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Robert Kostecki
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1 Cyclotron Rd. MS70R0108B Berkeley, CA 94720
(510) 486-6002 r_kostecki@lbl.gov

Recent Publications

PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED ARCHIVAL JOURNALS

  1. Marek Marcinek, James Wilcox, Marca Doeff, Robert Kostecki “Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition of Carbon Coatings on LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 for Li-ion Battery Composite Cathodes”. J. Electrochem. Soc., 156 A48 (2009).
  2. Laurence Hardwick, Juliette Saint, Ivan Lucas, Marca Doeff, Robert Kostecki, “FTIR and Raman Study of the LixTiyMn1-yO2 (y = 0, 0.11) Cathodes in Pyrrolidinium-based Ionic Liquid Electrolyte Systems”, J. Electrochem. Soc 156, A120 (2009).
  3. Laurence J. Hardwick, Marek Marcinek, Leanne Beer, John B. Kerr, Robert Kostecki, “An Investigation of the Effect of Graphite Degradation on the Irreversible Capacity in Lithium-ion Cells”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 155, A442 (2008). ((LBNL-431E).
  4. Marca M. Doeff, James D. Wilcox, Rong Yu, Albert Aumentado, Marek Marcinek and Robert Kostecki, “Impact of Carbon Structure and Morphology on the Electrochemical Performance of LiFePO4/C Composites”, J. Solid State Electrochem., 12, 995, (2008) (LBNL-63002).
  5. M. Marcinek, L. J. Hardwick, T. J. Richardson, X. Song and R. Kostecki, “Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition of Nano-Structured Sn/C Composite Thin-Film Anodes for Li-ion Batteries”, J. Power Sources, 173 (2007) 965–971. (LBNL-433E)
  6. Marek Marcinek , Xiangyun Song, and Robert Kostecki, “Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition of Nano-Composite C/Pt Thin-Films”, Electrochemistry Communications, 9 1739–1743, (2007). (LBNL-62836)
  7. Marie Kerlau, Marek Marcinek, Venkat Srinivasan, Robert M. Kostecki, “Studies of Local Degradation Phenomena in Composite Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries”, Electrochimica Acta, 52 5422–5429, (2007). (LBNL-62014)
  8. James D. Wilcox, Marca M. Doeff, Marek Marcinek, Robert Kostecki, “Factors Influencing the Quality of Carbon Coatings on LiFePO4”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 154, A389-A395, (2007). (LBNL-61748)
  9. Marie Kerlau, Marek Marcinek, Robert Kostecki, “Diagnostic Evaluation of Detrimental Phenomena in 13C-labeled Composite Cathodes for Li-ion Batteries”, J. Power Sources, 174, (2007) 1046-1051. (LBNL-62013)
  10. D.P. Abraham, E.P.Roth, R. Kostecki, K. McCarthy, S. MacLaren, D.H Doughty, “Diagnostic Examination of Thermally Abused High-Power Lithium-Ion Cells”, J. Power Sources, 161, 648–657, (2006). (LBNL-60987)
  11. Marie Kerlau, Robert Kostecki, “Interfacial Impedance Study of Li-ion Composite Cathodes during Aging at Elevated Temperatures”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 153, A1644 (2006). (LBNL-60988)
  12. Robert Kostecki, Jinglei Lei, Frank McLarnon, Joongpyo Shim, Kathryn Striebel, “Diagnostic Evaluation of Detrimental Phenomena in High-Power Lithium-Ion Batteries” J. Electrochem., Soc., 153, A669 (2006), (LBNL-59195)
  13. Marca M. Doeff, James D. Wilcox, Robert Kostecki, and Grace Lau, “Optimization of Carbon Coatings on LiFePO4”, J. Power Sources, 163 (2006) 180–184, (LBNL-58221).
  14. Seung-Wan Song, Ronald P. Reade, Robert Kostecki, Kathryn A. Striebel, “Electrochemical Studies of the LiFePO4 Thin Films Prepared with Pulsed Laser Deposition”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 153, A12 (2006) (LBNL-58563)
  15. Kathryn Striebel, Joongpyo Shim, Azucena Sierra, Hui Yang, Xiangyun Song, Robert Kostecki and Kathryn McCarthy, “The Development of Low Cost LiFePO4-Based High Power Lithium-Ion Batteries”, J. Power Sources, 146 (2005) 33-38 (LBNL-56390)
  16. Jinglei Lei, Frank McLarnon, Robert Kostecki, “In situ Raman Microscopy of Individual LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 Particles in the Li-ion Battery Composite Cathode”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2005; 109(2); 952-957, (LBNL-56263)
  17. Jinglei Lei, Lingjie Li, Robert Kostecki, Rolf Muller, Frank McLarnon, “Characterization of SEI Layers on LiMn2O4 Cathodes with In- situ Spectroscopic Ellipsometry”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 152, A774 (2005), (LBNL-55939)
  18. Robert Kostecki, and Frank McLarnon “Local-Probe Studies of Degradation of Composite LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 Cathodes in High-Power Lithium-Ion Cells”, Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, 7, A380 (2004) (LBNL-55323)
  19. Robert Kostecki, Laura Norin, Xiangyun Song, and Frank McLarnon, “Diagnostic Studies of Polyolefin Separators in High-Power Lithium-Ion Cells”, J.Electrochem. Soc., 151, A522 (2004), (LBNL-53966)
  20. K. Zaghib, X. Song, A. Guerfi, R. Kostecki and K. Kinoshita, “Effect of Particle Morphology on Lithium Intercalation Rates in Natural Graphite”, J. Power Sources, 124 (2003) 505. (LBNL-55664)
  21. K.A. Striebel, J. Shim, E.J. Cairns, R. Kostecki, Y.-J. Lee, J. Reimer, T.J. Richardson, P.N. Ross, X. Song, G. V. Zhuang, “Diagnostic Analysis of Electrodes from High-Power Lithium-Ion Cells Cycled under Different Conditions”, J.Electrochem. Soc., 151, A857 (2004) (LBNL–53028)
  22. Yaoqin Hu, Marca M. Doeff, Robert Kostecki, and Rita Fiñones, “Electrochemical Performance of Sol-Gel Synthesized LiFePO4 in Lithium Batteries”, J.Electrochem. Soc., 151, A1279-A1285 (2004), (LBNL –53002)
  23. M. M. Doeff, Y. Hu, F. McLarnon, R. Kostecki, “Effect of Surface Carbon Structure on the Electrochemical Performance of LiFePO4“, Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, 6, A207 (2003) (LBNL-52199).
  24. R. Kostecki and F. McLarnon, “MicroProbe Study of the Effect of Li Intercalation on the Structure of Graphite”, J. Power Sources, 119-121, 550 (2003). (LBNL-52890)
  25. J. Shim, R. Kostecki, T. Richardson, X. Song and K.A. Striebel, “Electrochemical analysis for cycle performance and capacity fading of a lithium-ion battery cycled at elevated temperature”, J.Power Sources, 112, 222 (2002), (LBNL-50101)
  26. Robert Kostecki and Frank McLarnon, “Degradation of LiNi0.8Co0.2O2 Cathode Surfaces in High-Power Lithium-Ion Batteries”, Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, 5, A164 (2002), (LBNL-50110)
  27. R. Kostecki, X. Song and K. Kinoshita, “Fabrication of Interdigitated Carbon Structures by Laser Pyrolysis of Photoresist”, Electrochemical and Solid State Letters. 5, E29 (2002) (LBNL-49513)
  28. Laura Norin, Robert Kostecki, and Frank McLarnon, “Study of Membrane Degradation in High-Power Lithium-ion Cells”, Electrochemical and Solid State Letters. 5, A67 (2002), (LBNL-49961)
  29. Xuerong Zhang, Robert Kostecki, Thomas J. Richardson, James K. Pugh and Philip N. Ross, Jr, “Electrochemical and Infrared Studies of the Reduction of Organic Carbonates”, J.Electrochem. Soc., 148, A1341 (2001). (LBNL-48363)
  30. T. J. Richardson, J. L. Slack, R. D. Armitage, R. Kostecki, B. Farangis, and M. D. Rubin, “Switchable Mirrors Based on Nickel-Magnesium Films”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, (2001) 3047. (LBNL-47180)
  31. F. Kong, R. Kostecki, G. Nadeau, X. Song, K. Zaghib, K. Kinoshita, F. McLarnon, In situ Studies of SEI Formation, J. Power Sources, 97-98, (2001) 58. (LBNL-48209)
  32. Y. Matsuo, R. Kostecki, F. McLarnon, Surface Layer Formation on a Thin-film LiMn2O4 Electrode at Elevated Temperatures, J. Electrochem. Soc., 148, (2001) A687. (LBNL-46828)
  33. R. Kostecki, B. Schnyder, D. Alliata, X. Song, K. Kinoshita, R. Kötz, Surface Studies of Carbon Films from Pyrolized Photoresist, Thin Solid Films, 396, (2001) 36 (LBNL-46560)
  34. X. Zhang, P. N. Ross, Jr., R. Kostecki, F. Kong, S. Sloop, J. B. Kerr, K. Striebel, E. Cairns, F. McLarnon, “Diagnostic Characterization of High-Power Lithium-Ion Batteries for Use in Hybrid Electric Vehicles”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 148, (2001) A463, (LBNL-45674)