.us/j/63630282375 (Firefox or Chrome)

T.J. Schmidt/P. Boillat
 

Monday 3 July 2023
13:30-14:30h

Dr. Baejung Kim, Hyundai (Seoul)

Practical evaluations of PEM Fuel Cells for Stationary and On-road Applications
OHSA/E13 (not hybrid)

E. Fabbri
 

Wednesday 26 April 2023
9:30-16:45h KuK Aarau, Switzerland

7 speakers

39th Swiss Electrochemistry Symposium
Future Materials in Electrochemical Systems

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 5 April 2023

Dr. Pierre Boillat

Neutron Imaging Insights into Electrochemical Systems
ODRA/111 (not hybrid)

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 15 March 2023

Dr. Severin Vierrath, Imtek Institut für Mikrosystemtechnik, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany

Hydrocarbon polymers for PEM electrolyzers and fuel cells and current challenges in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction
ODRA/111 (not hybrid)

L. Gubler
 

Wednesday 8 March 2023
9-17h

2nd PSI Electrochemistry Day

Postdocs and PhD students ECL
Audi West

F.N. Büchi/E. Fabbri/J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 1 March 2023

Prof. Ardemis Boghossian, EPF Lausanne

Living electronics using whole-cell microbes
ODRA/111 (not hybrid)

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 1 February 2023

Dr. Dominika Baster

The Role of Surface Degradation in the Capacity Fading of Layered Oxide Cathode Materials for Na-ion Batteries
ODRA/111 (not hybrid)

M. El Kazzi
 

2022

Date

Speaker

Topic

Moderator

Wednesday 9 November 2022
11-12h

Seçil Ünsal Dayanık

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Design of Non-noble Metal Catalyst Layers for PEM Fuel Cells: Performance & Stability
Join in by Zoom https://psich.zoom.us/j/68030312869 (Firefox or Chrome)

T.J. Schmidt
 

Wednesday 2 November 2022
11-12h

Piyush Chauhan

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Electrochemical Studies of the CO2-Reduction Performance of Au and Au-Cu Aerogels
Join in by Zoom https://psich.zoom.us/j/68174431686(Firefox or Chrome)

T.J. Schmidt
 

Thursday 20 October 2022
11-12h

Arnaud Schuller

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Non-invasive and Local Impedance Diagnostics for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Stacks
Join in by Zoom https://psich.zoom.us/j/63803004825(Firefox or Chrome)

T.J. Schmidt
 

Thursday 13 October 2022
11-12h

Yen-Chun Chen

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Structure and water transport properties of microporous layers in polymer electrolyte fuel cells
Join in by Zoom https://psich.zoom.us/j/67180409693(Firefox or Chrome)

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 13 September 2022
9-17h

1st PSI Electrochemistry Day

Postdocs and PhD students ECL
Audi West

F.N. Büchi/E. Fabbri/J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 8 June 2022

Dr. Julien Durst, guest, SYMBIO, Vénissieux, France (Hydrogen Mobility),

SYMBIO: Overview of activities and R&I focus
ODRA/111 or join in by Zoom

J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 1 June 2022

Dr. Tamás Németh

The use of pulse radiolysis and electron paramagnetic resonance to decipher the degradation pathways of non-fluorinated aromatic hydrocarbon-based proton exchange fuel cell membranes
Hybrid ODRA/111 or join in by Zoom

L. Gubler
 

Wednesday 25 May 2022

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No Seminar

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Wednesday 18 May 2022

Nataša Diklić

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Iridium Oxide Based Electrocatalysts for Electrochemical Water Oxidation in Acidic Media: From Measurement Artifacts to Advanced Operando Spectroscopic Characterization
Hybrid ODRA/111 or join in by Zoom

T.J. Schmidt/J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 11 May 2022
9:30-16:45h KuK Aarau, Switzerland

7 speakers

38th Swiss Electrochemistry Symposium
Electrochemical Valorization of Carbon Dioxide
Past program: https://www.psi.ch/ses22 (Firefox or Chrome)

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 4 May 2022

Zheyu Zhang

Proton Exchange Membranes Co-doped with Platinum and Cerium-Zirconium Oxide for Mitigated H2 Crossover and Ionomer Degradation in Water Electrolysis
Hybrid ODRA/111 or join in by Zoom

L. Gubler
 

Wednesday 27 April 2022

Justus Diercks

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Investigation into the selectivity determining factors during CO2 electroreduction on palladium nanostructures
Join in by Zoom

T.J. Schmidt/J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 20 April 2022

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No Seminar

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Wednesday 13 April 2022

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No Seminar

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Wednesday 6 April 2022

Adrian Heinritz

ENE/ECL-Seminar
The Hydrogen Reaction-A Different Perspective
Join in by Zoom

T.J. Schmidt
 

Wednesday 30 March 2022

Dominik Bentele, PhD cellcentric GmbH & Co. KG, Kirchheim/Teck-Nabern, Germany

Characterization methods for durability and stability investigations on OER based reversal tolerant PEFC anodes
Join in by Zoom or ODRA/111 (max. 15 persons)

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 23 March 2022

Dr. Mohammed Srout

Fundamental understanding of the lithium metal anode
Join in by Zoom

S. Trabesinger
 

Wednesday 16 March 2022

Prof. Hubert Girault, Laboratory of Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry, EPFL Valais Wallis, Sion

Hydrogen production using a redox flow battery or a banana
Join in by Zoom

D. Baster
 

Wednesday 9 March 2022

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No Seminar

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Wednesday 2 March 2022

Dr. Alexander Muroyama

Cell design considerations for efficient electrochemical CO2 capture
Join in by Zoom

L. Gubler
 

Wednesday 23 February 2022

Dr. Dominika Baster

Cathode material for Na-ion batteries that use both cation and anion redox for energy storage
Join in by Zoom

M. El Kazzi
 

Wednesday 16 February 2022

Wataru Yoshimune, guest scientist, Toyota Central R&D Labs. Inc., Nagakute, Aichi, Japan

My research activities at Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.
Join in by Zoom

E. Fabbri
 

Wednesday 9 February 2022

Gaël Mourouga, PhD student, Institute of Computational Physics, ZHAW, Winterthur

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Modelling and simulation of Organic Redox-Flow Batteries
Join in by Zoom

T.J. Schmidt
 

Wednesday 3 February 2022

Dr. Felix Büchi

ENE/ECL-Seminar
ECL/LEC Activities 2021 / Outlook 2022
join in by Zoom

T.J. Schmidt
 

Wednesday 26 January 2022

Dr. Lorenz Gubler

Membranes & Electrochemical Cells: Review of 2021
Join in by Zoom

A. Muroyama
 

Wednesday 19 January 2022

Kinanti Aliyah Hantiyana

Progress towards Operando Quantification of Liquid Water in PEFC Catalyst Layers via Small Angle X-ray Scattering
Join in by Zoom

J. Eller
 

9 December 2021 until 18 January 2022

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No Seminars - Christmas holidays

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2021

Date

Speaker

Topic

Moderator

Wednesday 8 December 2021

Dr. Łukasz Kondracki

Lithium-substituted Cobalt-free Materials for Na-ion Batteries
Join in by Zoom

S. Trabesinger
 

Wednesday 1 December 2021

Dino Aegerter

Flame Spray Synthesized Co-based Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media
Join in by Zoom

E. Fabbri
 

Wednesday 24 November 2021

Justus Diercks

Investigation of the selectivity determining factors during CO¬2 electroreduction on Palladium nanostructures
Join in by Zoom

J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 17 November 2021

Casey Beall

Insights into perovskite oxides as bifunctional oxygen catalysts in alkaline environment
Join in by Zoom

E. Fabbri
 

Wednesday 10 November 2021

Meriem Fikry

PEFC Performance of Un-supported Aerogel Catalyst Layer Under Real Automotive Conditions
Join in by Zoom or ODRA/111 (max. 12 persons)

J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 3 November 2021

Eric Ricardo Carreón Ruiz

Spectroscopic Neutron Imaging: An Insight into Battery Electrolytes
Join in by Zoom

P. Boillat
 

Wednesday 27 October 2021

Secil Ünsal Dayanık

Tackling the challenge of non-noble metal catalyst layer preparation for PEFCs
Join in by Zoom

J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 20 October 2021

Jamie Duburg

Next generation Polybenzimidazole membranes for vanadium redox flow batteries
Join in by Zoom or ODRA/111 (max. 12 persons)

L. Gubler
 

Wednesday 13 October 2021

Eric Winter

Understanding formation of dendritic lithium
Join in by Zoom

S. Trabesinger
 

Wednesday 6 October 2021

Michael Striednig

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Evaporative Cooling of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
Join in by Zoom or ODRA/111 (max. 12 persons)

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 29 September 2021

Dr. Aleš Štefančič

Surface fluorination of high-voltage cathode material NCA (LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2) and its effect on the electrochemical performance
Join in by Zoom

M. El Kazzi
 

Wednesday 22 September

Christoph Csoklich

ENE/ECL-Seminar
From Stochastic To Deterministic Transport in PEFC Gas Diffusion Layers
Join in by Zoom or ODRA/111 (max. 12 persons)

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 15 September 2021

Wenmei Liu

PEFCs Water Management at Sub-Zero Temperatures: Gas Diffusion Layer Design
Join in by Zoom

F.N. Büchi (for P. Boillat)
 

13 August until 14 September 2021

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No Seminars - Summer holidays

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Thursday 12 August 2021/10:15h

Antonia Ruffo LNS/LEC

Neutron nanomediators for non-invasive temperature mapping of fuel cells
Auditorium West-WHGA/001 or via ZOOM: https://psich.zoom.us/j/61122571434

P. Boillat/T. Fennell
 

15 July until 11 August 2021

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No Seminars - Summer holidays

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Wednesday 14 July 2021

Dr. Steven Lacey

Continuous pursuits towards the development of all-solid-state batteries (and beyond)
Join in by Zoom

M. El Kazzi
 

Wednesday 7 July 2021

Tym de Wild

Towards the next-generation PEFC membranes
Join in by Zoom

L. Gubler
 

Wednesday 30 June 2021

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No Seminar due to EFCF Lucerne

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Wednesday 23 June 2021

Dr. Sigita Trabesinger

Battery Electrode and Cells 2020
Join in by Zoom

M. El Kazzi
 

Wednesday 16 June 2021

Bruno Nietlispach, Manager Chemicals, Biology and Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut

Inventory of laboratory chemicals – process and chemical database
Join in by Zoom

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 9 June 2021

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No Seminar

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Wednesday 2 June 2021

Dr. Emiliana Fabbri

Overview on metal oxides as electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction
Join in by Zoom

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 26 May 2021

Dr. M. El Kazzi

Battery Materials and Diagnostics - Group overview
Join in by Zoom

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 19 May 2021

Dr. Mayank Sabharwal

Insights into sub-zero operation of polymer electrolyte fuel cells
Join in by Zoom

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 12 May 2021

Dr. Jongmin Lee

Materials and designs for improving cold start capability of PEFC
Join in by Zoom

P. Boillat
 

Wednesday 5 May 2021

Carl Cesar Weber

Investigating Porous Structures in PEWE: From the PTL Towards the Catalyst Layer
Join in by Zoom

S. De Angelis
 

Wednesday 28 April 2021

Dr. Tamás Németh

Mitigating fuel cell membrane degradation through synthetic strategies
Join in by Zoom

L. Gubler
 

Wednesday 21 April 2021
9:30-16:45h Webinar via Zoom

7 speakers

37th Swiss Electrochemistry Symposium
Prospects of Future Transport Electrification
Registration is closed - past program: https://www.psi.ch/ec21

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 14 April 2021

Juliana Bruneli Falqueto

Understanding the role of Al, Co or Ni doping in LiMn2O4 nanoparticles for improving the structural stability in Li-ion battery
Join in by Zoom

M. El Kazzi
 

Wednesday 7 April 2021

PD Dr. Lorenz Gubler

Membranes & Electrochemical Cells - Group Overview
Join in by Zoom

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 31 March 2021

Dr. Alexander Muroyama

Towards electrochemically driven direct air capture of CO2
Join in by Zoom

L. Gubler
 

Wednesday 24 March 2021

Piyush Chauhan

Electrochemical studies of unsupported Au and Au-Cu alloy aerogels for CO2 reduction
Join in by Zoom

J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 17 March 2021

Dr. Lukasz Kondracki

Effect of Lithium substitution on the crystal structure of Cobalt-free materials for Na-ion batteries
Join in by Zoom

S. Trabesinger
 

Wednesday 10 March 2021

Steffen Garbe

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Elevated Temperature & Thin Membranes in Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis
Join in by Zoom

L. Gubler
 

Wednesday 3 March 2021

Jeremy Yen-Chun Chen

Saturation Determination of Microporous Layers in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
Join in by Zoom

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 24 February 2021

Dr. Leiting Zhang

Interfacial stability of battery materials studied by online electrochemical mass spectrometry
Join in by Zoom

S. Trabesinger
 

Wednesday 17 February 2021

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No Seminar / Swiss Battery Days

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Wednesday 10 February 2021

Bernhard Pribyl-Kranewitter

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Efficient Carbon Dioxide Conversion in Bipolar and Bipolar-like Electrolyser Systems
Join in by Zoom

T.J. Schmidt
 

Wednesday 3 February 2021

Arnaud Schuller

Progress towards fuel cell diagnostics with Electrical Impedance Tomography
Join in by Zoom

J. Eller
 

Wednesday 27 January 2021

Dr. Hieu Quang Pham

Exploring the Structural-Gas-Interface Evolution of Co-free Li-rich Layered Oxide Cathode
Join in by Zoom

S. Trabesinger
 

Wednesday 20 January 2021

Kinanti Aliyah Hantiyana

Progress towards the quantification of liquid water in PEFC catalyst layers via Small Angle X-ray Scattering
Join in by Zoom

J. Eller
 

Wednesday 13 January 2021

Dr. Pierre Boillat

Neutron radiography of electrochemical systems – group overview
Join in by Zoom

F.N. Büchi
 

17 December 2020 until 12 January 2021

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No Seminars - Christmas holidays

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2020

Date

Speaker

Topic

Moderator

Wednesday 16 December 2020

Dino Aegerter

Cobalt based Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media - From Synthesis to Characterization
Join in by Zoom

E. Fabbri
 

Wednesday 9 December 2020

Nataša Diklić

OER catalyst’s durability evaluation of IrO2-based materials in RDE configuration
Join in by Zoom

J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 2 December 2020

Meriem Fikry

Fuel cell performance of an up-scaled Pt-Ni aerogel catalyst for the reduction of oxygen
Join in by Zoom

J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 25 November 2020

Ricardo Carreón

Energy Selective Neutron Imaging of Li-ion Batteries
Join in by Zoom

P. Boillat
 

Wednesday 18 November 2020

Casey Beall

Investigating Bifunctional Perovskite-based Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions
Join in by Zoom

E. Fabbri
 

Wednesday 11 November 2020

No Seminar

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Wednesday 4 November 2020

Justus Diercks

A Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Approach to Investigate the Selectivity Determining Factors for CO2 Electroreduction on Pd-Nanoparticles
Join in by Zoom

J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 28 October 2020

Wenmei Liu

Impact of GDL properties on freezing behavior at subzero temperatures
Join in by Zoom

P. Boillat
 

Wednesday 21 October 2020

Adrian Mularczyk

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Liquid and vapour phase water transport mechanisms in fuel cell gas diffusion layers
Join in by Zoom

J. Eller
 

Wednesday 14 October 2020

Eric Winter

Pitfalls in Lithium Metal Battery Characterisation
Join in by Zoom

S. Trabesinger
 

Wednesday 7 October 2020

Mayank Sabharwal

Investigating the Transient Freeze Start Behavior of PE Fuel Cells
Join in by Zoom

J. Eller
 

Wednesday 30 September 2020

Salvatore de Angelis

Observing oxygen transport in polymer electrolyte water electrolysis
Join in by Zoom

J. Eller
 

Wednesday 23 September 2020

Adrian Heinritz

Electrochemical kinetics: testing and challenging some concepts
Join in by Zoom

J. Herranz
 

Wednesday September 16, 2020
9:30-16:45h Webinar via Zoom

7 speakers

36th Swiss Electrochemistry Symposium
Seasonal Energy Storage: The Role of Electrochemistry
Past program: https://www.psi.ch/ec20

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 9 September 2020

Aleš Štefančič

Gas-phase surface fluorination of layered transition metal oxide cathode materials for high voltage Li-ions batteries
Join in by Zoom

M. El Kazzi
 

Wednesday 2 September 2020

Kathrin Ebner

ENE/ECL-Seminar
Fe/N/C-Type ORR-Catalysts – from Synthesis to Advanced In Situ Spectroscopic Characterization
Join in by Zoom

J. Herranz
 

23 July until 31 August 2020

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No Seminars - Summer holidays

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Wednesday 22 July 2020
11-12h OSGA/EG6

Steffen Garbe

Electrical Safety of Laboratory Equipment
Attendance compulsory - OSGA/EG6 or join in by Zoom

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 15 July 2020

Tym de Wild

Antioxidant strategies for hydrocarbon-based hydrogen fuel cell membranes
Join in by Zoom

L. Gubler
 

Wednesday 8 July 2020

Simon Schneider LEC/LEA

Model-based assessment of stationary energy storage in batteries and implications for materials research
Join in by Zoom

P. Novák
 

Wednesday 1 July 2020

Jingfeng Chen

Pump probe experiments for the (photo)electrochemical water splitting reaction
Join in by Zoom

E. Fabbri
 

Wednesday 24 June 2020

Alexandra Pătru

Overview on various electrochemical reactions and their integration into energy conversion device
Join in by Zoom

E. Fabbri
 

Wednesday 17 June 2020

Leiting Zhang

Interfacial stability of battery materials investigated by online electrochemical mass spectrometry
Join in by Zoom

S. Trabesinger
 

Wednesday 10 June 2020

Hong Xu

Advancements in 4D Operando X-ray Tomographic Imaging of Liquid Water in Gas Diffusion Layers of PEFC
Join in by Zoom

J. Eller
 

Wednesday 3 June 2020

Dr. Andreas Trabesinger, Reinschrift Science Communication

Unlocking science communication
Join in by Zoom

S. Trabesinger
 

Wednesday 27 May 2020

Hieu Quang Pham

A Novel Multifunctional Electrolyte Additive for Improving the Interfacial Stability of Ni-Rich Cathode and Graphite Anode for High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries
Join in by Zoom

S. Trabesinger
 

Wednesday 20 May 2020

Steffen Garbe

Elevated Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis for Reduced Hydrogen Production Cost
Join in by Zoom

L. Gubler
 

Wednesday 13 May 2020

Christoph Csoklich

New Approaches to Tune Gas Diffusion Layer Properties
Join in by Zoom

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 6 May 2020

Michael Striednig

Upscaling of Evaporative Cooling for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells – A System-Level Perspective
Join in by Zoom

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 29 April 2020

Mateusz Zlobinski

Roots of high PEM Water Electrolyzer Overpotential – Analysis through _Operando_ Neutron Imaging
Join in by Zoom

P. Boillat
 

Wednesday 22 April 2020

Steven Lacey

Exploring all-solid-state batteries from multiple perspectives: thin films to pellets
Join in by Zoom

M. El Kazzi
 

Wednesday 15 April 2020

Pierre Boillat

Use and Misuse of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy in Fuel Cell Research
Join in by Zoom

L. Gubler
 

Wednesday 8 April 2020

Alexander Muroyama

Electrochemical CO2 separation using anion exchange membranes
Join in by Zoom

L. Gubler
 

Wednesday 1 April 2020

Secil Ünsal Dayanık

Tackling the Challenges of Non-Noble Metal Catalyst Preparation for Fuel Cell Application
Join in by Zoom

J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 25 March 2020

Viktoriia Saveleva

Degradation of Fe/N/C catalysts under fuel cell operation: an XPS study
Join in by Zoom

J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 18 March 2020

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cancelled

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Wednesday 11 March 2020

Juan Herranz

Use that catalyst! Balancing electrochemistry vs. spectroscopy data quality in operando measurements

tbd
 

Wednesday 4 March 2020

Fabio Oldenburg, Gaia Membranes

From Prototype to Product - Challenges of the Commercialization of a Membrane Technology

L. Gubler
 

Wednesday 26 February 2020

Piyush Chauhan

Electrochemical studies of Au-based nanocatalysts for CO2 reduction

J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 19 February 2020

Jeremy Yen-Chun Chen

Towards determining water saturation in microporous layers of PEFC by X-ray tomographic microscopy

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 12 February 2020

Anthony Boucly

Surface modification acts as surface engineering for the oxygen evolution reaction on perovskite oxides in alkaline media

E. Fabbri
 

Thursday 6 February 2020
11-12h OSGA/EG6

Tobias Schuler

ENE-Seminar
Polymer Electrolyte Water Electrolysis: Towards a Generic Understanding of Porous Transport Layers

F.N. Büchi
 

Tuesday 28 January 2020
10:30-11:30h OSGA/EG6

Prof. Kenji Miyatake, Prof. Makoto Uchida and Prof Katsuyoshi Kakinuma from Fuel Cell Nanomaterial Center, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan

New Materials for Next Generation Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

E. Fabbri/A. Pătru
 

Thursday 23 January 2020
09:30-10:30h ODRA/111

Paul Corbett, Michiel de Heer, visitors, Shell Technology Centre Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Electrochemical Strategy and CO2 electrolysis at Shell

L. Gubler
 

Thursday 16 January 2020
11-12h OSGA/EG6

F.N. Büchi, Laboratory Head a.i.

ENE-Seminar
ECL/LEC Activities 2019 / Outlook 2020

T.J. Schmidt
 

Wednesday 8 January 2020

Pierre Boillat

Neutron Radiography of Electrochemical Systems Group: History, Recent Highlights and New Projects

F.N. Büchi
 

Friday 20 December 2019 until 7 January 2020

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No Seminars - Christmas holidays

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2019

Date

Speaker

Topic

Moderator

Friday 20 December 2019 until 7 January 2020

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No Seminars - Christmas holidays

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Thursday 19 December 2019
11-12h OSGA/EG6

Laura Höltschi

ENE-Seminar
Advanced characterization of insertion electrodes in sulfide solid-state batteries

P. Novák
 

Thursday 12 December 2019
11-12h OSGA/EG6

Marta Mirolo

ENE-Seminar
Understanding the electrode/electrolyte interface reactivity in Li-ion batteries via post mortem and operando XPS, XAS, and XPEEM investigations

M. El Kazzi
 

Wednesday 11 December 2019

Emiliana Fabbri

In situ and operando spectroscopy techniques for a better understanding of the oxygen evolution reaction on different metal oxide catalysts

V. Saveleva
 

Wednesday 4 December 2019

Bernhard Pribyl-Kranewitter

Overcoming challenges in upscaling electrochemical CO2RR processes

A. Pătru
 

Wednesday 27 November 2019

Dino Aegerter

Cobalt based Perovskite Oxide Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media - From Synthesis to Characterization

E. Fabbri
 

Wednesday 20 November 2019

Nataša Diklić

Investigation of supported IrO2 as electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction

A. Pătru
 

Wednesday 13 November 2019

Lorenz Gubler

Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles in the Context of Renewable Energy Scenarios: Some Thoughts

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 6 November 2019

Arnaud Schuller

A non invasive tool to measure local membrane conductivity of fuel cells

J. Eller
 

Wednesday 30 October 2019

David McNulty

Nanostructured Carbons as Sulfur Hosts for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

E. Winter
 

Wednesday 23 October 2019

Simon Schneider

Li-ion batteries for stationary applications? Modeling framework and case study for peak shaving and price arbitrage

E. Winter
 

Wednesday 16 October 2019

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No Seminar

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Wednesday 9 October 2019

Salvatore de Angelis

Observing air-water two-phase flow in high-Z materials via sub-second X-ray tomography

F.N. Büchi
 

Thursday 3 October 2019
11-12h OSGA/EG6

Jens Eller

ENE-Seminar: Tenure Track II Presentation
Sub-Second X-Ray Tomographic Imaging of Liquid Water in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

F.N. Büchi

Wednesday 2 October 2019

Justus Diercks

Pd-based nanoparticles and bimetallic aerogels for the efficient electroreduction of CO2 to added value products

B. Pribyl-Kranewitter
 

Wednesday 25 September 2019

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No Seminar

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Friday 20 September 2019

Dr. Bryan Pivovar, visitor, The National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL, Golden, CO, USA

An overview of H2@Scale and NREL efforts supporting H2 acceleration

F.N. Büchi
 

Thursday 19 September 2019
11-12h OSGA/EG6

Dr. Sigita Trabesinger

ENE-Seminar
The quest for high energy density batteries

F.N. Büchi

Wednesday 18 September 2019

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No Seminar

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Wednesday 11 September 2019

Adrian Mularczyk

How mass transport influences evaporation phenomena in PEFC gas diffusion layers

J. Eller
 

Wednesday 4 September 2019

Kathrin Ebner

57Fe-enrichment effect on the composition and performance of Fe-based O2-reduction electrocatalysts

J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 17 July 2019 until 31 August 2019

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No Seminars - Summer holidays

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Thursday 11 July 2019
11-12h OSGA/EG6

Dr. Mario El Kazzi

ENE-Seminar
Recent progresses to gain better insight into the electrolytes-electrodes interface in Li-ion batteries

F.N. Büchi

Wednesday 10 July 2019

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No Seminar

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Wednesday 3 July 2019

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No Seminar

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Wednesday 26 June 2019

Adrian Heinritz

Hydrogen oxidation/evolution on Pt and its implications for fuel cells

J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 19 June 2019

Christoph Bolli

Highlights from OEMS Investigations on Lithium and Sodium Ion Batteries

P. Kitz
 

Wednesday 12 June 2019

Fabian Jeschull

Modification and Understanding of the Si-Binder-Interface – How binders influence the (electro-)chemical properties of Si-electrodes

M. Mirolo
 

Wednesday 5 June 2019

Hong Xu

Advancements in X-ray Tomographic Imaging of liquid water in gas diffusion layers of PEFC

J. Eller
 

Wednesday 29 May 2019

Leiting Zhang

Elucidating the degradation of Ni-rich layered oxide in humid environment

Ch. Bolli

Thursday 23 May 2019
11-12h OSGA/EG6

Dr. Daniel Abraham, visitor, Senior Materials Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

ENE-Seminar
Exploring Safety and Performance of Silicon for Lithium-ion Cells

P. Novák
 

Wednesday 22 May 2019
9-16h KuK Kultur- und Kongresshaus, Aarau, Switzerland

6 speakers

35th Swiss Electrochemistry Symposium
Topic: On the Role of Batteries in Future Energy Systems
Registration: https://www.psi.ch/ec19

F.N. Büchi
 

Wednesday 15 May 2019

Daniel Abbott

Fundamental Investigations of Oxide Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting Applications

J. Herranz
 

Friday 10 May 2019
11-12h OSGA/EG6

Mauro Povia

ENE-Seminar
Combined SAXS and XAS apparatus for operando characterization of Pt on Carbon and IrO2 catalysts

J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 8 May 2019
11-12h OSGA/EG6

F.N. Büchi, Ch.P. Lee, R. Blaettler

ECL Lab informations
Presentation on Software Licensing Issues

F.N. Büchi

Wednesday 1 May 2019

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No Seminar

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Wednesday 24 April 2019

Steffen Garbe

Gas cross-over suppression in polymer electrolyte water electrolysis

L. Gubler

Wednesday 17 April 2019

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No Seminar

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Thursday 11 April 2019
11-12h OSGA/EG6

Fabio Oldenburg

ENE-Seminar
Ion exchange membranes for vanadium redox flow batteries

L. Gubler

Wednesday 10 April 2019

Michael Striednig

Upscaling of evaporative cooling for polymer electrolyte fuel cells

F. Büchi
 

Thursday 4 April 2019
11-12h OSGA/EG6

Maria Victoria Manzi Orezzoli

ENE-Seminar
Modifying Gas Diffusion Layers for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

P. Boillat
 

Wednesday 3 April 2019

Viktoriia Saveleva

Fe-based Cathode Catalysts for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell: Insights on Iron Spin State

J. Herranz
 

Wednesday 27 March 2019

Christoph Csoklich

Understanding and Improving Liquid Water Management in PEFC Gas Diffusion Layers

F. Büchi
 

Thursday 21 March 2019
11-12h OSGA/EG6

Muriel Siegwart

ENE-Seminar
Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Studies with Neutrons: Beyond Transmission Imaging

P. Boillat
 

Wednesday 20 March 2019

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No Seminar

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Wednesday 13 March 2019

Mateusz Zlobinski

Investigating overpotential origins through In-Operando neutron imaging of porous transport layers and catalyst coated membranes of PEM water electrolyzers

P. Boillat
 

Wednesday 6 March 2019

Prof. Ueli Angst, visitor, ETH Zürich, Institute for Building Materials (IfB), Zürich

Challenges and opportunities in corrosion of steel in concrete

L. Gubler
 

Wednesday 27 February 2019

Anthony Boucly

NAP-XPS: A tool to study the electrode/electrolyte interface

E. Fabbri
 

Thursday 21 February 2019
11-12h OSGA/EG6

F.N. Büchi

ENE-Seminar
ECL/LEC Activities 2018 / Outlook 2019

T.J. Schmidt
 

Wednesday 20 February 2019

David Vonlanthen

Nano-Polyelectrolyte (PBI, TPS) Membrane-Separators in Vanadium Flow Batteries

L. Gubler
 

Friday 15 February 2019
13-14h OFLG/402

one speaker

Internal Seminar

T.J. Schmidt/E. Fabbri/M. Nachtegaal
 

Wednesday 13 February 2019

Marta Mirolo

Combining different spectroscopy techniques to gain insights into the electrode-electrolyte interface in Li-ion batteries

X. Wu
 

Friday 8 February 2019
11-12h OSGA/EG6

Baejung Joseph Kim

ENE Seminar
Understanding Perovskites as Catalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Water Electrolysis

T.J. Schmidt
 

Wednesday 6 February 2019
13-14h OHSA/E13

one speaker

Internal Seminar

L. Gubler
 

Wednesday 6 February 2019

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No Seminar

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Wednesday 30 January 2019

Maximilian Schuster

Water-in-Salt Sodium-Ion Batteries – Establishing Testing Routines and Exploring Viable Cathode Materials

C. Villevieille
 

Thursday 24 January 2019
10:30-12:30 Auditorium West

Felix N. Büchi

ENE-Seminar
„How to get to PSI?“
Antriebs-Technologien heute und morgen

T.J. Schmidt
 

Wednesday 23 January 2019

Magali Cochet

Evaporation Cooling Concept for PEFC

P. Boillat
 

Wednesday 16 January 2019

Laura Höltschi

Cathode and method development: First stepping stones in understanding sulfide based all-solid-state batteries

C. Villevieille
 

 

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No ECL seminars December 19, 2018 until January 15, 2019

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