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May-11-2023

Dr. Andrew Dopilka Wins Poster Award

While at the 2023 International Battery Materials Association Conference in March of 2023, Dr. Andrew Dopilka won the second place poster award for his poster titled: "Nano-FTIR Spectroscopy of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase Layer on a Thin-Film Silicon Li-Ion Anode."  The conference was hosted at the University of Texas at Austin's Engineering Education and Research Center.

Nov-24-2020

Manuel Schnabel gives virtual talk on lithiation of graphite at PRiME 2020

Manuel Schnabel gave a talk on his work on the lithiation of highly-oriented pyrolitic graphite (HOPG) at the PRiME 2020 meeting (which doubled as the 238th ECS meeting). HOPG serves as a model system for graphite, the standard lithium ion battery anode material. Like many other conferences this year, the PRiME 2020 conference was virtual. Watch his talk here.

 

Jun-09-2020

Kostecki Lab Website Launched

We hope you are enjoying our new website, which provides important news and updates about Robert Kostecki's laboratory at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

The professionally designed website is user-friendly, optimized for accessibility and of mobile responsive design, and intended to help all visitors find information quickly and easily.

For additional information or comments please contact Manuel Schnabel.

Jul-01-2019

Breakthrough In Infrared Nanospectroscopy of Liquids and Electrochemically Active Solid-Liquid Interfaces

A recent publication in Nano Letters outlines the details of the first ever demonstration of infrared nanospectroscopy of both (i) liquids and (ii) electrochemically active solid-liquid interfaces.  This advancement paves the way for a host of previously unattainable basic science investigations with broad-reaching relevancy to a diversity of fields from energy science, to electrochemistry, to biology.  The work was featured in the press as both an ALS "Science Highlight" and a Lab-wide LBL "Science Snapshot".