2005 Electrochemical Society Battery Division Research Award

Michael Thackeray of Argonne National Laboratory received the 2005 Research Award of the Battery Division of the Electrochemical Society. The award was established in 1958 to recognize outstanding contributions to the science and technology of primary and secondary cells and batteries and fuel cells. Thackeray's research has focused on the structural and electrochemical characterization of silver-iodide-based solid electrolytes, and the compositional and structural design of several transition-metal oxides, particularly manganese oxides, for rechargeable lithium battery applications. He has also spearheaded the research of a new class of intermetallic negative electrodes that operate by reversible lithium insertion/metal displacement reactions. Thackeray has more than 160 research publications and holds 24 patents, some of which have led to the international commercialization of battery materials.