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New paper published in Desalination on CDI with an aqueous/organic bi-electrolyte

New paper published in Desalination moves our concept of concentration-gradient membrane CDI to a new level: by using an organic electrolyte in one compartment of a 3-channel setup, it is possible to operate the electrode in that compartment at an electrode potential much higher than for an aqueous electrolyte. Thereby, a high desalination capacity of more than 60 mg/g NaCl can be achieved at a stable cell voltage of 2.4 V.

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New paper published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A on TiO2/carbon onion hybrid electrodes

New article published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A on the use of optimized anatase titanium dioxide / carbon onion hybrid electrodes for lithium-ion batteries with enhanced charge storage performance.

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New paper published in Chemistry – A European Journal on gyroidal hybrid materials for energy storage

New article published in Chemistry – A European Journal on the synthesis and application of gyroidal titania/carbon hybrid electrodes for lithium-ion anodes with high areal an volumetric capacity.

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Two contributions at the 2018 MRS Spring Meeting in Phoenix

This year, we have to oral presentations at the Annual Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS) in Phoenix, USA. Simon Fleischmann gives a talk entitled “Tailored Mesoporous Carbon/Vanadium Pentoxide Hybrid Materials for Pseudocapacitive Lithium and Sodium Intercalation” on April 3rd. This work was in collaboration with Lars Borchardt (TU Dresden). Aura Tolosa gives a talk entitled “Hybrid titanium-niobium oxide/carbon electrospun nanofibers as lithium-ion battery electrodes” on April 6th.

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New paper published in Fluid Phase Equilibria on molecular dynamic sumulation of the gold / ionic liquid interfase

New paper published in Fluid Phase Equilibria on the systematic comparison of force field models for the molecular dynamic simulation of the interface of gold and ionic liquids. This work was in collaboration with Guang Feng (Huazhong University of Science and Technology).

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New paper published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering on Mo-MXene for water desalination

New paper published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering on the use of molybdenum carbide MXene with divacancy ordering for the effective desalination of brackish water and sea water. This work also provides the first chemical online monitoring evidence of anion intercalation in MXene and extends the use of 2D intercalation materials for the desalination of brackish water to seawater concentrations. The material synthesis was developed and carried out by our research collaborators at Linköping University, Sweden (Johanna Rosen).

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New paper published in Sustainable Energy & Fuels on electrodeposition of vanadium oxide on nanoporous carbon

New paper published in Sustainable Energy & Fuels on energy storage electrodes obtained from electrodeposition of hydrated vanadium pentoxide on nanoporous carbon. This work was done in collaboration with the Korea University of Technology and Education (Yoon-Chae Nah).

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New paper published in Advanced Sustainable Systems on ordered mesoporous carbons for supercapacitors

New paper published in Advanced Sustainable Systems on the use of ordered mesoporous carbon with a high volume of micropores for electric double-layer capacitors. This work was in collaboration with Martin Oschatz & Markus Antonietti (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces,).

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New paper published in ChemSusChem on electrospun Nb-Ti-fiber electrodes for battery application

New paper published in ChemSusChem. Our joint work with the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP Greifswald) demonstrates mixed Ti-Nb metal oxide electrodes for lithium ion application. Using electrospinning, the fiber mats are free of binder, free-standing, and can be directly used as electrodes. Per nanoscale engineering, the fibers also already contained sufficient amounts of conductive carbon within each fiber, so that no additional conductive phase needed to be added.

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