Ångström Advanced Battery Centre at Uppsala University

We're very happy to announce that Kristina Edström is going to lead a brand new Swedish battery center!

Center for Swedish batteries - an alliance for ultra-high functionality (SweBAL).

Read the full press release from Vinnova below.

Efforts on world-class research environments | Vinnova Vinnova is investing in eight new centers of excellence where universities and companies together will conduct research and world-class education.

Big news!

We're happy to announce that Northvolt have raised enough capital to proceed with the first homegrown factory for lithium-ion batteries in Europe.

Read more at their website:

Northvolt completes equity capital raise to enable Europe’s first homegrown gigafactories for lithium-ion batteries Volkswagen Group and Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division lead a $1 billion equity capital raise in Northvolt alongside BMW Group, AMF, Folksam Group and IMAS Foundation.With the European Investment Bank and additional lenders set to provide debt financing as a part of the total funding, the esta...

Hello everyone, hope you had a great Easter weekend!

We're currently looking for a PhD in Chemistry of organic battery electrodes. See the link for more information: http://www.kemi.uu.se/about-us/available-positions/?positionId=265082.

Available Positions - Section of Chemistry - Uppsala University, Sweden PhD in Chemistry of organic battery electrodes at the Ångström Advanced Battery Centre, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kemi - Ångström, Uppsala University

Professor Daniel Brandell participated in Nyhetsmorgon earlier today. Talking about Battery 2030+ and more.

See the link for the clip (only Swedish): https://www.tv4play.se/program/nyhetsmorgon/11976931?utm_medium=social&utm_source=t.co&utm_campaign=nyhetsmorgon&linkId=65384264.

Framtidens drivkraft: ”Det måste tillverkas mer batterier” Rön efter rön visar att om den här planeten ska bli en drägligare plats att leva på så måste nåt göras åt det ökande klimathot som kommer ur våra fordons avgasrör. En drastisk minskning av detta koloxidutsläpp är avgörande för en bättre miljö. Men hur ska vi då klara de nödvänd...

Kristina Edström from the ÅABC has been officially announced as one of the 22 researchers chosen for Wallenberg Scholars.

A big congratulations from all of us at ÅABC!

Read more on our website: http://www.kemi.uu.se/news/newspage/?tarContentId=778390&languageId=1.

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Kristina Edström has received Rudbeck medal!

We all at Ångström Advanced Battery Centre congratulate her for this prestige prize! 🥳

Uppsala University Uppsala universitet

Linné- och Rudbeckmedaljörer utsedda - Uppsala universitet Rudbeckmedaljen tilldelas i år professorerna Per Artursson, Kristina Edström och Lars Engwall, medan Linnémedaljen tilldelas professor Leif Andersson. Medaljerna delas ut vid vinterpromotionen den 25 januari nästa år.

Fabian et al. recently published an article on ACS Applied Energy Materials discussing SEI on Graphite. Congratulations!

The Solid Electrolyte Interphase (SEI) of Water-Processed Graphite Electrodes Examined in a 65 mAh Full Cell Configuration The Solid Electrolyte Interphase (SEI) of Water-Processed Graphite Electrodes Examined in a 65 mAh Full Cell Configuration

Late update from ISE 2018, Bologna: Last week, Kristina led a big group of representatives to present some interesting done researches at ÅABC in forms of oral and poster presentations. Here are some pictures, for more information on the topics, please refer to ISE official website.

Ahmed S. Etman, joint PhD student between Ångström Advanced Battery Centre at Uppsala University and Stockholms universitet received the "Graduated Student Award" at E-MRS - European Materials Research Society 2018 Spring Meeting.
Congratulations Ahmed Saad!