Electrochemical Energy Storage Group
Electrochemical technologies are deemed to play a crucial role in the ongoing transition to renewable energy and sustainable materials ecosystems. Electrochemical energy conversion devices such as batteries and fuel cells can operate at efficiencies that are not limited by thermodynamic cycles and have unique size scalability.
In the Electrochemical Energy Storage Group (FTMC-EESG) we are researching and developing ion insertion batteries based on framework electrode materials and simple aqueous electrolyte solutions. At the moment we are primarily focused on Na- and Zn-ion based materials and battery systems.
We are hosted at the Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC) which is the largest research and technology organization in Baltics as a part of the Electrochemical Energy Conversion Lab within the Department of Chemical Engineering and Technologies.
News
16/04/2024 Group activities and recent research results were presented at the 8th Baltic Electrochemistry Conference: Finding New Inspiration 2 (BEChem 2024) in Tartu, Estonia (Phosphate Framework Materials for Ion Insertion Batteries: Understanding, Performance, Degradation)
15/12/2023 The first PhD minted in our group. Congratulations to Dr. Gintarė Gečė for successfully defending her PhD Thesis "Search, Synthesis, and Investigation of New Framework Electrode Materials for Aqueous Na-ion Batteries"
11/12/2023 A nice contribution by our PhD Student Davit Tediashvili and the Team "On the Degradation of Vanadium-Based Phosphate Framework Electrode Materials in Aqueous Environments" is out in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society:
https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ad13fa
04/12/2023 Another nice contribution by our PhD student Gintarė Gečė "A Comparative Study of Mixed Phosphate-Pyrophosphate Materials for Aqueous and Non-Aqueous Na-ion Batteries" is out in ChemSelect
https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202302577
10/10/2023 Group activities and recent research results were presented at the 244th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society in Göteborg, Sweden (A04-0578 Aqueous Electrochemical Degradation of Phosphate Framework Materials: Mechanisms and Mitigation Strategies).
https://ecs.confex.com/ecs/244/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/175685
29/09/2023 New pre-print on "On the degradation of vanadium-based phosphate framework electrode materials in aqueous environments" is out in ECSarXiv:
https://doi.org/10.1149/osf.io/5fk83
07/08/2023 Another small step toward the understanding of aqueous ion battery materials by our Group just published in Electrochmica Acta:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142993
24/05/2023 New paper on application of ALD coatings on NTP is out in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society:
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/acd4ee
04/04/2023 Our PhD student Gintarė Gečė receives a scholarship award from the Theodor von Grotthuss Foundation (press release).
23/02/2023 New paper by our PhD student Gintarė Gečė on NTP nanomorphology is out in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c06732
25/10/2022 Group activities were presented at the Battery 2030+ Nordic/Baltic regional meeting at Chalmers University in Göteborg, Sweden.
21/09/2022 Electrochemical Materials Science Seminar
Richard G. Compton (University of Oxford).
"Single Entity Electrochemistry: Evaluating Carbon Nanotubes as Electrocatalysts"
Contact:
Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC)
Saulėtekio al. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius (Lithuania)
Phone: +370-5-223-4611
linas.vilciauskas (at) ftmc.lt