Good Morning!
Purdue’s School of Chemical Engineering is honored to be hosting Dr. M. Stanley Whittingham of State University of New York at Binghamton on August 30, 2016.
Please mark your calendars!
Jill K. Vigar
Secretary
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Rm 2144
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907
P. 765-494-7134
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GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES
Dr. M. Stanley Whittingham
Chemistry Department
State University of New York at Binghamton
“The Ultimate Limits of Intercalation Reactions
for Li-Batteries”
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
3:00 - 4:15 p.m.
FRNY G140
Reception at 2:30 p.m. in Henson Atrium
Abstract: Over the last 40 years, lithium batteries have come from a novelty to dominating and
enabling not only the power sources for portable electronics, but also those for electric vehicles and now grid storage. Without them, many of today’s electronics would not exist. They have achieved this success, whilst attaining less than 20% of their theoretical
volumetric energy density. Substantial improvements are possible, and will be obtained through materials and engineering breakthroughs. However, there are ultimate limits to what intercalation-based cells can attain, around 1 kWh/liter and 350 Wh/kg at the
cell level. It is unlikely that any other battery system will attain higher volumetric energy densities.
Biography: Stan Whittingham is a SUNY distinguished professor of chemistry and materials science
and engineering at SUNY Binghamton. He received his BA and D Phil degrees in chemistry from Oxford University. He has been active in Li-batteries since 1971 when he won the Young Author Award of the Electrochemical Society for his work on the solid electrolyte
beta-alumina. In 1972, he discovered the role of intercalation in battery reactions, which resulted in the first commercial lithium rechargeable batteries that were built by Exxon. In 1988 he returned to academia at SUNY Binghamton to initiate a program in
materials chemistry. He was awarded a JSPS Fellowship in the Physics Department of the University of Tokyo in 1993. In 2004 he received the Battery Division research Award. He is presently Director of the NECCES EFRC based at Binghamton. In 2012 he received
the Yeager Award of the International Battery Association for his lifetime contributions to battery research; in 2015 he received the Lifetime Contributions to Battery Technology award from NAATBaaT. He is a Fellow of both the Electrochemical Society and the
Materials Research Society. He is Vice-Chair, Board of Directors of the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NYBEST).