Steen Brian Schougaard

Professor, Université de Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada

Biography

A native of Denmark, Prof. Schougaard received his Masters degree (Cand. Scient) from the University of Copenhagen under the supervision of Prof Bjørnholm in 1998. He subsequently moved to the University of Texas at Austin, where he received his Ph.D. in 2002. Remaining in Austin, he completed a post doctoral fellowship with Prof. Goodenough, in 2004. Shortly hereafter he returned to Denmark to work at RISØ, Danish national laboratories. It was from here that he was recruited to the Université de Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada.

At UQAM he has developed in collaboration with General Motors Canada and Clarian Canada inc. a research program that focuses on the development and characterization of advanced batteries.

Latest posts

Lithium insertion/extraction kinetics in LiFePO₄ — February 10, 2014

Lithium insertion/extraction kinetics in LiFePO₄

By Steen Brian Schougaard

February 10, 2014

February 10, 2014

The electric vehicle appears to be the new frontiers in lithium batteries. Distinctly different from mass produced microelectronics, it requires higher energy density as well as improved power performance requirements. Especially, charge/discharge rates during startup from standstill, deceleration, emergency charging, etc. provide unique challenges. To this end, new chemistries and new material with morphologies like …