Research Field Lithium-Ion Batteries
The lithium-ion battery is currently the most important type of battery among the rechargeable high-performance batteries. While small lithium-ion batteries are already being used commercially in consumer electronics, electrical tools, hybrid vehicles, and electric cars, the commercial use of larger energy storage units is still in its early stages. The maximum storage capacity of conventional lithium-ion batteries has, however, nearly been reached. In order to achieve advances in performance, it is therefore necessary to press ahead with the development of new storage material and approaches. New electrochemical pairings and new ideas for an even more compact design are needed to achieve another significant jump in energy density.
Research Foci
- Electrode design, cell development & testing
- Coating and drying of thin films for Lithium-ion batteries
- Solid-state batteries
- Full-cell and battery simulations from microstructure up to system level
- Machines, systems and process automation for battery cell production and recycling: Agile production systems, process simulations, lab-to-scale, automated disassembly
- Utilization of quantum computers for energy material simulations
- Transport and reaction processes in electrochemical processes
- Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
- Supramolecular Chemistry, Functional pi Systems
- Holistic thermal analysis and safety assessment of materials, cell components, and cells for safer and more sustainable batteries