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The paper 'Si Electrodes for Li-Ion Batteries-A New Way to Look at an Old Problem', S. D. Beattie D. Larcher, M. Morcrette, B. Simon, J.-M. Tarascon, J. Electrochem. Soc. 155, A158 (2008) was featured in the 'Tech Highlights' section of the Summer 2008 Interface magazine published by the Journal of the Electrochemical Society.
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Bio

Dr. Beattie was awarded a Ph.D. in physics from Dalhousie University in 2004 (thesis). He worked with Dr. Jeff Dahn on Li-ion batteries. He pioneered a technique known as 'combinatorial electrodeposition' for the accelerated fabrication and testing of advanced negative electrode materials. After graduation Dr. Beattie was awarded an Industrial Research Fellowship (IRF) to work with Tekion Inc. as Lead Research Scientist. His work focused on the development of commercially viable technologies for energy conversion and energy storage applications (e.g. advanced battery, Li-air and formic acid fuel cell technology). He was responsible for managing all aspects of the lab including, but not limited to: equipment purchasing, equipment maintenance, software design, hardware design, project management, budget reports, monthly progress reports, annual reports to various funding agencies, and supervision of research associates. The research resulted in the development of a Li-air cell with the highest energy-density ever reported (Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Volume 156, Issue 1, pp. A44-A47 (2009)). These cells have energy-densities 10 times greater than any available today, and represent one of the the largest energy-densities of any practical energy storage systems.

In addition to R&D, Dr. Beattie was responsible for securing external funding. The lab was awarded ~ 300k$ under the Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) in June 2005. He worked on other projects within the company as well, such as devloping an economical multichannel galvanostatic testing circuit (to be published soon), advanced catalyst development and product development of the companies flagship energy conversion technology: direct formic-acid fuel cells. Numerous patents and papers were submitted based on this work.

After Tekion Dr. Beattie took up a post-doctoral appointment at the Laboratoire de Reactivite et Chimie des Solides in Amiens, France. Within 12 months a Si-based electrode with four-times the capacity of the industrial standard (carbon) was developed. Click here for suplimental information. Electode fabrication was designed to be inexpensive, and environmentally benign - a significant advantage compared to the toxic chemistry currently used in industry. The industrial research partner, SAFT batteries is continuing the study of the technology in hopes of commercialization.

After completing his post-doc Dr. Beattie accepted a position with Dr. Sean McGrady as Lab Manager for the Hydrogen Research Laboratory at the University of New Brunswick (UNB). The lab is working on hydrogen storage materials for the hydrogen economy. Only a few labs in the world are comparable in analytical, characterization and production capacity. It is a world-class institution for the study of advanced hydrogen storage materials.

Dr. Beattie left UNB to accept a Lab Manager position at UMOE Solar New Brunswick in January 2010. To encourage collaborations between UNB and Umoe Solar Dr. Beattie was appointed an Honorary Research Associate at the University of New Brunswick. At Umoe he was responsible for designing the Solar Cell and Polysilicon Research Lab to be built in 2011. He was involved in a successful application with the Atlantic Innovation Fund (round VII) that saw an Umoe Solar New Brunswick / University of New Brunswick consortium awarded $3M in a $6.3M research project. He was also awarded a Going Global Initiative grant to travel to Norway and establish official collaborations between Umoe Solar New Brunswick and three world-class solar cell laboratories: IFE, SINTEF and NTNU. In May 2010 Umoe Solar NB decided not to build the polysilicon plant in Miramichi, and have halted all R&D projects at UNB.

In June 2010 Dr. Beattie left Umoe Solar NB and took the job as Reseach and Develompent Manager at Know Charge Inc.

In Oct 2011 Dr. Beattie accepted a position with Nexeon, a company specializing in Li-ion battery electrode materials.

Dr. Beattie is an experienced electrochemist, materials scientist and lab manager with a wide range of skills, experience, and accomplishments. He has worked in academics and in industry in both Canada and Europe. He has experience working with industry, managing projects, securing external funding, and supervising highly qualified personnel.

Curriculum Vitae

Publications:

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'A Study of Electrodeposited Negative Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries with an Emphasis on Combinatorial Electrodeposition', Shane D. Beattie and Jeff Dahn		Order here ISBN 978-3-639-19261-2
'Ti-Doped LiAlH4 for Hydrogen Storage: Regeneration Process, Reaction Conditions and Microstructure Evolution During Cycling', Liu, Xiangfeng; Beattie, Shane; Langmi, Henrietta; McGrady, Gerard; Jensen, Craig		Submitted
'High-yield direct synthesis of LiAlH4 from LiH and Al in the presence of TiCl3 and Me2O', Journal of the American Chemical Society, Liu, Xiangfeng; Langmi, Henrietta; Beattie, Shane; Azenwi, Felix; McGrady, Gerard; and Jensen, Craig, accepted August 2011		PDF
'Thermal desorption of hydrogen from magnesium hydride (MgH2): An in situ microscopy study by environmental SEM and TEM', Shane D. Beattie, Uncharat Setthanan and G. Sean McGrady, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, accepted Feb 4 2011, available online March 12, 2011.		Click here for more information. PDF
'Thermal conductivity and specific heat measurements of metal hydrides', Shane D. Beattie, Adam Harris, Andre Levchenko, Joshua Rudolph, Christopher D. Willson, and G. Sean McGrady, to be included in the ITCC 2009 proceedings (30th International Thermal Conductivity Conference) www.thermalconductivity.org		PDF
'Hydrogen desorption studies of NaAlH4 and LiAlH4 by in situ heating in an ESEM', Shane D. Beattie and G. Sean McGrady, accepted to the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Sept 2009 Watch the Flash version here, or download it (10 MB)		Click here for more information. PDF
'Economical multichannel galvanostatic testing circuit', Shane D. Beattie, Dorina Manolescu, Sharon Blair, Journal of Applied Science & Engineering Technology 2008, (jaset.rit.edu)		PDF
'In-situ thermal desorption of H2 from LiNH2 + 2LiH monitored by Environmental SEM' Shane Beattie, Henrietta Langmia and G. Sean McGrady, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 34, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 376-379 Watch the Flash version here, or download it (13 MB)		Click here for more information PDF
'Temporal and Spatial Imaging of Hydrogen Storage Materials: Watching Solvent and Hydrogen Desorb from Aluminium Hydride by Transmission Electron Microscopy', S. D. Beattie, T. Humphries, L. Weaver and G. Sean McGrady, Chem. Commun., 2008, 4448-4450 Watch the Flash version here, or download it (1 MB)		Click here for suplimental information. PDF
'High-Capacity Lithium-Air Cathodes', S. D. Beattie, D. M. Manolescu, and S. L. Blair, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Volume 156, Issue 1, pp. A44-A47 (2009)		PDF
'Si Electrodes for Li-Ion Batteries-A New Way to Look at an Old Problem', S. D. Beattie D. Larcher, M. Morcrette, B. Simon, J.-M. Tarascon, J. Electrochem. Soc. 155, A158 (2008) Featured in the 'Tech Highlights' section of 'Interface' Summer 2008		Click here for suplimental information. PDF
'Recent findings and prospects in the field of pure metals as negative electrodes for Li-ion batteries' , D. Larcher, S. D. Beattie, M. Morcrette, K. Edstroem, J.-C. Jumas,J.-M. Tarascon, J. Mat. Chem., 17, 3759 (2007)		PDF
'Towards a fundamental understanding of the improved electrochemical performance of silicon-carbon composites', J. Saint, M. Morcrette, D. Larcher, L. Laffont, S. D. Beattie, J.-P. Peres, D. Talaga, M. Couzi, J.-M. Tarascon, Adv. Func. Mat., 17, 1765 (2007)		PDF
'Masked Electrodeposition of a Composition-Spread Library of Sn-Zn Alloys onto a 64- Channel Combinatorial Cell Plate', S. D. Beattie and J. R. Dahn, J. Electrochem. Soc. 152, C549 (2005)		PDF
'Combinatorial Electrodeposition of Ternary Cu-Sn-Zn Alloys', S. D. Beattie and J. R. Dahn, J. Electrochem. Soc. 152, C542 (2005)		PDF
'Comparison of Electrodeposited Copper-Zinc Alloys Prepared Individually and Combinatorially', S. D. Beattie and J. R. Dahn, J. Electrochem. Soc. 150, C802 (2003)		PDF
'Morphology and Safety of Li[NixCo1-2xMnx]O2 series (0-1/2)', S. Jouanneau, D. D. MacNeil, Z. Lu, S. D. Beattie, G. Murphy, and J. R. Dahn, J. Electrochem. Soc. 150, A1299 (2003)		PDF
'Single Bath Electrodeposition of Copper-Tin Alloy Negative Electrodes for Lithium-ion Batteries', S. D. Beattie and J. R. Dahn, J. Electrochem. Soc. 150 (7), C457-C460 (2003)		PDF
'Anomalous, high-voltage irreversible capacity in tin electrodes for lithium batteries', S. D. Beattie and J. R. Dahn, J. Electrochem. Soc. 150, A701 (2003)		PDF
'The Electrochemical Reaction of Lithium with Tin studied by in situ AFM', L.Y. Beaulieu, S.D. Beattie, T.D. Hatchard and J.R. Dahn, J. Electrochem. Soc. 150, A419 (2003)		PDF

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