MSE Colloquium--Esther Takeuchi, Insights into Current and Future Electrochemical Energy Storage

Dr. Esther Takeuchi

Knapp Chair of Energy and the Environment Director, Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy

 

Abstract

Electrochemical energy storage devices such as lithium ion batteries are ever present powering portable electronics. Emerging applications such as electric vehicles and large-scale storage needed for widespread integration of intermittent renewable energy such and wind and solar demand a variety of new solutions. Electric vehicles are most often powered by lithium ion batteries, yet demands for higher energy content and faster charge require new materials and expanded understanding. Currently, >80% of installed batteries providing back-up to the grid are lithium ion batteries, however, the application demands lower cost and safer alternatives. -BREAK- This presentation will provide some examples of concepts for next generation lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles that provide higher energy content and fast charge. Mechanistic studies on lower cost aqueous electrolyte batteries for future grid storage applications will be discussed. A focus on mechanistic understanding will include use of in situ and operando characterization methodologies over multiple size domains and time scales. The use of multiple synergistic methods to gain deeper insight will also be highlighted

Bio

Dr. Esther S. Takeuchi is a SUNY Distinguished Professor and the William and Jane Knapp Chair in Energy and the Environment at Stony Brook University. She holds a joint appointment at Brookhaven National Laboratory as Chief Scientist and Chair of the Interdisciplinary Science Department. Previously, she was employed at Greatbatch, Inc., where her achievements in lithium battery research led to several technological innovations. Her work was instrumental in the development of the lithium/silver vanadium oxide battery, the power source of life-saving implantable cardiac defibrillators. Dr. Takeuchi is a prolific inventor with > 150 patents. Dr. Takeuchi’s accomplishments have been widely recognized. She is a member of National Academy of Engineering, was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a Charter Member of the National Academy of Innovation. She received the E. V Murphree and Astellas Awards from the American Chemical Society and the Electrochemical Society (ECS) Battery Division Technology award. She is a Fellow of the ECS, the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She has received the European Inventor Award, the Sigma Xi Walston Chubb Innovation Award, an honorary Doctorate in Engineering from Notre Dame University, and the ECS Edward G. Acheson award. Dr. Takeuchi received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania with a double major in chemistry and history and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the Ohio State University.

www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/takeuchigroup

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