
Welcome to the Electrochemistry Laboratory (LEC)
The Electrochemistry Laboratory (LEC), established 1988, is part of the Energy and Environment Research Division (ENE) at the Paul Scherrer Institute. The laboratory comprises 6 interacting research groups that deal with almost all aspects of electrochemical energy storage and conversion. PSI’s Electrochemistry Laboratory is Switzerland’s largest Center for Electrochemical Research.
PSI Electrochemistry Symposium
39th Swiss Electrochemistry Symposium
Topic: Future Materials in Electrochemical Systems
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Kultur & Kongresshaus Aarau, Schlossplatz 9, 5000 Aarau, Switzerland
Registration opens December 1, 2022
https://www.psi.ch/ses23 (Firefox or Chrome)
38th Swiss Electrochemistry Symposium
Topic: Electrochemical Valorization of Carbon Dioxide
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Kultur & Kongresshaus Aarau, Schlossplatz 9, 5000 Aarau, Switzerland
https://youtu.be/O72YyZPr0aE
Past program: https://www.psi.ch/ses22 (Firefox or Chrome)
1. November 2021
PSI-Impuls-Preis 2021 geht an Tobias Schuler
Mitteilung PSI-Impuls
Den PSI-Impuls-Preis 2021 erhält Tobias Schuler für seine Doktorarbeit “Towards a Generic Understanding of Porous Transport Layers in Polymer Electrolyte Water Electrolysis”
Further details: Electrochemistry Scientific Highlight 1st May 2020 - Tobias Schuler et al.
Scientific Highlight
High performance gas diffusion layers with added deterministic structures
Hydrogen will play an important role in a future energy system based on renewable sources, providing energy storage, being a base material for industry and an energy carrier in transport applications. For the efficient electrification of hydrogen, polymer electrolyte fuel cell technology is developed and applied today in trucks, passenger cars and stationary applications. It is envisaged that even more demanding applications such as airplanes may follow. For road transport applications an increase in power density is required to further reduce cost and future applications may need these advances to be technically competitive. In this work we describe a novel concept for gas diffusion layers, highly important for achieving high fuel cell power densities.
News
LEC on TV and Radio
Swiss Radio: SRF Regionaljournal Aargau Solothurn, May 8, 2017, 17:30h
Paul Scherrer Institut entwickelt Akku der Zukunft
Swiss TV: Kassensturz, January 17, 2017, 21:10h
Knopfbatterien im Test: Enorme Preisunterschiede
Swiss TV: Einstein, November 26, 2015, 21:07h
Die Renaissance der Batterie
Swiss TV: Einstein, November 21, 2013, 21:07h
Mobilität ohne Treibhausgase
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