Prof. Jeff Dahn
Fellow
Current Employer
Dalhousie University
Election Year
2001
Academy
Academy of Science
Discipline
Physics
Department
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science
Jeff Dahn is recognized worldwide as Canada's most distinguished scientist in the field of advanced lithium batteries. He is one of the pioneer developers of the lithium-ion battery, which is now used worldwide in laptop computers and cellphones. His work forms the basis by which the reaction of lithium with graphitic and nanoporous carbons as negative electrodes, is understood.
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