Professor Frode Seland from our group was interviewed about the production of clean energy using water electrolysis, for the magazine 2°C. Many of our group members work with the production of hydrogen using water electrolysis, and the use of this hydrogen in fuel cells. 

Click here for the article (in Norwegian). 

Congratulations to Professor Kemal Nisancioglu, who won the European Corrosion Medal for 2018!

Kemal, who has been a professor in the group for over 30 years, has pioneered works on investigating the electrochemical properties of intermetallic particles, specifically in magnesium and aluminium alloys.

You can read more about Kemal and the European Corrosion Medal here

From April 2019, Emily Cossar from The University of Ottawa, Canada will be visiting NTNU for two months as part of the CANOPENER Exchange Program. She will be working on Ni-based catalysts for water splitting.

On Tuesday 7th May, the Electrochemistry Group had their annual groups seminar at Rockheim Museum, where a number of the Masters and PhD students presented their work. There were some excellent presentations on topics including Batteries, Fuel Cells and molten salts, after which some food was served and the group went on to play a game of minigolf!

From June 2019, Tory Borsboom from the University of Victoria, Canada will be visiting the group as part of the CANOPENER project and exchange program. He will be working on glycerol oxidation on nickel based catalysts.

From July 2019, Alexander Reumert from The Technical University of Denmark will be visiting the group for 6 months. He will be working on Ni-based catalysts for water electrolysers, with Professor Svein Sunde

Today we nominated a new board for the NTNU Student Chapter of the Electrochemical Society. Congratulations to those elected:

An article from researchers in our group has been selected as a featured paper and the cover story for the Journal of Energies!

You can read the article, on the conversion of waste heat to H2 using reverse electrodialysis here: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/18/3428

The electrochemistry group will hold it's annual kick-off meeting on 07.11.19. Here you can get to know a bit about the research we do in the group, our links to the electrochemical society, and the people involved. There will be some social activities, and pizza for all!

If you are interested in joining, please contact: frode.h.fagerli@ntnu.no

We hope to see you there!

On Tuesday 26th November, Kjersti Wergeland Krakhella will publically defend her PhD thesis, titled: "Energy storage by salinity gradients"

Public trial lecture: "Membrane based methods for mineral recycling"

Time: 26 November 2019 at 10.15

Place: EL1, Gamle elektro, NTNU Gløshaugen

Public defence of the thesis:

Time: 26 November 2019 at 13.15

Place: EL1, Gamle elektro, NTNU Gløshaugen

On Thursday 28th November, Gøril Jahrsengene will publically defend her PhD thesis, titled: "Coke Impurity Characterisation and Electrochemical Performance of Carbon Anodes for Aluminium Production"

Public trial lecture: "Inert Anodes for Aluminium Production"

Time: 28 November 2019 at 10.15

Place: Disputasrommet, Main Building, NTNU Gløshaugen

Public defence of the thesis:

Time: 28 November 2019 at 13.15

Place: Disputasrommet, Main Building, NTNU Gløshaugen

On Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd December 2019, many members of the electrochemistry group attended NTNU Team Hydrogen Workshop, sponsored by ENERSENSE and CANOPENER.

Amongst invited speakers from as far away as Canada, 5 PhD students from the group presented their work, as did Professors Svein Sunde and Frode Seland.

We look forward to future collaborations within the area of Hydrogen energy!

In December, Professor Frode Seland and three students from the group attended the annual NiElectroCan meeting in Ottawa, Canada.

Here they presented their work on Nickel based catalysts and coatings for use in low temperature fuel cells and electrolysers.

The group is holding a seminar aimed at encouraging 4th year students to join our group for their Masters Project. The seminar will talk place on Thursday 1st March at 16:15 in K2 lunchroom (133)

Talks from PhD and current Master's students within Batteries, Corrosion, Catalysis and Electrolysis will be given, and we encourage anyone interested in finding out more about our group to attend.

Also: There will be pizza! (Sign up here)

The department is looking for someone to fill a Postdoctoral Position for Characterisation of High Purity Quartz and its Surfaces. The goal of the work is to develop and apply experimental tools to understand the effect of processing on the fundamental surface and bulk properties of quartz sand, and how these properties affect the end use of the quartz sand. More information can be found here.

The deadline is 15th March 2018.

From the 16th February until the 4th May 2018, Tory Borsboom from the Centre for Advanced Materials and Related Technology at The University of Victoria, Canada will be visitng the group as part of the CANOPENER project and exchange program. He will be working on glycerol oxidation on nickel based catalysts.

We have an open PhD position in the department, in the the field of Bipolar Plates for Alkaline Water Electrolysis. 

The deadline for applying is 18th May 2018

Mor information at jobbnorge.no or contact Frode Seland

The annual electrochemistry group seminar was held on the 31st May 2018 at Lian restaurant. Group members and visiting academics enjoyed some great presentations from PhD and Masters students in a beautiful location. We then went down to Lianvatnet for some ice cream and outdoor activites.

Congratulations to Professor Geir Martin Haarberg who has been appointed topic responsible for Electrochemistry in the Norwegian encyclopedia Store Norske Leksikon (SNL). The position requires a skilled writer with a solid background within the field. He is now responsible for quality checking the material in the 67 articles attached to the subject, along with writing parts of the content.

If you want to add anything to the encyclopedia, it is possible for anyone to send in contributions. 

From May 2018, Emily Cossar from The University of Ottawa, Canada will be visiting NTNU as part of the CANOPENER Exchange Program. She will be working on Ni-based catalysts for water splitting.

On Wednesday 1st August 2018, Ahmet Tezel will publically defend his PhD thesis, titled: “The Effect of Electrolyte Structure on Solid Electrolyte Interphase Formation on Graphitic Anodes For Li-Ion Batteries”

Public trial lecture:

Time: 1 August 2018 at 10.15

Place: EL2, Gamle elektro , NTNU Gløshaugen

Prescribed subject: "Graphene as material in energy conversion - scientific state of the art and industrial applicability"

Public defence of the thesis:

Time: 1 August 2018 at 13.15

Place: EL2, Gamle elektro, NTNU Gløshaugen

More information can be found here.

On Friday 12th October, Wenting Xu will publically defend her PhD thesis, titled: "The IrO2-Ta2O5 Coated Titanium Anode for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Sulfate Solution"

Public trial lecture: "Magnesium Electrowinning"

Time: 12 October 2018 at 10.15

Place: EL2, Gamle elektro, NTNU Gløshaugen

Public defence of the thesis:

Time: 12 October 2018 at 13.15

Place: EL2, Gamle elektro, NTNU Gløshaugen

On Thursday 25th October, Sathiyaraj Kandhasamy will publically defend his PhD thesis, titled “Molten Carbonate Electrolyte Based Thermocell for High Temperature Waste Heat Recovery”

Public trial lecture: “Applications and recycling of rare earth elements”

Time: 25 October 2018 at 10.15

Place: H1, Main Building, NTNU Gløshaugen

Public defence of the thesis:

Time: 25 October 2018 at 13.15

Place: H1, Main Building, NTNU Gløshaugen

On Tuesday 11th December, Robert Bock will publically defend his PhD thesis, titled “Heat Sources, Thermal Conductivity and Heat Distribution in Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies”

Public trial lecture:“Redox flow batteries - challenges and opportunities”

Time: 11 December 2018 at 10.15

Place: EL2, Gamle elektro, NTNU Gløshaugen

Public defence of the thesis:

Time: 11 December 2018 at 13.15

Place: EL2, Gamle elektro, NTNU Gløshaugen

On Monday 17th December, Shilpa Kumari will publically defend her PhD thesis, titled “Initiation and Propagation of Intergranular Corrosion on AA6005 Aluminium Alloy”

Public trial lecture:“Non-electrochemical methods to determine dissolution rates in corrosion science”

Time: 17 December 2018 at 10.15

Place: H1, Main Building, NTNU Gløshaugen

Public defence of the thesis:

Time: 17 December 2018 at 13.15

Place: H1, Main Building, NTNU Gløshaugen

On Tuesday 30th May 2017, Henrik Åsheim will publically defend his PhD thesis, titled: “PFC Evolution in the Aluminium Production Process”

Public trial lecture:

Time: 30 May 2017 at 10.15

Place: Disputasrommet, Main Building, NTNU Gløshaugen

Prescribed subject: "Concepts and challenges for molten salts nuclear reactors"

Public defence of the thesis:

Time: 30 May 2017 at 13.15

Place: Disputasrommet, Main Building, NTNU Gløshaugen

On Friday 12th May 2017, the annual electrochemistry group seminar was held at Ringve Museum, Trondheim. In between presentations from all the masters students and a number of PhDs on topics such as Al electrolysis, Li-ion Batteries and corrosion detection, we were treated to a fantastic lunch and guided tour of the museum. The day ended with dinner and socialising at Mikrobryggeriet.

On Thursday 29th June 2017, Nazia Sainudeen Nazer will publicly defent her thesis, titled 'High power batteries probed by neutron scattering'

Public trial lecture:
Time: 29 June 2017 at 10.15
Place: Disputasrommet, Main Building, NTNU Gløshaugen
Prescribed subject: "Energy storage beyond lithium ion batteries"

Public defence of the thesis:
Time: 29 June 2017 at 13.15
Place: Disputasrommet, Main Building, NTNU Gløshaugen

CANOPENER 2017 was an event aimed at strengthening Canada-Norway partnerships in electrochemical energy technology. It took place from the 19th to 23rd June 2017, and was hosted by Frode Seland. Many of the electrochemistry group members attended, sharing their research and learning more about EIS during the educational program. More information and photos can be found here.

Throughout August, two researchers from the Laboratoire d'Electrochimie et de Physicochimie des Matériaux et des Interfaces (LEPMI) in Grenoble will be at NTNU to conduct some electrochemical experiments. Marion Scohy and Fabien Claudel have been invited by Svein Sunde to conduct their work on electrochemical energy storage and conversion, more information here (French only).

On Monday 18th September, Babak Khalaghi will publically defend his PhD thesis, titled “Natural Gas Anodes of Porous Graphite for Aluminium Electrolysis”

Public trial lecture:

Time: 18 September 2017 at 10.15

Place: Disputasrommet, Main Building, NTNU Gløshaugen

Prescribed subject: "Urban mining. Electrochemical approaches to recycling of electronic waste."

Public defence of the thesis:

Time: 18 September 2017 at 13.15

Place: Disputasrommet, Main Building, NTNU Gløshaugen

Three visitors from the Division of Applied Physics, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland are currently visiting the electrochemistry group.

They will be presenting some of their research on 25th, 26th and 28th September, 

Mon 25 Sept:

Tue 26 Sept:

15.00-15.30: Jerzy Bodzenta: Scanning thermal microscopy - potentials and limitations
15.30-16.00: Maciej Krzywiecki: Diagnostics of hybrid nanomaterials - application of photoelectron spectroscopies
 

Thur 28 Sept:

13.00-13.30: Lucyna Grządziel: Towards description and prediction of air-induced degradation processes of organic thin films - case study of CuPc

If you would like to see any of the talks, they will be held in K2 room 133

From the 11th to 27th October 2017, Amelia Hohenadel from the Deaprtment of Chemistry at Simon Fraser University, Canada will be visitng the group as part of the CANOPENER project and exchange program. She will be working on ion exchange membranes for water electrolysis and their in-situ characterisation.

We have two visitors from Germany who are here for a PhD defence. They will be giving some talks on their work, information below.

Date: Thur, 26 Oct.
Time: 15.30-17.00
Venue: B1, Berg building
Speakers / Topics: 
- Sannakaisa Virtanen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany: Biodegradable Magnesium: Challenges and Progress in Understanding and Controlling the Corrosion Behaviour in Biological Environments
-  Michael Rohwerder, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf, Germany: Self-Healing Organic Coatings: focus on the interface

For more information, please contact Andreas Erbe

On Friday 27th October 2017, Mariia Stepanova will publically defend her PhD thesis, titled “Zinc-rich coatings for improved corrosion resistance of extruded aluminium heat-exchange tubing in acidified chloride solution”.

Public trial lecture:

Time: 27 October 2017 at 10.15

Place: H1, Main Building, NTNU Gløshaugen

Prescribed subject: "Role of point defects in initiation of pitting corrosion"
 

Public defence of the thesis:

Time: 27 October 2017 at 13.15

Place: H1, Main Building, NTNU Gløshaugen

More information can be found here.

Dr. Erik Kjeang of Simon Fraser University will give a lecture on “Understanding fuel cell degradation by 3D and 4D X-ray imaging”. The lecture will take place in auditorium R4, Realfagbygget, on Thursday November 30 at 13:00.

The lecture will be suitable for anyone with an interest in renewable energy, fuel cells, or in in-situ imaging, and everyone is welcome to attend.

On Friday 1st December, Espen Fanavoll will publically defend his PhD thesis, titled “Microfluidic flow cells for the analysis of electrocatalytic reactions”

Public trial lecture:

Time: 1 December 2017 at 10.15

Place: Disputasrommet, Main Building, NTNU Gløshaugen

Prescribed subject: "Electrode degradation and contamination in PEM fuel cells"

Public defence of the thesis:

Time: 1 December 2017 at 13.15

Place: Disputasrommet, Main Building, NTNU Gløshaugen

More information can be found here

We have an open PhD position in the department, in the the field of coating and surfaces to reduce fouling in marine applications.

The deadline for applying is 15th December 2017

More information on jobbnorge.no, or contact Andreas Erbe