Eric Dufek, Ph.D.https://bios.inl.gov/Lists/Researcher/DisplayOverrideForm.aspx?ID=18Eric Dufek, Ph.D. Dr. Eric Dufek is the department manager for Idaho National Laboratory’s Energy Storage & Electric Vehicle Department, overseeing over 40 research scientists, engineers, postdoctoral researchers and interns. The department focuses on advanced transportation systems with an emphasis on use, analysis and controls for electric vehicle infrastructure, the development, evaluation and identification of technology gaps for advanced battery technologies and analysis of current and future mobility systems. His research interests are in electrochemical systems with an emphasis on Li metal and Li-ion batteries. He has focused primarily on methods to better understand failure modes for batteries impact life and performance. This work has included how to enhance the life for high energy batteries as well as increasing the ability of batteries to charge at high rates. He has published over 80 peer reviewed journal articles in the fields of electrochemistry, batteries, interface modification, immunoassay development and corrosion. He received his bachelor’s in chemistry from the University of South Dakota and his doctorate in Analytical Chemistry (Electrochemistry) from the University of Wyoming. Before joining INL in 2010 he was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Utah.​​​ <div class="ExternalClass1A9DCFE8C3AC4C64BE55E60E7DB20A77"><p>​Ph.D., Analytical (Electrochemistry) Chemistry - University of Wyoming</p><p>B.S., Chemistry - University of South Dakota</p></div><div class="ExternalClass2DB8B80C76C84D7285EDF667E0E4AF30"><p>​Electrochemical Society<br>American Chemical Society<br>Proposal reviewer for the Vehicle Technologies Office in DOE-EERE, and DOE-OS Basic Energy Sciences<br>Program Chair 2015 Northwest Regional (NORM) American Chemical Society Meeting<br>Local American Chemical Society (Idaho Section) Chair Elect and Chair of Local Section </p></div><div class="ExternalClass4FD4BBB91E2F467986085A4AC757AAA3"><p><strong>Peer Reviewed Publications:</strong></p><p><span aria-hidden="true"></span>“Challenges of future high power wireless power transfer for light-duty electric vehicles – technology and risk assessment” B. Zhang, R.B. Carlson, J.G. Smart, E.J. Dufek, B.Y. Liaw, eTransportation, 2 (2019), 100012.</p><p><br>“Electrochemical quantification of Li Plating: Challenges and Considerations” T.R. Tanim, E.J. Dufek, C.C. Dickerson, S.M. Wood, J. Electrochem. Soc., 166 (2019), A2689-A2696.</p><p><br>“Extreme Fast Charge Challenges for Lithium-ion Battery: Variability and Positive Electrode Issues” T.R. Tanim, et. Al, J. Electrochem. Soc, 166 (2019), A1926-A1938.</p><p><br>“Safety Aspects of Energy Storage Testing”, R. Bewley, E.J. Dufek, S.E. Egan, D.K. Jamison, C. Ashton, C.D. Ho, M.C. Evans, T.L Bennett, J. Electrochem. Soc., 166 (2019), E263-E265.</p><p><br>“Pathways for Practical High-Energy Long-cycling Lithium Metal Batteries” Jun Liu et. al,  Nature Energy, 4 (2019), 180-186.</p><p><br>“Critical Parameters for Evaluating Coin Cells and Pouch Cells of Rechargeable Li-metal Batteries” Shuru Chen, et. al., Joule, 3 (2019), 1094-1105. </p><p><br>“Implications of Local Current Density Variations on Lithium Plating Affected by Cathode Particle Size” A. W. Abboud, E.J.Dufek, B.Y. Liaw, J. Electrochem. Soc., 166 (2019), A667-A669.</p><p><br>“Impacts of lean electrolyte on cycle life for rechargeable Li metal batteries” S.C. Nagpure et. al., Journal of Power Sources, 407 (2018), 53-62.</p><p><br>“Predicting Calendar Aging in Lithium Metal Secondary Batteries: The Impacts of Solid Electrolyte Interphase Composition and Stability” S.M. Wood et. al, Advanced Energy Materials, 8 (2018), 1801427.</p><p><br>“Electrochemical Production of Syngas from CO2 Captured in Switchable Polarity Solvents” Luis A. Diaz et. al, Green Chemistry, 20 (2018), 620-626.</p><p><br>“Fast Charge Implications: Pack and Cell Comparison and Analysis” Tanvir R. Tanim, Matthew Shirk, Randy L. Bewley, Eric J. Dufek and Boryann Liaw, J. Power Sources, 381 (2018), 56-65 .</p><p> </p><p>“Enabling fast charging – A battery technology gap assessment” Shabbir Ahmed et. al. J. Power Sources, 367 (2017), 250-262.</p><p> </p><p>“Enabling fast charging – Vehicle Considerations” Andrew Meintz et. al J. Power Sources, 367 (2017), 216-227.</p><p> </p><p>“Enabling fast charging – Battery Thermal Considerations” Matthew Keyser et.al. J. Power Sources, 367 (2017), 228-236.<br></p><p><br></p><p>“Enabling fast charging – A battery technology gap assessment” Shabbir Ahmed et. al. J. Power Sources, 367 (2017), 250-262.</p><p> </p><p>“Enabling fast charging – Vehicle Considerations” Andrew Meintz et. al J. Power Sources, 367 (2017), 216-227.</p><p> </p><p>“Enabling fast charging – Battery Thermal Considerations” Matthew Keyser et.al. J. Power Sources, 367 (2017), 228-236.</p><p> </p><p>“Enabling fast charging – Infrastructure and Economic Considerations” Andrew Burnham et. al. J. Power Sources, 367 (2017) 237-249</p><p> </p><p>“Phosphoranimines containing cationic N-imidazolinium moieties” John R. Klaehn, Harry W. Rollins, Joshua S. McNally, Navamoney Arulsamy, Eric J. Dufek, Inorganica Chimica Acta (2017), 466, 254-265.</p><p> </p><p>“Enhancing Li-ion Battery Safety by Early Detection of Nascent Internal Shorts” S.V. Sazhin, E. J. Dufek, and K.L. Gering, Journal of the Electrochemical Society (2017), 164(1), A6281-A6287.</p><p> </p><p>“Morphological Analysis and Synthesis for Understanding Electrode Microstructure Evolution as a Function of Applied Charge/Discharge Cycles” Michael V. Glazoff, Eric J. Dufek and Egor V. Shalashnikov, Applied Physics A (2016), 122, 894.</p><p><br>”Use of phosphoranimines to reduce carbonates in Li-ion battery electrolytes” Eric J. Dufek, John R. Klaehn, Josh S. McNally, Harry W. Rollins, and David K. Jamison Electrochimica Acta (2016), 209, 36-43.</p><p><br>“Density impact on performance of composite Si/graphite electrodes” Eric J. Dufek, Michael Picker, and Lucia M. Petkovic Journal of Applied Electrochemistry (2016), 46, 359.</p><p><br>“Selective fluorescence detection of Al(III) by dehydration of secondary alcohols in mixed DMSO/Aqueous Media” M. Alaparthi, K Mariappan, E.J. Dufek, M. Hoffman, and A.G. Sykes, RSC Advances (2016), 6, 11295.</p><p><br>“Electrodeposition as an alternate method for preparation of environmental samples for iodide by AMS” M.L. Adamic, T.E.Lister, E.J. Dufek, D.D Jenson, J.E. Olson, C. Vockenhuber, M.G. Watrous, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms (2015), 361, 372.</p><p><br>“Unsaturated Phosphazenes as Co-solvents for Lithium-Ion Battery Electrolytes” Mason K. Harrup, Harry W. Rollins, David K. Jamison, Eric J. Dufek, Kevin L. Gering, Thomas A. Luther, Journal of Power Sources (2015), 278, 794.</p><p><br>“Fluorinated Phosphazene Co-solvents for Improved Thermal and Safety Performance in Lithium-Ion Battery Electrolytes” Harry W. Rollins, Mason K. Harrup, Eric J. Dufek, David K. Jamison, Sergiy V. Sazhin, Kevin L. Gering, Dayna L. Daubaras, Journal of Power Sources (2014), 263, 66.</p><p><br>“Sampling dynamics for pressurized electrochemical cells” Eric J. Dufek, Tedd E. Lister and Simon G. Stone, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry (2014), 44, 849-855.</p><p><br>“Aluminum Electroplating on Steel from a Fused Bromide Electrolyte” Prabhat K. Tripathy, Laura A. Wurth, Eric J. Dufek, Tony Y. Gutknecht, Natalie J. Gese, Paula A. Hahn, Steven M. Frank, Guy L. Fredrickson, and J Stephen Herring, Surface and Coatings Technology (2014), 258, 652-663.</p><p><br>“Evaluation of the SEI using a multilayer spectroscopic ellipsometry model” Eric J. Dufek, ECS Electrochemistry Letters (2014), 3(11) A108-A111.</p><p><br>“Hybrid phosphazene anodes for energy storage applications” Eric J. Dufek, Mark L.Stone, David K. Jamison, Frederick F. Stewart, Kevin L. Gering, Lucia M. Petkovic, Aaron D. Wilson, Mason K. Harrup, Harry W. Rollins, Journal of Power Sources (2014), 267, 347-355.</p><p><br> “Chlor-syngas: Coupling of Two Electrochemical Technologies for Production of Commodity Chemicals” Tedd E. Lister and Eric J. Dufek, Energy & Fuels (invited special issue Accelerating Fossil Energy Technology Development), (2013), 27(8), 4244. </p><p><br>“Operation of a pressurized system for continuous reduction of CO2 ” Eric J. Dufek, Tedd E. Lister, Simon Stone, and Michael E. McIlwain, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, (2012), 159(9), F514.</p><p><br>“Influence of electrolytes and membranes on cell operation for syn-gas production” Eric J. Dufek, Tedd E. Lister and Michael E. McIlwain, Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, (2012), 15(4), B48.</p><p><br>“Influence of S contamination on CO2 reduction at Ag electrodes” Eric J. Dufek, Tedd E. Lister, and Michael E. McIlwain, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, (2011), 158(11), B1384.</p><p><br> “Bench-Scale Electrochemical System for Generation of CO and Syn-Gas from CO2” Eric J. Dufek, Tedd E. Lister and Michael E. McIlwain, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, (2011), 41(6), 623.</p><p><br>“Competitive surface enhanced Raman scattering assay for the detection of 1,25-dihydroxy Vitamin D” Eric J. Dufek, Michael C. Granger, Tanya Sandrock, Sam L. Legge, Mark Herrman and Marc D. Porter, Analyst, (2010), 135, 2811-2817.</p><p><br> “Characterization of Zr(IV)-Phosphonate Thin Films which Inhibit O2 Reduction on AA2024-T3”, Eric J. Dufek and Daniel A. Buttry, Journal of the Electrochemical Society (2009), 156(9), C322-C330.</p><p><br>“Inhibition of O2 Reduction on AA2024-T3 Using a Zr(IV)-Octadecyl Phoshonate Coating System”, Eric J. Dufek and Daniel A. Buttry.   Electrochemical and Solid State Letters (2008), 11(2), C9-C12.</p><p><br>“Dioxygen Reduction Affects Surface Oxide Growth and Dissolution on AA2024-T3”, Eric J. Dufek, Jesse Seegmiller, Reinaldo C. Bazito, and Daniel A. Buttry. Journal of the Electrochemical Society (2007), 154(9) C458-C464.</p><p><br>“Syntheses, Characterizations, and Properties of Electronically Perturbed 1,1’-Dimethyl-2,2’-bipyridinium Tetrafluoroborates”, Dong Zhang, Eric J. Dufek, and Edward L. Clennan. Journal of Organic Chemistry (2006), 71(1), 315-319.</p><p><br>“Structural and electronic features important to nπ*-ππ* inversion sensors: synthesis, luminescence, and electrochemical properties of sulfur and chlorine-containing macrocycles. Part 3.” Mariappan Kadarkaraisamy, Eric Dufek, Desire Lone Elk and Andrew G. Sykes. Tetrahedron (2005), 61(2), 479-484.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Book Chapters</strong></p><p>“Selecting Favorable Energy Storage Technologies for Nuclear Power” Samuel C. Johnson, F. Todd Davidson, Joshua D. Rhodes, Justin L. Coleman, Shannon M. Bragg-Sitton, Eric J. Dufek, Micheal E. Webber. Storage and Hybridization of Nuclear Energy (2019), 119-175.</p><p><br>“Batteries-Materials for Rechargeable Lithium-ion Batteries” Hui Xiong, Eric J. Dufek and Kevin L. Gering. Comprehensive Energy Systems (2018), 629-662.</p><p><br>“Rotationally-Induced Hydrodynamics: Fundamentals and Applications to High Speed Bioassays”, Gufeng Wang, Jeremy D. Driskell, April A. Hill, Eric J. Dufek, Robert J. Lipert and Marc D. Porter, Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry (2010), 3 (1), 387-407.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Proceedings and Transactions</strong></p><p>“Enhancing Li-ion Battery Safety by Early Detection of Nascent Internal Shorts” Sergiy V. Sazhin, Eric J. Dufek and Kevin L. Gering, Electrochemical Society Transactions (2016), 73(1), 161-178.</p><p> </p><p>"Electrochemical Systems for Production of Syngas and Co-Products" Tedd E. Lister, Eric J. Dufek and Simon G. Stone <em>Electrochemical Society Transactions </em>(2013).</p><p> </p><p>"Bench-scale electrochemical production of synthesis gas" Eric J. Dufek, Tedd E. Lister and Michael E. McIlwain <em>2012 AIChE Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings</em> (2012).</p><p> </p><p>"Enhanced generation of syn-gas from the electroreduction of CO<sub>2</sub> at elevated pressure" Eric J. Dufek, Tedd E. Lister and Michael E. McIlwain <em>Preprints of Symposia-American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry </em>(2012), 57(1), 234-235.</p></div>https://bios.inl.gov/BioPhotos/Eric3-800-cropped.jpg<div class="ExternalClass312F8A3AD9A2461AADC51709AC36763D"><p><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-u-rDegAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao">Google Scholar</a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-dufek-4bb10496/">LinkedIn​</a><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-u-rDegAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao"></a><br></p></div><div class="ExternalClass1189498735714B8493E25818BD39155C"><p>Klaehn, J. R.; Dufek, E. J.; McNally, J. S. “Phosphoranimine Compounds, Electrolyte Solutions including a Phosphoranimine Compound, and Energy Storage Device including Same,” Patent Application No. 14/817,511; August 8, 2015.</p><p><br>Klaehn, J. R.; Dufek, E. J.; Rollins, H. W.; Harrup, M. K.; Gering, K. L.; “Electrolyte Solutions Including A Phosphoranimine Compound, And Energy Storage Devices Including Same,” US Patent 9,761,910.</p><p><br>Lister, Tedd, Parkman, Jacob, Diaz Aldana, Luis A, Clark, Gemma, Dufek, Eric J., Keller, Philip “Electrochemistry Enabled Recovery of Value Metals from Electronics” – US Patent 9,777,346.</p><p><br>Tripathy, Prabhat, Frederickson, Guy, Dufek, Eric J., Wurth Laura, Herring James, “Aluminum Electroplating on Metals/Alloys from a Bromide Plating Bath”– PCT filed PCT/US16/42528.</p><p><br>Lilga, Michael A., Padmaperuma, Asanga A, Lister, Tedd E., Dufek, Eric J., Petkovic, Lucia M.  “System and Process for Electrochemical Upgrading of Bio-oils” US 15/078,784; March 23, 2016.</p><p><br>Sazhin, Sergiy V., Gering, Kevin L, Dufek, Eric J. “Systems and related methods for determining self-discharge currents and internal shorts in energy storage cells” US Patent 10,036,779B2.</p></div>Department Manager for Idaho National Laboratory’s Energy Storage & ElectricTransportation Department<div class="ExternalClassBBACE6AD332E4A7DAD340FB7C6BE4D02"><p><strong>Oral Presentations (Invited)</strong></p><p>“Cell variability: Implications for high power and energy cell design” Eric J. Dufek, at the Pacific Power Sources Symposium (Jan. 9, 2019), Waikoloa, HI.</p><p><br>“High Energy Batteries: Addressing the challenges of durability and reliability” Eric J. Dufek, at Wayne State University (Nov. 7, 2017), Detroit, MI.</p><p><br>“Energy Storage Development: Understanding application to direct design”, Eric J. Dufek, at Energy Storage 2017: Opportunities and Challenges for Electric Grid, Wave and Hydropower and other Sustainable Energies (Nov. 6, 2017), Corvallis, OR.</p><p><br>“Routes to understand the impact of aggrgessive use conditions on battery durability and reliability” Eric J. Dufek, Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (June 22, 2017), San Francisco, CA.</p><p><br>“Renewable Energy Development, Microgrids and Energy Storage” Kurt Myers and Eric J. Dufek, Power Delivery Design Conference (March 2, 2017), Stanley, ID.</p><p> </p><p>“Impacts of Fast Charging at the Cell and Vehicle Level” Eric J. Dufek, Matt Shirk, Randy Bewley and Ryan Jackman, 2016 Battery Show (Sept. 13, 2016), Novi, MI.</p><p> </p><p>"Battery Life Modeling-Prediction vs. Results" Jon P. Christophersen, <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Eric J. Dufek</span>, and Chinh D. Ho, 2015 Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (June 15-19), Detroit, MI.</p><p> </p><p>"Small to Large Scale Energy Storage, Monitoring, and Security" <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Eric J. Dufek</span>, Federal Laboratory Symposium (Mar. 24-26), College Park, MD.</p><p> </p><p>"Bench-Scale Electrochemical Production of Synthesis Gas", Eric J. Dufek, Tedd E. Lister and Michael E. McIlwain, 2012 AIChE Annual Meeting (Oct. 2012), Pittsburgh, PA. </p><p> </p><p>Surface enhanced Raman scattering as a readout strategy for immunodetection", Marc D. Porter and <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Eric J. Dufek</span>, <em>Invited Presentation.</em> Particles 2010 (May 22-25) Orlando, FL.</p><p> </p><p>"Competitive immunoassays utilizing surface enhanced Raman scattering for the detection of small molecules" <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Eric J. Dufek</span>, Michael C. Granger, Tanya Sandrock, Shelley J. Coldiron and Marc D. Porter Frontiers in Nanoparticles and Nanoporous Materials symposia, 237<sup>th</sup>  ACS National Meeting (March 2009), Salt Lake City, UT</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Other Oral Presentations</strong></p><p><strong></strong> “Understanding performance fade in High Energy Density Li Batteries” Eric J. Dufek, Shrikant C. Nagpure, Sean M. Wood, Charles C. Dickerson, Boryann Liaw, 232nd Electrochemical Society Meeting (Oct. 2017) National Harbor, MD. </p><p><br>“Implications of Measurement Uncertainty in Battery Performance Analysis” S.C. Nagpure, E.J. Dufek, C.C. Dickerson, R.L. Bewley, L.K. Walker, S.M. Wood, B.Y. Liaw, T. Tanim, 232nd Electrochemical Society Meeting (Oct. 2017) National Harbor, MD. </p><p><br>“On Cell Variability and Fade Mechanisms in High Energy Density Lithium Batteries” S.C. Nagpure, E.J. Dufek, B.Y. Liaw, S.M. Wood, C.C. Dickerson, T. Tanim 232nd Electrochemical Society Meeting (Oct. 2017) National Harbor, MD. </p><p><br>“Assessment of the Use of Switchable Polarity Solvents for Delivery of CO2 for Electrochemical Reduction” L.A. Diaz Aldana, B. Adhikari, T.E. Lister, A.D. Wilson, E.J. Dufek 232nd Electrochemical Society Meeting (Oct. 2017) National Harbor, MD. </p><p><br>“Interactions of Nanostructured TiO2 with Nonaqueous Electrolytes for Na-ion Batteries” K. Smith, R.Parrish, P. Barnes, A. Savva, D. Karsann, C. Deng, E.J. Dufek, H. Xiong232nd Electrochemical Society Meeting (Oct. 2017) National Harbor, MD.</p><p> </p><p>"Difficulty and Techniques for Assessing Battery State of Health" Chris Orendorff, Eric J. Dufek, Josh Lamb, Larry Juang and Jon Christophersen, Stranded Energy Technical Workshop (Dec. 2015) Chicago, IL.</p><p> </p><p>"Phosphorus-containing Electrolytes – Expansion to include Phosphoranimines for Li-ion Batteries", Eric J. Dufek, John R. Klaehn, Josh S. McNally and Harry W. Rollins, 228<sup>th</sup> meeting of the Electrochemical Society (Oct. 2015) Phoenix, AZ.</p><p> </p><p>"Battery Life Modeling-Prediction vs. Results", Jon P. Christophersen, Eric J. Dufek and Chinh D. Ho, 2015 Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (June 2015) Detroit, MI.</p><p> </p><p>"Use of complimentary methods to evaluate energy storage interfaces", Eric J. Dufek, Lucia M. Petkovic, Harry W. Rollins, and John R. Klaehn, 248<sup>th</sup> National meeting of the American Chemical Society (Aug. 2014) San Francisco, CA.</p><p> </p><p>"Correlating electrochemical and spectroscopic ellipsometry signals to evaluate energy storage interfaces", Eric J. Dufek and Lucia M. Petkovic, 224<sup>th</sup> meeting of the Electrochemical Society (Oct. 2013) San Franscisco, CA. </p><p> </p><p>"Morphological analysis for the evaluation of electrode structures", Eric J. Dufek, Michael V. Glazoff, and Kevin L. Gering, 224<sup>th</sup> meeting of the Electrochemical Society (Oct. 2013) San Franscisco, CA.</p><p> </p><p>"Electrochemical Systems for Production of Syngas and Co-products", Tedd E. Lister, Eric J. Dufek and Simon G. Stone, 224<sup>th</sup> meeting of the Electrochemical Society (Oct. 2013) San Francisco, CA.</p><p> </p><p>"Integrated Carbon-Reduced Battery Chemistries for Safer Alternative Li-ion Cells", Mason Harrup, Eric J. Dufek and Kevin L. Gering, accepted for the 224<sup>th</sup> meeting of the Electrochemical Society (Oct. 2013) San Francisco, CA.</p><p> </p><p>"Enhanced generation of syn-gas from the electroreduction of CO<sub>2</sub> at elevated pressure", Eric J. Dufek, Tedd E. Lister, and Michael E. McIlwain, 243<sup>rd</sup> ACS National Meeting (Mar. 2012), San Diego, CA.</p><p> </p><p>"Implications associated with S contamination for the production of syn-gas from CO<sub>2</sub> reduction", Eric J. Dufek, Tedd E. Lister and Michael E. McIlwain, 220<sup>th</sup> meeting of the Electrochemical Society (Oct. 2011), Boston, MA.</p><p> </p><p>"The influence of particle-particle plasmonic interactions occurring during surface-enhanced Raman scattering sandwich immunoassays", Eric J. Dufek, Alexis C. Crawford, Michael C. Granger and Marc D. Porter, 240<sup>th</sup> ACS National Meeting (Aug. 2010), Boston, MA.</p><p> </p><p>"Increasing heterogeneous immunoassay sensitivity through plasmonic optimization of the surface enhanced Raman scattering of gold nanoparticle labels" Eric J. Dufek, Jeremy D. Driskell, Robert J. Lipert and Marc D. Porter, 237<sup>th</sup> ACS National Meeting (Mar. 2009), Salt Lake City, UT.</p><p> </p><p>"Influence of Zr-Phosphonate Multilayers on O<sub>2</sub> Reduction and Corrosion on AA2024-T3", Eric J. Dufek and Daniel A. Buttry, 2007 Tri-service Corrosion Conference (Dec. 2007), Denver, CO.</p><p> </p><p>"Influence of Zr-phosphonate Multilayers on Dioxygen Reduction and Corrosion on AA2024-T3", Eric J. Dufek and<span style="text-decoration:underline;"> </span>Daniel A. Buttry, 213<sup>th</sup> meeting of the Electrochemical Society (Oct. 2007), Washington, DC.</p><p> </p><p>"Inhibition of O<sub>2</sub> reduction through the use of Zr-phosphonate treatments", Eric J. Dufek and Daniel A. Buttry, 212<sup>th</sup> meeting of the Electrochemical Society (May 2007), Chicago, IL.</p><p> </p><p>"Imaging of the adsorption of decyl phosphonate to AA2024", Eric J. Dufek and Daniel A. Buttry, 2006 University of Wyoming Graduate School Symposium, (April 2006), Laramie, WY. </p><p> </p><p>"Imaging tools and thin film coatings for corrosion prevention in aluminum alloys", Eric J. Dufek, Jesse Seegmiller, Reinaldo C. Bazito, Daniel A. Buttry, 2005 Tri-service Corrosion Conference (Nov. 2005) Orlando, FL.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Poster Presentations</strong></p><p>“Novel Short-circuit Detection in Li-ion Battery Architectures”, S.V. Sazhin, E.J. Dufek, D.K. Jamison, 232nd Electrochemical Society Meeting (Oct. 2017) National Harbor, MD. </p><p><br>“Durability and Reliability Assessment of Energy Storage Technologies” Eric J. Dufek, 2016 Defense Innovation, November 30, 2016, Austin, TX.</p><p> </p><p>"Understanding Electrode-Electrolyte Solution Interactions between TiO2 Nanotube Electrode and Nonaqueous Electrolytes for Sodium-ion Batteries” K. Smith, D. Karsann, R. Parrish, R. Hunt, E. J. Dufek, G. Kamath, S. Sankaranarayanan, H. Xiong, 18th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries, June 23, 2016, Chicago, IL.</p><p> </p><p>“Enhancing Li-ion Battery Safety by Early Detection of Nascent Internal Shorts” S.V. Sazhin, E.J. Dufek, K.L. Gering, 18th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries, June 21, 2016, Chicago, IL.</p><p> </p><p>“Phosphoranimine Electrolytes for Alkali-ion Batteries” E. J. Dufek, J.R. Klaehn, J.S. McNally, H.W. Rollins, 18th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries, June 20, 2016, Chicago, IL.</p><p> </p><p>"Investigation of CO<sub>2</sub>-H<sub>2</sub>O Reduction Systems: Production of Syn-gas Mixtures", Tedd E. Lister, Eric J. Dufek and Michael E. McIlwain, 220<sup>th</sup> meeting of the Electrochemical Society (Oct. 2011) Boston, MA.</p><p> </p><p>"Bench-Scale System for Electrochemical Reduction of CO<sub>2</sub>", Eric J. Dufek, Tedd E. Lister and Michael E. McIlwain, Future Directions in CO<sub>2</sub> Conversion Chemistry, Oct. 21, 2010, Princeton, NJ.</p><p> </p><p>"Dioxygen reduction and its inhibition using metal-phosphonate adlayers on AA2024-T3", Eric J. Dufek and Daniel A. Buttry, 2010 Gordon Research Symposium on Electrochemistry, Jan. 9-10, 2010.</p><p> </p><p>"Enhancing the sensitivity of immunoassays through plasmonic optimization of surface enhanced Raman scattering of gold nanoparticle labels", Eric J. Dufek, Jeremy D. Driskell, Robert J. Lipert, and Marc D. Porter, 2008 nanoUtah Conference, Oct. 16-17, 2008.</p><p> </p><p>"Reduction and luminescence chemistry of 1,8-anthraquinone-18-crown-5", Mariappan Kadarkaraisamy, Eric Dufek, and Andrew G. Sykes, t 233<sup>rd</sup> ACS National Meeting (March 2007), Chicago, IL.</p><p> </p><p>"Use of Zr-phosphonate coatings to inhibit dioxygen reduction on AA2024-T3", Eric J. Dufek and Daniel A. Buttry, 2007 Gordon Conference on Electrochemistry, Ventura, CA.</p><p> </p><p>"Reduction and luminescence chemistry of 1,8-anthraquinone-18-crown-5", Mariappan Kadarkaraisamy, Eric Dufek, and Andrew G. Sykes, Spring 2004 National Conference for Undergraduate Research (April 2004), Indianapolis, IN.</p><p> </p><p><strong>DOE Merit Review Presentations and Reports</strong></p><p>"Electrochemical Performance Testing" Matthew G. Shirk, Eric J. Dufek, Jon P. Christophersen, Christopher J. Michelbacher, Sergiy V. Sazhin, Lee K. Walker. 2015 DOE Vehicle Technologies Program Annual Report.</p><p> </p><p>"Diagnostic Testing and Analysis Toward Understanding Aging Mechanisms and Related Path Dependence" Kevin L. Gering, David K. Jamison, Bor Yann Liaw, Christopher J. Michelbacher, Matthieu Dubarry, Sergiy V. Sazhin, Cyril Truchot, Eric J. Dufek. 2013 DOE Vehicle Technologies Program Annual Merit Review, May 14, 2013.</p><p> </p><p>"Novel Phosphazene Compounds for Enhancing Stability and Safety of Lithium-ion Batteries" Kevin L. Gering, Michael T. Bension, Eric J. Dufek, Mason K. Harrup, Harry W. Rollins, Sergiy V. Sazhin, Fred F. Stewart, Mark L. Stone. 2013 DOE Vehicle Technologies Program Annual Merit Review, May 14, 2013.</p></div><div class="ExternalClass536DFB7BC9BD44369BB260C2B2F5A34A"><p>​Idaho National Laboratory Lab Director’s Leadership Award (2018).</p><p><br>Idaho National Laboratory Lab Director’s Award (2015).</p></div>eric.dufek@inl.gov

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