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Li-Ion & Mendeleev 2026 wrapped up — and our students took home diplomas
The XIX Li-Ion conference and the XIV Young Scientists conference "Mendeleev 2026" were held in Pete...
Filipp Volkov awarded the Presidential Scholarship
Filipp Volkov, PhD student at the Department of Electrochemistry, has won the 2026 competition for t...
We are organizing a biennial lithium-ion conference!
Institute of Chemistry of St Petersburg University is hosting the XIX International Conference "Topi...
Department website upgraded with refreshed design and new sections
The Department website has been upgraded to a new version with a refreshed design, improved navigati...
2025
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Presentations at the 5th Baikal Materials Science Forum
Staff members of the Department of Electrochemistry presented at the 5th Baikal Materials Science Fo...
Congratulations to the Class of 2025!
Congratulations to this year's graduates: Anastasia Dolmatova, Ekaterina Isakova, Stefania Kolesnik,...
1st Degree Award at the Lomonosov 2025 Conference
Congratulations to Anastasia Dolmatova on receiving a 1st degree award at the Lomonosov 2025 confere...
Mikhail Kamenskii Successfully Defended His PhD Dissertation
We congratulate Mikhail Kamenskii on the successful defence of his dissertation for the degree of Ca...
2024
Back to topStudent awarded at the conference "Ionic Conductors: From Modeling to Experiment"
Andrey Yuryevich Popov, a 4th-year undergraduate student, received an award for the best poster.
11th International Frumkin Symposium on Electrochemistry
Staff members and postgraduate students of the Department of Electrochemistry presented reports at t...
Evgenii Beletskii continues career in the Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry RAS
We are pleased to announce that our colleague, Evgenii Beletskii, is moving to a new position at the...
Two new projects started
As a result of the RSF funding competitions, our Department has started two new projects this summer...
Members of the Department of Electrochemistry at the conference in Harbin
Within the scope of the VIII Russian-Chinese EXPO, held from 17 to 21 May 2024 in Harbin, China, a d...
A study published on redox-conducting polymer with TEMPO
A detailed study of a redox-conducting polymer based on a combination of a salen-type polymer comple...
A new model for the voltammetric response of conducting redox polymers
A new model for the voltammetric response of conducting redox polymers has been introduced in the la...
Recently published papers
While we are working on the first results of the current year on our projects, we present references...
Effect of PEDOT:PSS/CMC binder on the properties of cathode material
An article on effect of PEDOT:PSS/CMC binder on the properties of cathode material for sodium-ion ba...
2023
Back to topRSCF supports Prof. Kondratiev's project on Mg-ion battery cathodes
The project on the development of cathode materials for magnesium-ion batteries, led by Prof. V. Kon...
Nickel salen polymer coatings for Li-ion battery fire protection
Continuing the discussion on lithium-ion battery fire protection, we have presented research on the...
Electrochemical data in paper on half-lantern platinum complexes
We contributed to a recent paper by colleagues in the research group «Organometallic Chemistry and C...
Binder effects in Li-ion electrodes via extended Newman-type model
In a recent paper we used an extended Newman-type model to investigate the effect of using different...
Two NiSalen polymer papers in J. Electroanal. Chem. and Polymers
Today we report on two new articles. Both concern the conducting polymeric NiSalen complexes and the...
Evgenii Beletskii defends PhD thesis on safer lithium-ion batteries
Congratulations to Evgenii V. Beletskii for successfully defending his PhD thesis on «Improving the...
2022
Back to topLigand modification can tune nickel salen polymer films in Molecules
In an article published in Molecules we show that modifying the ligand structure of nickel...
Electrochemical behavior of vanadium oxide and its PEDOT composite
In continuation of the studies of the electrode materials based on vanadium oxide and PEDOT, we have...
Prof. Oleg Levin's research group launches VK community
The research group of professor Oleg Levin has launched a VK community, which will publish news abou...
Back cover image for EPR article in Energy & Environmental Science
The article on the electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy published previously in Energy &...
Int. J. Mol. Sci. article on [Ni(salen)] valence band structure
We have been involved in the new study of our physicist colleagues on [Ni(salen)] complexes valence...
Plasma-assisted FeOOH anode materials in Applied Surface Science
In Applied Surface Science we report on atmospheric plasma-assisted synthesis of FeOOH and...
Modified isotherm for voltammetric response in J. Phys. Chem. C
In a new article published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, a modified isotherm is p...
Join us section now lists synthetic chemist and electrochemist jobs
The join us section now contains job offers for synthetic chemists (sp...
Zinc-air battery oxygen reduction catalysts in Applied Catalysis B
A study of oxygen reduction catalysts for zinc-air batteries, carried out in collaboration with our...
TEMPO-containing polymers for energy storage reviewed in Energies
A new review on the properties of TEMPO-containing polymers for energy storage and catalysis applica...
Review of responsive battery protection in Russian Chemical Reviews
Even though new types of electrochemical power sources are underway, lithium-ion batteries still dom...
Former Department head Prof. Valery V. Malev has passed away
It is with great sorrow that we share with you the news regarding the passing of the former Head of...
PEDOT/MoS2 composite for supercapacitors in Synthetic Metals
A publication in Synthetic Metals is on the study of the composite material based on PEDOT...
2021
Back to topBridge-free salicylaldimine nickel complexes in ChemElectroChem
In a new article published in ChemElectroChem we present the results of the study of variou...
Study of vanadium oxide cathode for aqueous zinc-ion batteries
The results of the study of the vanadium oxide-based cathode material for aqueous zinc-ion batteries...
Anatoliy Vereshchagin awarded Frumkin Prize for published articles
Congratulations to our PhD student Anatoliy Vereshchagin who has been awarded the A. N. Frumkin Priz...
Zn/MnO2 charge and mass transport in Journal of Alloys and Compounds
New results of the study of charge and mass transport in Zn/MnO2 systems have been published in the...
Extended Newman model for Li-ion cells with protective polymer layer
In a new article, we continue the research on the protective polymer layer for Li-ion batteries, whi...
Synthetic work on salen-containing MOF precursors and new complexes
Over the past few months, our synthetic work has focused on the creation of modified precursors for...
Thiophene-modified [Ni(Salen)] complex in New Journal of Chemistry
In an article in New Journal of Chemistry we report on a [Ni(ThioSalEn)] complex, modified by introd...
New papers on photogalvanic effect, Zn-air catalysts and PEDOT/WO3
Over few weeks of summer, we have had our research published in several new articles. Peculiar inver...
Sulfonated polycatechol on PEDOT in ACS Applied Energy Materials
Novel research of organic materials for energy storage devices has been published in ACS Applied Ene...
Two Li-ion battery articles by Prof. Levin's group in the spotlight
A couple of articles by Prof. Levin group has been in the spotlight recently. A report on conducting...
Recent research coverage in the media
The research articles by Prof. Dr. Oleg Levin group have been in the spotlight of the media recently...
2021 #RSCPoster Twitter Conference was held on 2 March - 3 March
2021 #RSCPoster Twitter Conference was held on 2 March - 3 March. The results of the research of our...
Review: conducting polymers with redox-active molecules in batteries
Intrinsically conducting polymers combined with redox-active molecules are discussed in a new review...
Conducting polymer coating for safer Li-ion cells in J. Power Sources
A new article by Prof. Levin group published in Journal of Power Sources shows that coating current...
Cover art by Anatoliy Vereshchagin featured in Batteries & Supercaps
PhD student Anatoliy Vereshchagin and co-authors have developed an organic cathode material based on...
Synthesis and properties of PSS-doped poly[Ni(CH3Osalen)] published
As the Department of Electrochemistry labs return to work in 2021 after winter holidays towards new...
2020
Back to topOver the last month, several papers have been published
Over the last month, several papers have been published. These include a report on synthesis and cha...
Paper on [Ni(salen)]-TEMPO polymer with up to 3000C rate capability
A new paper has been published on [Ni(salen)]‐TEMPO redox-conducting polymer that can be used in org...
PEDOT:PSS/CMC binder for Co3O4 battery anodes in Materials Letters
Pre-proof of an article on enhancement of electrochemical properties of Co3O4 battery anodes using a...
RFBR grants awarded to PhD students Vereshchagin and Volkov
The projects of two of our PhDs, A. A. Vereshchagin (20-33-90122 “Charge transfer processes in hybri...
Review of metal-salen polymers in Pure and Applied Chemistry
A major review on redox-conducting polymers based on metal-salen complexes as materials for energy s...
Cu/Pt catalysts from poly[Cu(Salen)] template published in Catalysts
Catalysts published an Open Access article on the investigation of Cu/Pt catalysts for oxygen oxidat...
Synthetic Metals paper on WO3 electrodeposition in PEDOT and PEDOP
Synthetic Metals has published a study on the mechanisms of electrodeposition of WO3 in conductive p...
J. Solid State Electrochem. paper on MoS2 with PEDOT:PSS/CMC binder
A study on the possibility of application of materials based on MoS2 combined with a binder based on...
Review of conductive polymer binders for Li-ion batteries in Energies
Energies published an open-access review article on the effect of conductive polymer binders on the...
2017
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Visit to TU Chemnitz (Germany)
A meeting of Prof. R. Holze and Prof. V. Kondratiev at TU Chemnitz. The discussion of a joint projec...
2016
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Inter-university seminar on electrochemical materials science (May 2016)
An inter-university seminar on electrochemical materials science with participation of our departmen...
2014
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Visit to Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, 2014)
Prof. V.V. Kondratiev visited the Department of Electrochemistry at Eötvös Loránd University, Budape...
2013
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Visit to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Changchun, 2013)
In 2013, Prof. V.V. Kondratiev and Prof. V.V. Malev visited the Institute of Applied Chemistry of th...
2009
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Training period at Jilin University (2009–2010)
A training period at the Department of Electrochemistry (Jilin University) in 2009–2010.