Lithium-ion Battery Materials and Engineering

Malgorzata K. Gulbinska holds a Ph.D. degree in chemistry, with experience in inorganic syntheses methods (including solid state methods) and in materials science and a strong background in materials analyses methods (such as XRD, SEM, BET, etc.) and the assembly and testing of coin and pouch lithium-ion cells (both half and full cells). Since February 2005 she has been working at Yardney Technical Products, Inc., located in Pawcatuck, CT, USA. Yardney is a manufacturer of the high-end lithium-ion batteries for space, military and medical (implanted hearing aid) applications who also sponsored a significant part of her graduate (Ph.D.) thesis work that was described silicon-based anode materials for LIB applications. Within the past years, Malgorzata Gulbinska was a PI and Co-PI on several completed and current grants; totaling over $3,000,000.00. The sources were/are both Federal (Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Naval Air Warfare Center) as well as Industrial (BASF Catalysts LLC, NJ, USA; HPL SA, Lausanne, Switzerland). Recently (2007-2009) she has been awarded five Phase I research grants; three from the U.S. Department of Energy, one from National Science Foundation, and one from NASA.

1.Lithium-ion Battery Materials in Practice.- 2.Optimizing Lithium-ion Battery Materials.- 3.Nanomaterials in Lithium-ion Cells.- 4.Predicting Materials’ Performance.- 5.Predicting Lithium-ion Cells’ Failure.- 6.Lithium-ion Cells Engineering for High-end Applications.- 7.Lithium-ion Cells in Hybrid Systems.- 8.The Competing Technologies Landscape.