LEC Seminar
Die Seminare finden im Raum ODRA/111 jeweils am Mittwoch um 11:00 Uhr statt. Externe Gäste (ausserhalb des PSI) sind willkommen, werden aber gebeten, sich im Labor-Sekretariat bei Frau Cordelia Gloor unter Tel.: +41 56 310 2919 oder per e-mail anzumelden.
Lectures take place in room ODRA/111 on every Wednesday at 11:00 am. External guests (from outside PSI) are welcome, but are requested to register with our secretary Cordelia Gloor at phone: +41 56 310 2919 or via e-mail.
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Moderator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 17 April 2024 9:30-16:45h KuK Aarau, Switzerland |
7 speakers | 40th Swiss Electrochemistry Symposium Topic: Critical Raw Materials for the Energy Transition |
F.N. Büchi |
| Tue+Wednesday 13-14 March 2024 times tbd Trafo Baden, Switzerland |
speakers tbd | ModVal 2024 - the 20th Symposium on Modeling and Validation of Electrochemical Energy Technologies |
F.N. Büchi |
| Wednesday 31 January 2024 9-17h |
4th PSI Electrochemistry Day | Postdocs and PhD students ECL Audi West |
F.N. Büchi/M. El Kazzi/D. Baster |
| 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 |
| 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 | --- | No Seminar | --- |
| 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 | --- | No Seminar | --- |
| Wednesday 13 April 2022 | --- | No Seminar | --- |
| 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 | --- | No Seminar | --- |
| 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 | --- | No Seminars - Christmas holidays | --- |
| 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 | --- | No Seminars - Summer holidays | --- |
| 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 | --- | No Seminars - Summer holidays | --- |
| 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 | --- | No Seminar due to EFCF Lucerne | --- |
| 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 | --- | No Seminar | --- |
| 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 | --- | No Seminar / Swiss Battery Days | --- |
| 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 | --- | No Seminars - Christmas holidays | --- |