Jeff Dahn

Jeff Dahn
Jeff Dahn
Born	January 9, 1957
Citizenship	Canadian
Alma mater	Dalhousie University (BSc); University of British Columbia (MSc, PhD);
Known for	Li-ion battery, NMC chemistry
Awards	Simon Fraser University Excellence in Teaching Award (1994); Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2001); Dalhousie University Faculty of Science Teaching Award (2004); Fellow of the Electrochemical Society (2012); Governor General (Canada) Innovation Award (2016) ;
	Scientific career
Fields	Combinatorial Material Synthesis; Lithium-ion Battery Electrode Materials; Lithium-ion Battery Electrolyte; PEM Fuel Cell Catalyst Materials; Respirator Materials;
Institutions	National Research Council; Moli Energy; Simon Fraser University; Dalhousie University;
Website	www.dal.ca/diff/dahn.html

Jeff Dahn OC FRSC (born in 1957 in the United States and emigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada in 1970) is a Professor in the Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science and the Department of Chemistry at Dalhousie University. He is recognized as one of the pioneering developers of the lithium-ion battery, which is now used worldwide in laptop computers, cell-phones, cars and many other mobile devices. Although Dr. Dahn made numerous contribution to the development of lithium-ion batteries, his most important discovery was intercalation of Li+ ions into graphite from solvents comprising ethylene carbonate, which was the final piece of the puzzle in the invention of commercial Li-ion battery. Nevertheless, Dahn was not selected for the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which recognized only John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino.

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